Boomerang Battle by Lafolie

made by Lafolie for LD28 (JAM)

"Quest for the Golden Boomerang which lies atop a tower where you must battle its current owner."

The stairs to the next floor will be revealed when all the switches have been lit by hitting them with the boomerang.

Pretty much finished, entire game can be completed. The final floor is fun.

Controls:

- Use the mouse to aim.
- Left click throws / picks up the boomerang
- Right click draws the boomerang back
- WASD/Arrows to move
-Press Tab to toggle window size

The boomerang will fall to the floor if it is not picked up after a short time. Should it fall down a hole you'll have to retrieve it (remember, you only get 1!).

Physics, AI, programming: Joe Mycock
Music, sounds, art, level design, misc programming: Dale James

Tech used:

-Made with Love ( love2d.org ) framework
-Photoshop for graphics
-Reason for music/sound effects (Korg MIDI interfaces)
-Notepad++ / SublimeText2 for code
-Slither by bartbes ( bitbucket.org/bartbes/slither ) for OOP in Lua (Python style!)
-Developed on OSX and Windows

Game-breaking bugs have been fixed and it should now be possible to complete the game.

Windows 32bit	http://cl.ly/41303D3O2w3h
Windows 64bit	http://cl.ly/0G1g1T2S0O1Z
OSX 64bit	http://cl.ly/1q030c3y3e06
Linux / .love	http://cl.ly/1U2I0e2L3n09
Source	https://bitbucket.org/Lafolie/ld28
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=3907

Ratings

Coolness	28%	1479
Overall(Jam)	3.12	253

Audio(Jam)	2.93	254
Fun(Jam)	3.31	118
Graphics(Jam)	3.19	274
Innovation(Jam)	3.38	96
Theme(Jam)	3.38	91

Feedback

Adam Tea

17. Dec 2013 · 05:38 UTC

Neat! I also made a boomerang game, though quite different! Check it out :D
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=29328

LPGhatguy

17. Dec 2013 · 06:01 UTC

The resolution is a little big for my poor little 1600x900 monitor, so that made me lose my boomerang a couple times. I like the challenge of catching the boomerang while it's moving. Your enemies are creepy. Really creepy. Nice work on that.

🎤 Lafolie

19. Dec 2013 · 11:26 UTC

Thanks for comments. Bugfixes are being worked on, the only issue left is the collision bug that deletes the boomerang. Due to the physics this is proving tough to fix, but we've narrowed it down the culprit function. New binaries should be available in the next day or two.

01rafael

22. Dec 2013 · 00:10 UTC

error 87 confused me ((

porglezomp

22. Dec 2013 · 01:01 UTC

I played about 4 floors, but I lost a boomerang across a pit and had no way to get it back. It was pretty fun up until then though!

LordHellMaX

22. Dec 2013 · 01:14 UTC

Nice job! Cool idea, everything plays very smoothly.

archaeometrician

22. Dec 2013 · 01:40 UTC

Nice gameplay ! Great work guys !

psychomonster

22. Dec 2013 · 02:01 UTC

Nice designed dungeons. Great idea... great resolution :D

SuperPokeunicorn

22. Dec 2013 · 20:46 UTC

Interesting concept. It was fun and silly having to chase around your boomerang, but it was too easy for the boomerang to get stuck somewhere you cannot reach.

jonask

23. Dec 2013 · 18:55 UTC

I liked it.

mcapraro

29. Dec 2013 · 06:16 UTC

great job! i think it would be cool to have the boomerang loop back to you on its own but if you arent in good proximity then just running up to it and over it gets it back.

Jupiter_Hadley

04. Jan 2014 · 17:19 UTC

Cool game, but I lost my 'rang :/ I included this game in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/fUXvqevl8YI

Harsay

05. Jan 2014 · 20:54 UTC

I love this game and I want to see the future versions!!
The only annoying thing was that boomerang and enemies can hide behind the walls.

jfroco

06. Jan 2014 · 01:02 UTC

Congrats. Interesting idea. I made a similar game a lot of time ago.. it was a FPS when you have one ball to kill enemies... I should have recycled that idea :( Great game. I would have preferred not press the mouse button to take the boomerang back,.