WAVER by Skyeward
Keep the wave alive
Keep the team pumped
Keep any and all memorabilia thrown into the stands
Code by Skyeward, Art/Sound by Niru

Arrow Keys + Enter to navigate menus
Esc to bring up in-game menu
Full development stream and post-mortem discussion can be found here
| Youtube | https://dreyan.itch.io/waver |
| Youtube | https://dreyan.itch.io/waver |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/waver |
Ratings
| Overall | 57th | 4.209⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 139th | 4.009⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 4th | 4.664⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 160th | 4.218⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 244th | 4.336⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 126th | 4.091⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 206th | 3.88⭐ | 56🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 244th | 4⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 47🗨️ |
Would love to see this game get taken further!
We're getting ready to start diving into the LD46 submissions for sure! Today has been a today to catch up on things that have been neglected during the rush of development. I intend to start playing entries this evening :)
Also this game gave me a Wii game vibe, good work!
I coudn't enjoy it as I should. I couldn't locate the buttons easily. I wish they wore a shirt with letters on it so I can tell what to press.
and when I do locate the button. the wave is switched to other buttons :(
I think many people have the same complain.
Difficulty is absolutely the biggest point of criticism we get, and it's fair, our game is damn hard. We're continuing development of this game, and difficulty will be getting re-addressed in a major way. If anyone is interested in following along with future development, keep an eye on @nirufekriarnold on Twitter :D
In all seriousness though, great job! This game is crazy polished - you could put this up on steam as is and it'd be fine, IMO. All the little ways you add variation to game play, the visual and audio polish, it all works together so well. My _one_ suggestion would be, like other people have said, an option to label the crowd members with jerseys or something to show which letter they correspond to. Other than that though, genuinely blown away, great work!!
I think labelling the crowd with their corresponding letters would make a real difference to the gameplay, as it feels a little panicked when the active crowd members change and you have to try and work out which keys you need before the wave begins... you probably played this to death during development and have a feel for which is which, but I found that pretty hard going.
You could have the labels removed either as a difficulty option, or possibly during one of the in-game wave changes.
By the way, I love the in-game wave changes! Breaking up the loop with the wave cam and the car park call is a really nice touch - and the point where the entire crowd becomes active and you just slide across the whole keyboard like a piano feels somehow celebratory.
Very nice entry.
The game felt very polished. I liked all the little touches, like somebody throwing tomatoes (?), snowballs (?) at the crowd :laughing: Graphics is simple but informative and pleasant to look at. The color choices are great.
And the concept is unique. At least the first such in my experience. Really well done!
This game caught my attention from the beginning with a simple and aweasome transition of the screens.
For me try to understand how I'll press the key give me more fun then I expected, because during the gameplay the games show me some simple features like to press a specific key, to press the key of the focus man or how to press the key in this order AHHHH (It's become difficulty with 4 or 5 persons haha).
In overall I liked all the features, thanks for bring this game to the jam :). Good Job.
Heres the VOD from the other day if you're interested:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/614065908
Well done on this!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615928274?t=0h53m41s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
Here's my playthrough of it: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/617130200
And here is me winning like Charlie Sheen hehe: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/617130198