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FlOBA (fixed server!!)

By rhy3756547

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio1823.35
Graphics2413.58
Innovation2663.50
Theme3013.94
Overall3883.35
Fun5863.00
Coolness176639

Comments

miznoruri 2015-12-15 10:33

I can't play this, it shows "NETWORK ERROR:[object Event]" and "Lost connection!". I would come back again when it is fixed.

rhy3756547 2015-12-15 15:35

@Remicy looks like server went down somehow, unfortunately can't deal with it for another 4 hours.

athenaofdelphi 2015-12-19 10:28

I can't play this, it's still giving the same error with the network :-(

kepons 2015-12-19 10:52

Can't play due to the network error. Looks promising, though.

scorched 2015-12-20 00:15

Looks promising, please fix the server :-)

speciesunknown 2015-12-20 17:52

NETWORK ERROR: [object Event] here as well. Sorry dude, you need a better server.

I could help you out as I have node running on a server I barely use - email me, zombiebovine at gmail dot com

gornova 2015-12-20 20:25

network error even for me :( add a post compo version with working networking :D

raincoven 2015-12-21 06:53

network error, can't play %(

martin-denizet 2015-12-21 13:11

Also getting: "NETWORK ERROR:[object Event]" and "Lost connection!"

nirabazgames 2015-12-25 02:40

network error :( but your graphic is good

rhy3756547 2016-01-02 23:00

Guys, if there's a problem contact me on twitter! It should be back up now, I'll quickly rate some games and will make sure it's up for the full duration.

agilejoshua 2016-01-03 20:19

At first i didn't get it at all - TLDR on the instructions. But trial and error worked it out. Nice idea with some fun possibilities.

rhy3756547 2016-01-03 20:49

Whoops, burst growth is completely broken. a little late to notice that...

brightstar 2016-01-03 20:53

Neat game.

kardfogu 2016-01-03 21:00

Well, among the entries I played so far, this is one of the most fun to play. I love how intense the game is and how different abilities work.
Keep up the good work!

- Kardfogú

rhy3756547 2016-01-03 21:01

I just fixed burst growth so that it doesn't instantly end the game. Technically a typo, the problem was 1/60*3 instead of 1/(60*3).

jomomomo 2016-01-03 21:03

Pretty cool! I could see this being a neat mobile game...

flakoflak 2016-01-03 21:20

Fun Fun Fun.

nihilaleph 2016-01-03 21:26

Pro:
+ Nice graphics and cool audio
+ Fun concept and mechanics
+ Intense multiplayer
Con:
- So many abilities, hard to memorize all of them xp
- Some more buttons would be nice, though it wouldn't fit the two buttons theme

Awesome job!

superdude 2016-01-03 21:33

Lovely graphics and sound!

bunchasapsgames 2016-01-03 21:43

It's a great idea, but requires too much setup to play. There's so many abilities and constantly swapping back and forth ends up taking quite a bit of time, and it's hard to get a feel for each ability without actually playing.

killedbyapixel 2016-01-03 21:56

Good graphics and music. Gameplay seems overly complicated and laggy or something. Its better to keep things simple, as a player I'm very confused. It would be impossible to attempt to balance this many permutations during a compo. Also for theme, it's nice that it's a 2 button game, but in this case it doesn't add anything but instead makes it much more difficult to control.

rhy3756547 2016-01-03 22:13

@BunchaSapsGames you just described every game in the genre... I'm not sure how this was to be avoided.

thingostudios 2016-01-04 21:26

A curious genre mashup. Well, not a mashup-- it's just very weird seeing this hyper-competitive style of game applied to growing flowers, a normally placid activity. (I'll avoid the obvious Undertale reference.)

Charming audio-- I never would have guessed it was computer generated had you not said so in the description.

mach60kas 2016-01-04 23:32

Fun and very complex gardening moba-like (maybe we could call the genre "GrOBAs"?). It's a little confusing at first, even when you've read up on the abilities - but the variety of offensive and defensive abilities lead to a lot of diversity and replayability.

I enjoyed the cartoonish and clean graphics a lot, your vector style is executed very well and the Undertale reference was a nice touch. I'd like if the characters' expressions changed from time to time - it'd add quite a bit to the comedy factor! The way the player characters wobble and shake realt made fights feel quite dynamic, it was a nice touch.

The application to the themes was unorthodox in a very unique way - cycling through the ability draft phase was very tense due to the time limit, and actually quite exciting because of that. I know the music is computer generated, but it heavily reminded me of the Pokemon series in a way.

Great effort, keep it up! :)