Ball Boy's Cool Party by BrothersT

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made by BrothersT for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Get pyramid to stay at your party as long as possible, using only your formidable powers of conversation!

No one else turned up...

Big thanks to Flowerhead for lending his crazy musical talent! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb6QLCaLxjvucwNlQuS2gg

Code and Design - Joseph Thomson. Art and Design - Robert Thomson.

There's lots more we wanted to add, we'll be continuing with this for sure :)

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Ratings

Overall 62th 4.149⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 18th 4.297⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 66th 4.069⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 39th 4.392⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 203th 4.27⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Audio 248th 3.819⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.662⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 91th 4.208⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 53🗨️

Feedback

sillyman987
05. Apr 2022 · 14:03 UTC
Amazing game! I love trying to keep pyramid at my house for longer each time!
LDJam user 284138
05. Apr 2022 · 14:19 UTC
Awesome concept, good jokes, dope animations really! One of my favorite submissions so far !
Nescience
05. Apr 2022 · 14:36 UTC
Really really funny ! I didn't expect that and i'm not disappointed !
🎤 BrothersT
05. Apr 2022 · 21:04 UTC
@sillyman987, @nescience, @baptiste-lnq - Thanks so much! Really glad you all enjoyed it!
chris-pugliese
05. Apr 2022 · 21:11 UTC
Yknow, normally I avoid playing non-web builds, but the premise was too good to pass up. Definitely don't regret it! This was a fun little experience, and if you guys plan to expanding it, I'm interested in seeing where it goes.
Jasper Hansen
05. Apr 2022 · 21:17 UTC
great idea and executed with a lot of personality, the dialogue and animations are a lot of fun. i'd like to have more options but can't really complain about a lack of content in a jam game, and what you've got here is great
Laurens
05. Apr 2022 · 21:35 UTC
Hahahah man I cringed all the way through, Ball Boy sure is awkward. What on earth made me be enthousiastic about having a sandwich for lunch?! Dad-jokes have got nothing on this game, music was also dope, shame BB will be raving all by his lonesome :(
nyanpierre
05. Apr 2022 · 21:59 UTC
Great idea ! I really liked the concept and I had fun playing it, the humor works really well I liked the jokes (especially the one on Pythagoras). I feel a little sad for ball boy x)
Yamzho
06. Apr 2022 · 14:30 UTC
Haha ! Loved it ! Such a good take on the theme ! Great job !
Jesse Martin
06. Apr 2022 · 14:43 UTC
Fun game, Like the take on the theme.
MisterJBro
06. Apr 2022 · 14:45 UTC
One of the best games I have tested so far in this game jam :D
Chris McKnight
06. Apr 2022 · 15:30 UTC
Solid game, Animations are the real star here, really are able to convey the awkward feeling really well done !
The take on the theme is A+, probably one of the best representations in LD50 that I've seen and played.
I think with some polish and more content this could be a really fun game to play, Well done <3
DustyA29
06. Apr 2022 · 15:44 UTC
It's hard to have a chat with someone who's nothing in common. You pointed out well. Great concept! It might be a good idea to use more boring bgm i guess.
Skruffye
06. Apr 2022 · 16:14 UTC
Really cool idea! I loved how dynamic Pyramid's reactions were, especially how he backs slowly away if you don't say something fast enough.

Everything looked really crisp and fluid, which it really should since--for whatever strange reason--the game was running my GPU (GTX 1070) at 100% constantly and even started causing coil whine, which I've never had before on this card...! O.o

I've no idea if that's something you can fix or if it's some very niche problem that's only affecting me, but I didn't want to play too long, just in case... Sorry...! ^^; I really did want to play through it more than once. :confused:
🎤 BrothersT
06. Apr 2022 · 16:36 UTC
@skruffye Aw thanks man! Happy to see you checked out our game! And oh.. that's very strange! Ahhh the mysteries of Unity. We'll see if we can identify the problem :) Thanks for the info
Kaminos
06. Apr 2022 · 16:41 UTC
your game is hilarious! i loved the social awkwardness and the dialogues. A very different take on the theme too. Graphics and animation are to the point.. all in all i've enjoyed playing and i have nothing negative to say. I would love to see the post jam version if you would add some kind of voice over. Great work :)
mmisspelling
06. Apr 2022 · 19:55 UTC
really really liked this take on the theme, the concept immediately made me want to play it ahah. i'd say it's all very... solid.
glitchman
06. Apr 2022 · 22:33 UTC
@brotherst The quality of the animation is fantastic! To be honest, I played your game again and again only to see how the characters were animated :blush:

