Shootaball by Altron
Welcome to Shootaball, a sport from future. Shootaball is a new ambitious sport, which combines the best of shooting and games with balls. Be aware of the recoil, otherwise it might fling you out in the air. And beware, many things can happen during a match of shootaball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvl1c5uEGV4 Good luck... and have fun.!
Available for Windows and Android.
Used tools Google for reference images for my sprites Unity3D Pyxel edit FL studio
Font from http://www.1001fonts.com/pix-pixelfjverdana12pt-font.html#more
A big thanks for organizers of the site on MFF UK, Prague. http://gamedev.cuni.cz/home/
| Windows | https://altron.itch.io/shootaball |
| Android | https://altron.itch.io/shootaball |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/shootaball |
Ratings
| Overall | 325th | 3.417⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 110th | 3.75⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 194th | 3.646⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 362th | 3.563⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 524th | 2.792⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 283th | 3.042⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 22th | 4⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 341th | 3.043⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
Check ours too https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/mechasnek :)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-king-of-the-hill
The first match was almost tied, but I ended up winning, and I completely dominated the second match. I also tried out another character afterwards. Great job on this game! The bad graphics just makes it better (sorry?)
Though, it felt that it made it slightly too easy that the mouse cursor wasn't hidden, I could just make sure it was over the ball. Perhaps hide the cursor and if anything is needed, then have a cross-hair at a fixed distance from the gun in the direction that you are aiming. In contrast, the bullets could be a bit more visible, maybe leave a trace or simply be a bit oversized.
It was also a bit too workable a strategy to just sit in the back corner and shoot at the ball. Not the best strategy, but too good. (I found it better to shoot myself into the air and then hit ball straight on.) Anyways, that corner hugging kind of didn't match with the feel of the game and one way to fix it would be to make walls bouncy.
As for the stripping, I don't think it added anything and I agree with @jshaffer94247 that it needed something interesting and unexpected that inverted the tropes of striptease to justify its inclusion. Or that it somehow fed back into the game-mechanic, i.e. clothes were a hindrance and you/the opponent get better with less clothes. Not sure why that would be though.