HeadButters by brombatti

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made by brombatti for LD31 (JAM)
HeadButters

Play with a friend.
But if it is not possible we added an Intelligence artificial. ^^

Commands:

Shoot button / Add player 1: F
Move player 1: WASD

Shoot button / Add player 2: right ctrl
Move player 2: ←→↑↓

Shoot button / Add player 3: H
Move player 3: IJKL

Shoot button / Add player 4: NumPad0
Move player 4: NumPad8, NumPad4, NumPad5, NumPad6

Powerups:

Red apple: Gives you permanent extra power knocking back enemies. The more you get, the more you become a beast.

Ice (blue) apple: Gives you one spit, to be shooted with your respective action button. If you hit your enemy, he becomes frozen and unmoveable for a little time, so you can knock him out easily.

Go ham yellow bird: If you pick him up, he flys around you for 10 seconds protecting you from any knock backs.

Red confusion: This item is supposed to trick you inverting your commands, because of the fast gameplay, maybe you will get confused or knocked on it.

Don't let them knock you out!

Our Participation in Ludum Dare 31. Let feedback ^^

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.68 157
Audio(Jam) 3.53 158
Fun(Jam) 3.95 33
Graphics(Jam) 3.82 229
Humor(Jam) 3.63 93
Innovation(Jam) 3.15 426
Mood(Jam) 3.22 373
Theme(Jam) 3.78 285

Feedback

rayman1900
09. Dec 2014 · 04:02 UTC
Very fun to play with a friend ! It creates a lot of tension to captures the balls and score the most ! I just found that it was a little bit difficult to know what buttons to press to add player 1 and 2 (the graphic of the buttons to press was too much pixelated to see correctly)
Bogden
09. Dec 2014 · 04:02 UTC
Awesome game! Couldn't figure out what the red and blue powerups did, but the game feels great, and the credits falling in is hilarious.
huggabugga
09. Dec 2014 · 04:06 UTC
like rayman1900, I can't see what button to press to add player 1. I've got player 2 in, just can't figure out player 1.
el-pepi
09. Dec 2014 · 04:08 UTC
Fun game. The graphics and gameplay are cool. The only problem was that I couldn't see what the actions buttons where, so I just smashed the whole keyboard to find out.
Kuupu
09. Dec 2014 · 04:13 UTC
Os personagens tão bem divertidos, as animações bem boas também.

O movimento escorrega numa quantidade legal pra deixar desafiador, o esquema do créditos foi muito bem feito tbm.

Ta muito legal esse jogo, parabéns.
🎤 brombatti
09. Dec 2014 · 04:31 UTC
rayman1900, Bogden, huggabugga, el-pepi, we are trying to figure out why we are losing quality at the web build buttons. But we added the commands and powerups explanation at the game entry description. We recommend downloading the windows build. Thanks for letting us know!
RyanNielson
09. Dec 2014 · 05:16 UTC
Great little multiplayer game. I love how it looks, the sound is great, and the gameplay concept is solid. I only wish there was a bit more to do. Overall, great game.
stigmawall
09. Dec 2014 · 14:55 UTC
I played with my girlfriend, it's very good. Some characters need some animations, right? It's fun to play with a static animal.
Two cents: it's very fast to win (or lose), so you can make rounds with different levels to make the gameplay longer. Not too many thinks, you can put blocks and holes.
victorafael
09. Dec 2014 · 17:37 UTC
I loved the game! the graphics! the bulls... until now this game is receiving the best rating I gave until now!
Domicuc
09. Dec 2014 · 17:51 UTC
Fun game mate! I can play with my bro xD.
If you have some time check my project too x)
ramonparaiba
09. Dec 2014 · 21:35 UTC
A arte ficou muito massa, manolo! Parabéns.... como joguei contra mim mesmo, não aguentei passar tanto tempo perdendo e ganhando ao mesmo tempo :D

