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Duel

By zlowrance

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio923.51
Humor1303.04
Mood1533.28
Fun1913.17
Overall1923.34
Innovation2143.15
Theme2453.19
Graphics3083.20

Comments

teamquadratic 2013-08-27 02:46

A fun little game, though mostly luck it seems. Would have enjoyed trying multiplayer, but no one was available.

jayjay122 2013-08-27 03:29

Simple controls yet a very fun game =D

tomcooper3d 2013-08-27 03:57

i really like this. is it actually working with matchmaking? great job

rose 2013-08-27 03:58

A really cute idea! I like the UI for choosing your moves and the music.

adjotur 2013-08-27 03:59

Fun game, got to play 1 multiplayer game but I guess the guy didn't know how to play, because he never shot back :(

fervir 2013-08-27 04:00

Really cool game.
Very nice asthetics and presentation.

finn 2013-08-27 04:01

Cool concept, I like the use of semi-synchronous multiplayer.

stevecochrane 2013-08-27 04:04

Well done! Fun RPS-like gameplay. Also I'm amazed to see online multiplayer in a Ludum Dare entry. Since I'm guessing most people are playing and rating games alone, that's a killer feature for a multiplayer-only game.

myyyvothrr 2013-08-27 13:08

Great game!

zzforrest 2013-08-27 14:56

3/5, nice entry. It was pretty fun, but unfortunately, matchmaking seems to not work. I didn't really like the graphics, but the sound was pretty nice. The theme wasn't well implemented to me, but that's just my opinion.

cubertoy 2013-08-27 14:57

Funny thing is, this is not the first duel game I've this for this ludumdare an they're all different. Great little game, nice to play, really cool overall.

teamflare 2013-08-27 15:00

Took a while :) But nice idea

zlowrance 2013-08-27 16:24

Thanks for all the great feedback guys! For those having trouble with the matchmaking, I have made some improvements to it in the Kongregate link. The original did work but there were very small areas of time for you to actually find a player if you were playing against bots. The addition of the "Allow Bots" checkbox has alleviated this problem. If you Disallow bots you are guaranteed to get matched with a player eventually(if there ARE other players in the network, that is). Please be patient though if you choose to turn off bots, low player traffic could cause the waits to be a little long.

bonsairobo 2013-08-27 20:40

Kinda like a cooler rock, paper, scissors. Coulda used some animations for gun shots.

encryptedcow 2013-08-27 21:09

It was an okay game. It seems to be based on luck and I ended up only playing a couple rounds.

johnfn 2013-08-27 22:20

Clever idea, nice graphics and nice music! Though if you fire straight while jumping, aren't you actually firing up? :D

pinktreeleaf 2013-08-27 22:26

Music is the best part :D Graphics are also dope. game is fun. All in all win win win

flamecow 2013-08-27 23:43

Interesting concept!

farfromsleep 2013-08-28 00:47

This is a lot of fun, really like the style and the spaghetti western soundtrack. I've played a few duel games by now, and it's great that everyone's put their own spin on it. Great job!

crazi456 2013-08-28 05:44

Was a very amusing game! Music was great

reaperguy 2013-08-28 08:36

Really like it, but it's too much luck based and no skill at all.

bombjack 2013-08-28 10:26

Great time waster! simple but fun !

kaldrick 2013-08-28 12:13

Awesome music and nice graphics. Gameplay is a little bit lackluster, but it's certainly fun in multiplayer.

fgielow 2013-08-28 15:30

Nice idea and concept. You could work more in the game play.
But well made.

thomassand 2013-08-28 15:42

I like the concept, really nice !

lightmarestudio 2013-08-28 16:06

Great idea! :)

ratalaika 2013-08-28 16:09

good job

nerlin 2013-08-28 16:37

Awesome and fun! Good job.

seconddimension 2013-08-28 16:52

That was great, perfect music and nice game play.

tchem 2013-08-28 17:29

good work man,,,, graphics, atmosphere, sound, !!!!

p4nurge 2013-08-28 17:34

Cool soundtrack and a nice mechanic. It could have used some shooting sounds and animations but it was fun to play.

matthewvermaak 2013-08-28 17:49

Fantastic job on the art and music! First time seeing the tumbleweed roll by was great :0) Not sure if it was the AI (I assume so), but making sure the AI does not pick combos like duck and shoot down would be good. Again, Great job!

immanuela 2013-08-28 17:53

Haha, I like this idea. I've seen a decision type game but not quite like this and the controls were much easier. Great job!

whiteravens 2013-08-28 20:22

The feel is really good, very simple variation from Rock Paper Scissors. Maybe some hints on what the AI will do next will make it better! :)

supercannon 2013-08-28 20:42

Good game when you have someone to play it with. Nice entry!

boneloaf 2013-08-28 21:23

Excellent, high drama with very atmospheric sound and music (and horribly brutal violence).

