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Ball on keys

By ludum1118

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7251.8823
Fun7181.9223
Innovation5772.7323
Theme7152.0923
Graphics6941.6423
Audio5561.8523
Humor4851.4022
Mood5971.5722

Comments

zzr 2018-08-13 15:15

File not found, what a pity.

ludum1118 2018-08-13 15:15

@zzr fixed it

bitjester-media 2018-08-13 15:16

Yes, first exe link is broken. Downloaded with the source code, but I don't have winrar

ludum1118 2018-08-13 15:20

@bitjester-media first link is fixed, no need for winrar

gamejmunk 2018-08-13 15:29

A little confusing in the start, but overall very nice game with good innovation.

sentmoraap 2018-08-13 20:42

Interesting concept. Extra hard on non QWERTY keyboard, the game uses characters not physical positions. It would be nice to restart the game without having to close and re-open it. I like the game over sound, it sounds sad but funny sad.

sentmoraap 2018-08-13 20:42

Interesting concept. Extra hard on non QWERTY keyboard, the game uses characters not physical positions. It would be nice to restart the game without having to close and re-open it. I like the game over sound, it sounds sad but funny sad.

xwilarg 2018-08-14 00:41

It took me a while to understand how the game work, the idea is great but maybe a bit too hard from my point of view (but I guess I should know my keyboard better...)

lastleaf 2018-08-14 15:57

Impressive concept. It is hard for me but I still feel the idea is interesting. Good job!

suchista 2018-08-14 16:50

It's a nice (and quite hard) game, but a little tutorial would be appreciated

mieeh 2018-08-14 22:23

Hard to grasp at first but after some time it got a grasp on the game, nice seeing a tkinter game! I've tried python+tkinter before (years ago) and never realized you could create games like this with it! Great job!

outstar 2018-08-15 16:47

Hey, a better tutorial would be appreciated, I didn't quite get the controls at first and prompt messages weren't helpful. Also, is there any way to restart it or quit it? When I lose it, pressing escape just causes a sound :) Good luck in the jam!

ludum1118 2018-08-15 17:56

@outstar thanks for your feedback. There were a lot of comments about controls not being clear, but when you open the game it says on the bottom in yellow letters how to play; can you elaborate on what isn't clear about those instructions. Also in description it says `Border around the key will be created on the side in which the arrow is pointing.` With regards to resetting sorry time ran out before i could add that.

posho 2018-08-16 01:44

I love that the game feels and sounds like an old DOS game. At first I got very confused until I payed extra attention to the screen, and to my surprise, the map IS keyboard!

This is a really interesting concept and it is unlike anything I've seen before so I believe some fleshing out could probably lead to something really cool.

If I had anything to suggest you to improve is to give an indication on the map about where the keys would be. Most of the time I ended up trying to calculate which key was related to the wall I wanted to create, but with a fast ball moving around it becomes kind of hard.

Overall this is a great concept and I would tell you to improve on it. Congrats!

Here's a small gift:

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**[Edit]** Hey, by the way... I saw you rated my game before I had the chance to edit the page. I would appreciate it if you went back to it and gave it a proper review if possible. Sorry for the hassle.

darkguardsman 2018-09-03 19:54

Good concept, with a little work could be a great game.