EXTREME DUNGEON MEGA SHIFT RPG PINBALL DELUXE by Somelife Games

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made by Somelife Games for LD35 (COMPO)
Welcome to...
EXTREME DUNGEON MEGA SHIFT RPG PINBALL DELUXE!!

That's right, a shapeshifting pinball machine set up for a the perfect and bounciest dungeon crawling RPG experience!

Don't ask, I sure didn't!

Collect GOLD from barrels and crates.
Battle MONSTERS, then collect GOLD from their body.
Don't die...

You lose some HP every time the ball falls into the "pit trap" between the flippers, which also resets the dungeon/crate/monsters (but you keep the gold until you die).
Take the stairs to move up and down.

There is no real win state sadly, so just have fun or something :)

Anyway, it's my first Ludum Dare and first time trying physics 2D in Unity (nightmares of legend after that one!). It's short, probably bugged a bit, but still learned a lot and love the concept!

CONTROLS:
- Left and Right CONTROL keys (or Arrow keys) for the Flippers.
- SPACEBAR to shake stuff up. This is an important mechanic (also to get unstuck or something), it takes STAMINA (blue thing bottom right) which regends slowly.
- S to turn on/off the sound effects (AWESOME!)
- ESCAPE to return to the main menu.

Notes:
- Best played in default 1070*900 via the Web link below.
- Included Windows x86 build in case there's some memory issue via the webGL stuff.


EDIT:
(04/18/2016, 13:00) Changed windows built to .zip and removed .pdb files to reduce download size. No code change.

Ratings

Coolness 95% 2
Overall 3.14 532
Audio 3.28 210
Fun 3.20 423
Graphics 2.55 705
Humor 3.64 53
Innovation 3.22 389
Mood 2.83 530
Theme 2.27 895

Feedback

HoldMeImScared
17. Apr 2016 · 21:35 UTC
Oh dear, I'm getting Out of Memory errors trying to run it.

But from what I can see without playing this, I really love your concept. It looks like bouncing around among someone's bookshelves, tables, and chairs, which seems very satisfying to one's inner child ;)
leffe108
17. Apr 2016 · 21:46 UTC
I also got the out of memory error. It says the developer has to increase some memory limit.

Hope you find out how to fix it. It looks like a fun game to play.
mutonizer
17. Apr 2016 · 22:01 UTC
Yea, really weird, trying to get it sorted :)
mutonizer
17. Apr 2016 · 22:15 UTC
Alright, sorted.
Gonna include an x86 build as well, just in case.
AnotherZero
18. Apr 2016 · 00:37 UTC
It worked fine now!
Flygamer101
18. Apr 2016 · 02:16 UTC
Pretty good game I guess?

When I hear that sound im like

"Oh Yeah :3"
Cerno_b
18. Apr 2016 · 02:42 UTC
Nice little pinball machine. Not much for presentation, but it has some charm due to the cute sound effects. I wish the RPG-theme would have gone a bit further and the Shifting theme did not really convince me, but overall it's a good application of a physics engine.
Nodari Kobakhidze
18. Apr 2016 · 07:50 UTC
Really good game. Loved it
simon
18. Apr 2016 · 09:33 UTC
thats fun!
nice audio - give graphics the same personal touch and its perfect!
enjoyed it, 4/5!
mutonizer
18. Apr 2016 · 09:52 UTC
Thanks for the feedback :)

Graphics are supposed to be a throwback to old school "blue dungeon" maps from tabletop RPGs (google search on "old school dungeon map" should give you an idea).
I think the style I wanted is there (for my sucky graphical skills) but wish I could have gone better for ball, flippers and monsters.

Ah well, coulda, woulda, shoulda!
HoldMeImScared
18. Apr 2016 · 10:52 UTC
Yay it's working now!

I quite like how it looks :) I've always been a fan of floor plans and such.

The playable start/restart screen is a very nice touch.
glaze_96
18. Apr 2016 · 11:37 UTC
"Take that!"

Wow, huge plus on the sound effects; actually laughed out loud sometimes, hah!

Otherwise, nice one. Not sure how the them fits in though =)
mutonizer
18. Apr 2016 · 11:42 UTC
Thanks.

Pinball board "shape-shifting" when you change levels is it.

That's the idea anyway but the animation/feel for it (wals moving around and whatnot) is raw and the purpose is a bit lost sadly.
crisp
18. Apr 2016 · 13:26 UTC
Alright so, its kinda slow-paced, perhaps a bigger gravity would have made it more engaging, but overall its cool! Good Job!
OriginalBigDan
18. Apr 2016 · 21:24 UTC
I really like the travelling between 'boards?'. I just suck at pinball so found it tricky to go where I wanted.

Lovely clean graphical style too!
Ted Brown
19. Apr 2016 · 02:04 UTC
Rad! I've seen the "Pinball RPG" concept before, but not like this. I think the Windows 3.1-era graphics actually help you out a bit here, and it was kind of fun to imagine the ball as... I dunno... a drunk dwarf carousing madly about and smashing things.
PeachTreeOath
19. Apr 2016 · 08:25 UTC
Haven't seen a pinball RPG since Rollers of the Realm. You could definitely expand on this idea and get something interesting.
kwmx
19. Apr 2016 · 09:36 UTC
Loved it. It was hilarious too which was unexpected and fun
BitDare
19. Apr 2016 · 11:10 UTC
Umm that was odd but fun :D. Nice job
mitya1234
19. Apr 2016 · 11:22 UTC
I\ve got a bug when the ball reaches lower rectangle it throws away the ball from the map.
pixel_maniacs
19. Apr 2016 · 11:24 UTC
Nice one. Direct controlls, solid gameplay. I like it!
Beard
19. Apr 2016 · 12:45 UTC
I really like the simplistic graphical style you used here. Highly stylized. Sound effects were on point. This one had me laughing after a couple minutes, whenever I hit something.
docteurSid
19. Apr 2016 · 12:48 UTC
Very nice game ! I hope you'll be improve it !
codeartisticninja
19. Apr 2016 · 13:57 UTC
Love the sound effects! :D
Husky
19. Apr 2016 · 14:31 UTC
It's interesting to present a dungeon in this way, it's a bit hard for me to control the ball smoothly, so it's full of challenging to me.
orukinawa
19. Apr 2016 · 14:50 UTC
The game felt like a beautiful organized chaos and I like beautiful organized chaos.