Parabéns!
hoyt hoy
10. Dec 2014 · 01:57 UTC
Good game!
This idea was very common in this LD, but here was good used. I like the characters, the gameplay is easy.
Multiplayer was more funny.
I died sometimes fall out of cenario, it was a good limitation.
Nice work!
Justin Mullin
10. Dec 2014 · 20:49 UTC
While the gameplay wasn't exactly anything new, this was a very polished and tight rendition, and I loved the little animation touches. Nicely done!
H-Bomb
10. Dec 2014 · 21:15 UTC
It was really nicely done, cool charadesigns and pixel art, catchy music, and a simple but effective gameplay!
It might lack a progression curve, something that makes it harder to survive the longer the battle lasts (like Smash Bros maybe) because the fights quickly become repetitive in spite of the items feature.
LTyrosine
10. Dec 2014 · 22:52 UTC
nice game! Too bad that it does not allow single player as it hinder fun somewhat (a good AI would be amazing here). Cool sounds, music and graphics. Nice job
Britt Brady (Gloom)
11. Dec 2014 · 04:39 UTC
Good to see another 4 player game! I like characters.
Acuity
12. Dec 2014 · 06:02 UTC
Would have been nice if there were indicators for which powerups you picked up, but this is REALLY fun!
DDRKirby(ISQ)
12. Dec 2014 · 06:02 UTC
YESSH. Solid multiplayer game, wish I had more people to play at the same time. I found the yellow bird to not be that interesting of a powerup but I'm sure it's better with more players.
🎤 brombatti
12. Dec 2014 · 14:45 UTC
LTyrosine We are implementing an artificial intelligence at this time. We want to have done so during the time of jam but prefer to prioritize and get testing and balancing the experience of local multiplayer.
Taldius
13. Dec 2014 · 00:42 UTC
Nice game, it reminds me a lot of Mario Party.
Good job!
PoQA Games
13. Dec 2014 · 01:09 UTC
Really fun! The powerups seemed a but strange but overall a lot of fun to mess around in :)

Nice job!
Gamepopper
13. Dec 2014 · 01:22 UTC
Very fun to play in multiplayer!
Mr.Greenhat
13. Dec 2014 · 01:23 UTC
Nice game! It's great fun to play with other people because the controls are so simple.
gillenew
15. Dec 2014 · 23:48 UTC
Wow!! this is crazy man hahaha
very cool to challenge friends, thank you for this :D
Venturelli
15. Dec 2014 · 23:50 UTC
Really cool, love the graphics! Only bummer is rounds being too short and requiring time to re-setup everything again. Apart from that, a stellar entry!
🎤 brombatti
16. Dec 2014 · 19:21 UTC
Update

Add artificial intelligence for those who want
play alone ^^
sputnik
16. Dec 2014 · 20:42 UTC
Good game!
Eddy93
16. Dec 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Nice Entry, I'm definitely gonna try this with some friends soon
Mach60KAS
17. Dec 2014 · 21:11 UTC
Great fun to play with friends, tested with my brother. Very easy to grasp the controls, and fantastic music to boot. Great job!
RHY3756547
17. Dec 2014 · 21:27 UTC
Hilarious, but very hard to control. I understand that that's the point though. :P
igoramendola
20. Dec 2014 · 06:17 UTC
Excellent work and very fun! I haven't a friend to play with, but I enjoyed playing against the CPU. The AI is pretty challenging. The game has nice graphics and very good music. Nice entry ^^
Rodaja
25. Dec 2014 · 12:23 UTC
Hi, we've included this in this list of local multiplayer ludum dare games

http://ludumdare.com/compo/2014/12/24/the-perfect-games-for-the-holidays/

Check it out and spread the word!
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2014 · 13:27 UTC
Fun game! I Included it in part 18 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/fGRz-9CpOIg
Rodaja
28. Dec 2014 · 16:09 UTC
Artificial intelligence is way overpowered, we were three playing and we tried to throw it out the first, but it would usually beat all of us.

It also takes a bit too long to play again, finishing a game should allow to just restart instead of re-selecting characters.

Graphics and gameplay are good, further developing could make this a cool game. Nice job!
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2014 · 18:59 UTC
I also included your game in an article of my favorites! http://fireside.gamejolt.com/post/jam-favorites-ludum-dare-31-huv4hmz6
jtpup0
29. Dec 2014 · 16:17 UTC
Cool and simple, crazy fun to play with friends
FrederickK
29. Dec 2014 · 23:22 UTC
Woah! Very impressive!
Too much Mario Party? Hahaha
Very well done, the art is good, the audio is fit and the mechanics are nice.
Good job guys! :D