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Dodgy Ball

By x70x

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness366
Fun703.53
Overall1303.41
Audio1463.28
Humor1972.64
Theme2572.78
Graphics2773.18
Mood2772.86
Innovation3082.75

Comments

01rafael 2013-12-17 04:53

Where the web wersion? We did a game about balls too))

zconnelly13 2013-12-17 04:57

Oh. My. Gosh. Too cool. Very well done XD

ryanmurakami 2013-12-17 04:57

only got one player here. :-( Looks cool though!

bribz 2013-12-17 05:01

Overall very good. Lots of fun, and mechanics work pretty smoothly.

onlyslightly 2013-12-17 05:23

Solid controls. Fun mechanic. Played great with 2 players.

emmelineprufrock 2013-12-17 05:24

I like the way you played with the theme. As for a small critique, I don't think you should be able to start the game with only one player. While playing two player, we kept accidentally doing that and it was a bit frustrating. Very cool game though. I'd be interested in playing more from you all.

x70x 2013-12-17 05:30

@emmelineprufrock Yeah, the player select stuff was added in very last-minute. Overlooked that little detail. Would fixing that be qualified as a "bug fix" for competition rules? Or would it have to be listed as a post-compo version?

angelk 2013-12-17 06:50

Very cool! I wanted to make a game like this as well some time :) I like how when you're aiming you can freeze in the air for a brief moment. It's also funny that you can hit yourself with your own ball.

ekilibr 2013-12-17 08:24

Well done ! Had a lot of fun :)

mrtedders 2013-12-17 08:56

Only got me here but i wish i could have played your gam

romandtom 2013-12-17 09:20

I couldn't start the game, is it because no other players
were in?

mrvanderpants 2013-12-17 10:09

Gameplay is very smooth and cool visuals!

tombofry 2013-12-17 12:00

Glad to see I'm not the only one who made a game requiring controllers and more than one person :D
I really enjoyed this game, very fun!

rubna 2013-12-17 16:52

Can't play because no controllers :( Keyboard controls maybe? please?

john_conder9 2013-12-18 09:56

This looks like it'd be great fun with a web-multiplayer version. Unfortunately I don't have any other players or controllers here :(

x70x 2013-12-18 16:17

Sorry, but no keyboard controls for this one. It wouldn't make sense with the analog aiming in the game. Holding a direction on the joystick directs where your ball is thrown. Please don't vote if you can't play. Thanks.

tobiasnl 2013-12-19 11:21

Too bad it can only be played with a controller.. I sure wanted to play!

gamelabbers 2013-12-20 12:06

Dude this game is EPIC!! Laughed our asses off while playing!! I am inspired :)

jgpicatoste 2013-12-22 10:32

Although the use of the theme isn't the best I have seen, the game as a whole is an outstanding idea. Congratulations on every aspect of it!

lordhellmax 2013-12-22 22:36

Played with 2 controllers, one Logitech and one Xbox 360 controller and they had different controls. No big deal but it was complicated figuring what to do in the beginning. After we managed to play, nice fast-paced multiplayer game. It has some nice potential. Music is good as well!

rico-albe 2013-12-23 00:29

Really addictive, reminded me of Foiled.

It's really frustrating to get hit by a really slow ball you thought you'd pickup and sometimes getting hit doesn't spawn an alarming enough visual response, and the counter is really small and it's not feasible to keep score while playing.

There's a bug sometimes that makes you "pick" more than one ball (so they're floating around you) but you only throw one. Making some balls dissappear from the match. It made a game of three be a one ball match.

x70x 2013-12-23 14:54

@LordHellMaX Yeah, I only had xbox controllers to test with unfortunately. Glad you were able to play still.

@rico.albe You managed to point out most of the bugs/issues that I didn't have time to fix during the jam. I really do like the gameplay of this game though so I may come back and do a more polished release at some point. Thanks for your feedback.

01101101 2013-12-27 11:34

Quite fun, good job guys! A networked-multiplayer version would be awesome :)

occash 2013-12-27 18:25

I can't start this game( I press A but nothing happens(

chameco 2013-12-30 15:52

Very, very fun.

harsayhd 2013-12-30 23:14

Don't tell me you can't make keyboard controls. Just make fake 8 way movement (4 buttons). Maybe it's not comfortable for 4 players but you have to do it!!!

harsayhd 2013-12-30 23:22

Well I found PS2 controllers. I think the graphics should be better after 72 hours but it's a very playable game! I love it!

x70x 2013-12-30 23:51

@Harsay Keyboards have a max number of keys that will respond to being pressed at the same time. Most keyboards max out at around 6 keys at one time (depending on which keys) so that would make it pretty much impossible to do more than 2 players on a keyboard (not to mention how uncomfortable it would be). I still think analog aiming (full 360 degree control) is important in a game like this. Even though Dodgy Ball is much simpler, try to imagine playing Smash Bros on a keyboard. Aiming attacks even in 8 directions wouldn't be precise enough I don't think.

The art was a result of trying to learn all the new 2D features of Unity while developing the game. I had never touched the sprite features or messed with the mechanim animation trees. That took longer than I thought.

01101101 2014-01-04 13:38

Had to comment again after spending some more time playing with a friend :) Definitely had a ton of fun, great job guys!

x70x 2014-01-04 17:07

@01101101 Thanks!