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LORD BASKETBALL

By designernap

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3023.4421
Fun4253.1021
Innovation3253.2121
Theme3563.4221
Graphics1583.7821
Audio823.7019
Humor983.5219
Mood2023.3620

Comments

benjamin 2017-12-04 14:27

Very nice polish for this evolution in the mood. The ending made me laugh, you did a great show and a good game

designernap 2017-12-04 18:48

Thanks @Benjamin! Made this while ill so was a bit of a struggle. Happy I got there in the end though.

bookworm31 2017-12-05 08:53

Neat game! I really enjoyed the audio and the graphics. I will admit, I needed to turn on forgiving mode to beat it, but it was quite fun. I did notice that it seemed there was a bit of variability in where the ball was thrown left and right, was this intentional? Overall, nice job.

designernap 2017-12-05 10:32

Hi @bookworm31, yes it was intentional! :D The original idea was that aiming would get harder as the crowd grew, but couldn't balance the variable with the time I had left so just left it at the crowd throwing things and the audio pressure. Thanks for playing!

sushiy 2017-12-05 15:19

Interesting Game, but it's extremely hard! Waitingtime for the ball to return was kind of long. Liked the style of the game and the Crowd throwing stuff, but the gameplay itself was a bit samey overall

jk5000 2017-12-05 15:38

Overall the game is good, but I found the aiming too unforgiven. But the game is pretty and the music is really good.

ale 2017-12-05 15:48

That ending was epic! The music and animations really helped give this a fun mood.

The aiming mechanic felt kinda pointless since you really only had to aim once in the beginning, and then just keep trying to hit the same spot on the meter 10 times in a row without moving the mouse.

I liked it though. Great job!

wuceng 2017-12-05 16:12

Sadly the controls are inverted so it was very unusual for me. Apart from that I really like the audio and the art for the fans was great aswell. Could use bit more gameplay depth tho.

pete-h 2017-12-05 21:40

Nice work Gnap! I got so many hoops, it was insane. Disappointed that I didn't make the credits, I'll have to try harder next jam!

2017-12-08 15:34

Nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxcULPo0hyk

tolmera 2017-12-08 19:26

Pretty good game. I like how you tied it in with the theme! :)

sean-s-leblanc 2017-12-11 07:46

Great entry! The idea is solid, though I did feel like getting a basket was waaaaay too hard (forgiving mode probably should have been the default, haha).

The crowd throwing things was the best idea in this imo; it would have been nice to see that part emphasised more with even more ridiculous amounts of increasingly distracting objects being thrown.

cptalbertwesker 2017-12-12 13:23

A-MAZING!!! I absolutely love this game AND I can play as Catmoo of the Brighton Suns! I love the different excuses that appear when you can't make your first shot, the awkward cough as a few fans watch you try and make the shot, and the absolutely defeating end when you miss! I'm not gonna lie, with forgiving mode off I could only make two shots without the crushing defeat of not being lord basketball. With forgiving mode on I could only get 9 shots due to the damn fans throwing their crap at me! Those foam hands kept hitting my ball outta the way!! Really loving this one, a real tremendous feat considering you were ill all weekend!

regisrquoi 2017-12-18 16:07

The phrases that appears when you fails are good, there's lot of them and it makes failure not frustrating. You have a huge perspective problem I think. It took me long to notice that when I throw my ballon too far away, it's hitting the goal and going back to me. The camera is like, 90° rotated from the goal and it make the thing a bit unclear for the player ! =)

robert-newman 2017-12-21 15:35

nice game, and a very different take on the theme. Loved the comments when you miss.

i think if you upped the speed of the game would feel better, or moved the spot you started from

i enjoyed it