The Sacrifice Basketball by kumabotz

:basketball: PLAY IN BROWSER :basketball:
Welcome to The Sacrifice Basketball. Sacrifice ONE of the goodies below to start the game!
Press [A] to sacrifice higher score point.
Press [S] to sacrifice longer play time.
Press [D] to sacrifice easier game mode.
Press A / S / D / any key to shoot.
Post your high score in comment.
Good luck!


:basketball: PLAY IN BROWSER :basketball:
| HTML5 (web) | https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/721065 |
| Source code | https://gitlab.com/tl-unity/sacrifice-basketball |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/the-sacrifice-basketball |
Ratings
| Overall | 463th | 2.69⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 427th | 2.69⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 439th | 2.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 394th | 2.976⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 488th | 2.024⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 328th | 2.643⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 260th | 2.69⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 442th | 2.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
Some suggestions for improvement: spending a little bit more time on the graphics would go a long way. Just a few black lines would make the orange ball look much much more like a basketball. Same with adding nets to the baskets: without them they look a bit like chairs right now. The "easier game mode" sacrifice could be reworded a bit since I was a bit confused about what it meant: perhaps call it "reduced accuracy"? As others have mentioned, real physics would also make this go a long way. To take this further you could add some sort of power indicator so you know how long to hold the shoot button for.

I played four or five times and my best was 30 points, which looks like high score so far? :)
@dob It was point taken before times running out before, too bad I removed at the last minute. Will put that back in the next version.
@shawn-moore I like how it looks with the new art style and power bar! Will steal that look in the next update ;)
I don't get how controls worked at first, until pressing each letter longer flies the ball farther away from the shooting ring. I didn't feel the theme within yet I still find this game fun.