P.S: Glad I could clear out the shape/color thing about my game ;)
mountainstorm
19. Apr 2016 · 16:53 UTC
Nice game and unique mechanics.
Phaix
19. Apr 2016 · 17:27 UTC
Really Really great! And the sound Genius!
FanieG
19. Apr 2016 · 18:31 UTC
Usually not much of a pinball fan, but really enjoyed this. Like how you incorporated the controls into the first level. Really liked the sound. Played this longer than I thought I would.
AlexLamarche
19. Apr 2016 · 18:39 UTC
I love when people do the sound effects like this. :) Makes me laugh a little... in a good way
plantprogrammer
19. Apr 2016 · 20:33 UTC
I like this take on pinball. Unfortunately, I didn't get the shapeshifting aspect until I read the comments. For me it was just changing rooms (which is a very cool feature). Also I was a bit confused, what to do with the gold (is it just score, can you spend it somewhere for upgrades?).
Then again, graphics and sound are very nice.

My overall impression is that you created a very lovely pinball game. Thank you very much :)
bogdan.tana
19. Apr 2016 · 20:34 UTC
Pretty fun and definitely an exotic approach to dungeon crawling! Sound effects are cool and I feel they match the graphics properly :D

I came here - on my reviewer's page - with high hopes. Now how is THIS not a... ehm... "game with the theme squeezed in as a twist" :D :D Anyway, good job! And definitely great job for your first LD!
psychomonster
19. Apr 2016 · 22:24 UTC
what do I have to do :) No seriously... I is a pinball game and this is a super cool idea... but I think I had so much luck in this game cause I didn't hit the ball once ...but I reached level 3 in some way... I had two beers with friends and my reactions are slowed down a lot... maybe you should do the levels a litle more challenging... put some sounds into it and it would be a cool pinball adventure... I like the idea. Maybe I'm to much debuffed by the beers... Good job so far, maybe I'll test it twice... faved it so I'll find it later :) Thanks for rating my game tho :)
luquio
19. Apr 2016 · 23:29 UTC
HAAAHAHA THIS really make me laught ... "ohh yea" hahaha
EdoMiyamoto
20. Apr 2016 · 00:34 UTC
I was expecting non-sense after looking at screenshots, it was a very good surprise :) sounds effects ARE awesome !
bigmangames
20. Apr 2016 · 01:08 UTC
Best Audio LD35
Khaoz_Fang
20. Apr 2016 · 02:27 UTC
Interesting concept. I like it!
mutonizer
20. Apr 2016 · 06:00 UTC
@bogdan.tana: Totally is, not a bad thing per se!
I had a better "shapeshifting" transition in mind, with some kind of transformer sound effect on top, but sadly it got put on the backseat during my fight against Unity physics2D :)

@psychomonster: I have huge respect now for pinball level designers and I now also understand why all pinball tables are vertical, not horizontal!
Good thing is that as is, new levels are fairly easy to add and link together since the hard work is done dynamically depending on how many levels there are on start. Bad thing is that I still suck at pinball level design, and it's still horizontal! :)

@bigmangames: Thanks, I think it saves the submission for a lot of people since otherwise the level design's a bit raw and the theme's light. Sound effects were always a big part of how crazy pinball can get for me so I'm glad that translates properly.
GAFBlizzard
20. Apr 2016 · 06:59 UTC
Thanks for including the mute button. ;)

You're brave trying to do 2D pinball physics in Unity. I can see the idea, though in practice it was pretty difficult to get the ball near the enemies.
mutonizer
20. Apr 2016 · 07:39 UTC
#GAFBlizzard
I just didn't know beforehand man, never tried physics in unity before! Most of my time was lost learning about it then fighting against it :)
DesignerNap
21. Apr 2016 · 10:37 UTC
This was a great bit of work. Enjoyed playing it. Nice idea and well executed. Amazing sounds!
WeirdMind
21. Apr 2016 · 18:50 UTC
LIke the selfmade sound XD
Andreas Brandt
23. Apr 2016 · 09:30 UTC
Pretty bizarre audio effects, but in a good way, i always say that the next game i'll do the audio effects like this, great collisions, not sure about the theme, but fun overall, i'll rate only audio, humor and fun, gratz! it is amazing for a first LD entry, good job!
cptalbertwesker
23. Apr 2016 · 17:33 UTC
I love it, left, left, right, take that! Money money! Awesome sound effects, and a cool idea too :) The last pinball game I played with a context was Sonic spinball!
forestgamer007
30. Apr 2016 · 15:59 UTC
Get all 80 points
Innovation: 3/10 Fun: 2/10
Theme: 0/10
Graphics: 1/10
Audio: 10/10
Humor: 4/10
Mood: 0/10
Coolness: 1/10
Overall: 21/80
Good Game