Red Ball: The Game by lectvs

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made by lectvs for LD24 (COMPO)
NOTE: Due to Flash being dumb and only accepting .mp3s, and mp3s being dumb and adding gaps at the beginning, THE MUSIC LOOPS HAVE GAPS. I'm sorry. I can't fix it now.

Controls are in game.
Health is indicated by expressions. Keep an eye on your player's face!

The goal of the game is to acquire all 4 evolutions, while surviving hordes of zombies.

The main attack of the game is "rush." Hold down click to charge up the attack, then release to rush toward the cursor.

Thanks for playing!
~ @lectvs

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.17 261
Audio 2.64 288
Fun 3.21 169
Graphics 2.83 407
Humor 2.52 231
Innovation 3.33 168
Mood 2.64 369
Theme 3.17 265

Feedback

danlthemanl
27. Aug 2012 · 02:10 UTC
Really enjoyed the mechanics! Very cool. I thought the graphics were lacking a bit.
Aaron San Filippo
27. Aug 2012 · 02:29 UTC
Pretty cool concept. Got to the stage with legs on the third try - love the animation!

The control scheme is pretty cool once you get used to it, a little cumbersome at first.

Wasn't sure how to use the spiky ball.
richy486
27. Aug 2012 · 03:09 UTC
Controls are different but not too crazy, i liked it
codesavage
27. Aug 2012 · 04:06 UTC
Interesting game, pretty fun! I like how you use the facial expressions to convey damage/health, it works great. The random evolutions also add to the replay value. I did run into one bug where it would claim I evolved the spike ball, but wouldn't actually get the evolution. >_<
sudorossy
27. Aug 2012 · 13:51 UTC
The controls were nice and simple, easy to pick up. It wasn't always easy to tell your health, but the idea was nice.

Loved the retro sounds though. Nice job!
dengzo
30. Aug 2012 · 18:15 UTC
looks good! I like it alot, good stuff!
Th3dz
01. Sep 2012 · 20:22 UTC
Really good! Good way of showing health and nice touch on the evolutions. The animations look really good and there are a lot of small things that make the feeling of impact good. Nice job!
kratorspore
01. Sep 2012 · 21:20 UTC
This game is solid! Nice attack mechanics. I loved how the music evolves too.
dr_soda
04. Sep 2012 · 02:57 UTC
The idea was pretty neat, though I'm not sure what the wings were supposed to do. I also felt like gaining the laser made the game harder because I could no longer line up my ramming. The laser would knock the enemies to the side.
lekochen
04. Sep 2012 · 03:52 UTC
It's fun but I encountered a game-breaking bug (I cannot move my character and it was fixed in the top-left corner) at the boss fight.
evilseanbot
04. Sep 2012 · 04:15 UTC
I like the atmosphere a lot.
nseward
04. Sep 2012 · 15:52 UTC
Very nice. I was blown away once I saw the ball roll sideways. I was not expecting that. I wish I was better at the game.
goffmog
09. Sep 2012 · 18:20 UTC
This one is a real gem! Great fun but I thought it actually got harder once I grew legs. Finding games with key+mouse control systems a bit awkward on my laptop so need to replay this once I get back to my desktop PC. One of my top 10 of this LD so far.
munchor
16. Sep 2012 · 20:37 UTC
Really really great time, loved the controls :)