Ten1Z1 by Lumous

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made by Lumous for LD 41 (JAM)

Ten1Z1

LD41 Game Jam Entry - Combine 2 incompatible genres

Ten1Z1 is a combination of Tennis and Zombie Shooter. The mechanics of the game follow the rules of tennis. Winning a set has a special reward.

Story so far

Our start begins as single zombie infects the crowd at a tennis match. As the match goes on for days, zombies start pouring in at night. You must choose between scoring and protecting the crowd from the zombies! Which will you choose?

Controls

  • WSAD / Arrows - Move around the court.
  • Space Bar - Jump
  • Left Click - Hit the ball normally.
  • Right click - Hit the ball with gusto.

Art

3D Art by Lumous 2D Art by Hobbes & Jen Mei

Programming & Sound

Lumous (Zombie Sound is from FreeSoundEffects.com)

Tools used

Houdini, Photoshop, 3dsMax, Substance Designer, Unity3d, Adobe Audition, FL Studio

Known Bugs

  • Sound does not seem to work in the CHROME WebGL Version - Recommend running it on PC or Firefox.
  • Sometimes the ball will double bounce right away causing you to lose the ball
  • Sometimes the ball will bounce outside the world, causing you to get stuck waiting for the ball to be called "OUT".
  • The game never ends (its goes on and on my friends)

Mac version is untested.

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Ratings

Overall 585th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 548th 3.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 769th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 400th 3.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 188th 4.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 677th 2.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 303th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 606th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 4🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

ditzel
23. Apr 2018 · 07:53 UTC
First Comment! I will play and rate! :smiley: Looks promising so far.

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Wow. Graphics are nice. Would be funny, if the crowd was attacked. :laughing:
Mazzletov
23. Apr 2018 · 07:57 UTC
Damn these graphics look amazing for only 1 weekend of work!
🎤 Lumous
23. Apr 2018 · 08:04 UTC
One very long weekend =O
=D
Apace
23. Apr 2018 · 08:13 UTC
Nice looking game and quite fun to play! However I didn't know what I'm gaining from hitting zombies - sure, I get zombie points on the scoreboard, but how does that help me win? Or rather - why would it be more difficult if I don't kill the zombies?
Had quite fun playing though, and the "surprise" for winning a set is also quite nice. :D Good job overall!
caeonosphere
23. Apr 2018 · 08:15 UTC
I managed to win only by spamming click... you need a mechanic to punish cheaters like me! :D
🎤 Lumous
23. Apr 2018 · 08:18 UTC
Hmm.. Yes sounds like a swing delay is in order!
GameCarpenter
23. Apr 2018 · 09:00 UTC
Really nice game, pretty challenging.

During my play, I felt like the strong shot was pretty much useless, maybe a lob would have been better?

The Zombie spawning patterns reward winning a game at certain times of day. Since the day/night cycle is real-time instead of turn based, you can strategically hold your serve to win the game when the zombie population is at its peak.

Serving is one of the weaker features of the game really, since the AI seems pretty much incapable of returning a well placed shot. If you want, you can play it like a shooter of sorts by continually re-tying the game on the serve while alternately taking down zombies.

The Art is very cohesive and I really like the style it has going for it. The sound effects that I noticed are good, but there isn't any music, and I feel like the audience and zombies could be more vocal. I found the tennis itself quite challenging, at least on the return game. It would have felt more complete if there was some form of victory / defeat, whether that be at 100 zombies 6 games, or whatever. I really liked the way this tackled the theme though, you have zombies being zombies, tennis players being tennis players, and a game win mechanic which helps unify them.
🎤 Lumous
23. Apr 2018 · 09:15 UTC
Since there's still time. I've tried increasing the AI's hitbox, and made the ball much bouncier so it plays better. Rallies last longer as well. Thanks for the advice. Thanks for the review =D
The_Icy_One
23. Apr 2018 · 18:14 UTC
Loved the art style, very impressive work especially given the time period. Sound effects felt a little lacking though, and it took me a while to notice the umpire's speech bubbles.

I didn't find much use for the strong shot, especially given that the AI didn't seem to cope very well with soft shots nearer the net anyway. It was also quite difficult to deal with balls being left in play after a point is scored, as the AI had a tendency to fire them at me.
SelfTitled
23. Apr 2018 · 22:01 UTC
I can't seem to get the ball over the net, I suck at tennis and savin the world from zombie invasion apparently. Nice graphics, has a very nice style about it.
🎤 Lumous
23. Apr 2018 · 22:09 UTC
Use the mouse pointer to choose where the ball will land. There is a little icon showing the landing point.
Angelbait
23. Apr 2018 · 22:23 UTC
Took me a bit to get that it was going where I was clicking instead of just hitting the ball, sweet mechanic when you get good at it! Thanks for the game!
MathijsVissers
25. Apr 2018 · 19:46 UTC
Liking the style! Graphics look good, game plays nicely. Took a little bit to figure out how to be good at it, but it's great once you get the hang of it. Great job
Amazura
25. Apr 2018 · 21:21 UTC
*Eat that zombies :laughing: *

love the idea, good graphic, nice gameplay. Good work!
dnich013
25. Apr 2018 · 22:24 UTC
Really challenging. The power shot is difficult to use. Also, I feel that killing zombies should be more rewarding. I didn't bother to pay attention to them really. Great idea though. The art is fantastic.