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Five Iron Frenzy by Brandon Anderson

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made by Brandon Anderson for LD 41 (COMPO)

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KNOWN ISSUES:

  • ~~Difficulty too hard (Will tweak this weekend)~~
  • ~~Occasional collision detection misses (Weekend Tweaker)~~
  • ~~Increase invincibility time after being hit to allow easier escape (WEEKEND HOOOO)~~

POST-LD TO-DO:

  • Add course map timeline to bottom of the screen showing where ball is in relation to hole
  • Add different sprites for enemies
  • Add boss battle at flag
  • Different outfits/clubs
  • Putting!
  • Potential combo or jump attack
  • Add music for game over and title screen
  • Title Screen and more art in general
  • More levels
  • LOOTBOXES!!!! jk lol

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                  Fix them bugs...It hurtssss

This is the mash up of two incompatible genres: Golf Games and DoubleDragon-esque brawlers. Fight through the rough greens battling off other golfers while trying to get your ball to the hole!

  • WASD or Arrows to Move
  • Space to Attack

This is my second Ludum Dare and it was a blast. I hope you enjoy the game as much as I enjoyed making it!! Feel free to report bugs and I'll add them to the list to fix! This game will be continued after Ludum Dare, so look out for a mobile release with polish!

MADE WITH:

  • Unity
  • Visual Studio
  • SourceTree for git
  • GraphicsGale
  • Reaper Digital Audio Workstation
  • Jackson RR5 Flying-V Electric Guitar
  • Peavey Vypyr Amplifier
  • Yamaha PSR-78 Trash Keyboard
  • Shure SM78 Microphone

    - Behringer XENYX X1204USB Mixer

                     My babyyyyyy

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HTML5 (web) https://systemaddict.itch.io/five-iron-frenzy
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/five-iron-frenzy

Ratings

Overall 268th 3.5⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Fun 319th 3.321⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 368th 3.321⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 254th 3.782⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 202th 3.59⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Audio 97th 3.592⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 117th 3.421⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Mood 315th 3.081⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

HKoisumi
24. Apr 2018 · 00:50 UTC
Freaking amazing! Excelent work, wanna check ours too??

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
timbs
24. Apr 2018 · 17:38 UTC
At first I thought oh nice lets play some relaxed golfing, but then... Nice game, you made there!
Marcus Otterstrom
24. Apr 2018 · 17:42 UTC
Awesome work man, was really fun. I don't think it was *too* hard, if you make it any easier it won't really be a challenge. What you could consider is maybe adding difficulty levels, so the players can choose for themselves, making the game a fit for more people.

But yeah, I really enjoyed it. Perhaps it would be nice to actually have to aim the golf ball and have some calming music when you're supposed to hit the ball & not in a fight etc, just to let the player get some "breathing time", if that makes any sense. If the dope electric guitar riff is going to play all the time, it get's pretty repetitive and exhausting.

Keep it up dude!
pladams9
24. Apr 2018 · 17:54 UTC
Game is fun and looks great! I like the artwork.

I know you've mentioned the difficulty already, but for a specific criticism/suggestion, I think the player's damage recovery should be quicker. If you get surrounded by a lot of evil golfers, they can get into a pattern where you never recover long enough to move away or react. Maybe cut the time that you are immobile, but allow the player a short period of movement where they are still protected from new attacks?

I think you have a great start for a larger game here if you make the improvements you listed above.
Yohoho Games 2
24. Apr 2018 · 17:57 UTC
good! but really hard) thanks for work, I want to play with easy mode of game)
🎤 Brandon Anderson
24. Apr 2018 · 17:58 UTC
@pladams9 Great suggestion, I'm going to add that to my list to do over the weekend =)
YinTing He
24. Apr 2018 · 18:04 UTC
Cool! Love the art :D
dlowe
24. Apr 2018 · 18:07 UTC
Now this is a golf game I can get into :)

Thanks for the fun!
Brillie Phan
24. Apr 2018 · 18:07 UTC
Nice work :)) bit hard a first
Sogaki
24. Apr 2018 · 18:10 UTC
This is what 7 years old me wanted to do when I only had golf games on the old win98 PC my family had.
Apart from the fact that enemies can stunlock you too much, it's very fun. Loved it
🎤 Brandon Anderson
24. Apr 2018 · 18:16 UTC
@Sogaki Thanks for playing! I'll be working the stunlock tweaking over the weekend as I agree that it gets a little crazy =)
harusame
24. Apr 2018 · 18:25 UTC
Good entry but a bit too hard for me ^^
Graphics are great and I enjoy the music !

An easy mode could be a good idea.
🎤 Brandon Anderson
24. Apr 2018 · 18:34 UTC
@harusame I agree that it's a little hard lol. I'll be tweaking the difficulty this weekend. Thanks for stopping by =)
AndrewJAdams
24. Apr 2018 · 19:23 UTC
Fun to play, and I like the difficulty. Maybe I didn't play long enough but I'd love to see some water hazards, maybe a sand trap that slows down the character movement. Possibly club upgrades? Cart bonus round that lets me run down the enemies? Lots of potential here. Thoughts for later I guess.

