Pop Shove-It by ColeSlaughter

Welcome to the challenging arcade table skater world of Pop Shove-It! Control you RAD table character indirectly by flicking and tilting your game console to pick up speed to propel your way to greatness.
Along the way, be sure to pick up any collectible matchbooks you find, and see if you can discover and nab all of the T A B L E letters in a single run!
Go for a completionist speedrun, or just play casually and see what kind of sick tricks you can execute with the flick of the wrist!
Drop into the pipe and grind your way to greatness!
Pro Tips/Maneuvers
The Top Hop
Drag the console down, and then quickly flick it up to reach radical new heights!

The Turntable
Tilt the console while in midair to flip your table!

The Stanley Sidestep
The flat side of your table has significantly more friction. Use that to your advantage to launch yourself at an angle and clear some trickier jumps!

Credits:
Programmer: * Jared Slawski
Artists: * Andrew Rudd * Stephen Rudd
| (For Convenience) | https://jared-slawski.itch.io/pop-shove-it |
| (Best Experience) | https://jared-slawski.itch.io/pop-shove-it |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/pop-shove-it |
Ratings
| Overall | 205th | 3.949⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 429th | 3.694⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 18th | 4.337⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 376th | 3.918⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 321th | 4.082⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 63th | 4.194⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 225th | 3.927⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 45🗳️ | 79🗨️ |
Very, incredibly hard game, too! Will try a bit more though, maybe it's me

^ this situation right here though? I hate it >:(
You guys are absolutely hilarious, making such a serious game about rolling a table around. Definitely not recommended to play it with a touchpad, but once I pulled out my mouse things got epic (and about 6 times easier). I also feel like a total idiot for not realizing I could grab the edges of the device and tilt it to, like, move.... 😏
I did find it difficult to get out of upside down table in a few spots. I ended up just shaking pretty wildly in all directions and that usually did the trick. I don't have nearly the skills to control going up on the high paths to collect the letters. Super innovative on the control scheme, nice job!
How much of the budget/time went into the swag intro?
I do enjoy boarding with the table, and the control is pretty funny. Getting the table upside down is tricky, but it will be pretty satisfying once you make it. Good job!
Interesting idea and great realization :)
VOD from when I played: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1168721525?t=52m45s
Honestly some of the parts make you feel absolutely awesome like playing a Sonic level. Moments like when you flip over a ramp, grind at a 45 deg angle, then nail the landing. I'm sure someone out there's gonna get good enough to pull that all off consistently.
Seriously the presentation is great and fits the control scheme well. I was indeed looking for a restart button, and lo and behold it was there etched into the desk. I always restarted til I got the faster of the ska songs. Really fun game, and if I were 20 years younger with unlimited free time again, this is something I would keep playing to try to master.
[Tip for other players] If you get stuck on your back, grab the screen and make big circles. Seems to be the quickest way to right yourself back up.
The intro, music, style and humor are spot on. Like @trexxak said , the Ska-Punk sound took me back to the early 00's :metal:
The controls definitely were a challenge to master. My only wish was for a way to intentionally flip over (or flip back). Your tip in the game page was apparently a little too hard for me :P I kept getting stuck on the table side, limiting my ability to pull off sweet tricks and flips :o
Honestly guys, hats off! The whole artistry of it all was a complete package. Putting it on a virtual console with a background packed with naughts doodles was perfect.
The Ska-Punk music fit perfectly. It was rather cumbersome to control everything with the mouse. It would have been nice to move the gamepad with keys as well. For example getting the table back on its feet was annoying cuz it took 2-3 attempts each time. Thanks for the entry!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173738676?t=0h52m46s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
P.S. I would give you 10 for the music if I could :)
But in spite of that, the intro cutscene isn't an infinite loop so I give this a 0/10, literally unplayable.
Still though, the audio and that intro, all the aesthetics, all the personalized little "KBCB" graffiti in multiple styles? Absolutely fantastic. "NICE LEGS" table store? Incredible! I love this, I wish I was better at it.
It controls a little difficult, but I think with more practice it isn't an issue. I could see myself improving already in just the short amount of time I played. I'm for sure coming back to this to collect T-A-B-L-E at the very least >:)
Great work you guys!