Potion Pong by HDtv

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made by HDtv for LD 40 (JAM)

Welcome to Potion Pong, a game of Beer Pong with a magical twist. Sink shots into your opponent's cauldrons to cast spells and inhibit the other player's abilities. The more you sink, the worse it gets! The first to clear the table wins!

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This game was created by a small community working together at twitch.tv/HardlyDifficult. Thanks everyone for the help!

Ratings

Overall 503th 3.515⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 509th 3.379⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 151th 3.735⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 602th 3.412⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 384th 3.786⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 505th 3.032⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 334th 3.409⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 161th 3.828⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

Jeremy Wolf
05. Dec 2017 · 03:17 UTC
I'm impressed with a multiplayer game! I had to play myself and could score a single ball, but still impressive.
acoto87
05. Dec 2017 · 03:24 UTC
It's awesome that this game was made in 72h. I followed the stream of HardlyDifficult since friday and know that a lot a people help in the creation of the game, congrats to all of them.
hollowspecter
05. Dec 2017 · 15:28 UTC
It was a lot of fun! The mechanic is funny and you designed it with lots of love.
unomaestro
05. Dec 2017 · 15:34 UTC
Really enjoyed playing even though it lagged a lot on my PC (web version). The theme was well implemented. I was cursed with the cloud spell first, which is kinda OP so I would like to see some categorization of the curses/potioneffects in terms of impact they have on playing difficulty.
The throw mechanic is great in my eyes and feels very natural/immersive. Graphics and sound are very nice !
On the imaginary "plz add to the game" list I would hope for:
- interaction with more of the environment ( candles for example ),
- a way to defend while the opponent is throwing ( like the real beer pong has ).

Great job guys ! XOXO Uno
jlreymendez
05. Dec 2017 · 15:43 UTC
Awesome that you were able to add multiplayer to this. Congrats for this fun game!
itab2
05. Dec 2017 · 15:47 UTC
Props for submitting a multiplayer game. Did you use UNet or something different?
grey
05. Dec 2017 · 16:34 UTC
Those graphics kind of remind me of [this](http://www.hummelwalker.de/2014/05/25/deutsches-unity-buch/)...
Girts Kesteris
05. Dec 2017 · 17:10 UTC
Just loved it!
Shivur
05. Dec 2017 · 17:18 UTC
Very good graphics and concept!
Remzo
05. Dec 2017 · 18:10 UTC
I like the concept and the spells are pretty cool. Nicely done on making a multiplayer game too!
05. Dec 2017 · 18:33 UTC
didn't expect to find a multiplayer game in the LD entries. great job.
bvalosek
05. Dec 2017 · 18:47 UTC
Multiplayer is wild nice work!
dazedhead
05. Dec 2017 · 21:29 UTC
I had no partner to play so i was not able to get the full experience of the game. The graphics and the sound in this game are amazing. I also got a couple of shots in on the other side. The gameplay was pretty flawless and nice to play. The credits look like that it was a group effort and a great team stream ... I was not watching your stream because of my own jam but it looks like you had a lot of fun with this jam. Overall a great game!
SheepKing
06. Dec 2017 · 10:20 UTC
The idea of adapting beer pong in a sorcerer way is really awesome.
Smooth gameplay, but as I have no friends I would have liked a single player mode.
Btw, at first I downloaded the linux zip file and got a .exe, not sure that it's supposed to be like that.
Reality Blind
06. Dec 2017 · 19:22 UTC
I like the idea but controls are buggy :/
Kerr
06. Dec 2017 · 19:45 UTC
I think I sank more balls into my own potion pots than my opponent's. I like the take on the theme and the twist on beer pong. Really cool that you went for a networked game. I do wish the turns were a bit faster. Overall I think it was fun and would work well as a silly multiplayer phone app game you could play with friends.
CodeChomper
08. Dec 2017 · 19:20 UTC
Wish I would have be able to find someone else playing. Playing myself was ok though. Multiplayer games are hard to do in just a few days good work.

If you would like you could try my HTML5 game
## [Six](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/six)
it is a programming puzzle platforming game in 3D.
mgadrat
09. Dec 2017 · 22:44 UTC
Nice graphics and cool idea ! Perhaps controls a little bit difficult. Good job :)
sgadrat
09. Dec 2017 · 22:52 UTC
Cool game, but it is too hard to aim at the potions. Maybe fewer larger pots could accelerate games, it is frustrating to miss multiple times in a row as nothing happen in such case.