Nice work.
🎤 Brandon Anderson
24. Apr 2018 · 19:26 UTC
@AndrewJAdams I really like the cart idea. I wanted to implement it, but scope issues. Definitely will see that in a full release =)
Gumboot
25. Apr 2018 · 02:07 UTC
Hey Brandon! I really love what you did with the concept haha, I wasn't quite sure what you were going to do after our meetup but it came out fun! Something to be improved on is how the enemies attack, I get a little frustrated when they can hit me from four sides but I can only attack left and right. Makes positioning pretty difficult. Awesome work!
EkkoEkko
25. Apr 2018 · 08:43 UTC
Nice music. I thought its a rhythm game haha but its cooler when i played it. Good Concept on this game. Good job.

Can you rate my game too? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/gender-circle
Brendan Toy
25. Apr 2018 · 09:41 UTC
Hahaha, the title Five Iron Frenzy is great, also the name of a band i like :) the concept reminds me of OUTLAW golf where you can beat up your opponants haha :) good fun :) tad hard, but fun none the less.
Centauri
25. Apr 2018 · 10:11 UTC
Good game. A little confusing though
Pimpampoum
25. Apr 2018 · 10:17 UTC
HAHAH this game is very fun ! You surprise me
Carvster
25. Apr 2018 · 11:07 UTC
Fun game, quite difficult though! Kept getting stun locked by the even the first wave of enemies!
Kubenexion
25. Apr 2018 · 11:15 UTC
Funny game here, well done!
maximebugman
25. Apr 2018 · 16:25 UTC
Very fun ! Love the audio ! It's a pity we do not have a score for the challenge or event a little timeline on the bottom of the screen to see if there is an end or not. Also the invivibility time when you are hit is too short. The animation is pretty cool and the character to ! :) Love the combination !
🎤 Brandon Anderson
25. Apr 2018 · 17:55 UTC
@maximebugman That's a wonderful idea for a timeline. Something like a course map that shows the ball in real-time with the flag at the end. I'll add that the to-do. The stun lock will definitely be worked this weekend. =)
maximebugman
25. Apr 2018 · 21:00 UTC
@Brandon Anderson You're welcome :v:
Kevar
25. Apr 2018 · 21:40 UTC
Ahah, fun and efficient game. Some variation on the environment could be interesting (like sand or water to change the mechanics) and to be able to shoot an enemy with the ball to unlock some power ups or points could be interesting too (with a chance to send the ball backward).
jcsirron
26. Apr 2018 · 03:46 UTC
That. Was. Hilarious! I was definitely not prepared for the first wave of rival golfers! Great work.
nidup
26. Apr 2018 · 15:41 UTC
Cool concept! I like the overall ambiance and music, the game is very challenging, the sounds when playing could have been recorded with instruments too to make it more immersive, maybe a battery sound when kicking the ball. Anyway, good job, great mood & fun :thumbsup:
EstacaoMarte
28. Apr 2018 · 17:17 UTC
Cool game, really enjoyed it! I'm really loving this JAM, every game is so unique in some way! <3
minibobbo
28. Apr 2018 · 17:20 UTC
I enjoyed the game. The music loop was pretty great and fit the whole theme and feel of the game well. The graphics were nice but could use some variety. I liked the swing animation!

I found the combat to be a little flat though. You could just position yourself against the side of the screen and repeatedly attack until all the enemies were dead.

Overall this is very nice work. The name wasn't inspired by the band Five Iron Frenzy by any chance, was it?
🎤 Brandon Anderson
28. Apr 2018 · 17:23 UTC
@minibobbo, Haha no, I actually didn't find out until after I published when my friend told me of the band. Oh well! I definitely agree about the graphics as I ran out of time in the COMPO. I plan on creating more in the Post-LD version. Thanks for playing!
minibobbo
28. Apr 2018 · 17:27 UTC
Well you picked an awesome band to inadvertently copy the name from :smiley:
Honest Dan
28. Apr 2018 · 18:02 UTC
Some great effort gone into this. I like the idea of the combination, and they do impact one another. Downside is the beat em up element was repetitive, and you knew to expect it after each shot so became a little more tiresome. Could be something more balanced like chance of fight increased based on how good your golf shot was, so they effect eachother moreso. Some more enemies / attack moves would have been nice too.
dob
05. May 2018 · 03:18 UTC
Good pixel art, and fun to play. Fights were a little too hard, with too loose controls, to be really fun, and I would have liked a better sense of where the hole was I was shooting for, but those are minor criticisms for a game that's well put together. Also, in the era of Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, it would be nice if the guys attacking you weren't darker people, but instead some other color palette choice.