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Wrecking Bull

By srimech5

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor2402.90
Audio4762.64
Fun4923.14
Graphics6362.82
Overall7282.95
Mood7962.38
Theme8403.14
Innovation9002.19
Coolness176639

Comments

stanov 2015-12-14 16:34

Cool idea with non-rectangular bricks :) Very unpredictible ball direction after collision and therefore difficult though.

danbolt 2015-12-14 16:40

The "bull in a china shop" is probably the best spin on Breakout I've seen next to Wizorb. The collision detection is cool too!

How did you decide to break the shape into polygons? Is it a Voronoi Diagram? I like the initial hit when you smash it to pieces.

deviousdeviation 2015-12-14 17:16

10/10 would smash china with a bull again

aamatniekss 2015-12-14 17:17

Pretty nice breakout clone. But it's very hard, as it's sometimes hard to predict where the ball bull will go. And it's very fast, but the platform is very slow. Still Good job!

ccglp 2015-12-14 17:41

Love it, don't buy the idea of the skateboard though xD

firellon 2015-12-14 19:12

Pretty enjoyable)
Still, I'd prefer more distance between object to crush and rocket. Currently it's too short and there's no other way to play (I think) but to shoot the bull behind object to try destroy as much as possible and to have more time to catch.
Ah, those Arkanoid times...

srimech5 2015-12-14 21:26

Thanks for the feedback, all. Point taken about it being difficult. I think it needs more space between the bat and the object to smash. I ran out of space on the screen and it would have been a bit difficult to shrink the china.

peterthehe 2015-12-15 16:12

Very nice!

tomenluca 2015-12-15 23:47

This game is quite enjoyable, but the random brick shapes make the game very unpredictable, leading to some frustrating losses.

oddballdave 2015-12-16 21:37

Love breakout and this is a great version. Good stuff.

martim00 2015-12-16 21:50

Good use of theme. Never thought that breakout could be played with only two controls. Also liked the idea of menu selection with two controls

kepons 2015-12-19 21:19

Quite surprised to see a game which is the opposite of "growing" (not a bad thing, though, you still used the other theme). It was pretty fun and humorous. The only things I disliked were the red background (really, one of the worst colors for a background ever) and how the skateboard and the bulls had a different graphical style.

blake_lead 2015-12-21 23:40

Nice little game. Well done.

h-attila 2015-12-22 21:54

Fun idea. Using polygons instead of rectangular bricks also makes it cooler. The bull moves too fast compared to the skateboard though so I often found it impossible to catch it.