veryeviltomato 2019-04-30 03:30
There isn't much I can say about this game besides how polished it is! Loved it, I love the crispy visuals and attention to gameplay, not many games do that in the very little amount of time there is.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Death Alley
By duzzondrums, nuclearfriend, gavku, louisdmeyer and olsonmabob
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 81 | 4.01 | 131 | |
| Fun | 48 | 4.03 | 131 | |
| Innovation | 253 | 3.49 | 131 | |
| Theme | 971 | 2.79 | 130 | |
| Graphics | 79 | 4.36 | 131 | |
| Audio | 63 | 4.01 | 128 | |
| Humor | 84 | 3.85 | 129 | |
| Mood | 128 | 3.87 | 130 |
There isn't much I can say about this game besides how polished it is! Loved it, I love the crispy visuals and attention to gameplay, not many games do that in the very little amount of time there is.
I love the art style.
Art style is awesome, game is fun, although I really suck at it^^ Guess it's like real bowling on that side :D
I love the artstyle! Characters and their animations are so well done. Everything is so polished and satisfying. Had so much fun just trying to perfect my roll. Keep up the awesome work! 💪
This looks like a Strike! Great job guys and good luck with the entry. Learning curve is a bit hard but maybe I just suck at bowling against the Death like i suck at bowling in real life...
I really enjoyed this game and your take on bowling. Didn't like the physics to much. The ball didn't seems to hit the zombie arms like I was hoping for especially when I got max power on the ball. I like the player character cause he reminds me of Jeff from Earthbound. Loved his expressions. Also I wish we actually got to bowl against Death.
It's fun and very nice looking!
Looks really nice! My only complain is that the rhythm is a little bit slow. But it feels amazing, great feedback to the player when s/he manages to score! Also really original, although the connection with the theme does not immediately pop to mind. Would play again!
Amusing and it looks great to boot. You can walk down to the pins and knock them over with your body though...
Tricky to get the hang of, but very rewarding when you do! I love all the bouncy animations, and the speed effects are very satisfying. It could benefit from a faster advancement to the next frame, because I was always itching to have another go and waiting became a bit frustrating. Great game all round otherwise!
Looks amazing! The characters and furniture bouncing in the room gave a nice atmosphere. The game transmits perfectly the feeling of power after landing successful hits on the bar and it feels very rewarding.
Great entry!
Looks really great and plays a bit different from your run of the mill bowling game. That also means you need a bit more skill to actually score^^
Looks and sounds great! It's funny that you can just walk down and kick all the pins over.
Throwing that thing at full force feels fuqin POWERFUL!!!
Really satisfying gameplay
Really perfected that game feel. Great work
Super satisfying bowling game! Didn't think that was a genre that would come from this theme haha. The timings of the freeze frames / sound effects were perfect. Felt really good to land those strikes. Good job!
🎳 wow who knew bowling with the devil would be so much fun
the music was great and getting a big boy combo felt really nice.
This is really great, the audio and artwork is all really well put together and it makes the simple task feel super satisfying to execute! Great design all around
Visuals are super cool. Love your take on a bowling game. The Audio really adds to the quirkiness.
What a blast!
Everything is so well done in this game. The graphics are totally my kind of thing. Audio was great. Loved the characters. At first I didn't like the bowling mechanic, but once I got the hang of it I started to really enjoy it. This is a really top notch entry.
Good stuff :8ball:
It was extremely satisfying to just power up the ball more and more, regardless of where it would end up! Great entry!
It's an hard game to start, but at the end of the first play through I was able to controle the ball quite well. Great graphics I love them.
Its very fun to play
Broooo. Killed it. Love it!
I had a lot of fun playing! Still struggling to make a strike. Really like the animation of the scene around.
Wow. Pixel art, but in 3D. Very, very cool. Simple mechanic but super addictive. Love it!
Best game I've played so far! Really really great! The Graphics are awesome and it doesn't get boring. nice control system.
I love some 3d pixel art and I looove some hitlag. Really impact bowling!
Love the art and humor! The style is awesome! Kinda wish something happened to me when I lost at the end though.
I love that art style. Also, animations :ok_hand: Very simple yet very effective. Great job! You should probably work on it a little more (maybe add some more content or game modes) and release it on mobile. It would be perfect for that platform.
I really love 3D pixelart games and this is one of the best! very well done! :smile:
Awesome
Really great gameplay, theme, and feel. Quite difficult though.
Ooooooohhhh it is soooo anoying when I get a high power throw but I dont hit nothing hahahaha. Loved the work you guys have done with this game, everything is awesome, the game feel, the art, the mechanics and feedback, loved everything.
The game is really beautiful and has some awesome music ! Great job ! I'm unfortunately to bad to score a lot of points :/
I'm on my knees. I <3 this so much. This freaking song is one of those I could imagine playing at a funeral.
