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brainstorm by cardboard

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made by cardboard for LD28 (JAM)
There are so many different ideas that could be used to make a game, but YOU ONLY GET ONE Ludum Dare submission, so you must weed out the weakest ideas until all that's left is the best idea possible. Naturally, the determining factor for the strength of an idea is its ability to box, so we've set up a boxing match between the two strongest ideas in order to see which will come out on top.

This is a two-player game! Player one controls the yellow idea with WASD and punches with LSHIFT; player two controls the green idea and uses the ARROW KEYS to move and SPACE to punch.

Run main.py to play (requires Python 2 and PyGame)



(created by cardboard and dsimmons05 in roughly 15 hours)
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1039058/LUDUM%20DARE/cardboard_brainstorm.zip
Python / PyGame https://github.com/dsimmons05/Brainstorm/releases/tag/jam
Source https://github.com/dsimmons05/Brainstorm/tree/jam
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=16294

Ratings

Coolness 47% 1041
Overall(Jam) 2.82 383
Audio(Jam) 2.32 391
Fun(Jam) 2.77 300
Graphics(Jam) 3.14 289
Humor(Jam) 2.45 242
Innovation(Jam) 2.24 475
Mood(Jam) 2.30 451
Theme(Jam) 2.36 401

Feedback

code-11
17. Dec 2013 · 04:01 UTC
I didn't play the game because the game wasn't packaged neatly. It required installing additional source code, like pygame.
lilinx
17. Dec 2013 · 19:33 UTC
I don't know how to run this. I like the visuals. I think you should do an exe.
TheWhiteLlama
20. Dec 2013 · 02:38 UTC
This game really needs an AI to play against. I doesn't make sense to test the game-mechanics, when you're alone. But I still like the nice graphics and music.
Noah Ratcliff
20. Dec 2013 · 02:46 UTC
Interesting idea! I seem to be able to phase through the other player when running head-on into each other. You might want to think about reworking your physics.
WojWorks
20. Dec 2013 · 05:38 UTC
A little too simple, but a good distraction with a friend.
bensoto
20. Dec 2013 · 06:59 UTC
the graphics caught my attention but I couldn't play it
Pixelfan Games
20. Dec 2013 · 11:53 UTC
Nice. I like the visuals. Gmaplay give tons of laugh with any friends :D
pele
20. Dec 2013 · 23:56 UTC
Graphics are cool but music is a little annoying ;) I think there should be a better way determine who wins when both players fall off the platform.
LD_LAN_Party
21. Dec 2013 · 00:20 UTC
Nice little fighting game.
zkenshin
21. Dec 2013 · 01:17 UTC
Cute graphics, music looping was a little annoying.
_zulli
22. Dec 2013 · 02:15 UTC
Had some fun time with my younger brother playing this game! Pretty cool! However found a little glitch. When you make one player stop on top of the other and the player on top starts punching both start flying! :P

Cool :)
Benjamin
23. Dec 2013 · 13:40 UTC
My right hand won against the left one :)
Nice gfx the looping tune is ok for me but I didn't play for long.
Azzar
23. Dec 2013 · 14:06 UTC
A few minutes of insane button mashing and crazy fun. A great idea it was indeed.
Denis Chakarov
23. Dec 2013 · 19:20 UTC
Funny idea! Love the ironic LD point of view! :)
KEFIR
05. Jan 2014 · 10:11 UTC
It's not really fun to play it alone :) But still this is a fun idea! Great visuals by the way!
Dry Tree
05. Jan 2014 · 11:50 UTC
Nice graphics. It was fun punching around the piss-poor theme that is "you only get one" :) A few collision detection issues. Overall though good work.
Yoni
05. Jan 2014 · 13:26 UTC
Couldn't play because I have no friends :(
Just kidding. Nicely done! I love the artwork on this one!
badlydrawnrod
05. Jan 2014 · 14:26 UTC
That was fun. It would be good if you added a single player mode too, but playing against someone else at the same keyboard is always a lot of fun.

Not entirely convinced by the music.