Zombinball by PanKamil

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made by PanKamil for LD32 (JAM)
It's a pinball with zombie slaughter!

In this game, your unconventional weapon is a pinball machine.
You'll need to defend yourself from continuous waves of zombies by smashing them with the ball.

Controls:
A - move left pad
L - move right pad

When you are done playing, post your highscore (ours is 415 points).

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.45 313
Audio(Jam) 2.94 439
Fun(Jam) 3.49 212
Graphics(Jam) 3.84 233
Humor(Jam) 3.13 389
Innovation(Jam) 3.67 164
Mood(Jam) 3.23 395
Theme(Jam) 4.23 24

Feedback

Jared Sartin
20. Apr 2015 · 21:44 UTC
Haha! Nice take on a combination of games.
Luke Nizik
20. Apr 2015 · 22:21 UTC
Good job - and in fact, they finished the game in 48 hours :)
mantis
21. Apr 2015 · 10:03 UTC
Great iidea! Would love to see you expand on it, throw some special zombies, maybe ramps and buttons for the ball to hit that activate abilities, like in real pinballs, but with ZOMBIE KILLING!
maunovaha
21. Apr 2015 · 15:23 UTC
Cool game. Thanks for making this, I haven't played binball's in ages.. they used to be really popular genre back in the days. :P!
benjamck
22. Apr 2015 · 00:17 UTC
Great game. I got up to 390! Loved the little zombie noises. Clever take on the theme. Well done.
DKoding
22. Apr 2015 · 19:56 UTC
Fun mix of mechanics. Controls felt a bit sluggish at times making it hard to time the flippers. Good game with a lot of potential.
MFEP
22. Apr 2015 · 20:02 UTC
Really liked this one (score over 600), it's extremly satisfying to squash a dozen zombies with a single strike. There is serious potential here, e.g. by introducing several new zombie species or bonuses (powerups) on the pinball table
🎤 PanKamil
23. Apr 2015 · 09:02 UTC
Thank you very much for your feedback, it's so nice to know you like it :D. We will definately keep working on that project.
SmilingCat
24. Apr 2015 · 17:33 UTC
Good use of the theme, this was a lot of fun. Great job!
Hyoga-3D
24. Apr 2015 · 20:18 UTC
Nice use of the theme, also the game physics Works pretty nice, good job.
GarethIW
25. Apr 2015 · 10:47 UTC
I love pinball and hate zombies, so this was great! You really got a good pinball feel here in such a short space of time. Nice models, lighting and mood as well.
Ithildin
25. Apr 2015 · 10:54 UTC
Cool idea! It has potential to be expanded with more zombie types, new bumpers and other elements for the pinball table. Well done!
01101101
25. Apr 2015 · 10:56 UTC
Love the idea, and it's executed well too! :D
I feel like the flippers are a bit hard to time and maybe lack some punch, but the game is still pretty fun :) Well done! My score on the first try was 138. Let us know if you work on it some more in the future :)
yuigoto
25. Apr 2015 · 11:12 UTC
Loved the idea! The graphics style remembered me, a little bit, of the ProPinball series, which I loved to play (still love).

The ball feels a little bit heavy though. Or maybe it's just me. :P
th4t
25. Apr 2015 · 11:30 UTC
Cool spin on the theme.
The controls felt a little laggy for me and I had a hard time judging if the pad would hit the ball, probably because of the shadows confusing me.
The animations and sound effects are great :)
Mouch
25. Apr 2015 · 11:46 UTC
Nice and crazy Idea! Nice graphics!
I love Pinball... but this is a bit hard to controll.

Good job mate!
vortex
25. Apr 2015 · 11:58 UTC
The controls feel so smooth! Loved it
SiENcE
25. Apr 2015 · 13:17 UTC
How cool is that, a pinball game in a gamejam. This is one of the best ideas how to deal with the theme. Great!
FeniX
25. Apr 2015 · 13:34 UTC
Funny idea! Nice graphics and sounds, you might think about a background music. There is much place to do some nice improvements, like ball speedup after killing multiple zombies in one shot, more bouncy walls in such event, etc. I hope you will continue after LD. :)
eott
25. Apr 2015 · 13:39 UTC
Great game! It's funny and well made. Unfortunately the starting corridor has a slight bump which causes the ball to jump over the paddles. Other than that, the controls worked fine.
mr_tag
25. Apr 2015 · 14:11 UTC
nice one! i had a lot of fun playing.

at score 600 i was thinking: this is way too easy! and then it hit me: i started the game on easy :) restarted on very hard and got to 280 points. but aside from the waves getting longer there was no progression in difficulty... if you made the zombies faster with every wave, it would get more interesting while playing.

but it's a fun game and i'm sure that with a little bit of diversity it would even sell as a small indie title!
renatopp
25. Apr 2015 · 14:14 UTC
I have to say that I wasn't expecting that would be so good to play this one. You can fell the weight of the ball and the paddles, a winner touch in my opnion. The game itself isn't much, but I would love to see a full version of this (especially with a better scenario). Great game, congratulations.
SeriouslyCrunchy
25. Apr 2015 · 14:20 UTC
I like it, however I do think the ball and flippers feel very heavy. Otherwise, good stuff!
ambi
25. Apr 2015 · 14:33 UTC
Brilliant! Other than the flippers feeling a bit too heavy as other people said, I have no complaints at all. Great idea and a great implementation.
Shivur
25. Apr 2015 · 14:36 UTC
Very good idea and nice graphics!
Geckoo1337
25. Apr 2015 · 14:52 UTC
Strange games combinaison, but it's good enough. Well done ++
ArcturusDeluxe
25. Apr 2015 · 15:04 UTC
I got to about 300 before getting a bit bored, but still a good game and a cool idea. Very nice graphics and solidly put together. Nice job!
Jagang
25. Apr 2015 · 16:36 UTC
The interpretation of the theme is brilliant, I must smile while playing it :)
Lyje
26. Apr 2015 · 17:36 UTC
Nice, good fun :) Physics could use work though - pinball games live or die on their physics IMO and it's not quite there yet. A big first step would be increasing the responsiveness of the flippers - they feel very spongey.
MiniBobbo
27. Apr 2015 · 21:58 UTC
This is a great idea and a lot of fun to play. I agree with some of the earlier commenters that the physics feel a little off.

Now you just need some kicking zombie tunes and sound FX.