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Space Sumo King

By danjoricey

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8073.3131
Fun4003.6331
Innovation6353.2731
Theme3623.9331
Graphics8912.8731
Humor3693.2931
Mood9083.0030

Comments

jobecr 2023-10-03 00:20

Kinda enjoyed it, very simple in nature, but I played all the way to wave 16 (then got destroyed by the giant purple blob), I also think that the small blue guys were causing some seriously bad lag when they appeared, but apart from that it was somewhat fun.

monian 2023-10-03 00:44

Overall is really fun. I agree that there is lagging when multiple blue guys appear. Also I made friends with some of them.(Didn't fall out properly and the next level appear) Those are just tiny tiny problems. I also loved your idea that their is no sound in the space! Truly and so clever!

danjoricey 2023-10-03 21:44

@jobecr Thank you so much for your feedback! I managed to fix the bug with the blue guys causing awful lag! Ahh you got attacked by "Glub" (the purple blob), I have added an enemy guide to the description to hopefully prepare future players to avoid the same fate.

danjoricey 2023-10-03 21:46

@monian Thanks for the wonderful feedback! The lag should hopefully be mostly gone now I have redone the WebGL build with optimised settings!

rsheepdv 2023-10-03 23:32

This game was awesome, genuinely had a lot of fun watching aliens fly XD.

equalenergy 2023-10-03 23:33

Very enjoyable but it lacks gameplay loop, overall though great game!

frib 2023-10-03 23:37

Also had the blue guy fps issues, but it was still playable. Got knocked out during wave 13, it's a shame the game kicks you back to the main menu as I don't really want to go through the first 10 waves again lol. It was quite satisfying to knock out the enemies but until the usurpers show up there's not really much that can go wrong.

Anyway, pretty neat game! Good job!

the-xj-project 2023-10-03 23:38

For me timing it right to throw off the yellow speedy ones was the most satisfying, fun game I like the idea of the space getting smaller to fit the theme!

nomus 2023-10-04 22:26

I liked the game, i would have enjoyed it more if the centrist enemies would push you a bit to make it more interesting ! the push physics is great

phillips-albright 2023-10-04 22:27

Very fun, the graphics and physics make the game really amusing to play. The mechanic is fun and implements the theme well but makes the game pretty easy with the enemy design. I don't think the red enemies that sit there are very challenging, and the purple was a suprise given a lack of tutorial. Multiplayer would be amazing for this.

mistercarson 2023-10-04 22:27

It's a super fun and simple game that has a decent amount of replayability. Multiplayer could be fun in the future if you keep working with it.

jens-g 2023-10-04 22:33

Was fun to throw everyone around. Maybe a bit unoptimized. It was a bit laggy when a lot of them spawned at once, but that might just be on my end.

dovodx 2023-10-04 22:51

I like this, it's charming. I do think that the game takes too long to get going, personally. As far as I can tell, you don't have any real threats until about wave 12 when the grey guy shows up, unless you can fall out of the ring by taking too long to knock out the enemies. Personally, I'd have liked to see more quality over quantity with the waves.

luminarts 2023-10-04 22:52

Fun! Played it until the giant purple thing obliterated me. It's rather simple but enjoyable nonetheless! The only thing I encountered it was some deep fps drop when lots of them spawn, but otherwise nice entry!

greenpig 2023-10-05 01:56

The embedded version does not seem to load for me so take a look at that or upload an itch.io link so that people can play:))

hydezeke 2023-10-05 02:03

This is cool! Congrats on your first LD. I love all the little dudes and punting them off the saucer :))

danjoricey 2023-10-05 08:29

@greenpig thank you for letting me know! I will look into getting it on itch.io today:)

furano 2023-10-05 20:21

That was a fun game ! I loved all those little guys were flying everywhere ! The ensuing chaos was entertaining...

Too bad that it started lagging quite a lot for me starting from level 10. I was not able to complete it because of that issue.I know that time is short in jam but I think this game could be even funnier with some weird sound effect added. If you have no audio skill at all (like myself...) you can always use sfx generator like **[RfxGen](https://github.com/raysan5/rfxgen)**

I really liked how despite having exactly the same ideas we ended up with two completely different game and two completely different mood ! Sumo team forever ! :wrestlers: :laughing:

Congratulation for your first jam !

danjoricey 2023-10-05 21:37

@greenpig There is now a link to an upload on itch.io where the loading should work. Thank you again for raising this issue!

danjoricey 2023-10-05 21:40

@frib @jens-g @luminarts @furano

Thank you all for raising the FPS issues with me, I have been confused about what is causing them but noticed the animator values on the blue enemies (Centrists) were weird so maybe it had bugged out. I reattached the animator component and they looked better.

There is now a link to itch.io with the game with this bug fix applied, hopefully it should run better now! There may still be lag spikes for people when multiple enemies spawn where there could still be better optimisation but I am not getting that issue on my end anymore.

danjoricey 2023-10-05 21:47

@furano Thanks for the kind feedback! I really wanted there to be funny sounds when you pushed the aliens and some funny background music but time got the better of me!

Once again I really liked your sumo game! The art style and combat mechanics are so good! Funny we both thought of sumo, great minds think alike!

yndajas 2023-10-08 00:27

Pretty fun! Sometimes the enemies seemed to stick around for the next level, but they didn't count as level enemies so it didn't really matter. Fun idea and smooth movement. With some refined graphics/animation and some sound this could be really addictive

catulus-zesmar 2023-10-09 18:54

I really liked this! Simple to understand, fun to play, and interprets the theme well.

mnemosynevl 2023-10-15 13:42

Fun game. I noticed one more bug. Often I push off the enemies and while they are mid-air the wave is considered finished, and the play area enlarges. That way the enemy which I had just pushed off lands back on the platform.

drunk 2023-10-15 17:54

The thing is, the platform getting smaller is a disadvantage and an advantage in the same time. Characters are really cute, the idea is great! I enjoyed it.

prismapunch 2023-10-18 19:58

Fun and simple, I think with more time the hit detection when flinging enemies could have been improved along with sound effects to indicate when you're grabbing them.