Fun and cute. so if i lsoe once I go back to the beginning, huh? maybe you can go back to 50% of the last level you beat? lol

The game was really fun to play, although I wish there was some more variety in the look of the levels. The music also gets repetitive after playing for a while, it'd be nice if there were more tracks to listen to. Overall it was a great game to play.

Love this game! The art and audio is fantastic! The turn based soccer is very interesting and all-around a fun mechanic!

Very cute and fun concept, but got repetitive very fast. Music was decent enough. The sprites were okay, but how well everything meshed together really made the game look nice.

Cool mechanic. The sound got a bit boring after a while but I had fun playing it.

Cute little game. Well done!

Amazing job! The music and sounds are great, the graphics are gorgeous, and the concept is hilarious and super fun. With a little more work this could honestly be a sellable game! If it had multiplayer I could see it being a big hit :)

Really love the game. Original and simple ! Maybe adding anothe feedback when you hitting the ball (On the camera or fix an fx ? To increased the game feel, which is already great). Also, you are a skeletton, maybe adding an mechanic to the player ?
Great job !

Realy cool!!!

Nice idea!! enjoyed the game but it gets repetitive, with a little more maps and different music this game will be great :D

Turn based fantasy football?

Fun little game and original! It enjoyed kicking the skull and having to chase a enemy to get it back that was cool. Good job!

Nice realization. I think the game will gain in flow with a character more quick, and I thought on something : when you pick the ballHead and you have to choose a direction, you could not stop the time, but reduce it to very slow, it'll add some intensity ("quick, make a choice") I guess. Anyway, it's very cool! Good job :).

love the idea! i struggled with aiming and kicking the head-ball though but that might just be me

Really fun to play. You created a really engaging game. The artwork reminds me of crypt of the necrodancer which is not a flaw at all (probably due to the theme and the checkers floor). The levels are nice and the enemies do stike your goal eheh. Best game so far.

Nice work! I really like the art style and the music was delightful. The mechanics were unique and I had fun taking advantage of them such as by shooting the skull off the wall to dodge an enemy, but also pass it to myself behind the enemy. Really cool game!

Super concept, at the beginning, the controls seems a bit disturbing, once you get it, it's a very pleasant and addictive experience, I enjoy the lovely pixel art, animations & user's feedback & the overall gameplay, very solid entry, one of the best I tested, keep up the good work :thumbsup:

Lovely idea, looks great and lots of fun to play. Cool stuff!

Fun little game that could be expanded into something amazing.

Strong points:

-Solid mechanics.

-Nice and consistent art.

-Potential for a lot of different levels.


Suggestions to improve:

-None! You should really continue this project. :)

I really like how the field of view is centered on the 'ball'. This was a lot of fun.

I typically play sports game in an "just shoot like crazy" but I can't do that here as the ball can bounce back into my goal and I lose...lol. I like the random generation and the progression is fair. I also like that the ball shines the path as it moves, that's a really nice feature. I did have a little hard time with controls as they felt floating and like I was on ice so it was nice that when you get the ball it stops to allow you to shoot. Nice entry :)

The concept of the game was great, and I actually had quite a good time playing. Great job!

Most fun I've had with a soccer game in a while!

That's an awesome entry, great job 🙂

There's only one thing I would change if it was my game : don't make the music start again on a new level, let it flow, it's really nice but the levels are short, so you never really fully appreciate it 🙂

Nice concept and mood :)
controlls could need some improvements

@ooku what trouble did you have with the controls? If there's anything specific I can fix, I'd love to know.

Great concept and very well made. Just a bit harsh to start all over again when conceding a goal.

@skullpixel
- not hitting the ball/head even tough I get the direction indicators (could also be a bug?)
- not 100% friction is cool but I somehow felt a bit handicapet compared to the npcs

Is this a sublime way of saying you want to be head hunted? Just kidding, awesome game! Needs some more musical phrases, but it still sounds really cool. I hope you continue with it and make it a huge hit

Great look, concept, and execution -- my favorite entry yet. I'd like to see a multiplayer version of this too. :smiley:

One small complaint -- the music restarting after every level gets a little grating. The track sounds pretty cool, but listening to the same five seconds of it over and over is not so cool.

Excellent game! My best score was 8.

Also an interesting note, (and I think this is relevant to the problem @ooku had) I was having difficulty for the first few games because I couldn't get the skull to shoot diagonally. At first, I thought it might be a bug, but after using an online keyboard tester, I found out that my keyboard just doesn't recognize that the space bar is pressed if I am holding down multiple arrow keys at the same time (this is called keyboard ghosting, I had heard of it but never encountered it before). I then tried using WASD, and the game worked perfectly.

Great art, great audio, great concept, great gameplay, great game. Well done. I would have preferred to get a couple of goes at each level before it was game over. Maybe allow the game to play until their goal tally is higher than yours. Either way awesome entry. Good stuff :8ball:

This was super fun and well polished, well done!

LOVED it

The art is really cute in this. I guess my only criticism would be that there are some balancing or progression issues, I had a long run of levels where I really only had to run straight to the goal. However, It is a great idea and I had a lot of fun, and it can be quite challenging on more complex levels and when the fast enemies appear. I love the little trails after the fast moving characters. Good work!

Really fantastic work! Super unique design overall and it looks great. I especially love the circular light mask. It was super easy to understand as well. Great work. I'd love to see this expanded to a slightly larger game with more variety in levels and maybe obstacles of some sort added

Super great game! Good gameplay idea, solid implementation, quick and simple with cute art and sounds. We had a take on take on mini-golf in our entry too and the control difference is interesting. We don't pause enemies when you pickup the ball to aim, and we had tank controls rather than normal WASD. Cool to play the differences. Very nice work!

Very nice music, great graphics! Gets really difficult really fast. One complaint is that I can't press space and top+left arrow keys at the same time, so I can't kick in that direction. Might be just an issue with my keyboard though. Other than that, great game!

Greate graphics and music! I love the dithered shadow and cohesive pixel design. A simple idea but executed very well, with highly addicting gameplay. Well done!

Fun game - cute, and well-designed. Not a ton of challenge, but neat, and a great look. Music was nice, sound effects appropriate. Very cool.

that was fun, interesting idea and the controls are great, sometimes you get lucky and socore a fast goal but sometimes its so fucking hard, love it

Awesome game -- it's quite addictive! The AI is pretty tough to beat, especially when there are two of them to get passed! Really enjoyed that, thanks!

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Never been much a fan of soccer. That is, until I played with my own head. Thanks @SkullPixel, that was a discovery and a fun game!

Very fun idea! I think this would make a great 2-p versus game tbh, or maybe even 4p.. the pausing when aiming really makes it work, and very cool that you got an AI in there!

Cool concept but very hard to play because of great luck which provided by random.
Dislike that random totally affects the result.
But idea to combine turn-based soccer and procedural is pretty good.

Pretty well made game, but I think it should try to be more satisfying on a goal, maybe more screen shake.

Fun game, I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

Super nice as a game. Pixel art graphics are really super well done. Really nice work!

Such an amazing game. Awesome graphics, awesome music. Like @TheLucky says, my only suggestion would be some screenshake

Good job! Cool game!

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Funny concept and nice execution !