The Juggler

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Juggle the balls and use them to hit the rings! The balls will be thrown in the direction of the mouse, try hitting as many rings as you can before time runs out!

Controls: Arrow Keys or WASD to move, Space to confirm.

_Some personal notes:_

Hi everyone! This time around I couldn't separate a lot of time to work on the jam, but I wanted to try a couple smaller things, so I made this quick prototype to test this idea out. I was mostly curious about whether the basic controls can work and be fun to play with, so it doesn't have a lot outside of that, but please, take a look!

Any feedbacks are welcome! :)

Tools: Unity

Comments7

ghenriquemo4 Oct 2021, 23:41

260 weee

beats5 Oct 2021, 02:08

High Score: 530.

The mechanic is quite fun and also has an unpredictability which is great. Maybe a multiplier for keeping the balls in the air as they hit the hoops could incentivize the player to continue juggling. Nice work.

Jonah_SRG5 Oct 2021, 13:16

The concept here works well, though the character may be the least competent juggler around the controls are nice and responsive and the movement and aim always goes just about where you want them to. The rings are quite small targets so you do want that level of accuracy. I like the pixel art, it's simple but it's very readable and charming.

I noticed the highscore meter kept ticking up between my games, but I made it through about two screens of rings. I would like to see how the design progresses with different targets, more wild physics, or some obstacles or other friction working against the player. Well done!

Exkilu6 Oct 2021, 22:58

Jogo simples mas com a mecânica muito agradável. 950 pontos foi meu melhor kkkk.
Ótimo jogo Naves o/!!

crefossus9 Oct 2021, 01:30

The time pressure instead of failure like a typical brick breaker was a refreshing change of pace. The artwork was consistent throughout so gj there. Audio/sfx would help the mood (happy feels during collection) and spike the tension near the end of the countdown. This could also be reinforced visually.

lesinvisible9 Oct 2021, 23:53

Although the concept is very simple, the gameplay overall is addictive, great entry!

moi9310113 Oct 2021, 18:05

This is funny ! But I am a terrible juggler, all my balls was just bouncing on the ground and sometime I give some more force to the ball to hit riings.

Maybe use the left button mouse to start rather than space, as space is not usefull in-game and not that ergonomic when using arrows

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