The Nuclear Ball by 0X_VOID_X0

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made by 0X_VOID_X0 for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

This is my first Jam Game! enjoy. You control a magnet that moves a nuclear ball, you have to move it into a safty container. if the ball hits an object it will explode so be careful

Ratings

Overall 398th 3.777⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Fun 249th 3.879⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 575th 3.477⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Theme 404th 3.885⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1029th 3.288⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Audio 392th 3.625⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Mood 620th 3.525⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Given 79🗳️ 118🗨️

Feedback

PashaLoban
04. Oct 2021 · 12:32 UTC
Good game
Soulo
04. Oct 2021 · 15:48 UTC
The mechanics is quite simple, but well made and enjoyable. Especially liked the music.
Swen
04. Oct 2021 · 16:09 UTC
Congratz on your first jam game, nice job!

Made it till the end :D
![Knipsel.PNG](///raw/f75/c/z/44c96.png)

Fun and challenging game. I like how the bouncy pads can be your enemy, but also your friend in certain circumstances.
LDJam user 202408
04. Oct 2021 · 16:17 UTC
@swen woah you actually finished it! lol, Im impressed good job dude
calutron
04. Oct 2021 · 16:44 UTC
This mechanic is very satisfying, especially with the sound.
MeritCoding
04. Oct 2021 · 16:55 UTC
I only managed the first level cause level 2 was a bit hard for me. All I managed was going down the hole then I would bump with the wall
Darsa
04. Oct 2021 · 17:55 UTC
Good job; it might be a little bit annoying when you keep losing but overall it's pretty enjoyable and the music is nice. Keep up the good work!
Neeko69
04. Oct 2021 · 18:03 UTC
It's a really fun and challenging game!
Bhughes
05. Oct 2021 · 02:50 UTC
Cool! fun game with cool music
marbles
05. Oct 2021 · 09:27 UTC
Pretty enjoyable game! Good job on your first jam! I liked the "bounce" walls.
Colbymakesgames
05. Oct 2021 · 12:50 UTC
i ended up raging but good game
ChillerTyp
05. Oct 2021 · 14:13 UTC
The different sizes of pixels are strange...
Amikatag
05. Oct 2021 · 14:51 UTC
Very good for the first jam. Bounce walls are annoying at first, but then you forget to slow down your ball right about the finish and it goes ka-boom with both ball and your "insert word with b and double t"
mimusangel
05. Oct 2021 · 15:09 UTC
A small game really nice, a little difficult to take in hand the velocity but eventually not get used to it after several death and retry
A little strange atmosphere ... I finished the game using in my hand the same card + extra dmg 5
LDJam user 261208
05. Oct 2021 · 15:38 UTC
Hi there, it was also my first LD. Nice feeling for submmiting it, right? haha
I liked the aproach to the theme. And the mechanic works really well. Good job
LDJam user 202408
05. Oct 2021 · 15:46 UTC
@cabjhegas awesome man, it trully is cool, I missed the jam 3 times before Im really glad I finished this game
wormius
05. Oct 2021 · 16:28 UTC
I really like this game. Perfect design of the last level.
PartTimeIndie
05. Oct 2021 · 16:41 UTC
Had fun with this one
Rafael Garcez
05. Oct 2021 · 16:45 UTC
nice job! Really fun and well made
Alex-One
05. Oct 2021 · 16:47 UTC
Addicting game, the right amount of difficult. The control felt intuitive, went full Initial D with it.
Furfel
05. Oct 2021 · 16:48 UTC
This is great, it reminds me of my first published game. It's simple but very challenging
IndigoWolf
05. Oct 2021 · 17:02 UTC
Simple and well polished. Great first attempt at Jam!
ZwodahS
05. Oct 2021 · 17:11 UTC
Congrats on your first jam submission !

This is a simple game that is quite enjoyable.

I think adding a timer would make it more fun. That will make it more of a time attack rather than a stage based game.

