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Entire Game Off One Screen

By mr_mg

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme784.19
Humor2822.94
Fun5983.05
Innovation6852.95
Overall7483.01
Graphics8162.69
Mood9522.45
Coolness221717

Comments

alsweigart 2014-12-08 20:29

Nice game. The controls were a little wonky but that just added to the fun. With some more time to polish I could see this being an awesome game.

aevek 2014-12-08 20:29

Love the interpretation of the theme. The beginnings of a fun little party game. A shame you didn't get time to add AI, that would have helped a lot.

fanttum 2014-12-08 20:29

Fun idea, but controls are a bit slow and there is not much too it.

noahbrocz 2014-12-08 20:30

When someone takes the theme to much :D lol, nice game. Check my game too: Presidents bodyguard simulator.

minibobbo 2014-12-09 01:00

Fun idea. The controls and jumping did feel a little weird. I like the extra touches like the buttons in the lower right block balls falling off the screen.

ozcr 2014-12-09 01:09

Cool.

quexd 2014-12-09 01:15

slippery, but good I might dig up an old monitor and some marbles soon...

kitch 2014-12-09 01:16

Cool, its like pool. And apparently I'm rhyming now..
Great way to make the theme work for you!

liquidmedia 2014-12-09 01:19

Very cool game. it's a good test of skill to paly both sides?

liquidmedia 2014-12-09 01:19

Very cool game. it's a good test of skill to pla both sides?

error031 2014-12-09 01:55

Since I saw your posts about game I wanted to play it, and i wasn't disapointed! It reminds me of Hamsterball one of the best couch coop games. Great work!

epicminer2 2014-12-09 02:06

Maby have an AI cause finding a second player then using the same keyboard is difficult

rono 2014-12-09 02:18

Nice. I like that the controls are wonky, its part of the challenge. But I'd love to see a score screen at the end!

spartanicecream 2014-12-09 03:56

Very fun. Good thing I had a friend to play with me because unfortunately there's no AI.

boracho 2014-12-09 04:09

This seems like it'd be a fun little party game, but unfortunately I don't have someone to play with. Controls are nice (but feel a teensy bit weird) and a clever play on the theme. made me think of marbles. Cool stuff!

sinistragames 2014-12-09 04:30

Haha, pretty fun! Reminded me of the mario party minigame with them bouncing each other rolling on balls. Cool game : )

calavera 2014-12-09 04:35

Fun, very hard. If you're still figuring it out and somehow suicide all 5 lives before the dead balls are gone, you have to wait for them to slowly die before restarting >_<

karlipoppins 2014-12-09 04:37

One of my favorites! Just had a blast playing with my wife :) Excellent job!

barry-p-evans 2014-12-09 04:58

controls were kinda strange. seems like you were adding a force every frame so that the balls accelerated but they ended up going too fast D: otherwise nice job!

lexgear 2014-12-09 05:05

heh..heheh. this is good.

interface 2014-12-09 05:47

Great interpretation of the theme. Bad news is, I had nobody to play with. Good news is, I won!

hazzahazzam 2014-12-09 05:57

Little slidey, and had no-one to play with. Love the animations at the start of the game. Good effort!

sirikan 2014-12-09 06:04

Nice little game :). Like how you interpreted the theme :).

geckoo1337 2014-12-09 06:20

Basic, but interesting. Can be improved. THX ++

exoddinary 2014-12-09 08:32

Two player :<

baseteam 2014-12-09 09:03

Very good game. Thank you dev :)

matpg 2014-12-09 09:22

Great local multiplayer game!, have to try this one out at the office tomorrow. It is also a challenge to play against yourself.

murchurl 2014-12-09 10:59

Nice Idea! Controls could do with improving though. Overall nice concept, good job and nice camera movement in beginning!

deyteris_team 2014-12-09 11:55

Simple but fun. Blue ball is my favorite!

designernap 2014-12-09 14:07

Nice concept and good first jam! It was easy to win if I hid by the buttons though! :)

tasteslikefuture 2014-12-09 14:16

Surprisingly fun for such a straightforward idea. I see a lot of potential for a mobile port. Great work!

wer2chosen 2014-12-09 14:52

Fun game, I liked the sluggishness of the controls, really added to the game. I could see this as a real good multiplayer game, or when the AI gets done. It is a game I would play and enjoy past the Jam.

xaedes 2014-12-09 15:12

Nice hit on the theme! Too bad there is no KI and noone around to play it with. Good idea.
The graphics are okay. The text could be in higher resolution.

Nice game!

plonkydonkey 2014-12-09 15:41

nice concept, hope you can develop it further :)

losttraindude 2014-12-09 16:04

Nice way to present an equally nice way to deal with the theme :D
It's a pity that the game has no sounds and I really like that when you press the Jump button twice it drops like a bomb (actually, I don't know if you did that on purpose, but still).

With more tight controls and dynamics this could become a great party game :D

neithr 2014-12-09 19:09

Nice for taking the theme literally :D.

2014-12-09 19:12

The makings of a really good party game! If you decide to do a post-ld version I'd love to play it with added sounds and maybe some round variations. Good work

aden-manson 2014-12-09 21:11

VERY NICE GAME MECHANICS! The 3d ness of the game was amazing!

blobby101 2014-12-09 21:36

Nice idea. I like the way it controls, there's some skill to it :D Would be nice to add was some kind of AI or online multiplayer for people with no-one to play with xD
Pretty good for your first jam!

badlydrawnrod 2014-12-09 22:00

Ha, ha, ha, ha, very literal!

logun 2014-12-09 22:12

Very cool for a first attempt. And a silly way to fit the theme into the game :D good job

wakka 2014-12-09 22:23

Liked the idea. Why are there 4 balls on the screen when there are only 2 players?

ferraware 2014-12-09 22:49

Nice to pass time, could use some work in the graphics section, but pretty fun overall. Also, you can stay on the lower part of the screen, and never fall off :P

deadpixelsociety 2014-12-09 22:51

Great take on the theme. Gameplay is lacking though.

kirbytails7 2014-12-10 04:47

Nice use of the theme.

mr_mg 2014-12-11 10:43

Thanks for the feedback guys. I might try and flesh the game out a bit more after the event.

The original plan was to also make a socket server to go along with this so that it could be 4 players battling over the internet but I ran out of time. I also wanted to create some AI for the other balls so you could play on your own so those are two features I will look to try and add.

dekart 2014-12-13 17:33

Nice game, the idea of cooperative gameplay is good, unfortunately I had to try it alone.

donovanwu 2014-12-13 23:25

Nice take on the theme LOL.
I feel the friction is too small so that I have gone off the edge several times by myself LOL.
Maybe I'm just bad at games LOL.

apiotrw 2014-12-17 08:28

Very nice interpretation of the theme

pjimmy 2014-12-17 12:08

nice, good take on the theme, very funny, but only if you have someone to play with, well done

papygaragos 2014-12-23 16:58

Sleeping is indeed very important, congratulation on your first game jam :)

Even if the game is not very fun in itself (I blame the controls: you are hardly in control actually), there is a nice packaging (the intro, the instructions on the screen...).

Good job, hope to see you next LD

jpmit 2014-12-29 10:08

Cool game. Good fun, interesting use of the theme, and good looking. Well done.