flavio 2013-08-28 21:43

Nice work !
Loved the mechanic of it, simple but efficient :)
Nice design and sound

bradleysmith 2013-08-29 00:00

Really nice game here, very well polished.. seen a lot of these dueling games and this is one of the better ones. I rated highly. :)

finnegan2100 2013-08-29 01:01

Clever game. Loved the duel music + trying to figure out which combination to make.

kirbytails7 2013-08-29 03:23

Too luck-based for my taste, but still, well done.

angrycrow 2013-08-29 04:37

Rockin fine game! You just made my best of LD27 list!

namrog84 2013-08-29 05:12

You Swine!! good job!

kragnir 2013-08-29 05:20

Nice implementation, interesting to see that there is so much that can be done with the duel idea. In the end it is just a bit more complicated rock paper scissor though.

truiton 2013-08-29 08:36

A cool game, luck is a big part of the gameplay, but controls are very simple :)

alvivar 2013-08-29 09:31

fun++

nickw 2013-08-29 12:58

I really liked the concept for this!! Although it sucks I couldn't find a human opponent to play against : ( Cool idea!

andrew-2 2013-08-29 16:17

It would have been nice to have some indicator to your remaining health/number of rounds. If there was one I missed it.

diogomuller 2013-08-29 16:29

I love the music! Couldn't play multiplayer, but the VS. CPU mode was pretty cool.

edocentrique 2013-08-29 17:28

Good game !

mboaj 2013-08-29 17:35

Really nice! :) I enjoyed it a lot. Unfortunately I did not catch up with a player but had to use the "AI" :) I guess that there is not much reasoning in the AI brain right for such a quick reactive game :D

mironix 2013-08-29 17:44

Awesome music! Interesting gameplay as well. Sadly i lost defending my honor :(

esayitch 2013-08-29 19:17

Stylish graphics and appropriate sound... Fun little diversion :D

odeckers 2013-08-29 20:00

The multiplayer is a cool twist. The music and graphics give a great atmosphere

makio 2013-08-29 22:27

Best music and soudn design so far ! fun game , i wanna see it on ipad / iphone :)

oldpeculier 2013-08-30 00:03

Totally brilliant. Double rock-paper-scissors.

vile-smile 2013-08-30 04:45

Very neat idea. The music and art style meshed very well.

diptoman 2013-08-30 05:41

The game's very cute. The music provided a great atmosphere. I didn't get any player's to shoot against, but yeah it was still fun trying to predict the AI's moves. I love the trash talk they indulge in before the duel.

gatechgrad 2013-08-30 05:43

Nice idea to expand on the classic rock, paper, scissors formula. The ten second timer felt just right. However, it seemed like I was able to win (or draw) most of the time with the Duck/Fire Forward combo.

mklee 2013-08-30 06:40

Really great execution! You really nailed all the small details here. The only thing I wish you would have added was some small "tells" for the AI characters to know what their next move might be.

shitandson 2013-08-30 07:18

The gameplay is cool and the online can be cool.

ddrkirbyisq 2013-08-30 07:51

Haha, duel games are always fun. This one is pretty simple and there's not much to it, but good job regardless.

daanvanyperen 2013-08-30 08:59

Even with the randomness it's enjoyable to play. The audio is very minimalist but well picked.

brejlounek 2013-08-30 09:36

Nice luck-based game! wondering what jump+shoot up is for... :D

capro 2013-08-30 10:33

Great music!

hypnohustla 2013-08-30 13:49

Great idea for a dueling game. It seemed a bit too much based on luck and playing against AI wasn't that fun. Loved the music!

okayhughes 2013-08-30 14:27

All in all quite fun. I didn't like that I couldn't change my mind once I'd clicked a card, but that's life. Well done.

webravenz 2013-08-30 16:15

fun game ;)

otus 2013-08-30 16:33

This is fun! Must be pretty cool to play with another human player, too!

Nice job!

parrotlord 2013-08-30 17:57

Loved it!

tigerj 2013-08-30 18:37

Yomi comes to mind.

really cool concept. It would be neat if some of the abilities had cooldowns and some worked better than others against different types. for example jumping and firing does less damage, and ducking takes lest damage than standing or jumping.

overall a real fun play. nice game and good job.

kristof 2013-08-30 21:54

I like the idea of the turn based rock-paper-scissor-like gameplay. The music is awesome!

gravyhands 2013-08-30 23:11

Really nicely presented, though not much reason to keep coming back.

hbocao 2013-08-31 03:14

Great mood, specially with the music. Too bad I didn't find anybody online to play with. Sound even more fun. You did a very nice job. I've been saying this to a lot of games, but I can totally see this on mobile. "Challenge your friends" "Buy clothing!"

nolann 2013-08-31 03:35

Great but I didn't get to do multiplayer

georgebroussard 2013-08-31 03:47

Great music and art. I was confused for a while as it wasn't obvious that the blue cards were for me, so I never knew how to shoot. Putting them on that side of the screen made me think they were for the other player.

