Ludum Dare #54compo

Super ball smashers!

by airwaffle

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.68

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.32

NOTE: This game is best appreciated with a friend! (Though there is an AI opponent that you can play with, see instructions at the bottom.)

Life. Life is a struggle ever since that damn psycho moved in to the garden next door and started throwing balls at you.

*This is you. The other guy is one the right side. You hate his stupid face and how he's staring at you.*

*Use your controls to move next to the ball and SMASH it before your idiot opponent.*

*This toggle turns on the AI. WARNING: AI may be even stupider then your friends.*

You may grab powerups during your fight. If you hit a ball during that time, a special effect will be applied.
TIPS: Spamming a direction moves you faster then just holding it.

V2 Improvements:
- Fixed bug where AI would get stuck moving in a single direction.
- Added Joystick support.

Comments18

Zerbu2 Oct 2023, 17:54

Great game! Although the art style is simple, it's executed in a really stylistic way!

binroot2 Oct 2023, 21:38

Reminds my of gym class back in the day.

I absolutely love how the controls are apparent and the game explains itself pretty naturally.

Minor suggestion: I'd like to use a different hand to press the Jump and Smash buttons, but E/R keys are too close to WASD. Maybe change to space bar for jump and Ctrl or Alt for Smash?

LDJam user 3741352 Oct 2023, 22:39

I like it! I didn't had any one to play with BUT the ai did kick my ass a few times which is good! Definitely would have improved the controls a little bit. Also maybe adding cooldown to swings would improve the game, as it is easy to just spam the buttons :P Non the less, an awesome entry, glad you could make it! ♥

zundou3 Oct 2023, 10:58

I didn't have friends to play this game with 😢.
However, even so, the game was exhilarating and fun.

I really love the lavish animations and the rich variety of player expressions. Both the art and the music have their own unique atmosphere that I find captivating. :)

HolaOlaa3 Oct 2023, 11:02

well, the goal of this game for me was to take revenge on the AI and throw a harder ball at it) cool!

SevenOne3 Oct 2023, 11:09

Except for the music, it's a really great game, but luckily you can turn that off :). It's really fun and I think the graphics are great. It's also great that you can play against the AI.

Lakea3 Oct 2023, 11:21

A great entry, controller for player 2 was defo better than keyboard controls

Igor Grincu3 Oct 2023, 11:30

Its a very nice and cute looking game. I really like your hand drawn sketch like graphics. The theme was developed well and the gameplay is fun. Great work!

Sergei111563 Oct 2023, 11:41

Very stylish graphics. I like the music, I think it suits the style of the game very well. It was very fun to get two AIs to play with each other! Perfect

freeworld4 Oct 2023, 00:59

Very interesting & unique style and super fitting music - I really liked the slowdowns when the powerups waned :D

LDJam user 3576564 Oct 2023, 01:48

Fun little game!

RenD5 Oct 2023, 18:54

Nice twist on the Pong formula, it's true that the AI could use a bit of improvement but I had fun with it already. The art reminded me a bit of McMillen's work, it adds character to the game.

LDJam user 3720855 Oct 2023, 19:07

reminds me of one of my favorites of all time: Slime Volleyball! seems like a game that would really shine with an actual other person to play with : ) liked the art too!

MozokEvgen6 Oct 2023, 15:15

I liked the artstyle. Keys is too close, if playing with two hands.

At some point I start to quickly smash all keys to get my revenge with AI opponent))

cheesepencil7 Oct 2023, 07:01

Attractive art style! I didn't have to think hard to grasp the controls. Not sure if jumping did much but it was cool to see cube guy bounce all over the place!

robin_schmitz8 Oct 2023, 09:58

Lovely artstyle. The controls felt somehow both intuitive and wonky, which might be because I'm not used to moving around as a square. I personally would have preffered the jump to be on button push rather than on button release, but that might just be me. Fun entry, keep up the good work.

funemaker15 Oct 2023, 14:06

Awesome game! I only wish I could "smash" using the mouse button or maybe space bar as it is a little awkward for me to switch between moving and smashing - could just be player skill issue though! Loved the art!