CWF: Card Wrestling Federation by sprngr

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made by sprngr for LD 41 (JAM)

CWF: Card Wrestling Federation takes the best of card based combat and professional wrestling; high flying action slowed down to a crawl because it is now turn based!

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In this game you will face off against three opponents, each with their own preferred move type.

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Control Scheme

  • WASD or Arrows to move around menu options
  • Spacebar to select option and skip text

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Game Information

The core mechanics of the game focus around knocking out, pinning, or forcing your opponent to submit by using various wrestling moves.

  • Attacks are a basic move with the lowest damage and highest rate of success.
  • Throws are stronger, but due to the nature of needing to be able to grab your opponent there is less accuracy.
  • Holds are stronger than normal attacks and have the chance to force the target to tap out and end the match.
  • Aerial attacks are the strongest, but due to the risky maneuvers of sailing through the air you risk missing and hurting yourself in the process.

When two wrestlers use the same type of move, they clash and take a bit of damage but neither of their moves are performed.

Tip: Your opponents color corresponds to their preferred move type.

Known Bugs

  • You'll sometimes draw duplicate move cards, I focused on the rest of the game over deduping the draws

Built With

  • Engine: Godot 3
  • Graphics: Aseprite
  • Music: BeepBox
  • SFX: Bfxr
  • An unsafe amount of caffeine

Ratings

Overall 657th 3.388⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Fun 697th 3.2⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 543th 3.4⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 358th 3.888⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 700th 3.3⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Audio 557th 3.013⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 339th 3.329⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 621th 3.244⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 46🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

RadioactiveRambo
23. Apr 2018 · 18:32 UTC
Although action packed wrestling and turn based card games sound like an impossible combination, you managed to pull it off and create a fun game. The visual descriptions of the matches, combined with nicely done NES-like graphics, sounds and a fitting resolution give the game a cool retro vibe.
August1413
23. Apr 2018 · 18:35 UTC
Great game! Reminds me of pokemon a bit. My first fight was a lot harder than expected but i think i got the hang of it! Now excuse me as i continue playing...
travm
24. Apr 2018 · 03:38 UTC
Great job on the consistent color palette. It really tied everything together into a great looking product. My favorites were the crowd and the health UI. Paired with the consistent visuals this is a great spin on Wrestling and Card games. Great work! HIP TOSS, BABY!
blearn
24. Apr 2018 · 14:49 UTC
Good use of the theme! The visuals are very appealing and everything fits together well. Great job!
Rapter
24. Apr 2018 · 20:47 UTC
Wooow , Amazing man ,5/5!!!
piscythe
25. Apr 2018 · 04:59 UTC
Cool idea, but I'm honestly a little confused. I never really understood why card interactions like 'the wrestlers crash directly into each other' would happen. Damage-dealing felt luck-based, especially with the aerial moves, and I never really understood the mechanics behind the submission holds. In my first run the second opponent took me down from nearly full health with a submission move. Though the gameplay felt opaque, the bells sounded good and the textual storytelling was on point. It woud've been cool to have narrative commentary along with move descriptions. Good work!
🎤 sprngr
25. Apr 2018 · 05:07 UTC
@piscythe Thank you for the feedback!

I feel there is probably a lot of stuff I should have outlined in the game description like the approach I took to move priority & additional effects. The clashing thing was because both players used the same kind of move, I colored the enemy to indicate their preference which was kind of hinted at on the challenger screen. There is an accuracy rating on each card, aerial moves especially have the lowest accuracy so that's probably why they felt a bit random. As for the submission holds, that was broken up until about an hour before submission. Afterward I discovered it using the same formula for pinning made it a tad more broken, especially with the blue fighter.

There is definitely a lot more I would liked to have done with this, expanded narrative included.
justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 05:46 UTC
I like the multiple victory conditions, although I was confused at first when I won despite my opponent being at half health. This theme is really interesting and the sound and the art style fit together well. I'd love to see a more fleshed out version with more interactions between the cards.
Fabian Pohl
25. Apr 2018 · 17:48 UTC
Nice combination that fits the topic! Also I like the retro style.
Tim Ruswick
26. Apr 2018 · 02:49 UTC
This was a really cool concept dude. I liked it!
Team Infernus
26. Apr 2018 · 05:28 UTC
Got my ass kicked twice on the first match but once I got the hang of it I had a lot of fun! Great combination of genres, it still felt fast paced despite the turn-based gameplay.
Triastase
26. Apr 2018 · 06:03 UTC
Cool idea! The only thing I did not really like was that a match could just suddenly end because of a hold attack... But I guess, this is how it works, right? :smile:

Overall, I like it!
PolyHatSteve
26. Apr 2018 · 06:20 UTC
This is excellent, and I love the humour and flavour text! Great job overall
BluShine
26. Apr 2018 · 08:04 UTC
Very fun. I loved the art style, sounds, and music. The wrestler descriptions and move descriptions were very good. I'm not sure I fully figured out how the mechanics worked. At one point, I went for a choke hold and won on the first turn! I imagine the audience might have been a little disappointed with that match. Later, I realized that I could just spam the spacebar until I won by pure chance. But it was still fun just to see the random results of the fights.
Yirggzmb
26. Apr 2018 · 08:18 UTC
I feel like I'd understand the game a little better if I understood wrestling, but it's a cool combo and done well.
LERPish
26. Apr 2018 · 19:23 UTC
i loved the game so much im just a sucker for these games i love wrestling and fighting games i just put some pounch out in the background and get to those wrestling matches at CWF oh boi oh boi those 3 will need to protect cuz the new comer is here

https://imgur.com/a/WaYQEnf

what can i say im just a sucker for these kinds of games
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2018 · 15:10 UTC
Intersting mashup you found there ! I enjoyed the mechanics and it's a funny and pretty clever idea. Was a bit confused at first but I quickly get it and it was fun. Good job :)
Enumox
02. May 2018 · 18:21 UTC
A very fun game! I liked the audio and the themes you combined :)

I just wish there were mouse controls, at first - as every good player - I didn't read the how to play and started to click like a maniac.

Congratulations!!
philippkick
02. May 2018 · 18:53 UTC
nice idea dude
Gennon
02. May 2018 · 19:52 UTC
The sound and visuals got me thinking about Punch Out! Nice! The idea is really clever and it works! I just wished it had some animations so that I could actually get a visual queue to what to pick as my next move. :)
DerLasseHenrich
04. May 2018 · 10:33 UTC
Pretty cool game, I enjoyed playing it.