> the game was running my GPU (GTX 1070) at 100% constantly and even started causing coil whine, which I’ve never had before on this card…! O.o

@skruffye I'm pretty sure that the author switched "vsync" off.
MacabreArtGames
06. Apr 2022 · 22:38 UTC
Loved this one! I hoped to keep him a bit longer but no chance :) Well done!
PixelTaku
07. Apr 2022 · 01:33 UTC
Hilarious concept! It's just as awkward as me at real parties!
Langotriel
07. Apr 2022 · 16:02 UTC
There are few games that get me giddy with enthusiasm but this is one of them. A lot of neat animation, a god damn CONTEXT-SENSITIVE dialogue tree :eyes: and really good writing. I loved it! High marks all around!

If you need voice work for a post-jam version or future LDs, hit me up :) I do some casting and could probably get a couple of pro voice actors in on this!
arya-s
07. Apr 2022 · 17:21 UTC
Very entertaining entry. I kept laughing all the way through.

One of my favorites!
jitspoe
08. Apr 2022 · 01:37 UTC
Made it to 3M 47S. Had fun CRACKing jokes!
MrEvilGuy
08. Apr 2022 · 02:09 UTC
Just gave it a whirl. Top marks. I burst out laughing so many times. Love everything about this--I only wish there was more hahaha. Your take on the theme was great too. Excellent!
Emaigualmc2_art
08. Apr 2022 · 02:27 UTC
I thought it was a very fun and hilarious concept and idea! xD Really seeing how every time he didn't like something he took a step back towards the door made me very funny. The 3d models are very good, I think that with more work and time that "party department" could look great. Great job!!
angiemon
08. Apr 2022 · 11:04 UTC
HAHAHA!

I love this. This so was so fun and endearing, the visuals were great, simple shapes with clear, pleasant shading and the choice of colours was very good, also the choice of font made this visually very very pretty!
The animations were also cute and clean! Really made fully-fledged characters out of these simple shapes!

The convos were fun, the convo choices hilarious and really made you wanting to keep trying.
the controls didn't need any explanations at all, I liked the topic and literally everything.
My best is so far almost 3 minutes :D

After a while, I tried to hush out that pyramid head as soon as possible because I'm sure all my ballbuddy really wants is watch some Netflix :b

![ballboy.jpg](///raw/b45/5/z/4d850.jpg)

haha! Really good. Don't really have any critique, maybe being able to interact with the environemtn would have been nice :) (and let the player figure that out themselfes, like clicking on the fridge to get the dude a beer or something. or like turn on music or whatever. maybe with an inventory and you can grab something and give him a gift haha.

Good job!
hungryroy
08. Apr 2022 · 15:41 UTC
This was great and hilarious and really speaks to my social anxiety lol. Great graphics and music too, good job!
Sipfindel
08. Apr 2022 · 16:10 UTC
I love it! But I'm not playing games to remind me of my own life :D jokes aside: to me it felt well put together with everything having its place to make me feel really awkward.
cukiakimani
11. Apr 2022 · 16:47 UTC
This cracked me up. I love how I started to get the point when the guest slowly started walking away!
jk5000
12. Apr 2022 · 18:01 UTC
A very funny little game. Well done.
Suchista
13. Apr 2022 · 09:25 UTC
Very cool! It was interesting to see what all the options come to. The art is awesome too. Well done!
WetBurritoSupreme
14. Apr 2022 · 03:43 UTC
Such a heartfelt game, I've been in both positions and this game almost made me uncomfortable for how on point it was. Really well out together, and mad respect to pyramid for knowing when to bail.
Prismapunch
20. Apr 2022 · 03:36 UTC
Lots of soul. Love the character designs and animations.