Thanks for the game !
Evgeniya Zapolnova
05. Oct 2021 · 17:24 UTC
Really cool. I wasn't able to finish first level 🤣 but I like simple games that aren't simple
sawdust
05. Oct 2021 · 17:46 UTC
Very challenging dexterity game! I like the simple controls. I really appreciated the blinking laser indicating it was about to blow, and the duality of the bouncy pads being good or evil depending on the circumstance.

I might like it if you had to slow the nuclear ball below some certain velocity for the chamber to accept it instead of just launching it full speed once you get to the final stretch.
orangutanrider
05. Oct 2021 · 18:33 UTC
Nice simple refreshing game. Alot of content.
Haematite
05. Oct 2021 · 19:02 UTC
A nice simple concept done well. I think this would be great on mobile, really great job for your first jam!
Falzock
05. Oct 2021 · 19:03 UTC
Very nice and polished. THis is your first Jam Game? This is realy impressiv! I hope we will see more games from you in the future :D
Chris McKnight
05. Oct 2021 · 19:05 UTC
Perfect example of a simple but well executed puzzle game.
You did a great job getting the movement to feel satisfying, the right balance of slippery-to-precision.
anchorlight
05. Oct 2021 · 20:29 UTC
Congrats on an incredible first jam! Simple, well thought out, has a variety of challenges that are all reasonable, and controls are fine tuned-- it's just a reasonably well made game through and through. The ball can feel hard to control at times, but only so much so that it makes you sweat a bit at tight corners-- the actual controls are surprisingly precise.

It's possible that the game could be made a little more tense by adding some kind of timer or mechanic where the element could need to be pacified, maybe a system where there are checkpoints in the level that you need to rush in between but save your progress per point, but that might have changed the flow of the game. All in all, you set out to make something and did it to absolute perfection, and the completeness of your project is commendable.
NeilKleistGao
06. Oct 2021 · 02:54 UTC
Challengeable game! Very interesting! Good job.
Marc-Antoine Girard
06. Oct 2021 · 03:54 UTC
A very well executed game! Love the mechanic and fits perfectly the theme!
LDJam user 142503
06. Oct 2021 · 09:06 UTC
Nice game~I like it!
The magnet idea is so nice!
No time limit is a mercy:)

maybe you can let explosion more bigger:)

Followed you and waiting for your new games~
foxxy
06. Oct 2021 · 13:06 UTC
Looks great. I got stuck on level 2 'cos I suck.
Misfire_dev
06. Oct 2021 · 13:16 UTC
wow that's a hard game :D but really fun, simple and addicting. nice entry.
DeltaMain
06. Oct 2021 · 13:20 UTC
Interesting idea, liked music, and core mechanics, graphics still needs some polishing, feels like game is drawn in ms paint.
redsti
06. Oct 2021 · 13:21 UTC
very nice game, didn't finish it but i like the concept a lot, a speedrun timer could be cool too
Stroe Andrew
06. Oct 2021 · 13:28 UTC
Woah, Woah - Damn game is hard man, hahaha! Love it, Love it.
For being one of your first is amazing.
SunnyRx
06. Oct 2021 · 14:11 UTC
Nice game!
I died nearly a hundred times in the level 9, then I found out that I was on the wrong path 😂
![Snipaste_2021-10-06_22-38-02.jpg](///raw/3b1/04/z/47773.jpg)
![Snipaste_2021-10-06_22-39-31.jpg](///raw/3b1/04/z/47779.jpg)
LDJam user 202408
06. Oct 2021 · 14:38 UTC
@sunnyrx did you... did you cross the lazers in level 9 ???? whaaaaaaaat ? bu.. but it's supposed to be impossible ????? hoooooooow ???
Wouter52
06. Oct 2021 · 15:37 UTC
Cool game! I tried several times, but could not get past the first level. But that is because I suck at these kind of games :laughing:
glebshik
06. Oct 2021 · 15:53 UTC
Very cool for the first published game, many levels, great sounds, interesting mechanics. I had to try many times to at least complete five levels. Well done!
TheGamerASD
06. Oct 2021 · 23:23 UTC
Nice game, I really liked the music and gameplay!
MonkeyFox
07. Oct 2021 · 00:24 UTC
Really good mechanics and controls. Very fun!
A Jeannerod
07. Oct 2021 · 11:28 UTC
Nice little game, with an easily addictive mechanic. And congrats on your first jam !
jaspior
08. Oct 2021 · 04:23 UTC
I loved the music used there and the sfx are on par. Great choice!
James Wilson
08. Oct 2021 · 09:44 UTC
Really nice work, great job on your first entry. Loved the music and the controls were just the right amount of skill testing. Nice incremental level design. Did a full playthrough and had a lot of fun. One small bit of feedback would be checkpoints feel really good in a game like this. I don't know how it would tie into the flavour of the game, perhaps shortcuts open up as you progress. But overall, great work.
Dioinecail
08. Oct 2021 · 11:35 UTC
a really well made game! you could potentially release it to app stores and have fun on mobile :)
TTU_HASAN
08. Oct 2021 · 11:38 UTC
interesting controls and overall great game
Smooches
08. Oct 2021 · 15:34 UTC
Movement mechanic turned it into almost a drifting game which was really interesting and could make for great speedrunning play. Some of the turns were a bit too tight but otherwise I think there's a core of a really good game here!
randomerz
08. Oct 2021 · 18:25 UTC
Wow! That was really impressive for a first jam game! I really enjoyed the dynamic music kicking in after the first stage, and the subtle hums of the ball really fit well. The mechanics were interesting and you explored a lot of room with the dragging-ball-around game type. I think the levels were a good length, though the mechanics did barely start to feel a bit repetitive at the end -- maybe you could look at other games like super monkey ball for inspiration? Also, a subtle hum when you're using the magnet would be really nice too.