Love the little details like the pins. This game has a fantastic aesthetic.
Nice work! I love the visuals and the music track is well written, especially the initial hit that brings the game in. Perhaps introduce some new music to reflect whats happening on screen, like when performing well/not so well. And definitely a game over track. Otherwise, it kinda feels like background and doesn't always contribute to whats happening.
I felt that some of the physics were questionable, as I would smash some of the pins and they would jump up but stay there? And that the ball just disintegrates if its not thrown hard enough?
I really enjoyed the artwork and it looks great overall. It would be nice to see the little demons play a part in the background, even if its just to distract you... or perhaps interfere in a different game mode.
Great job!
I love this game so much! The mechanic of throwing the ball is fantastic, the art style is spectacular, and the game is so funny! I love the expressions death does xD Screenshot_20.pngScreenshot_21.png
Overall amazing job! One of my favorites from this jam for sure!
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What do I get now?
The juice and feel in this thing. Holly molly. I really enjoyed this one. Congrats!
I absolutely love the artstyle and expressions of the characters! Great humor and mood with simple and fun gameplay. I would have liked a bit more feedback on the pins personally but aside from that, great entry.
I had a very enjoyable time with this game. I thought the feedback for the multiple button presses required for a shot felt really good, and I enjoyed the feedback sounds. Getting a strike was a pleasing reward and kept me playing until I almost had a perfect game.
Wow!! I really started to get the hang at it after my first grade was a big fat F. I hit 2 strikes and 2 spares after that and realized the strategy.. Always aim for the middle, even if the yellow bar is on the left of right! The audio was very fun and kept me playing. Great entry!
Really fun!!! and with controller support!!! I really love the sprites animations. TOP entry!
- all the animations and graphics were nice. - could have used some tutorial, took half a game to figure out the game play. - gameplay itself was good, however the power stuff didn't work the same as I would have expected from actual bowling. - music was good
God damn I suck at bowling even in a video game. I love the pixel art in a 3d environment and all the juiciness. Really well made. Good job. If there's one critique, I would say having a how to play screen might be nice. It's pretty easy to figure out but that's after you biff your first couple of turns. :P
This was great, really enjoyable to play and so satisfying to get some good shots in. Music, humour and art all worked so well together.
Extremely well polished entry, and after the first game I was able to bowl with decent accuracy. Loved it! (Also you can walk down to the pins and kick them over :smile:)
Really liked the game. Thought the colours and overall aesthetic were great! A ton of small details went into making this single mechanic really fun to do over and over.
I love this music!!! The game is also cool I don't really get the goal but very cool. Good job
Love the artwork on this, but I found it really difficult. Either I could get good power but would always hit the gutter, or a decent aim but only enough power to knock down a single pin.
It's not really well documented but after you throw the ball, you can move it a little bit left/right to correct it. :)
this new way of seeing this sport makes the throwing of the ball much more epic
Very coherent theme and well executed. Did feel like the camera held on the pins for a little too long and the music could get a little bit repetitive. Otherwise a solid entry overall, I enjoyed it! Great job!
I could not really figure out how to play this but it looked great and the expressions were humorous. Good job.
Guys! I FOUND A BUG:
If you move Jimmy towards the pins you can knock them all down manually, and then throw the ball and it still counts as a Strike.
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Also you can manage to throw the ball so hard against a corner that it bounces around the room like crazy.
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Sorry for breaking your game :P
Very nicely done! I had a lot of fun playing this, and my personal highlight was an incredibly powerful gutter ball! ;-)
Great visual design, the "juiciness" of this game is off the charts. Your preview gif alone is amazing :)
These aesthetics ooze a mix of Earthbound and PaRappa the rapper. Neither of them are bad things to ooze like.
Well done! Challenging but once you got the hang of the controls it was very satisfying. The animated scenery makes it feel very alive and spooky.
The gamefeel when the main character throws the ball is amazing! Cool graphics and very challenging gameplay! One recommendation: skip the camera travellings and the results using another key... if the players play a lot these "stoppers" stop the gameplay. Overall is an amazing game! Congrats! :clap:
This game is lovely. The graphics and the sound are amazing, and it's very fun !! The only bad thing is that it isn't so original :((
really nice entry, overall mood is perfect : animation and music fit well. Very fun to play, after several try, i get rank A ! :-) it's so addictive. GG!
Awesome! I'm terrible at bowling but this was really fun to play as it felt great getting a strike with a super powerful launch. I did manage to launch so pitifully a few times my direct hit got a 0, which I thought humorous. Graphics and audio were incredible and the overall feel of the game with the little bits of dialogue was quite funny. Great job! :grinning:
I really love the wobbly characters and props. They have so much charm and life!