Bomba Ball by bwalter
Bomba ball is a brand-spanking-new sport that combines physical excellence and high explosives.
As coach, assign your players roles to play and let them do the work. But remember: The one who makes a goal blows up with the bomb, so you'll have to plan ahead to manage your team well!
Play against Ai or another person!

[Gameplay]
Using the mouse, you can assign 3 players to a game. you must have 1 designated to make the score, but the other two can get assigned to chase the ball, defend the goal, or defend the midfield.
the player stats can help you dictate who might be good in what position. for instance, a high speed player might be good as a chaser.
after that, you watch the game play out! if it goes on for long enough, you can call a time out (if you or nobody controls the ball) and give new instructions to your men.
Created in Gamemaker 1.4 in about 24 hours.
| Windows | https://bwalter.itch.io/bomba-ball |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/bomba-ball |
Ratings
| Overall | 118th | 3.694⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 111th | 3.625⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 24th | 4⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 59th | 4.083⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 97th | 3.833⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 305th | 2.774⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 88th | 3.439⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 283th | 3.069⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 3🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
by clicking, you can assign 3 players to a game. you must have 1 designated to make the score, but the other two can get assigned to chase the ball, defend the goal, or defend the midfield.
the player stats can help you dictate who might be good in what position. for instance, a high speed player might be good as a chaser.
after that, you watch the game play out! if it goes on for long enough, you can call a time out (if you or nobody controls the ball) and give new instructions to your men.
hope this helps! :)
Can you export GameMaker to Linux or Web? I'd love to give it a shot!
I watched the game with anxiety and took far too much time to prepare my team. Took me a while...
Nice game!
(oh, and nice graphics too..)
Just a solid entry.
It fits the theme well and is really impressive for the timeframe :)
Also, this is really nitpicking, but try to use a single pixel size if you're using pixelart, although I've just seen it in the title screen.

Fantastic entry this time around!
Loved your game :thumbsup:
I would have loved having more control over the game, with some kind of one-use items for example.
Bomba !