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Battle Dads

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness373
Fun833.86
Audio1893.57
Overall2453.62
Mood4593.24
Innovation4673.06
Graphics4743.43
Humor5502.27
Theme7602.86

Comments

parahunter 2016-12-13 03:07

Pretty fun! Movement felt quite floaty though.

darkavenger211 2016-12-13 03:12

Super cool game, could use the instructions on a pause screen, or setup screen.

I wish the arena was just a tiny bit bigger too, I always felt like I was floating off the edge, but maybe I'm just bad at it.

ryusui 2016-12-13 03:17

Good times. I know Smash Bros. is the obvious inspiration, but it also makes me think a little of Dissidia: Final Fantasy and the Colony Wars games (with the difference between "make vulnerable" and "knockout" moves).

diregoose 2016-12-13 03:20

Not sure why its called battle dads... your more of a robot kinda thing but in any case the fact that it had decent AI was neat.

zqmony 2016-12-13 03:27

Cool game. I wish that that the player didn't slide as much but other than that I enjoyed it.

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tylerraz 2016-12-13 03:39

Fun combat-balancing the weapons and shield is a good mechanic.
I agree the mechanics/instructions could be better explained, maybe a screen/panel.

nuclearcellar 2016-12-13 03:40

Pretty cool, imagine it would be fun in multiplayer.

virtualwindow 2016-12-13 04:10

Was a lot of fun, love the charge. Would love a bit of a bigger arena.

fussycashew 2016-12-13 04:36

Fun game! Took me a minute to figure out the controls, but I really got into it once I worked them out. The AI is pretty difficult to play against.

bonedaddy 2016-12-13 12:43

Loved how there was rumble on the controller. Cool concept. Could use full screen.

onemanarmy 2016-12-13 17:57

Good job! Got me hooked right at the start

sfje-team 2016-12-13 18:02

Nice Game. AI of other Players is done very nicely !!!

teamaxolotl 2016-12-13 18:45

Good game. I think it would be funnier in multiplayer, but the AI is really decent. Be careful, when pressing F1 to open the instructions, the last line overlaps with another text ;)

shivur 2016-12-13 18:50

Very cool fast game.

grilogordo 2016-12-14 00:22

Wow... Very cool. :D

mmason 2016-12-16 02:27

very good game, using the controller felt natural and I felt I at least had a chance to win (I lost :( )

I wan't able to play with a mouse, I could fire but not aim

mooncalf 2016-12-16 04:19

Ha ha, the AI is much better than I am! Nice job! Feels very complete for a game jam. I am a little confused about what the bars and percentages are. It didn't seem to make much difference whether I charged or not before shooting someone. It is fun to play, and the audio and graphics are well done.

afinkyu_pheaky 2016-12-16 04:27

Awesome game you've got here peach pie. I would really like to see work on this continued.

andrewjoy 2016-12-16 04:56

Cool game, love seeing multiplayer ld games

radmars 2016-12-17 03:57

Nice presentation, the graphics and audio are really good. Pretty fun though IMO the gamefeel could use some work - it seemed strange that the machine gun fire passed through enemies sometimes? Collision just seemed really inconsistent - some big laser hits I expected to be hard weren't and it was kind of hard to figure out if I was doing damage or not. Also the penalty mechanic took me a little while to figure out. Some tweaks to the collision/feedback would go a long way. This definitely has potential, nice work!

jupiter_hadley 2016-12-18 16:09

Nice graphics, fun game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/8ZKn12Y_qVg

emmelineprufrock 2016-12-18 17:36

It reminds me of Smash Bros (which I'm terrible at). My only concern is that I felt like I didn't have a lot of control over my movement, though I have a feeling that might be somehow related to the fact that I was using mouse and keyboard over controller. I would just drift off the side of the world. Liked the sound effects and the satisfying feeling of laser beaming floating eyes in the face (eye?)

windmill-games 2016-12-19 16:42

Awesome entry! I like the unique visuals, very impressive for a gamejam! :)

I also super love local multiplayer games, it's a ton of fun playing against friends!

Overall an amazing entry, well done!

rixud 2016-12-19 20:33

i really like it, its a little difficult but its ok, instructions on the menu its more helpfull than in game without pause.... i think the graphic of the floor isnt exactly the real surface, sometimes i fell out near the edges..

chipmonkey 2016-12-23 20:38

Love the camera motion and overall design; great multiplayer!