Tiny Basket World by stromchin

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made by stromchin for LD23 (COMPO)
Plays on unity webplayer.

Unfortunatelly it's lacking a lot of polish.
This is one of the first things I've made in unity3D, and I kind of like it more now.

I think this game is fun mostly when doing something else, like talking on skype with someone

Software used:
- Unity3D (I love it now, but I want to try getting some plugins and experimenting more with it)
- Blender 3D for the basket ring, and for the net. The net gave me a lot of trouble, and I had to remake it like 10 times due to me not understanding blender.
- Inkscape to draw the world
- paint.net to draw the net, and the guy

Theme: one could argue that this game is not much on the theme of a tiny world, and it might be true. It's probably the worst excuse for a "tiny world game" but if I had better drawing skills, the player would be god, playing with the world, and theme would fit it more.

I'm very limited by my lack of artistic skills, so I made a game that required as little graphics as possible.

Thank you all for your nice comments. I see that the main thing about my game is the addictiveness, and that's what I was going for. I'm trying to have a friend make some art for me, to try to make this into a real game.

Ratings

Coolness 85% 2
Overall 2.68 618
Audio 1.93 626
Fun 3.32 162
Graphics 1.98 832
Humor 2.31 381
Innovation 2.04 804
Mood 1.91 817
Theme 2.06 826

Feedback

x2l2
21. Apr 2012 路 23:14 UTC
i think that a real tiny world is one that can be used to play ping pong or golf....
matt
23. Apr 2012 路 05:28 UTC
I found this game oddly enjoyable.
馃帳 stromchin
23. Apr 2012 路 08:38 UTC
Thanks matt, I've taken a great deal of time just adjusting the bounciness and size of the basket, and the force at which you can shoot, and the randomness added to make the difficulty like it ended, and I think it's perfect. What did you think of the difficulty?
Maybe I will remove a little bit of random though, but nothing else
Wampus
23. Apr 2012 路 09:52 UTC
This would be great as a Wario Ware style mini game. Had fun with the simple but difficult to perfect mechanics. Directional audio was a curious touch.
the8donut
23. Apr 2012 路 09:53 UTC
It may lack of polish, but I have to say it's really fun! :)
Bezza
23. Apr 2012 路 10:03 UTC
Simple yet very enjoyable. Nice one!
True Valhalla
23. Apr 2012 路 10:32 UTC
Was kind of satisfying! Not sure if the theme integration was too strong but who cares, I have a combo to top! Good job.
Bei
23. Apr 2012 路 10:40 UTC
Cool game! Would be cool if you had a limited number of shots, say 20, then you could set high scores. None the less, addictive little game!
drZool
23. Apr 2012 路 10:41 UTC
Neat! Good minigame. Nice net physics.
Bei
23. Apr 2012 路 10:41 UTC
P.S The physics were pretty much spot on. The way the ball moves off the ring, and the way the net affects the flight of the ball are awesome!
馃帳 stromchin
23. Apr 2012 路 10:47 UTC
@Bei: yes, basically that'S what I meant by "lack of polish"
not just in the sense of graphics. I've thought of many game modes, but I didn't have time to implement them. I will in the future though.

@everyone else: thanks for playing!
thanketcok
23. Apr 2012 路 11:28 UTC
Simple but highly enjoyable!
davidllanos22
23. Apr 2012 路 12:02 UTC
Very addictive!
yanmania
23. Apr 2012 路 12:02 UTC
Thats really addictive!
oddgoo
23. Apr 2012 路 12:31 UTC
I played this for far longer than I should have...
Parthon
23. Apr 2012 路 12:37 UTC
That was pretty cool for a short game. :D
iFred_QC
23. Apr 2012 路 13:55 UTC
Got up to 9 combo. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52854878/Basket9.png
PapyGaragos
23. Apr 2012 路 13:57 UTC
The kind of game you can play during 20minutes without noticing.
bms
23. Apr 2012 路 14:12 UTC
Haha! I love how "literal" this game is :D good job
馃帳 stromchin
23. Apr 2012 路 14:30 UTC
@iFred_QC> yeah, it's pretty hard to hit 9, but then, hitting 10 is really really hard. I've never gotten it past 10.
And I've played it a lot myself.
Toast
23. Apr 2012 路 14:33 UTC
Haha, well I've seen this type of game before, but the use of theme is pretty hilarious.
Pierrec
23. Apr 2012 路 14:46 UTC
Well...it's as boring as it is fun (I'm not sure what does it mean...)
arhpositive
23. Apr 2012 路 19:15 UTC
small scope but still a decent game nonetheless.
karnakgames
23. Apr 2012 路 21:51 UTC
What a concept! You created a sports game in a theme where everyone was dealing with micro management games :)

Note: Since this is a Compo entry, you have to provide the source code. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/rules/
馃帳 stromchin
23. Apr 2012 路 22:17 UTC
@karnakgames> yes! I changed the links to put everything under "web (unity)" and also removed the source by accident.
it's been here almost the whole time. Thanks for reminding me.

And well, I was also planning on making some kind of adventure/shooter with small planets, and then I panicked cause I thought I wasn't going to have time.
I also realized my limitations when it comes to graphics, so I decided to make something with more physics and almost no graphics.
Ben
24. Apr 2012 路 18:29 UTC
Amazing. One of the best games I've played on here
Angerus
25. Apr 2012 路 13:01 UTC
Well, even it's seem to me that you're are not in the theme, I find your game fun ! And that's what a game have to be!
BlackDogg
27. Apr 2012 路 20:28 UTC
Too bad it don't seems to fit with the theme for me, but I really enjoyed the combination of a one click/button gameplay with a sport theme. I would LOVE to see it in some kind of full version with multiple sports, better graphics, etc !
MrBarnslig
04. May 2012 路 05:15 UTC
I think you have something here. If you wanted to extend the gameplay maybe you could have different challenges with different distances/heights of baskets for different levels, and only a limited number of shots. Nice job!