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Zombie Soccer by JackLeHamster

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made by JackLeHamster for LD 41 (JAM)

You are an aspiring soccer player who wants to become the greatest soccer player in the world. Well it's not that hard anymore, since you're living in a zombie apocalypse. Question is, can you still score?

Controls: Arrow keys to move + Space to kick the ball

Note: I'm submitting as Jam, because this is using a game engine I produced before that lets me convert Flash graphics to animation that can be imported in WebGL. Aside from that, everything was done this weekend.

Screen Shot 2018-04-22 at 5.23.30 PM.png

Update: Post-jam version uploaded to Newgrounds with achievements and leaderboard

Also check out the Post-Mortem if you're curious.

HTML5 (web) https://jacklehamster.itch.io/zombie-soccer
The Code https://goo.gl/nS5QJA
HTML5 (web) https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/710255
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/zombie-soccer

Ratings

Overall 836th 3.206⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 430th 3.456⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 743th 3.162⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 539th 3.662⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 978th 2.676⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 586th 2.924⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 272th 3.485⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 910th 2.879⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

🎤 JackLeHamster
23. Apr 2018 · 09:21 UTC
Wow I realize the game is a bit difficult. I'll try to tone it down a bit tomorrow, hopefully before the jam deadline.
blubberquark
23. Apr 2018 · 10:56 UTC
Great theme/idea, but it gets old fast. If you update, I'll try again!
drikdrok
23. Apr 2018 · 13:24 UTC
Pretty Fun. It took me a while to realize I could kick the ball. Perhaps you should have said that somewhere in the description.

There was a noticeable difficultly-gap from level 3-4 that i feel should have been smoothed out a bit. I blasted strait through the first 3, and got for a while on 4.

But overall i still liked it a lot, simple but fun. It's fun to see how different "Soccer-Zombie" games can be :)!
goakley
23. Apr 2018 · 16:09 UTC
Took a second to figure out the controls, especially that you could kick the ball. The enemies and the goal explained itself though, that was good. The challenge was just enough to keep me going for a bit.
🎤 JackLeHamster
24. Apr 2018 · 02:49 UTC
Thanks for the feedback! I updated the description to mention the controls. Might do a post jam update sometimes this week.
Ama
24. Apr 2018 · 10:57 UTC
Really fun to play! And great idea to smash zombies playing football!

The game is a bit difficult, but well… Who said it was easy to survive zombies? :smile:
Frodewin
24. Apr 2018 · 11:01 UTC
Just realized after three goals that I can knock out zombies by shooting at them. Dribbling mostly forward while evading proved to be the strategy that is working best for me. I like the game, but I think it would work better with just some sounds from soccer/zombie genre.
Yirggzmb
27. Apr 2018 · 06:18 UTC
This was a lot of fun! There's something very satisfying about killing zombies with a soccer ball. Would be nice to be able to shoot the ball more directly sideways, but definitely not a game killer. Had a lot of fun with this.
MZA
27. Apr 2018 · 06:53 UTC
Fun little browser game. The pro level is hard but not too hard, which is good. Sometimed i found that the ball went pass zombies and didnt knock them down. However, it was still fun.
TomekS
27. Apr 2018 · 07:20 UTC
Cool game, would love to be able to should in diagonals :) .
Jiri Hysek
27. Apr 2018 · 08:46 UTC
Funny game, I made it to a champion! ;)
mshopf
27. Apr 2018 · 20:58 UTC
Fun game, and a **very** good interpretation of the theme IMO.

I like the hand-drawn graphics style, I'm missing some action sounds, though. The ball also sometime kicked past the zombie in front of me, and I died.

BTW - I consider using a game *engine* produced in the past as totally compliant to the compo rules. Thumbs up for submitting as jam to be on the safe side, though!
randomphantom
28. Apr 2018 · 02:20 UTC
Really cool game! Quite fun and the ball mechanics are just right although would wish to have more control over the ball. Those zombies are crazy sprinters though at the later leves, champion was deadly. Nice voiceovers and audio selection, and the right amount of zany. Great job!
patrickgh3
28. Apr 2018 · 22:56 UTC
Hilarious concept and fun to play! You captured that wacky-flash-game feel. Small game, but fun.
🎤 JackLeHamster
28. Apr 2018 · 23:25 UTC
Thanks for the stream @patrickgh3 !
Velocity7
29. Apr 2018 · 08:49 UTC
hahahaha. The game is really funny. I wonder how hard the footballer is hitting the ball that the zombies are dying from force. Its a funny game man. Try mine
ema1ih
29. Apr 2018 · 14:03 UTC
At the beginning it was pretty hard because i didn't know you can kill the zombies by hitting them with the ball:)) Nice idea, i had fun playing it ^^ If you are interested you can check my game here https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/huber-driver
Team Infernus
01. May 2018 · 07:32 UTC
A bit repetitive, but a solid gameplay loop for a jam game
polegar
02. May 2018 · 12:14 UTC
Très bonne idée de gameplay et bien amusant, effectivement le jeu est un peu dur mais ça pousse à réessayer plusieurs fois. Et c'est toujours cool d'avoir un jeu codé sur autre chose que Unity :) Bien joué !
Arqcenick
02. May 2018 · 16:11 UTC
Nice game, controls are fluid, the graphics are consistent. The difficulty scales great. I'd love some extra mechanics but very nice for a game jam!
arche-san
02. May 2018 · 21:46 UTC
Ok! I tried to finish the Level Steph... I mean Level 5 but it was too hard for me. XD

Solid entry here! I love the fact I move faster when I don't have the ball and took the risk to not possess the ball to improve my dodging skills.
Great job! :D
wdebowicz
03. May 2018 · 15:05 UTC
Hehe Nice game! we had the same Idea! Check my Football Horror entry :-)