Beating Aliens With Oversized BALLS!! (BOWAB) by ProgramGamer

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made by ProgramGamer for LD32 (COMPO)
This is my submission for Ludum Dare 32. It is a game featuring seven levels of, uh, something. You throw balls at aliens I guess. Also, a game pad is required to play. Like, an xBox 360/One or a PS3/PS4 controller plugged in your computer.

Left/Right to move
A to jump
X and B to throw the ball at different angles
Y to pick up a ball from a basket or from the ground.
Down + X to drop your ball without throwing it (but why though)

Have fun!

-ProgramGamer

Ratings

Coolness 30% 2008
Overall 3.41 333
Audio 2.71 547
Fun 3.59 175
Graphics 3.59 261
Humor 2.56 639
Innovation 2.65 852
Theme 3.24 634

Feedback

ProjectX593
20. Apr 2015 · 15:25 UTC
Awesome little platformer! Tough, but the mechanics were solid and it didn't feel unfair.
Crawler Studios
21. Apr 2015 · 01:30 UTC
I love these graphics!! Quite challenging and very well done.
ohai1
22. Apr 2015 · 11:06 UTC
Nice and challenging. Music fits the mood, but I got tired by it way too fast. Controls feel very nice except character doesn't always turn around instantly (very small delay but totally noticeable taking difficulty level to consideration).
Aaranos
22. Apr 2015 · 21:54 UTC
Fun game, got stuck a few times though and didn't see any way to reset the level.
Franklin's Ghost
25. Apr 2015 · 09:34 UTC
Nice platformer, with a good puzzle design. Did find one of the later levels with the groups of three guys you have to jump in between pretty difficult though.
johnnwfs
26. Apr 2015 · 02:04 UTC
Nice game, thanks for the source - my gamepad wasn't working so I changed the code to use keyboard and had a lot of fun getting the aliens bonked with balls. Cool thematic, nice graphics. Only complaint was the looping sounds. Some more variety may have had me trying to play longer.
MonoS
29. Apr 2015 · 14:00 UTC
I got stuck at the 5th level because it required very thing platforming [due to the low ceiling] so i didn't finished the game.

The music at the beginning was cool, but after 90 seconds it became unsupportable.

the game is fun in the end, but please fix the 5th level
John Vanis
29. Apr 2015 · 14:47 UTC
I could not start the game. The game does not respond when buttons are pressed. Ugly start screen and music.
eddynardo
04. May 2015 · 19:37 UTC
I really wanted to start the game but i dont have any game pad.Is it hard to make it work with keyboard too?