{"author_link":"\/users\/pjnovas","author_name":"pjnovas","author_uid":"1005030","comments":[{"author_name":"AntaresValdemar","author_uid":"1015091","time":"2020-04-21T22:38:47Z","epoch":1587508727,"modified":1587508727,"text":"Love the visuals and the mechanics seem solid. Don't have anyone to play it with unfortunately! I think the amount of controls are a bit overwhelming, if there was some way to streamline it, it might be more intuitive. Cool stuff though!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LoopyPickleHead","author_uid":"1194716","time":"2020-04-21T22:39:20Z","epoch":1587508760,"modified":1587508760,"text":"There's definitely a game here. The controls were a bit much for a 2 player game on one keyboard. The art and sound were really nicely done, and I loved the player feedback when they were shooting\/getting hit. Nicely done!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"J B","author_uid":"1189057","time":"2020-05-01T15:02:05Z","epoch":1588345325,"modified":1588345325,"text":"This looks really nice and has a good choice of sounds.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"GameOverMexico","author_uid":"1198314","time":"2020-05-01T15:13:49Z","epoch":1588346029,"modified":1588346029,"text":"\nIt has solid graphics but you could improve the controls a little because the shots are very slow and the movement has a little delay when pressing","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"zguba","author_uid":"1005385","time":"2020-05-02T23:10:42Z","epoch":1588461042,"modified":1588461042,"text":"I like minimalistic design but struggled with inputs.\n\n1) Any other input than supported by the game caused automatic search start which was super annoying.\n2) I do not have numpad on my keyboard, so adding steering on it isn't a good idea.\n3) Gamepad support didn't work for me for some reason.\n\nCheers!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"","author_uid":"1000000","time":"2020-05-02T23:16:52Z","epoch":1588461412,"modified":1588461412,"text":"Unfortunately I have to play it alone, but still this game is great! ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"FireSlash","author_uid":"1000025","time":"2020-05-02T23:16:57Z","epoch":1588461417,"modified":1588461417,"text":"The ability to control projectiles is a neat idea, but I found it almost always easier to just ignore that and line up a next shot instead. \n\nPart of this is just the clunkyness of the controls; and part of it is more the natural limitations of my brain; I can't manage to chase the projectile while also avoiding hits.\n\nLocking player movement for a time while hit seems like a rather punishing choice; it often just leads to the first person to take a hit being constantly bullied with projectiles they can't dodge while the other can easily skate around dodging until a projectile can be steered into them; which given control issues is a bit of a feat honestly.\n\nArt and feel were both good.\n\nIn general I'd highly encourage an AI player for LD, even if it's dumb; most people likely don't have a friend to play with (especially right now). ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"appix","author_uid":"1019537","time":"2020-05-05T00:23:09Z","epoch":1588638189,"modified":1588638189,"text":"Really cool 2 player game with nice art and sound!I can only play it alone (TUT). Well done.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Quinn_Patrick","author_uid":"1187047","time":"2020-05-05T23:12:21Z","epoch":1588720341,"modified":1588720341,"text":"I didn't have anyone to play with, so I wasn't really able to get a handle on how intense the matches can get. However, the graphics are fantastic with lots of feedback for the player. My biggest complaint is that the controls are really confusing, it took me a long time to figure out which keys did what, and even after learning them I had trouble hitting the right keys. It's difficult for me to imagine two people huddled around the same keyboard using these controls.\nStill, I can't overstate how much I like the visuals. Overall, you did a good job.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ilya_Nazarov","author_uid":"1185757","time":"2020-05-08T10:39:29Z","epoch":1588934369,"modified":1588934369,"text":"Nice game although the controls seem a bit hard. I like the simplistic art style. It reminds me a radar screen and it feels like I control submarine and launch torpedoes. I think it would be interesting idea if players could not see each other at the start and they used hide and seek mechanics with sonar and other submarine things. \nGood job and keep going! :thumbsup: ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LCStark","author_uid":"1081091","time":"2020-05-10T14:30:45Z","epoch":1589121045,"modified":1589121650,"text":"A very good game! It looks amazing and it plays really well, once you get used to the control scheme. That would be my only issue with it - the controls are too confusing. Even when you manage to somewhat learn what everything does, having two players on the same keyboard doesn't really work, as a lot of keyboards has limit of simultaneous keys pressed. For a fast-paced game, having your controls not work means having a bad time. I guess it would be better to move the second player controls to the mouse.