Rude Bear Ride by Alex Rose

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made by Alex Rose for LD31 (JAM)
It's Rude Bear on a hoverboard, and you hit stuff. What more could you want?

This is the 8th game in the Rude Bear series (and 7th in the core Ludum Dare series).

Code etc. by Alex Rose @Vorpal_Games
Art by Gaby In-Wonderland @GabysWonderland
Music and music system by Atmospherium @Atmospherium
SFX by Christopher White

Controls:
BEST PLAYED WITH A 360 CONTROLLER. LIKE.. NOT EVEN WORTH TRYING IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. ALSO BEST PLAYED WITH FRIENDS, LOL LIKE YOU HAVE THEM.

Left stick = Fly.
Right stick = Slap.
A = Choose option/return to menu (if game is over).
B = Return to menu.

On keyboard it's the same stuff but with WASD and directional keys for player 1, and for player 2 it's IJKL and the numpad 8456. Think of it a bit of a bonding Fingle-esque experience, hands over each other.

Space = Forwards.
Esc = Menu.

<--- BONUS --->
If you play multiplayer and let the Wizard win a round, you can play Onslaught 2 coop. Enjoy.


If you use AZERTY, it's /actually supported/!

The music system is very clever and by Atmospherium. It on the fly figures out the situation and changes the music to match it. So that's cool. Also, the light on the background changes to match the TV's glow.

Aaaand, this is the prequel to Rude Bear Radio.

We actually made 4 games this weekend, 3 of them sucked though. This one took half of Sunday and all of Monday, about 29 hours in total.

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.46 289
Audio(Jam) 3.50 168
Fun(Jam) 3.31 306
Graphics(Jam) 3.94 184
Humor(Jam) 3.55 113
Innovation(Jam) 3.21 390
Mood(Jam) 3.30 321
Theme(Jam) 3.51 544

Feedback

LordKawaii
09. Dec 2014 路 04:16 UTC
Really fun. I will have to get a friend to try out the multiplayer.
馃帳 Alex Rose
09. Dec 2014 路 04:29 UTC
Cheers! Yeah, that's a problem with LD I guess, rating is generally a lonely process, which is why I threw in single player. Game was originally designed to be MP.

If you do end up trying it, might be worth trying Coop, by letting Player 2 win Battle mode and then choosing Onslaught.
hissssssssss
09. Dec 2014 路 11:53 UTC
Tackling a multiplayer game in a game jam is no joke. I think you pulled it off pretty well on the keyboard, but I definitely want to try again with some USB controllers!
MechanicalLife
09. Dec 2014 路 14:24 UTC
I really liked it!

Controls are a bit iffy with keyboard but that's only to be expected with the mechanics at hand:)
floorman
09. Dec 2014 路 14:42 UTC
Love this game. Really fun and it looks really good.
ArcturusDeluxe
09. Dec 2014 路 18:58 UTC
As usual from you, quality stuff indeed. A deceptively simple idea, but surprisingly challenging. Nicely polished presentation.
Pete_H
09. Dec 2014 路 20:17 UTC
Fun game, was a bit fiddly with keyboard controls but as soon as I switched to the pad it much better. Only tried SP. Very ambitious doing a MP game in a jam! Good job :)
elvaq
10. Dec 2014 路 05:35 UTC
Pretty nifty concept with the dual stick! Again it's hard to judge MP but I had fun just coming to grips with the controls. Swatting things feels really satisfying
Recon
11. Dec 2014 路 12:50 UTC
Funteresting!
Pestel Crew
11. Dec 2014 路 20:45 UTC
I like the game. I think I'll rip off my right stick if I'll play more)
01rafael
11. Dec 2014 路 21:08 UTC
This game is great!!! Psychodelic bear surfs on psychodelic waves :)
blay09
12. Dec 2014 路 17:59 UTC
Really nice graphical effects. The music system sounds pretty cool and the 'produced' music felt smooth and natural.

And of course there's the very nice implementation of the screen wrapping (the way it doesn't just teleport you, but seems to 'cut' the character in two) which is also an interesting use of the theme (rather than 'just' playing on a Sony screen ingame).

Overall, another cool entry in the Rude Bear series and I had fun, thanks!
VDZ
12. Dec 2014 路 21:09 UTC
I think the inclusion of single-player likely has a detrimental effect on your ratings, as the singleplayer isn't very interesting while this seems like the kind of game that could be a lot of fun in multiplayer...but not having anyone to play it with nor Xbox controllers, I'm rating it having only played the singleplayer, and I expect many others will do the same.

For singleplayer, I thought Onslaught wasn't very fun, being just dodging balls with the option to slap them away with the somewhat awkward slapping controls (you have to actually slap to get them away instead of just pushing them, which is fun in theory but just awkward in practice). (It must be noted that I'm also not very fond of twin stick shooters, so maybe it just isn't my kind of game.)

Battle mode is something that would appeal to me a lot more...except the enemy literally doesn't do anything in singleplayer. I'm very sure I'd have a lot more fun with this game in multiplayer.
gebirgsbaerbel
14. Dec 2014 路 21:47 UTC
The game looks totally cool. It is also fun to play and even has controller support. Congrats, especially because you made three other ones and this one still turns out so well.
Mechatodzilla
16. Dec 2014 路 23:22 UTC
Wow. This game is polished like crazy and is fun to play! Big download but I'm glad I took the time. Great work!
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 路 18:06 UTC
nice graphics
Poxymyr
29. Dec 2014 路 21:15 UTC
I love it! The idea is good, it looks like you have done a 5 times better version of the game I intended to do :D I always love Rude Bear games and this one is no exception!
mohammad
30. Dec 2014 路 00:29 UTC
Great game, probably even the greatest game up here.