Groovy Wars by Aryaman

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made by Aryaman for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Hey! Yo! I am a 13 yo developer from India and this is a Local Multiplayer pvp game made in approx 24 hours... Move player 1 using left joystick or wasd. Move player 2 using right joystick or arrow keys. Shoot using q or gamepad rb for player 1 and right shift or gamepad lb for player 2. The game is a topdown shooter game where every 10 seconds your health and ammo count is swapped with your enemy... Play the game with your friends and remember: In life you lost or win, but in games losing is a sin. img1.png img2.png

Ratings

Given 21🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

Sky
03. Oct 2022 · 00:59 UTC
The music is excellent and the graphics are nice! It took me a bit to realize the concept and how to play, and the 2nd player seemed to not control properly and get pushed out of the map sometimes. Might've been more fun if I had a friend to try it out with. Nice work overall :)
LDJam user 299757
03. Oct 2022 · 02:11 UTC
Fun wish I had friends to play it with though ):
Rohit Aggarwal
03. Oct 2022 · 04:13 UTC
Nice effort. Concept is innovative, different than other games.
goldenXD
03. Oct 2022 · 04:43 UTC
I like the multiplayer aspect, makes it more fun. Simple and easy to learn, and good music!
Dfyzet
03. Oct 2022 · 07:25 UTC
I really love the concept! And a music is sooooo catchy! It would be cool if the transitions were more subtle, but it still looks cool!
MoebiusMeow
03. Oct 2022 · 10:49 UTC
Amazing entry! The music is absolutely great especially when all these things were done within 24 hours!

The concept is an overhaul of traditional PvP game. Nice job!
Henrik Ganard
03. Oct 2022 · 12:35 UTC
Great job for a first run. The music is great and I liked the feel when batteling it out. I suspect that you lean a bit hard to Brackey´s LD-jam-game Party-Killer but the next time you will be ready to spice it up, even more, to make it more of your own thing. Overall a nice game that we will play at the next after work =)
Andreadbx
03. Oct 2022 · 16:27 UTC
Lovely entry! shame that i couldn't properly test it with a second player :(
MikoziQ
03. Oct 2022 · 20:50 UTC
Played a couple of times with my friend

Pros:

- Easy to grasp
- Simple graphics
- Music is always a + on compo (But unfortunately, more on that later)

Cons:

- The bloom is a bit too much
- Without reading on how to play, it was very hard for us to understand the concept of 'beating' other played, which resulted in us just crashing into each other and waiting on RNG to pick a winner

I don't mind that you take inspiration from someone, but one things that is boggling me is...

### With all due respect, but I do not believe you made that music yourself within COMPO time for such a game

https://youtu.be/-7qnOdpPSvA

As per rules stating that YOU are supposed to make the music yourself, I would consider you changing the game to be a JAM, not COMPO entry.

### [rules here](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/rules)
MikoziQ
03. Oct 2022 · 20:52 UTC
@sky @moebiusmeow @dfyzet @henrik-ganard - Sorry to bring this up to the commenters before me, as you guys commented on the music part.
Jacob Diaz
04. Oct 2022 · 01:54 UTC
The music is nice :D
🎤 Aryaman
04. Oct 2022 · 06:18 UTC
@mikoziq sorry... i am new to the ludum dare and didnt knew it... i would switch it to jam...
🎤 Aryaman
04. Oct 2022 · 06:20 UTC
I only took some reference and editted it a bit
MikoziQ
04. Oct 2022 · 07:18 UTC
@aryaman sorry if I sounded a bit too harsh on the matter, but I need to point it out. In the end it's just for yourself since there are no winners here or prizes, but the community tends to be more strict on the compo/jam rules ☺️ I'm glad you've seen the error and I changed the rating accordingly 👍
LDJam user 268934
04. Oct 2022 · 09:16 UTC
Impressie entery in only 24 hours.
Music is awsome!
01edward01
04. Oct 2022 · 12:01 UTC
I really enjoyed graphic side of game!
LDJam user 161618
04. Oct 2022 · 13:09 UTC
Great job. Congrats on finishing the jam.
Eugenik
04. Oct 2022 · 14:27 UTC
Very good looking game !.
busisen
04. Oct 2022 · 15:43 UTC
Love the concept, nice job submitting this in such a short timespan. I'm impressed! Played this for a while with my roommate and we loved it haha
DileriumL
04. Oct 2022 · 17:13 UTC
Please add WebGL version, my fellow game dev!
LightTerraDog
04. Oct 2022 · 19:20 UTC
I loved playing it with my sister, sad that the music is not made by u. But I really like the graphics!!

Also, I would be happy if you rate my game, it's also my first one :)
Birdy Games
06. Oct 2022 · 03:29 UTC
Wow, making a local co-op game for a jam is very risky, congratulations. I liked it, but it lacked some feedback on important actions (like when players hit each other). Nice work!
Game-mon
20. Oct 2022 · 19:41 UTC
Nice visuals & music! gameplay was a bit confusing with the dash/shooting ability, but some great potential here! Congrats :)
UnidayStudio
21. Oct 2022 · 13:53 UTC
Great game! :smiley: