Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD15 → Cavern-Ball
By prmottajr
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | 91 | 1.82 | ||
| Coolness | 121 | 1 | ||
| Fun | 122 | 2.00 | ||
| Community | 127 | 1.65 | ||
| Overall | 127 | 2.17 | ||
| Humor | 127 | 1.70 | ||
| Graphics | 127 | 2.18 | ||
| Theme | 129 | 2.28 | ||
| Innovation | 139 | 1.89 |
Would've been nice with a stand-alone download so I wouldn't have to install Love. (Not that it was a problem to do so (at least not on Windows..), and now I won't have to install it again if there's any other entries that use it, so hey.)
Anyway, I don't think the sound was working right here (Windows 7) .. all I got was monotonic metallic sounds that was pretty painful to listen to (specially with headphones). I'll try it in Linux later and see if that improves things.
I like the unusual idea of the pinball.
The sound almost made me crazy =) and I believe that the ball and all the elements should be smaller, so you can have more elements in the screen.
I had the Love binaries from another entry, so running the game wasn't a problem. But what was wrong with the sound?
How do I run this? You should probably include whatever is needed in with the download.
Seriously: make an exe. :) love2d loves to make exes for you, see this page: http://www.love2d.org/docs/GameDistribution.html
Sound worked fine for me. Great job getting a full gameplay flow in there -- menus, scoring, loss condition. However, the small level and lack of a win condition makes it feel a bit pointless. What makes pinball great is a big level, or at least multiple levels that high scores allow you to progress to.
I find the graphics a bit grating; but this is a decent functional pinball game, if a bit small.
I think making a pinball game was a pretty cool idea, but it's a shame you made the table so tiny.
no love..
Ok, some airhead at Love thought it cool to drag folders instead of a main file onto love.exe to start the game. Very funny.
The game itself is a very simple pinball table. There's not much to it, more elements are a must. Also a bit more element puzzling, right now it's plain boring.
I've tried with the zipped love binaries, with previous love entries it'd be enough to drag the main lua file onto the love.exe. Doesn't work here, says "Game (C:Documents and SettingsxxxDesktopLD15love-0.5-0-win32love-0.5-0main.lua) does not exist. Which is utter rubbish of course. I've just dragged that exact file onto you.
I think the programming behind the physics was good, but the layout of the board is keeping it from being very fun. Pinball is a great idea, this is the only entry I've seen that took the theme in that direction.
Nice job, considering the deadline!
Nice pinball, but the cavern theme was a little neglected.
no love, no game - sorry
Nice pinball game, needs more content though. Argh, I hate the openings on the sides though, the ball seems to magically drift into them all the time. :D The sounds were a bit annoying at times, but at least you tried. :P