Super Light Combat [custom hardware] by Jakub Koziol

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made by Jakub Koziol for LD35 (JAM)
Ludum Dare is not quite friendly for physical games. But we made one anyway!

From brains and fingers of Robin Baumgarten (@robin_b) and Jakub Koziol (@jakubkoziol), straight from the (almost) sunny Berlin, we're glad to present to you Super Light Combat, a 2-player, custom hardware, 1D fighting game.

That’s right! A fighting game in one dimension.

For very understandable reasons we can’t offer you a build of the game. But we have cool photos and a video!

Features include many colors, 2 custom controllers, 1 dimension, 100 frames per second and clicky buttons. Also included level editor, if you care enough to shift the shape of the LED strip. Possibilities are endless!

In the next few days we’ll try to have a slightly more specific write up on what we did. In the meantime we’ll try to answer some questions we’re already expecting.

If you want to know anything, such as which cars we use in Rocket League or what are our camera settings are, let us know in the comments!

Q: What tech did you use?
A: Teensy board, some arcade-style buttons, two dials and a ridiculously long (5 meters!) LED strip, the same as the one used in the Line Wobbler (http://aipanic.com/projects/wobbler)

Q: How many hours of Rocket League did you play during the jam?
A: Internet in the place we’re staying was pretty unstable so probably only around 7 hours.

Q: Will you play more Rocket League during the next Ludum Dare?
A: Yes. If possible we’ll try to make a game using only Rocket League.

Q: Can I play Super Light Combat?
A: If you’re currently at A MAZE festival in Berlin send us a tweet and we can try to arrange something! @robin_b @jakubkoziol

Ratings

Coolness 0% 2304
Overall(Jam) 3.53 276
Innovation(Jam) 4.47 4

Feedback

Lancelot Gao
19. Apr 2016 · 02:24 UTC
Cool!Good idea!
PeachTreeOath
19. Apr 2016 · 02:52 UTC
The light footsies are real. Right side needs be oki options though.
Arvydas
19. Apr 2016 · 03:54 UTC
Interesting idea! needs sounds haha
KodingNights
19. Apr 2016 · 04:00 UTC
Looks very cool!
Wefiends
19. Apr 2016 · 04:00 UTC
Not sure how this is shapeshifting, but who cares, this is really rad and totally impressive.
Hyoga-3D
19. Apr 2016 · 13:40 UTC
Interresting idea, good job.
JohnnySix
21. Apr 2016 · 20:18 UTC
Excellent stuff - props for doing something physical for the jam. Bonus points for the arcade controllers and the 1d twist . :)
aeveis
22. Apr 2016 · 05:14 UTC
very cool! Nice job working with the "led strip platform"!
jakass
22. Apr 2016 · 17:04 UTC
Woow!
Atridas
24. Apr 2016 · 17:17 UTC
Perfect game for cats as a 3rth players.
lanestp
03. May 2016 · 02:04 UTC
Beautiful! Now you just need a web interface onto the controls and you will have a world beater!
rjhelms
09. May 2016 · 20:09 UTC
Ordinarily I'd refrain from rating a game that I can't play, but this is seriously cool and impressive for something hacked together in a weekend. I love seeing when people take Ludum Dare in a totally unintended direction, so this put a huge smile on my face.
Knowledge
09. May 2016 · 20:57 UTC
I don't get the mechanics so I can't really tell how fun game is or how innovative it is (I voted 3 stars for innovation but I'm not so sure!).
I also did hardware game last LD and I think you should either make instruction how to make a game or make more descriptions about game.