In The Loop

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.45
A circular pong game.

The Web version has some glitches in it; download the game for the best experience.

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Comments19

ColeSlaughter
ColeSlaughter5 Oct 2020, 16:28
This one melts my brain a little bit...In a good way!

It's such a simple concept but I've never actually seen anything like it! I can see myself coming back to this one to try and master. I wasn't able to collect any of the power-ups (I'm assuming you have to run the ball into them), so I have a lot of room for improvement!
Quinn_Patrick5 Oct 2020, 16:30
A very unique concept with lots of potential, so props to you for that! One weird thing that I noticed was that if you hit the ball with the side of the paddle, it goes off sideways. It would be better if the ball either went in a more usable direction, or just didn't detect a collision at all in that event. It would also be cool to have mouse controls for this. Either way, nice work.
Oshawatt1235 Oct 2020, 16:31
Honestly, I found this way more fun that I thought I would. Couldn't get higher than 38 because my strategy kept glitching (I'd go for the shallowest angle possible to get loads of hits in succession then it got stuck on the paddle and flew away as soon as I moved xD I played on web so may well be that. Didn't stop the fun though) really great little thing love it!
Tayo
Tayo5 Oct 2020, 16:32
Super innovative in my opinion. Also like the way the controls where taught. I found moving and rotating with one hand a bit confusing though. Would prefer a two hands control. Other than that creative entry!
p-brighenti
p-brighenti5 Oct 2020, 16:35
Cool concept but you have a pretty serious bug. When you start the game the ball hits you and starts moving left. If you don't rotate the paddle and just follow the ball until you collide with it, the ball's movement will now have it's X inverted and it will try moving right. the thing is, your paddle is to the right so it sticks to the paddle. You can just keep moving the paddle left and right without ever rotating it and get an infinite score!
SinusQuell
SinusQuell5 Oct 2020, 17:56
Very innovative concept, I like it! I didn't quite get to your score of 60, though.
I think this is quite a well rounded experience compared to some of the other submissions. Good Job :)
Albuquerque
Albuquerque6 Oct 2020, 03:17
Fun concept. But I found it hard to control. Still, solid entry. GJ!
dogrady6 Oct 2020, 09:34
Jesus, my head! So cool to see such an established concept as pong brushed up in a minimalistic way.
marbles6 Oct 2020, 14:18
Fun concept. This could be a great time killer on mobile!

It would also make a great cooperative multiplayer game! The more players, the bigger the circle will be, and the more balls will need to be kept. There could be two game modes: If a ball goes out, either all people lose or a random person will lose.
Sheepolution
Sheepolution6 Oct 2020, 16:34
Nice game! It was confusing to control at first but I got it eventually. I like how the power ups force you to move around. A bit of music would've been nice.
MikoziQ
MikoziQ6 Oct 2020, 17:14
There's something addicting in the concept. Very simple time killer game for mobile or for Switch entry (multiplayer deathmatch coach?! - I take 20% equity for that! :smile: ) Good job!
jakobmedk6 Oct 2020, 20:02
I like it, it's an easy concept that still takes some time to grasp.
datadazer
datadazer6 Oct 2020, 20:42
I like it, the brick breaker but making the movement very complex. I especially loved it when I started getting pickups. Couldn't stop playing. Gave me real brick breaker vibes without the bricks. Adding some music, particle effects, and screen shake would really make the impact of each hit feel great. Overall very well done!
Eugenik
Eugenik6 Oct 2020, 20:48
This game is full of surprises.
JavaSaurus
JavaSaurus10 Oct 2020, 15:38
Heya! Thanks for submitting your game to my stream at twitch.tv/drjavasaurus ! I had a lot of fun playing your entry. Simple, single screen game with a minimalistic look. It gets the job done for sure ! Nice touch to change the little elements you could every playthrough (the paddle changing color). Controls are tight and responsive and honestly, the game feels very fair. When you mess up, you don't get the feeling the game tricked you. Simple concept but very well executed, perfectly on theme !
Kaldrin
Kaldrin11 Oct 2020, 14:42
I love the concept, minimalistic, works well, almost no bugs, interesting take on the theme, with power-ups and stuff and the fact we can move the loop left and right, the audio is very decent, you can be proud! I'd just say, uh, make a better page for your game, it really doesn't sell it like that.
Also, I didn't like the controls, really hard for me to use the left / right movements so I just didn't.
And I made it to 80 !
kuviman
kuviman11 Oct 2020, 15:32
Really like the idea here!
JHax
JHax22 Oct 2020, 22:55
Really cool idea and well put together, think I'm a bit too slow to get my head around the controls though :smile:

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