Dartfield Basegolf by Andy Gainey

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made by Andy Gainey for LD31 (JAM)
Baseball hybridized with golf and darts. Aim for the region of the field with the plays you're seeking, balancing your priorities among your hit chance, power, and precision. Wherever the balls comes to reset determines the fate of your runners. Bat well.

Multiple iterations, as well as thoughts and eventually a retrospective, can be viewed at http://experilous.com/1/blog/post/tag/ludum-dare

Runner sprites and design assistance courtesy Jeremy Breau. View his games at http://www.antithesisdesign.com/

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.83 802
Fun(Jam) 2.67 788
Graphics(Jam) 3.06 606
Humor(Jam) 2.19 707
Innovation(Jam) 3.09 467
Mood(Jam) 2.52 838
Theme(Jam) 3.17 804

Feedback

schuranator
09. Dec 2014 · 05:23 UTC
Fun game only issue was after the second inning I hit a bug and it froze. Didn't effect the rating I thought the game was overall pretty snappy.
sikosis
09. Dec 2014 · 05:26 UTC
Nice idea with a baseball field. Batter character is missing so took me a few goes to work out what I was doing. It was only when I successfully hit the ball and saw the character running that I knew.
Ted Brown
09. Dec 2014 · 17:13 UTC
Cool idea! But then again, I'm always partial to new ways to play baseball...
rmc
09. Dec 2014 · 17:15 UTC
It took me some time to undestand, since the batter is missing, but nice idea mixing some sports with baseball
Poupi
09. Dec 2014 · 22:17 UTC
Heheh nice!
Donutttt
09. Dec 2014 · 22:26 UTC
well this was impressive! I especially liked the mechanics on the ball. Really clever idea, very original. Good job!
FerraWare
09. Dec 2014 · 22:29 UTC
It's a really cool game when you understand it. Reaaaaaally needs a tutorial, but it was very fun to play! First sports game I've seen so far, definetly innovative! Good job!
Brassawiking
09. Dec 2014 · 23:06 UTC
Not entirely sure I understood what happened.
hitchh1k3r
10. Dec 2014 · 03:20 UTC
This game was pretty fun, but I don't have the patience to make it all the way to the end of a game. I liked the idea to set proprities, very original. This game kind of reminded me of an older LCD handheld game (back when thouse were a thing), good job on this. The graphics were charming.
IguanodonT
10. Dec 2014 · 17:45 UTC
I like this a lot, good application of the theme, but more importantly, this was fun.
Tuism
11. Dec 2014 · 21:55 UTC
Hmmmmm I like it! Nice and original, has all the nuances of baseball without none of the bogged down crap most sports games have.

THAT SAID.

Would be nice to see an expansion of this idea with *some* of the bogged down crap sports games have, but made more fun and fast too :)

A few problems - things feel utterly random (whether you got caught or not), and that kinda sucks. Some kind of visual interpretation of fielders would be best.

The batting power interface is really confusing. REALLY.

Otherwise good stuff :)
Caliber_Project
11. Dec 2014 · 22:40 UTC
This entry was unique and innovative. After playing this game, I had to look at the title again. Golf + baseball = uniqueness!

This looks like it can be made into a mobile game if you were to continue this further on.
Havi
12. Dec 2014 · 22:58 UTC
Cool unique game. Good job! :)
f7f5
12. Dec 2014 · 23:01 UTC
It's hard to rate for me, because of the lack of a single-player mode (and not really knowing baseball rules). Looks gorgeous, the movements are fluid and ball physics work very well. Suffers greatly from the lack of Audio :(
pkenney
14. Dec 2014 · 23:17 UTC
Hello, I'm sorry to say that your web link currently leads to a page that says it is not available! I was not able to try your game altho I was very curious to do it.
🎤 Andy Gainey
15. Dec 2014 · 03:45 UTC
Yeah, sorry about that. I'm having some hosting issues due to unexpected and unrelated web traffic. I'll try to get it sorted out this week, or figure out how much money I'm willing to spend to get beefier service. :-)
AlSweigart
17. Dec 2014 · 07:43 UTC
Kind of confusing to play. It took me a while to figure out how to play, and it's hard to know when to swing.