Bong Out Wars by Eternal_Rest

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made by Eternal_Rest for LD26 (JAM)
Here is my game "Bong Out Wars" Kinda a cross between break out and pong. Playable as a single player game and also 2 player mode available.

All assets and sounds and music created by me in the 48hrs.
Used GM:Studio, Audacity, Cakewalk, Asprite and AS3SFXR.

There is a powerup to increase your speed and a bomb that destroys multiple bricks at once.

P1 uses Left and Right arrows. P2 uses A and S.
Press 2 on the main menu to access 2 player mode.
Debug room can be accessed in 2P mode by pressing N.

Minimalism: Minimal Controls and Graphics. Simple game play.

Unfortunately Studio currently has a bug that wont allow me to create a stand alone .exe so sorry for the installer.

I would have entered it into the 48 hour, but I refuse to include the source as small and lame as it is. Id make another entry if they allowed more than one or one in each. Theres still a day and a half to go!

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.04 301
Audio(Jam) 2.73 319
Fun(Jam) 3.20 161
Graphics(Jam) 2.57 443
Humor(Jam) 2.00 300
Innovation(Jam) 2.89 297
Mood(Jam) 2.59 384
Theme(Jam) 2.85 408

Feedback

beshr
28. Apr 2013 路 15:59 UTC
Unfortunately I can't try because I'm on a Mac, but very interesting concept!
AlvaroH
28. Apr 2013 路 16:02 UTC
Good Game!
馃帳 Eternal_Rest
28. Apr 2013 路 20:36 UTC
Thanks guys.
Ill put up a Mac build after work tonight.
glisk
29. Apr 2013 路 10:58 UTC
good game, well crafted and cool crossover :D
mchaza
29. Apr 2013 路 11:14 UTC
I like block breaker games, and I was a bit bored until suddenly 20 balls shot down at me, now we are talking. Quite good nice job.
michail
29. Apr 2013 路 13:45 UTC
Nice and well balanced game. Only the window height could be minimally smaller.
Kvisle
30. Apr 2013 路 09:42 UTC
Works in Wine in Linux. It'd be cool to be able to control the pad with the mouse. At one point I both beat the level and got game over at the same time; But I was sent to the next level so it worked out well.

Neat.
Travis Irby
30. Apr 2013 路 09:43 UTC
This is fun :) especially once the balls really started coming at me haha
myachin
01. May 2013 路 11:39 UTC
pvp arcanoid?! yeah! good game
sP0CkEr2
01. May 2013 路 13:17 UTC
sorry -- i dont try games with installers
infernet89
01. May 2013 路 13:25 UTC
Nice game, but please provide a stand-alone executable.. I HATE installing this just for trying..
馃帳 Eternal_Rest
01. May 2013 路 13:42 UTC
I have no choice, generating a stand alone crashes. Sorry guys.
Jiddo
01. May 2013 路 14:08 UTC
Cool game. I can also confirm that it runs well using Wine on Linux.

The game starts off a bit slow. It sort of gets a bit boring at times, but then it suddenly turns around and there are like 100 balls on the screen and you have no idea where they came from. That is quite awesome. :)

I would also have liked the ability to use the mouse to control the paddle. It'd also be cool if you could have more control over which direction balls bounce in depending on where they hit the paddle. Right now you sort of have to bump into them using the side of the paddle if you want them to change their otherwise predetermined path.

Great work! :)
hamster_mk_4
03. May 2013 路 04:48 UTC
Games with installers are generally turnoffs when trying to judge a game.
little_polygon
03. May 2013 路 04:54 UTC
Like the balls-bouncing-off-other-balls element. Controls felt a little stiff, though - consider applying the input as a second-order signal to get a smoother effect?
dalbinblue
03. May 2013 路 04:59 UTC
Fun with a good difficulty ramp. Probably would have done better if I wasn't so tired.
TenTonToon
03. May 2013 路 05:23 UTC
I, like so many others around here, don't like having to install anything in order to play a game. A sign of the times of sorts, I guess. Sorry about that.

Is the problem with GM:Studio specific to your computer? Because I use GM:Studio and can make standalone exes without a problem. Or is it because of the version?

Too bad, because I was really curious about this one :(
馃帳 Eternal_Rest
03. May 2013 路 05:57 UTC
Not specific to me, but doesn't happen for everyone. Its been reported, but as yet its not fixed :(
I can probably just install it on another PC and export as a stand alone and im guessing it will work. I might do that and upload another.
netmute
03. May 2013 路 06:27 UTC
Looks cool from the screenshots, unfortunately I'm on a Mac. Sorry :(
baldwinthree
03. May 2013 路 07:17 UTC
Great game! I loved that the balls collided with one another, it led to some really chaotic situations.
Pixelfan Games
03. May 2013 路 23:41 UTC
Funny game!
Oye Beto
04. May 2013 路 23:11 UTC
I got to round 6

- Player 2 should move with 'A' & 'D'
- It starts slow but gets more entertaining with multiple balls at the same time.
Tyro
05. May 2013 路 01:57 UTC
Nice blending of genres. The graphics were simple and clean, and I liked the music. Wish I had someone else to try it with, but I had fun playing it alone anyway. Good work! :)
dertom
06. May 2013 路 15:53 UTC
Hmm,...I could install the game via wine on linux but it unfortuantly crashes after some seconds in the game. Bad luck...game looks interesting
Cake&Code
08. May 2013 路 07:46 UTC
Oh wow, I'm actually surprised that genre/gameplay fusions happened at all because of the minimalism theme, which would normally mean stripping parts away and not putting two different parts together xD

Overall it's a pretty zany game but quite fun! Well done! :D
twelveplusplus
09. May 2013 路 05:30 UTC
this is fun! make this for android, please! :)
馃帳 Eternal_Rest
09. May 2013 路 10:46 UTC
Thanks everyone.
Sorry to those who couldnt get it to work.
Yes i intended a Mac version, but apparently I have to be a mac developer to even compile it...
I am working on a full version of it at the moment, for PC, Linux and Droid.
kibertoad
09. May 2013 路 21:05 UTC
Quite enjoyed this entry. Simple concept and simple controls. Pretty fun to play too! However I did experience some issues with the balls. One got stuck on the paddle against a wall, and a few others seemed to get stuck on nothing then teleport to a random location. Other than that though, great entry!
Beldarak
10. May 2013 路 02:35 UTC
Nice game ! I'll retry it later with a friend but the solo is already good :)
Topaz
12. May 2013 路 04:54 UTC
Really cool game! Almost finished round 5 on my first go.
Parabol
14. May 2013 路 10:32 UTC
I was initially a bit bored as the ball was slow, but once the pace picked up it was great. An awesome take on a couple of classic games.
Pisti
18. May 2013 路 12:58 UTC
Lacks a bit of action - something more dynamic. Also a standalone version would be cool, but a good idea well executed.
馃帳 Eternal_Rest
22. May 2013 路 06:19 UTC
Thanks for the ratings everyone.

I tried to rate everyone who commented, I think I got through you all by the end.