Overall though, great job!
robbietaco
08. Oct 2021 · 19:24 UTC
Fun game! Pretty challenging! If you had time to improve I would add a timer to give a bit more motivation to the player to complete the level faster. I think it would have also been interesting if the speed of the balls movement was tied to how far the magnet was to the ball. Really good entry, really enjoyed it!
ekun
08. Oct 2021 · 19:55 UTC
Easy to get into and fun, with a good soundtrack as well. Nice job!
Micheldever
09. Oct 2021 · 11:41 UTC
Wohoo! That was so much fun. Really enjoyed playing through that and nice work on your first game jam. Loved the animations and the look&feel of the game. The magnet move mechanics were nice and I like that the obstacles weren't grid-based. Would be cool to have metrics shown at the end, e.g. time to complete each/all levels or number of deaths.

![Screenshot 2021-10-09 at 12.41.27.png](///raw/968/d3/z/47e8e.png)
guimoliveira
09. Oct 2021 · 15:46 UTC
Great game. Good job.
I played for a long time and gave up at level 6. :(
chesiq
09. Oct 2021 · 16:45 UTC
Nice game! Keep it up! I enjoyed the mechanics and completed the game (after some time hehe)!
LDJam user 250426
11. Oct 2021 · 03:50 UTC
Great game man! I think it has one of those "easy to learn, hard to master" mechanics that's fun to get better at. The ball always moved exactly how I expected it to and if I died it was my own gosh dang impatient self's fault for going too fast haha

Only suggestions I have:
- the animation for completing the level and the animation for teleporting are too slow
- add more levels, I wanna play more! :D The long parts where you drift around a curve were my favourite xD
Blumber
11. Oct 2021 · 19:35 UTC
Great game! I think the second level it's a little hard compared to the first. But I like it in general, is fun to play and to understand.
AdrianKrawczyk
16. Oct 2021 · 10:19 UTC
Very hard but satysfying game. Pretty good entry for a first jam you tried. Great job!
Togis
18. Oct 2021 · 03:44 UTC
Hey there! This game was really amazing to play! Thanks for joining us live!

I finally had the time to come back and rate everything I played so far!

Here is a link to the vod of the review if you wish to see it again: https://www.youtube.be/watch?v=1gUA0Q2dn6I&t=7850s
LDJam user 0
06. Apr 2022 · 10:01 UTC
Cool and little hard game