CLASH! by Andrei

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made by Andrei for LD34 (JAM)
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CLASH! is a two players fighting game that focus on simple but precise movements.
We explored the different movement possibilities using only two buttons for each player (see in-game "How to play").
Precision is needed to get the best interactions using these movements (see guide below).
Player 1 plays as the Hero (first person fighter), Player 2 as the Enemy (the guy in front). As it is right now, you need two humans, you can't play against the computer.

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GUIDE

[The game is not finished as we wanted. There are some key interactions missing and small mistakes :(]
You will notice black text messages in the bottom center and top center of the screen. The bottom one is for the Player 1, the above one is for Player 2. It tells you the interaction (the result) of your movements.

The possibilities are:

HIT - you hit, full damage.
CLASH! - both players' movement clashed, no damage.
CRITICAL HIT - you got your opponent off guard, double damage.
Hit partially - you hit, but your opponent was defending or also attacking with a weaker movement - half damage.
STUNNED - you got stunned. 1s stunned, if you got hit, it deals double damage.
Blocked - your attack is blocked by opponent's defense or stronger attack.

[not fully working possibilites]
BREAK HIT - you hit your opponent while it was preparing a movement, you hit and stopped its movement.
Dodged - your opponent dodges your attack, no damage (working). You become unbalanced for attacking into nothing. 1s off guard, can't move. If you got hit, it deals double damage.
Countered - your opponent's movement counters yours, 1s off guard.

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Future plans:
- implement all planned interactions (sorry for that)
- balance
- more characters
- sound, sfx
- split screen (for two players)
- "vs computer" mode
- mobile if you guys like it :P

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Inspirations:
- Those old boxing toys where you press two buttons to punch your opponent
- Super Punch Out!
- Aquaplay (another old two buttons toy)

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1391
Overall(Jam) 2.72 976
Fun(Jam) 2.44 985
Graphics(Jam) 2.64 877
Humor(Jam) 2.14 759
Innovation(Jam) 2.80 737
Mood(Jam) 2.35 959
Theme(Jam) 3.40 743

Feedback

DecayConstant
15. Dec 2015 · 07:09 UTC
Fun idea. It sounds like you could have used a few helpers to get some of those future plans done in time.
maunovaha
15. Dec 2015 · 14:29 UTC
Hmm.. I just killed the opponent while he did nothing? Then I read through explanations and realized that you guys had some troubles to finish the game on time. Well, it happens to all of us. Even I didn't finish the game as I wanted. Until next time then! :) cheers.
Darkhaul
15. Dec 2015 · 15:53 UTC
Just played around with the controls on my own because i didnt have anyone to play with but it seems like a cool idea. doesn't feel particularly responsive... but the idea is there and it all seems to work properly, nice game really
Reinoso
15. Dec 2015 · 16:48 UTC
The idea is good, one of the only games so far made for two players, so I need to register! But the game really in my view depend on someone else to get fun ..... good, good work of any form.
NirabazGAMES
15. Dec 2015 · 19:16 UTC
it`s not loaded, unfortunately
FrederickK
15. Dec 2015 · 20:39 UTC
Forever alone guy here :\
The idea of making a "rock, paper, scissor" like combat game is interesting, however, the animation is very slow, giving the impression that they are unresponsive
If it were quicker and the players had less HP would be way better, also, a way to go back to menu would be nice
Nice job guys!
Red_Fan games
16. Dec 2015 · 01:07 UTC
Still loading... :(
Andrew Deem
16. Dec 2015 · 07:05 UTC
I will come back to play this tomorrow when my roommate is awake. ;)
RougeRogue
16. Dec 2015 · 10:31 UTC
I'd have loved to have someone to play this with but I'm lonely like that so I played against myself (not to brag, but I won). I'd love to see online multiplayer or a CPU player in the future.
tantumgames
16. Dec 2015 · 10:32 UTC
Can't play it
🎤 Andrei
16. Dec 2015 · 10:36 UTC
Thanks everyone who are submitting commentaries!

For those having problems loading the game, please tell me if you have tried both versions. The embedded version is the WebGL one, and it is the one more likely to be problematic because of your browser or OS+hardware combination. The Webplayer version usually works for everyone, except Chrome users.

For those playing alone. Yeah, the game is totally two players dependant right now. You will be able to try out the mechanic, but the fun comes with a second human player.
davidB
17. Dec 2015 · 12:46 UTC
Hard to manage x1, x2, x3 (unity player on OSX).
Not finished but playable, I did the same choice MVP.
kezhaar
20. Dec 2015 · 12:07 UTC
Did not load for me either
mockthebear
04. Jan 2016 · 18:37 UTC
Well, its a good idea, but the animations was a bit unpolished.
One of the problem about two players game in ludum dare, it find another player at the same time.