Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → SoccerTurn
By tiberiusuciu
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.18 | 10 | ||
| Fun | 2.81 | 10 | ||
| Innovation | 3.25 | 10 | ||
| Theme | 4.00 | 10 | ||
| Graphics | 3.18 | 10 | ||
| Audio | 3.00 | 10 | ||
| Humor | 2.93 | 10 | ||
| Mood | 2.62 | 10 |
Cool little 2 player game, the mechanics worked well. Maybe some work on the audio and graphics would have been nice, but overall a pretty good entry. I also submitted a football/soccer game if you'd like to try it: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/1on1-world-cup-2018
Nice work! I appreciate the effort you put into both the presentation and the documentation for the game.
I like the graphics a lot - though there's no animation, the camera motion and the colorfulness of the sprites and soccer field make it feel plenty alive. At first I wasn't sure if there was a lot of strategy to it with it just involving moving and occasionally kicking, but I got in a pretty heated battle with my friend which ended in him scoring an own goal (I had kicked it just short of the goal). I think getting a grasp of how to cover players and how it's easier to cover distance with passes helped a lot.
I think the strategy could be enhanced if you could see a possible range of motion for the player/ball when you are about to take an action, so you have an idea of what they are capable of - sometimes I'd move 2 feet and be so disappointed! Also, it is frustrating when it'd be my turn and it'd select the keeper - if there was some way to either choose a player or rotate evenly, that might be cool.
One playability improvement I'd suggest is to have moving be the default, so we didn't have to keep reaching for 1 on the keyboard before clicking - then you could still hit 2 or 3 if you wanted to do something else.
Overall I thought the polish was great!
This is pretty cool! I just played it with @sayumeki. It's a little bit hard to get the ball around efficiently, but maybe I'm just bad at positioning players well for soccer. It also was a little frustrating that sometimes the player would move only a little bit, and other times they would move much further - you won't know how much you get for your move. The UI was also pretty clear - the camera centers on the player, and the player has an outline highlight, which is good.
I really like the Ludum Dare 41 logo you put in the backwall of the stage! Very nice touch!
@sayumeki @Acuity
Thanks for playing! Im glad you guys had a chance to play it together, I did not have much of the opportunity to test it with someone when I was writing this game.
I agree about the range of motion, my biggest concern for this game was to make sure the game mechanics/controls were clear. I see that I forgot about showing a range of motion for the players. Initially they used to all move the same distance, but then I realized to add a randomness to the movements which can make some pretty funny games. Good remark!
Also, I agree about the repeat previous action feature. That is really smart and should of not taken to long to implement, I did not think of that! Thanks for the tip!
I'm glad you liked the Ludum Dare logo! I tried to replicate it to the best I could within a game jam marathon. I'm glad it turned out well :smile:
I live alone but I still played this game against myself! :)
- well polished and smooth gameplay and graphics - Seems like it would be a fun game with two people
- The camera bouncing around all over the place made me a little nauseous - The game would play faster and be more fun if there were less players on the field to cycle though or better, on alternating turns players can control any one member of their team
This is a really cool idea - there's a lot of potential here for a second version of this game, I encourage you to keep going with this!
Good idea! Maybe augmenting the probability to steal the ballon when bumping into the one who have it will make the game more dynamic.