Poots! by djk

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made by djk for LD31 (JAM)
Team DJK presents... POOTS!

Poots is a fast-paced couch competitive game for 2-4 players where you play a color drop on a white grid. The goal of the game is to color as much of the grid as you can with your color before time is up.

There are two ways you can color the grid:

First, you can run as quick as you can across the grid, coloring each square as you step on it. If you step on a square that someone else colored, it changes to your color!

Second, and the more fun way, is to shoot at your opponents! If you hit them, they will explode and that splash will turn all of the nearby squares to your color!

If you explode, you will return a few moments later with a temporary halo of invincibility, so watch out!

The game is fun at 2 players, but to really experience the excitement of this game, get 3 or 4 players together and have a blast! Good luck!

NOTE: This game requires 2-4 game controllers.

Here are some Vines of the progress from beginning to ship:

Our game's "Hello World" - https://vine.co/v/OrB3Ta5D7IZ
Square painting test - https://vine.co/v/OrKFe7tKruh
Shooting test - https://vine.co/v/OrhmwvDaur5
In-game animation test - https://vine.co/v/Or5zUgAEPxL
Splat test - https://vine.co/v/Or5jvEi03HV
Short battle test - https://vine.co/v/OrJJJz1rznP
Final bug bash - https://vine.co/v/OrvwviQ7U2e

Please follow the team on Twitter:

Dan Rosas - @thedanrosas
Jason Olsan - @lethil
Kieran Lampert - @candidklamp

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1896
Overall(Jam) 3.26 448
Audio(Jam) 3.11 350
Fun(Jam) 3.44 213
Graphics(Jam) 3.15 556
Humor(Jam) 3.29 186
Innovation(Jam) 3.00 524
Mood(Jam) 3.35 286
Theme(Jam) 3.65 410

Feedback

DXsmiley
09. Dec 2014 · 10:02 UTC
Looks like a fun game, however I don't have a bazillion joysticks sitting around. Is there any way to get this to work with a keyboard?
allurious
09. Dec 2014 · 10:38 UTC
Really nice concept, very simple and friendship-breakingly fun! Really love the soundtrack. Would be great if there would be keyboard support too :)
folmerkelly
09. Dec 2014 · 11:50 UTC
Cute! It's actually a take on local MP I haven't seen before, nice work!
RetributionStudios
10. Dec 2014 · 03:05 UTC
Nice game, just wish I could use my keyboard...
playvue
10. Dec 2014 · 05:57 UTC
Doesn't work on my Mac! On noes!
asobitech
10. Dec 2014 · 09:15 UTC
I worked on a game that is pretty much this, called Paint Bomb Arena.
But I really do like this idea and a big fan of couch gaming.
renatopp
10. Dec 2014 · 13:08 UTC
Looks interesting, it is a shame we only can play with 2 joyticks =( I DEMAND AI! =]

Cheers
Hempuli
10. Dec 2014 · 13:40 UTC
Unfortunately I don't own a joystick or gamepad :(
gene-z
11. Dec 2014 · 21:15 UTC
Nice game, but the keyboard are needed
rmc
16. Dec 2014 · 19:31 UTC
Pretty nice! But I think Keyboard should be supported
01rafael
29. Dec 2014 · 04:24 UTC
graphics are great!