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Hot Potato! - A Multiplayer Potato Launcher Combat Game by LogiQ121

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made by LogiQ121 for LD26 (COMPO)
You only need one weapon... Your Potato Launcher.
Cook it up and blast up to 3 of your friends in this multiplayer combat arena. First one to 11 points takes the win, and with that, BRAGGING RIGHTS!

I got my inital inspiration from the old school "Game&Watch" games. I ended up speeding up the game a bit because it wasn't as fun when it was super slow. I still kept all movements at 1 frame each...hows that for minimalism. :P

Please leave a comment below so I can also get to try your game!

Thanks,
Leonard

Web http://www.pixelshogun.com/LD26/
Source http://www.pixelshogun.com/LD26/LD26Srouce.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=18459

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall 2.69 1037
Audio 2.43 717
Fun 2.72 797
Graphics 2.40 1028
Humor 2.45 413
Innovation 2.43 1024
Mood 2.18 1140
Theme 2.88 1105

Feedback

Haversack
30. Apr 2013 路 17:33 UTC
Tee hee potato guns! I love the shooting animation.
qdowngames
30. Apr 2013 路 20:46 UTC
The controls seemed unresponsive at times... but nice work! Polished.
tiffi
30. Apr 2013 路 22:08 UTC
nice game, but im not really sure how u get 4 players on one keyboard^^
whilefun
30. Apr 2013 路 22:11 UTC
Cool idea, I liked that I could fire really hot potatoes, but at the cost of taking longer. The sounds were subtle and effective. I wish the controls were a little more fluid for more twitchy multiplayer craziness. Good work :)
馃帳 LogiQ121
30. Apr 2013 路 22:13 UTC
It pretty much a clusterf*** with four players on the same keyboard. If you have gamepads you can map to keys, it would help alleviate that issue. In my post Compo version I will eventually add full gamepad support
hypp
01. May 2013 路 07:45 UTC
Cool idea. Multiplayer is always fun!
RealyUniqueName
01. May 2013 路 07:57 UTC
Great idea. Keys look a little bit unresponsive.
frankbsad
01. May 2013 路 11:11 UTC
Good game, I really liked the sounds.
graytest
02. May 2013 路 05:29 UTC
Controls were a bit slow for an action game. Otherwise good game!
TehSkull
02. May 2013 路 05:34 UTC
Major spawn camping problem, especially with the ability to spam fire.
mrexcessive
02. May 2013 路 05:41 UTC
Good to see a multiplayer... Its slightly unresponsive, not sure whether need subtle change to keyboard handling. The "charge meter" doesn't seem to work for player one, works fine for player two. Good job Potato!
Spiridios
02. May 2013 路 05:43 UTC
Reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_%28video_game%29 Liked the graphics and sound, not really liking the controls, but I'm not sure how you can avoid that on compo deadlines and still make it four player.
馃帳 LogiQ121
02. May 2013 路 20:46 UTC
Thanks for all your input guys. I have a few ideas on making the controls more responsive and dealing with things such as spawn camping (Random Spawn Points or Spawn Protection), and better control placement.
Prelucid
03. May 2013 路 19:39 UTC
Nice work! I suggest you might need more random spawn points. If player two gets killed near its own spawn, it re-spawns there and is vulnerable again.
infernet89
03. May 2013 路 19:44 UTC
Potatoes! Really inovative gameplay, too bad the windows was too large and didn't fit my screen!
Rafael Sales
03. May 2013 路 19:47 UTC
Cool game. Casual and deep mechanic. Congratz!
DST
07. May 2013 路 00:54 UTC
Very polished! :) Keys are not unresponsive at all, all that is needed is a n-key rollover keyboard (which is any proper keyboard)
tankete
07. May 2013 路 01:03 UTC
Cool, simple game. Fun! Just need more friends! :)
ovenchips
07. May 2013 路 21:29 UTC
Extra marks for potato-related hi-jinx! Really fun to play - well done.