Squabble Snooker by bzoo345

made by bzoo345 for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Squabble Snooker

The Squabbles Invited you to play a game of snooker with them. Except they don't really know the rules.

How to play:

You have 2:30 minutes to pocket as many snooker balls as you can. Each colour has a different score value. Throw the cue ball, hold down to charge the throw.

Controls

Move - W, A, S, D

Throw - Left Click

Aim - Mouse

Shift - Sprint

Jump - Space

Pause - Esc

NOTE: There is also a windows build for download.

ANOTHER NOTE: There are some bugs currently with the UI. You can start the game from the main menu, but once the timer during the game ends, you will not be able to restart. Please Reload the browser if playing online. If downloading the windows build yuo will need to forcefully exit the game.

Source Code	https://github.com/kovaciardey/ldjam-56
Itch	https://bzoo345.itch.io/squabble-snooker
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/squabble-snooker

Ratings

Overall	1042^th	2.7⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	970^th	2.75⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	846^th	2.9⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1014^th	2.725⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	940^th	2.55⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Humor	681^th	2.775⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	1041^th	2.35⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		12🗳️	25🗨️

Feedback

eerongal

07. Oct 2024 · 21:22 UTC

New spin on FPS (First person snooker) right here. Interesting game! Obviously, a bit rough but its a game jam game, so no surprise there. I could see the idea being polished up into something really fun, though! Nice job!

Custodi

07. Oct 2024 · 21:33 UTC

Funny POV on pool game, but balls on field are too heavy ana hard them push to holes(

Tom Watson

07. Oct 2024 · 21:37 UTC

Great concept, with a bit more polish can see this being a really fun game, impressive progress given the time constraint - nice work

Dimasoff

07. Oct 2024 · 21:56 UTC

I found one bug here when you pick up the ball, then drop it, the ball just falls under the ground and you can't continue the game. The game looks pretty simple, but it's fine for the game jam. But overall the game is fun and the idea is interesting.

Ian Crewe Edens

09. Oct 2024 · 22:31 UTC

Just like pool irl, I suck at this. Still had a relatively fun time clearing the board. I do agree that the balls can be hard to move, I found exspecially so when in large groupings. Still, very functional and impressive given the time constraint. Good work!

LDJam user 352652

09. Oct 2024 · 22:38 UTC

Gotta thank you for this one. Snooker is just one of those games that I've known about forever, but never actually learned the rules, and was too embarrassed to ask. But not anymore! My buddies are gonna be in for a world of surprise when I CRUSH them the next time an opportunity to play arises.

LDJam user 37404

10. Oct 2024 · 09:47 UTC

@atlasflame just make sure you don't actually throw the cueball at them :laughing:

Alem26

10. Oct 2024 · 14:59 UTC

Fun little challange game!
I got a whopping score of 3!
Wasn't sure what I expected when I started the game, but it was an interesting (skill-) surprise :D
I am too much of a noob for this, but looks good!

Pachino55

13. Oct 2024 · 15:22 UTC

Fun, like it, good job

GaryS

13. Oct 2024 · 15:42 UTC

I liked the idea, and it's pretty cute... but I couldn't really control it. I couldn't 'kick' the ball at all, clicking or holding the mouse didn't do anything for me, so I just had to walk the ball to where I wanted it to go.

Koolruz

13. Oct 2024 · 15:53 UTC

I really liked the idea of this game, but with my mouse settings, I could barely control it - Moving my mouse a few millimeters on my mousepad was enough to do a complete 180, which made the whole experience very disorienting/uncomfortable to play :(

A mouse sensitivity slider is really important in FPS (first person snooker) games, because everyone's hardware setup is different, and if someone is using a much higher or lower DPI mouse than you tested with, they might be unable to play.

I just wanted to pass along that feedback - I couldn't play for long enough to get a good sense of anything else, so I can't really give any other feedback or even leave a rating 😅

Budaniel

13. Oct 2024 · 23:39 UTC

The movement felt really good, running and jumping across the playfield. I wish the ball/creatures reacted more when hit, like they flew farther when hit, but it still works well as-is.

Patomkin

14. Oct 2024 · 09:38 UTC

This game has potential do be very fun, if only balls were little lighter so they roll in the holes easier : ( Would be also nice to have button to teleport ball back to you as I was fooling around a bit too much :D

Prunus Padis

14. Oct 2024 · 10:14 UTC

Got 31 score. Little static but throwing the ball and trying to aim was kinda fun with the extra challege of off-axis position of the ball. Your ingame "tutorial/guidance" was nice since it was pretty fast to get what i should be doing.

LDJam user 37404

14. Oct 2024 · 14:03 UTC

Thanks for all the feedback everyone! i'm not going to have time to develop this further, cos full time job :(. But this will be my first game to actually get all the 20 ratings required. i'm very curious about how i've done!