Kick it Hard! by f7f5

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made by f7f5 for LD32 (COMPO)
Your unconventional weapon is your football. You can use it to attack your
annoying neighbours, and even (not so) innocent birds. Beware - they fight
back with their own unconventional things. If you're hit, you'll be stunned
for a brief moment.

Use the left and right arrow keys (or A and D keys) to move around, and kick
the ball with the left mouse button. Use the mouse pointer to aim your shots.

Graphics were mostly hand-drawn on Infinte Design - as you can see, my drawing
skills and at the level of a 5-year-old (with lousy drawing skills). At least
I tried.

Music was done with Fake Music Generator (amazing piece of software), and sounds
were either recorded with my phone or generated in jfxr.

Enjoy! Or at least give it a try longer than 15 seconds :-P

Software used to build this game:
Chrome, Firefox (and Safari, IE)
ImpactJS
Kate
Audacity
jfxr - http://jfxr.frozenfractal.com/#
Fake Music Generator - http://www.fakemusicgenerator.com/
miidio Recorder
ffmpeg
Infinte Design
Pinta
Inkscape
Gimp
OPO phone
jQuery
Google App Engine

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.41 333
Audio 2.81 493
Fun 3.87 59
Graphics 2.52 857
Humor 3.26 279
Innovation 3.26 440
Mood 3.26 286
Theme 3.68 278

Feedback

maunovaha
20. Apr 2015 · 19:49 UTC
hehe. kicking football to the face!.. spot on. :D with some UI work it would have made a big difference to this game. :)
Ossi
22. Apr 2015 · 19:03 UTC
That was really fun to play! I like the bounce physics on the ball. The sound effect really made it feel like a real soccer ball. Well done!
rplnt
22. Apr 2015 · 19:05 UTC
Great little fun game. I can imagine it being on one of those old handheld devices (like Nu Pogodi was) with fixed angles. The difficulty progress was great. Sometimes I missed that I can't jump though.
panurge
22. Apr 2015 · 20:27 UTC
Can I kick it? Yes I can! This was a lot of fun. Love the old school feel and the music sits well with the action. The kicking mechanic is simple but really satisfying and once I worked out how to head the ball I became pretty skilled at it. Nice work!
Diventurer
22. Apr 2015 · 20:33 UTC
It was a very basic game, but I legitimately had fun. :D
I thought the falling blue things were some kind of powerup, so I found out the hard way it was a bad thing. :p
OberynMartell
22. Apr 2015 · 21:46 UTC
Really fun! Nice work!
HotBoxGames
23. Apr 2015 · 13:04 UTC
Ooh, footballs to the face hurt :( Great idea and interpretation, think the audio and graphics could have used a bit more but that just comes down to time. Good effort, the mechanic works! :)
eddynardo
23. Apr 2015 · 13:07 UTC
Excelent physics.Nice concept.It was funny too.I like how you taken the idea to another level.Good job
MrMordem
23. Apr 2015 · 22:07 UTC
Minimalist but fun to play :) Reminds me the Game and Watch games. Good concept and nice realization.
xplicitone
23. Apr 2015 · 22:08 UTC
Really fun! Love the music too especially when I died and listened to the piano section for a bit. Good stuff. Loved when the birds started coming down and getting combos. Nice work!!!
Funske
23. Apr 2015 · 22:10 UTC
Really fun game! The use of the graphics was really good. Your theme was good and music was great too!
Almax27
23. Apr 2015 · 22:27 UTC
Hahaha! Hitting stuff with the football was surprisingly satisfying and a little addictive.
TeslaCoil
26. Apr 2015 · 17:13 UTC
Very fun game! I honestly did not expect it to control well, but it really did. The soccer ball went where I wanted to, but with enough of an arc that you had to think around it.

The baddies were annoying, once the birds and policemen started appearing. If you keep working on this, I DEMAND that you add a jump button. Just enough to get out of being cornered by a policeman when you don't have the soccer ball.

Also, being stunned while hit was really frustrating. The main difference between your game and others is that you can get hit when you're stunned! Mercy invincibility would've gone a long way in the anti-frustration factor.
PlasmaErnst
29. Apr 2015 · 19:45 UTC
Ha, fun game. Smooth controls. Cool!!!
jprogman
29. Apr 2015 · 20:47 UTC
So funny to use the ball as a weapon, heh!
My only concern is to remain stunned when I'm ambushed by a lot of enemies. There should be some invincibility time so I can get the heck out of the way.
filipe.silva
30. Apr 2015 · 22:53 UTC
a lot of fun even. the theme was fun and the fact that the birds are enemies also left even more fun. Congratulations
uberscientist
01. May 2015 · 21:26 UTC
Funny game
NuvlearGames
05. May 2015 · 12:14 UTC
Was quite fun kicking birds and people.
pikkpoiss
08. May 2015 · 21:37 UTC
Basic, but fun gameplay!
rogueNoodle
11. May 2015 · 20:35 UTC
Really fun! I could see this working really well with a visual style similar to old LCD games (like these: http://pica-pic.com/#/octopus/)