Battle Balls by randomelginguy

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made by randomelginguy for LD27 (COMPO)
In Battle Balls you rapidly fire balls at pucks to score points.
Additional pucks are added every 10 seconds.
First to 3 wins.

Sound created using Mac port of SFXR: http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr
Noise Textures generated using: http://www.noisetexturegenerator.com
Developed in free version of Unity3D: http://unity3d.com

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1229
Overall 3.07 538
Audio 2.24 710
Fun 3.11 393
Graphics 2.46 818
Innovation 3.27 343
Mood 2.38 824
Theme 2.69 937

Feedback

Tusoalsob
26. Aug 2013 · 06:50 UTC
Nice idea.

I realy like the idea that you have not unlimmeted amunation and so a bit of a meta Game envolves where you tray to block a masive cube stack but keep the balls to do so in your space so you can overpower the other side for a goal. a 2 player version whoud be nice, because the AI dosn't get this level of strategic play
loolpolo
26. Aug 2013 · 07:58 UTC
It is a good idea, use strategy to beat the enemy, but the AI is too weak.
eolhing
26. Aug 2013 · 14:34 UTC
Nice idea, addictive game :)
laserbeam
26. Aug 2013 · 14:34 UTC
Nice mechanics, and nice way to keep the balls in play every 10 seconds. I'd like to see more of this, especially more related to doing interesting stuff on the playing fiild, some risk-reward mechanics (doing some trickshots might push all pucks slightly towards the enemy... no idea) anything to break the monotony of shooting pucks better than the enemy, anything that would create interesting patterns of gameplay. But very very nice concept.
nintendoeats
26. Aug 2013 · 14:34 UTC
I like the concept. It's not really fun yet thought. The ammo limit is a nice idea, but it leads to nothing happening a lot of the time. In general it feels like it needs to be quite a bit faster. Perhaps make the balls more forceful?

Also, I quite like the way it looks.
Dioiminik
26. Aug 2013 · 14:35 UTC
The game is very enjoyable and innovative, though the constant addition of boxes really hinders the gameplay at some point.
ZeppelinCaptain
26. Aug 2013 · 14:35 UTC
Cool idea, especially the ammunition system, but the game tends to get very stuck (for me at least). I think increasing the power of shots would make it more fun.
kevinAlbs
26. Aug 2013 · 14:39 UTC
Cool concept! I agree with Tusoalsob in that I wish there was a two player version. But I thought it was really fun.
timtipgames
26. Aug 2013 · 15:01 UTC
Fun! I wish there was a two player version on one pc :)
🎤 randomelginguy
26. Aug 2013 · 20:44 UTC
I'll probably add in a two player in the near future, shouldn't be too much work if it's shared keyboard or something. I'll wait coz I'm guessing I shouldn't be adding functionality after the deadline :)
Zener
27. Aug 2013 · 20:59 UTC
Very funny! Very nice concept and well use of physics!! I agree with two players it can hilarious
TammiLion
28. Aug 2013 · 18:44 UTC
Good game! The balls look like vegetable XD When a puck gets in a corner you can't do anything about it anymore :(
blay09
29. Aug 2013 · 15:18 UTC
Nice idea, this would probably be very cool in multiplayer :)
matthias_zarzecki
06. Sep 2013 · 13:29 UTC
Nice idea!