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ULTRA BAE by Jezzamon

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made by Jezzamon for LD 41 (COMPO)

They say that when a bae becomes so powerful, they surpass the ranks of regular baes to become something greater...

ULTRA BAE

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To become ULTRA BAE, you'll obviously need to do two things:

  • Find your own hot baes on Baedar
  • Enter the demon's lair and slay and many demons as you can

Each Bae you match with changes your weapons and stats. Try get as far as you can!

To play this game, you run ULTRA BAE on a computer, and Baedar on a phone (or a browser window on a computer if you want).

Controls:

ULTRA BAE:

  • Arrow keys/WASD: Move
  • Space: Shoot

Baedar:

  • Tap tick: Match, change weapons
  • Tap cross: No match, find another bae

Note: If you're having trouble accessing the server and connecting between the two, you can skip that by press esc and play ULTRA BAE by itself. But also let me know at twitter.com/jezzamonn because maybe my server is down

Bug Fixes

  • The compo version has a bug fix to the networking logic (in the original build the networking library didn't work at all, which rendered the whole thing unplayable!)
  • Compo version also has an option to skip the networking part in case the server crashes

I had a lot of fun making this game, and learnt how to do cool new stuff! I'll probably work more on this and release a post-compo version too, stay tuned!

macOS https://jezzamon.itch.io/ultra-bae-ld-version
Windows https://jezzamon.itch.io/ultra-bae-ld-version
Linux https://jezzamon.itch.io/ultra-bae-ld-version
Source code https://github.com/Jezzamonn/ultra-bae
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ultra-bae

Ratings

Overall 564th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 572th 2.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 335th 3.395⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 435th 3.395⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 446th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 178th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 108th 3.472⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 334th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

incobalt
23. Apr 2018 · 23:52 UTC
I'm... not sure I know what to do. After going to the site nothing seems to happen.
🎤 Jezzamon
25. Apr 2018 · 06:34 UTC
Ah, so turns out there's a problem with the connection library I wrote that only impacts the builds themselves :( Works fine in the editor. I'll have to debug it and post new versions when it works again
🎤 Jezzamon
27. Apr 2018 · 15:48 UTC
@incobalt Ok, I fixed the networking stuff! You can give it another try if you want!
alexrose
28. Apr 2018 · 00:38 UTC
Couple things I would suggest:
1. something went wrong with collision detection and I fell through the floor
2. Camera should pan ahead of you based on velocity so the enemies right in front of me aren't off screen

The Tinder idea was really cool, the intro text made me laugh and I enjoyed the tinder stereotypes, gameplay was decent.
Local Minimum
28. Apr 2018 · 14:03 UTC
That's a very incompatible combo and very ambitious to make a mobile and computer game. I didn't quite understand how the rules worked on `baedar`. I just got faces with comments and a yes/no button and no indication that there was any strategy to what to do. In `ULTRA BAE` I got past a couple of ladders until I lost the last of my life. Very interesting combo though. It would have been even cooler with swipes on the phone-app. And perhaps if the computer game was made a little more clearer, maybe top-down? With some tweaks I could see this as a quite fun coop game combo.
🎤 Jezzamon
28. Apr 2018 · 16:54 UTC
@Local Minimum yeah I definitely lost a bit of time learning new stuff during this jam. Which I don't regret, but meant that both part of the game aren't as fleshed out really, so yeah baeder is more of a weird weapon select screen at the mo. Maybe in the post-compo one I'll expand on that a little more
foolmoron
28. Apr 2018 · 21:22 UTC
Took me a while to figure out what the baedar did but it's god damn brilliant. The in-game part was kinda weird though - really slow framerate on my computer. I wish the shooting and graphics had a bit more life to them too. The music is really cool but it doesn't really fit the monochrome style.
NvrSkipGameDay
29. Apr 2018 · 21:47 UTC
Ultimately a really cool idea, it never connected for me but I still played the game. Flipping the sprite to show which way you were facing when firing would have helped a lot, but I think you packed a lot in for a compo, nicely done.
been
10. May 2018 · 06:29 UTC
I thought the Baedar bit was irrelevant until I read the comments here, I did wonder why my weapons seemed to change occasionally. The gameplay is fun, but I die way too often with only 2 health. Maybe that's just my lack of skill though?

I did like the graphical effects with the lights and shadows, but the game ran super jittery on my machine. It ran much smoother when I reduced the resolution, but then I couldn't read all the text :(.
🎤 Jezzamon
13. May 2018 · 04:17 UTC
@been Yeah sadly I couldn't figure out how to not apply the shader to the text in the compo timespan. And seeing as I have a small screen the shader is probably a lot more performant for me.
chainedlupine
14. May 2018 · 19:47 UTC
That's certainly an interesting two ideas to combine! Took me a moment to figure out how the baedar worked, though.

I have to agree with the other comments here -- the shooter part of the game ran really slow for me, and so it was very hard to play it. (I kept dying when accidentally slamming into spikes or enemies.)
epb9000
15. May 2018 · 06:32 UTC
I got knocked back through a wall and plunged into darkness, but I made it a ways I think. The Baedar was super unexpected. I'm so glad I charged my phone a little bit ago. I have a low-res screen, so while a little sluggish, the game was still perfectly playable.
codemaster
15. May 2018 · 18:17 UTC
The dating/tinder aspect was really funny! The game ran a bit sluggish locally. Great sound effects for shooting/attacking enemies.
ProdigalSon
15. May 2018 · 18:41 UTC
The was stuck connecting to server but I wanted to help you get enough votes to get a rating so I voted based on the gif and description. ;)
🎤 Jezzamon
15. May 2018 · 19:21 UTC
@ProdigalSon: Haha, thanks I guess? FYI you can skip the connection if you want, by pressing esc!
ProdigalSon
15. May 2018 · 19:30 UTC
Cool. I went back and ESC-ed the connection thing and got to play the game. Interesting usage of 2d/3d graphics/perspective. The music is fun and the lighting gives that sense of exploring the unknown. The movement was super fast for me and I kept trying to "click to shoot" when I know it is spacebar, lol.