\n\nAlso, when I started another game, loading bar appeared on the field:\n![commandBall.png](\/\/\/raw\/3cc\/31\/z\/33f07.png)\n\nOverall, I had fun playing it. Well done! ;)","likes":2,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/203064-657be65c321e6a0771957add5a768301.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/psychonull.github.io\/ld46\/","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/psychonull\/ld46","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"57782","g_author":"1005030","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"267496","g_title":"Commandball","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"1924","g_commentcount":"11","g_site2_node_id":"203064","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"203064","n_urlkey":"267496","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/commandball","n_slug":"commandball","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"5030","n_created":"1587427939","n_modified":"1587505725","n_version":"619980","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":203064,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":5030,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-21T00:56:30Z","created":"2020-04-21T00:12:19Z","modified":"2020-04-21T21:48:45Z","version":619980,"slug":"commandball","name":"Commandball","body":"** The longer you keep your projectiles alive, the longer the enemy will be stunned, open for more hits. **\n\n![portada4.png](\/\/\/raw\/6a3\/1\/z\/31fd0.png)\n\n## sneak peek gameplay\n![gameplay_2.gif](\/\/\/raw\/6a3\/1\/z\/31f64.gif)\n\n**IMPORTANT:** This is a two player game, you will need someone with you in order to play it!\nThe original idea was to make it with online multiplayer support, but sadly we couldn't get it on time.\n\nCheck the in-game help for controls!\nGet points by hitting the other player. You have to dodge enemy projectiles while launching and commanding yours.\n\nMusic\/sfx is from freesound.com:\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/hykenfreak\/sounds\/214663\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/frankum\/sounds\/317363\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/frankum\/sounds\/377541\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/InspectorJ\/sounds\/411164\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/ani_music\/sounds\/165311\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Kodack\/sounds\/258193\/\n\n","meta":{"author":[5030,2883],"grade-06-out":"1","grade-07-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/psychonull.github.io\/ld46\/","link-01-tag":[42336],"link-01-name":"Play online","link-02":"https:\/\/github.com\/psychonull\/ld46","link-02-tag":[42332],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/6a3\/1\/z\/31fca.png","allow-anonymous-comments":"1"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/commandball","parents":[1,5,9,176557],"love":0,"notes":11,"notes-timestamp":"2020-05-10T14:40:50Z","grade":{"grade-01":24,"grade-02":23,"grade-03":26,"grade-04":25,"grade-05":26,"grade-08":22},"magic":{"cool":136.99677347306,"feedback":19,"given":32.375,"grade":24.333333333333,"grade-01-average":3.182,"grade-01-result":1924,"grade-02-average":3.333,"grade-02-result":1194,"grade-03-average":3.083,"grade-03-result":1626,"grade-04-average":2.261,"grade-04-result":2515,"grade-05-average":3.521,"grade-05-result":1369,"grade-08-average":3.4,"grade-08-result":1214,"smart":-0.67340833351557}},"text":"** The longer you keep your projectiles alive, the longer the enemy will be stunned, open for more hits. **\n\n![portada4.png](\/\/\/raw\/6a3\/1\/z\/31fd0.png)\n\n## sneak peek gameplay\n![gameplay_2.gif](\/\/\/raw\/6a3\/1\/z\/31f64.gif)\n\n**IMPORTANT:** This is a two player game, you will need someone with you in order to play it!\nThe original idea was to make it with online multiplayer support, but sadly we couldn't get it on time.\n\nCheck the in-game help for controls!\nGet points by hitting the other player. You have to dodge enemy projectiles while launching and commanding yours.\n\nMusic\/sfx is from freesound.com:\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/hykenfreak\/sounds\/214663\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/frankum\/sounds\/317363\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/frankum\/sounds\/377541\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/InspectorJ\/sounds\/411164\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/ani_music\/sounds\/165311\/\n* https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Kodack\/sounds\/258193\/\n\n","title":"Commandball"}