Bomba Ball by bwalter

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made by bwalter for LD 43 (COMPO)

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!

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[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.

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🗨️

Feedback

BrownRiceStudio
03. Dec 2018 · 03:49 UTC
Great game overall. Don't really get the controls though
🎤 bwalter
03. Dec 2018 · 04:02 UTC
@brownricestudio sorry that it isn't the cleanest ui.

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! :)
mrspeaker
03. Dec 2018 · 04:19 UTC
DAMN IT, windows only! I flipping love the look of this game! I love "dystopianmovie sports", and "Commodore 64 graphics" (see my entry... your game looks beautiful and exciting - like a game you'd see in Zzap64. Mine is confusing and ugly: like you'd find on a 5 1/2 inch floppy with 25 other "games")

Can you export GameMaker to Linux or Web? I'd love to give it a shot!
🎤 bwalter
03. Dec 2018 · 04:31 UTC
@mrspeaker Thanks!!! I'm working on a web one, but i've never figured out linux or mac exporting from GM 1.4. I'll hopefully have a port up by tuesday :)
ConnorThompson
03. Dec 2018 · 09:41 UTC
Awesome work! I love it when sports stuff gets twisted into an interesting ludum game. Are you gonna keep developing this? Could see it being a great couch competitive game if you polish it up and add some more variety
WongKongPhooey
03. Dec 2018 · 11:58 UTC
Great game! A totally unique idea and its genuinely great fun. Well done!
🎤 bwalter
03. Dec 2018 · 14:27 UTC
@connorthompson thank you!!! yes i hope i can continue developing this into something more polished! :smile:
dunin
03. Dec 2018 · 14:55 UTC
Really cool Bomba Ball manager.

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..)
planschi
03. Dec 2018 · 15:07 UTC
I cant get it to start(dont find a start button only team manging screen)... but looks awesome I want to play it xD
🎤 bwalter
03. Dec 2018 · 15:18 UTC
@planschi i'm sorry to hear that! you should be able to click the text to start. i'll look into any bugs associated with it
ninja00283
03. Dec 2018 · 18:33 UTC
This is such a fun game!
Just a solid entry.
Baktillus
03. Dec 2018 · 18:43 UTC
Beautiful looking little game.
It fits the theme well and is really impressive for the timeframe :)
watdowtal
03. Dec 2018 · 18:47 UTC
I like these kinds of games where you assign a few dudes and just watch them butt heads. It's thrilling! This was fun to play, though I haven't dabbled in the multiplayer yet. My only complaint is the UI not being the easiest to click on, but other than that, solid entry!
Duck_Games
03. Dec 2018 · 19:00 UTC
Game looks amazing and is very fun to play.
Furtive Pygmy
03. Dec 2018 · 19:40 UTC
Solid game!
daruudaruu
03. Dec 2018 · 20:49 UTC
Was funny! It would be great tho, if when you select a role, said role appeared on the head of the character in the role selection screen. Would make it more clear.

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.
Sapphiris
03. Dec 2018 · 20:50 UTC
Fun and original, I like it!
01FE7E
03. Dec 2018 · 23:09 UTC
This such cool idea. And that they die when scoring is a great mechanic.
APCcr
04. Dec 2018 · 01:00 UTC
Is good I enjoy the idea but then it explodes;P
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🎤 bwalter
04. Dec 2018 · 01:45 UTC
A blank error?! Ive never come across this! @apccr what was going on before it glitched?
APCcr
04. Dec 2018 · 02:05 UTC
@bwalter I Selected a character to play
SkullPixel
04. Dec 2018 · 02:16 UTC
I honestly had a blast playing this with my friend. Just for kicks, I might find a way to get some people to bet candy on it, just for kicks.

Fantastic entry this time around!
WizardOfOzzy
04. Dec 2018 · 03:12 UTC
Gives me old-school NES sports game vibes. Nice work!
🎤 bwalter
04. Dec 2018 · 04:04 UTC
@apccr that's strange. please tell me if the issue persists! i'll keep looking into it.
spigaru
04. Dec 2018 · 08:55 UTC
Wow! this kind of sacrifice blown my mind. Awesome game! Cute graphics and funny gameplay.
Loved your game :thumbsup:
Nanda
04. Dec 2018 · 18:22 UTC
I feel like I don't have enough patience for this game, but I love the idea and when I actually did make a smart choice I felt great
Tay
04. Dec 2018 · 20:24 UTC
Fun entry, I wish there was a better way to the stats of the characters though, hovering them one by one and remembering a bit of pain, also I didn't get at first that I couldn't pick red players, but that's just silly me. Clever entry overall!
SoKette
04. Dec 2018 · 20:30 UTC
Nooooo I got trashed by the bot on the lowest difficulty ! My tactic was just "assign the fastest guy to make score" and then trying to find a guy to defend and a guy to kick the ball to they side :smiley:

I would have loved having more control over the game, with some kind of one-use items for example.

Bomba !
Jeremy Ryan
05. Dec 2018 · 05:00 UTC
This game's hilarious. I wish there was a bit more player choice; the characters don't seem to really behave that differently other than speed, etc.
Jupiter_Hadley
05. Dec 2018 · 14:54 UTC
Fun game! I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/SIjkcYjuHDo
skettyNmeebs
05. Dec 2018 · 22:48 UTC
This was my favorite submission so far. it was really fun, the art and sounds were charming, and the gameplay was easy to grasp and cool to watch. Very good.
velvetlobster
06. Dec 2018 · 01:16 UTC
It is indeed charming and fun! ... the fact that they jump while walking is sooo cute! the center of the arena seems a lot like a pokeball lolol
Simon Rahnasto
06. Dec 2018 · 09:43 UTC
Fun take on the theme, first sport manager game I have seen in LD, innovative way of implementing the theme with having the goal scorer explode. Its a smart mechanic that also helps make the games more balanced Looks great as well, fantastic compo entry!
Arvejeitor
07. Dec 2018 · 16:04 UTC
Very fun game! I loved the art
falak
19. Dec 2018 · 19:32 UTC
Well made and funny. I would like to see it as a fyll game! Good luck!
cdunham
25. Dec 2018 · 06:02 UTC
Fun to watch, wish there was more I could contribute to making goals. Maybe take control of one of the team members? Seems like the hard mode just gives my players worse stats and lets the AI trample them. I'm not sure if there's a way to win in hard mode or if I'm just bad. The base game is good though!