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The Grumpy Pinball Ball by Olofson

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made by Olofson for LD22 (JAM)
Well, if you spent the last few years being slapped around a table all day, you'd be grumpy too! This ball just wants to be alone on his blocky islands.

UPDATE: Rotated the controls 45 degrees for less confusion.

Original version here: http://www.olofson.net/download/LD22-TheGrumpyPinballBall-0.2-Win32.zip

Windows http://www.olofson.net/download/LD22-TheGrumpyPinballBall-0.3-Win32.zip
Linux (64 bit) http://www.olofson.net/download/LD22-TheGrumpyPinballBall-0.3-Linux64.tar.bz2
Source http://eel.olofson.net/news.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=2901

Ratings

Coolness 17% 585
Overall(Jam) 2.85 62
Audio(Jam) 2.42 85
Community 2.38 387
Fun(Jam) 2.69 52
Graphics(Jam) 3.08 66
Humor(Jam) 2.10 62
Innovation(Jam) 2.54 64
Mood(Jam) 1.75 126
Theme(Jam) 2.08 114

Feedback

Kitch
20. Dec 2011 路 02:52 UTC
That was fun. Thanks!
TeamEpsilon
20. Dec 2011 路 03:25 UTC
Fun but controls were a bit confusing and rather annoying to learn.
馃帳 Olofson
20. Dec 2011 路 13:58 UTC
Turn keyboard some 30-40掳 counterclockwise. ;-) (Or add "dir -= .25 * PI;" and brackets as needed around line 322 in game.eel.)
Pierrec
20. Dec 2011 路 20:13 UTC
Why Up=left ? It's pretty unusual and consequently hard to control. On the other hand : It's pretty fun!
馃帳 Olofson
20. Dec 2011 路 22:50 UTC
It seemed natural at first to have controls world axis aligned, and I got used to that. Fixed (as described above) in version 0.3!
Jacic
22. Dec 2011 路 17:18 UTC
It was hard to control, but very fun.
SonnyBone
29. Dec 2011 路 18:42 UTC
Plays like other old school marble games, so the controls are fine for me. Do the enemies ever fight back?
jeffz
02. Jan 2012 路 09:43 UTC
Couldn't open the 0.3 zip, winrar says the archive is damaged.
馃帳 Olofson
04. Jan 2012 路 15:27 UTC
SonnyBone: If you played the 0.3 version, that's where I rotated the controls 45 degrees. Should probably be user configurable...

And no, there's no AI whatsoever. I was short on time. :-)

jeffz: Strange... Tried 7-zip? (Built with Zip 3.0 on Linux.) Also, file size should be 1244287 bytes.