zephyr89 2013-08-31 04:24

This game feels too luck-based. Maybe it's cause I'm not playing a human?

nezzhil 2013-08-31 11:07

Great idea!

sengi 2013-08-31 14:40

Sound wondiful! Cowboys is pretty cute! Multiplayer is so fresh, good job!!

antidote 2013-08-31 15:37

Nice game. Love the idea of multiplayer :) The ten seconds wait to choose cards might be too slow, though. I'd rather have a faster pace for this kind of game.

vaelzan 2013-08-31 18:30

I died defending my honour! Nice twist on rock-paper-scissors style of game, but inevitably luck based which I'm not too big a fan of. Nice art and the music/sound was very good, particularly for the setting. Also liked the little taunts.

haloflooder 2013-08-31 22:26

This is an extremely nice concept that is also very well polished. It's like an advanced version of Rock Paper Scissor.

spiralcodestudio 2013-08-31 22:37

Pretty fun game!
Good graphics and music. Need to read the mind of your opponent.

infernet89 2013-09-01 09:54

Awesome game! Love the card-based looks you gave to control system! Too bad that some combination are totally useless (like duck and fire down, for example)

xaizil 2013-09-01 15:16

Was allright, seemed rather random thouhg

snail_man 2013-09-01 17:24

Nice game! The AI seemed to jump way too much though, and I couldn't figure out how to hit him when he was.

jijaweb 2013-09-01 18:36

Nice concept. Simple but great.

kibertoad 2013-09-01 21:36

Being multiplayer is impressive, wish it was a bit more complex.

teejay5 2013-09-02 07:58

Wish more were on multiplayer, really fun!

rujomarco 2013-09-02 09:28

great entry. I love the idea and I love the style.

cappelnord 2013-09-02 18:06

nice take on rock, paper, scissor. I really liked the music. It's also great that it's multiplayer (even though I played the AI).

sestren 2013-09-03 09:54

Love the music. It really adds a lot to the atmosphere of the game. The heartbeat during the countdown is an excellent touch, as well. Great game.

duff 2013-09-03 18:38

One of my favorite entries. Simple. Great audio. Very well done.

2013-09-05 21:40

This is like Kongai except with a different theme, worst graphics, fewer options and no strategy (everything is 100% luck based).

Moreover the relationship with the theme feels quite weak - shooting a gun does not take 10 seconds.

2013-09-05 21:41

Also 10 seconds is too much for a turn, it doesn't really work well.

ossi 2013-09-06 03:01

Simple and really fun! Fantastic concept! I love the dialogue between the two guys and the potential depth of the pose and direction you shoot really gives the game a lot of strategy. The only downside is since you can't really pair up with someone you know it feels a bit random playing against strangers or the AI. Having some sort of way to identify players allows for more mind games. Also the art style is really neat, great job!

mesene 2013-09-06 13:36

Was nice! did you implemented some statistical IA?

raiyumi 2013-09-06 15:33

Really nice! Multiplayer was a nice touch. :)

rein1 2013-09-07 05:00

Is this a real multiplayer game? Good job!

zequack 2013-09-08 22:02

Simple, sober and nice :)
I really like it !

jason 2013-09-09 14:12

Cool idea. I like the idea of using cards to pick action. I tried to do something like that in my game, but it was too random and didn't work out as I pictured. Also liked your rock paper scissors thinking!

x-or 2013-09-09 22:44

Rock-Paper-Scissors all the way ^_^

Would be nice, if it was possible to change the decision, if you misclicked (then again, the hole in the cards make it even *look* like a final decision^^)

Nice background music, btw =)

mekuri 2013-09-12 07:09

A fun little game. Maybe a bit too much wait time, but I had the same problem with my game :P I really liked the mood and the graphics. The music was fun. The tumbleweed in the background was a nice touch.

Good game!

stenol 2013-09-12 15:51

Very funny game. Love the music and the idea. Good use of the theme. Great work !

char68 2013-09-12 18:59

The graphics and audio were great, but the gameplay felt a bit lacking. It kinda felt like rock-paper-scissors, except sometimes scissors doesn't beat paper because paper was ducking, you know what I mean? :)

frogmaster 2013-09-13 10:35

Best music ever!

porglezomp 2013-09-14 20:41

The music and art are great, but the 10 seconds felt too long, and it felt like quite a lot of luck.

hardgrafter 2013-09-15 21:29

Simple, good, enjoyable!

wbobeirne 2013-09-16 01:46

This is the essence of LD. Short and simple, but brilliantly done. Loved it.

toadfrogs 2013-09-16 02:28

That was really fun! Loved it :D

arcturusdeluxe 2013-09-16 13:38

A very basic but well executed idea. Cute graphics, and awesome music. Nice job!

endesga 2013-09-17 00:34

hahahahaa, very fun :)

-ENDESGA