Bear Pong by tower07

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made by tower07 for LD27 (COMPO)
Okay, so you're at this pong tournament, right?
All of a sudden this bear shows up and you freak all out.
You run around and panic, but after 10 seconds it just stops.
The tournament will go on whether you're there or not.
Can you make it back in time?

(I know the installer is painful, but please BEAR with me!)

I apologize my fellow Ludum-Darers (correct terminology I promise Gandalf told me it was legit) I seemed to have done a... boo-boo. I didn't realize that public domain images of side-view bears aren't allowed in the compo! Gandalf and I sincerely apologize. We were only trying to save you from his (my) awful pixel artistry. We will try harder next time!

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1377
Overall 2.70 891
Audio 2.90 359
Fun 2.96 526
Graphics 2.04 1043
Humor 4.05 16
Innovation 2.91 587
Mood 2.69 585
Theme 2.70 925

Feedback

ehnaton
25. Aug 2013 路 19:29 UTC
Sorry,dude, but it wants directx 8. I have 11th one :(
L0gicaL1nsanity
25. Aug 2013 路 19:41 UTC
Same With me! Unable to play.
馃帳 tower07
25. Aug 2013 路 19:44 UTC
Oh geez. I'm working on a fix now!
馃帳 tower07
25. Aug 2013 路 19:49 UTC
I think I've fixed it! Putting it in a launcher format seemed to take care of the problem.
Dark Acre Jack
26. Aug 2013 路 03:57 UTC
Sry I'm not an installer kind of guy.
namrog84
26. Aug 2013 路 04:06 UTC
dx8 doesn't work for me.
I dislike having installers, though I installed anyways


hahah amusing!
that was very unexpected and quite awesome.
馃帳 tower07
26. Aug 2013 路 14:31 UTC
Thank you for dealing with the installer! :D
Loerden
26. Aug 2013 路 14:34 UTC
Works, its interesting!
nintendoeats
26. Aug 2013 路 14:51 UTC
What are you doing that you need DirectX8? Isn't that 10 years old at this point?

Anyway, That's pretty funny. It's not polished, but the core concept of "random interruption of gameplay which puts player out of position" has promise.

Is it possible to actually beat the computer? The actual pong part seems not so great, since the ball's Velocity is not affected by the player's approach. You can't fake out the computer in any way.
epicSpeedTurtle
26. Aug 2013 路 15:02 UTC
Hahahahaha! This definitely gets 5 stars for humor!
bisk8s
26. Aug 2013 路 17:58 UTC
An instaler? Directx8? Why?

But ok, anyway I had installed it and its very funny! Its worths the installation.
Take care of my 4 stars, next time, no instaler, ok?
immanuela
28. Aug 2013 路 17:56 UTC
LOL
Darien
29. Aug 2013 路 14:22 UTC
I have no idea why this is so great. But it is! BEAR TIME!

Only trouble is that, after bear time, the pong game is pretty much totally broken. The other paddle stops moving, maybe the ball stops moving -- pretty much doesn't work anymore. But I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard at a game.
Amber
31. Aug 2013 路 11:01 UTC
Okay, so disclaimer, I've had kind of a lot of wine right now, but this is the best thing ever. Is that Wagner? Obviously needs some polish but I am laughing like crazy right now.
Arcana
31. Aug 2013 路 17:27 UTC
WHAT

WHAT IS THIS

ITS AMAZING
AdamHarte
03. Sep 2013 路 03:31 UTC
Haha, man I am glad I installed and played this game :D
michail
13. Sep 2013 路 13:50 UTC
Sorry for pointing this out, but using graphics from Internet (the bear picture) is not allowed under COMPO rules - so this entry should be in fact submitted as jam. (read: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/04/16/a-quick-reminder-read-the-rules/ ).
Remember to read the rules carefully next time ;)
Mandraw
13. Sep 2013 路 14:59 UTC
when i installed this game i tought : this will be the first time i will uninstall a game after playing only one time...

FALSE !

I will keep this gamle on my pc and show it to all of my friends : this game is amazing !( I will actually not talk to them about the bear XD)
馃帳 tower07
17. Sep 2013 路 01:51 UTC
@michail I see now. I won't do that next time. However, the game served it's purpose, so I don't really care that it won't be judged in the compo. (As long as I don't have to take it down, that is.)