Block fight by antoined73

made by antoined73 for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Block Fight

Building things is fun, but destroying them is even better!

Gameplay

Go back to being a kid and playing with wooden blocks, but this time, you have a treasure to protect, and a cannon to fight with!

Build a sturdy castle to hide your treasure, then enter a shooting phase and find the weak points in the opponent's construction!

2 players mode is out !

Of course, for voting, please only consider the initial LDJAM version.

Controls

Left click to build blocks. If the indicator is green, you can build there; if it is red, another block is in the way; if it is grey, you have no more blocks of that type.

Use the mouse scroll to cycle in the available blocks. Click the mouse scroll to rotate the current block.

Hold right click and move to rotate the camera.

Credits

Graphics

We used the following models and resources:

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/100452-clouds-pattern-background

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/wood/yughues-free-wooden-floor-materials-13213

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vehicles/children-s-wooden-toys-free-truck-pack-97476

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/interior/lamp-model-110960

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/6-x-3d-cute-toy-models-105033

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/furniture/pbr-game-ready-desks-pack-116137

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/office-supplies-low-poly-105519

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/school-supplies-96667

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/wood-shapes-toy-kid-b503242bacef43d59fff218d48fe6e2b#download

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/toy-box-8ce01f03c4c54c1bb69f6ba47a590586#download

Sound & Music

https://www.bensound.com/

https://freesound.org/people/Jagadamba/sounds/219158/

https://freesound.org/people/sophiehall3535/sounds/245920/

https://freesound.org/people/jorickhoofd/sounds/161593/

https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/168707/

Link	https://antoined73.itch.io/block-fight
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/block-fight

Ratings

Overall	324^th	3.833⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Fun	151^th	3.984⭐	33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	163^th	3.914⭐	31🧑‍⚖️
Theme	390^th	3.897⭐	31🧑‍⚖️
Given		15🗳️	36🗨️

Feedback

Tom Stephenson

05. Oct 2021 · 21:26 UTC

What a fun idea! You definitely recreated that feeling of building blocks as a child; I was definitely that kid that loved to break their tower after building it!
The building mechanics felt slick and intuitive. The visuals look great and the music really helps sell add to the fun/playful atmosphere of the game!
The only critique I have is the appearance of the ball gun (a minor issue), but the rest of the game is very well polished!

Congrats on a great entry; I'd love to see an expanded commercial version in the future! :)

bassguitarbill

05. Oct 2021 · 21:59 UTC

Definitely a nifty idea, but I feel like the "health bar" mechanic is flawed. My first fight, I knocked the block off the pile and it fell behind some other stuff, where I was unable to hit it again. My second fight, my first shot took it down to 10% without dislodging it, and the second shot took it out. Maybe more of a "the floor is lava" mechanic would be more strategically appealing. The overall idea, though, is super fun and creative, well done!

Unfocused Locust Games

05. Oct 2021 · 22:16 UTC

I'm surprised you got such strong building mechanics working in the time limit; I might have to check your source code! ;) I like the graphics, but the motion blur might be a little much. Otherwise, the gameplay mechanics are very sound, so I would love to see this expanded upon in the future with more progression.

Vitor Milioni

06. Oct 2021 · 00:58 UTC

Oh wow, this was surprisingly incredible, with a more robust building system this would be an absolute godlike versus game, i'd love to play this against my friends for hours on end, very pretty, polished, fun. I simply loved this, very well made, a description on this page to let me know what to expect would probably make this do very very well because the game itself is amazing, i'm super glad i decided to try it even without any descriptions here, great entry, congrats!

🎤 antoined73

06. Oct 2021 · 07:07 UTC

@tom-stephenson @bassguitarbill @unfocused-locust-games @vitor-milioni Oh wow !! Thank you soo mush for your comments ! Great feedback, it is really appreciated ! :smile:
We began to do a splitscreen version but didn't made it in time, maybe for next release !

Taximan981

06. Oct 2021 · 08:18 UTC

That was such a good idea and it was executed so well! Can't wait for 2 player mode because that will be super entertaining!

DevUndead

06. Oct 2021 · 19:42 UTC

Cool litte game. I like the mood of the game and its very funny to play. The placement of the blocks feel kinda weird. Probably give more controls with addition of the arrow keys?

erikkire

06. Oct 2021 · 19:43 UTC

Fun idea and well made game. Great use of assets. Nice litle physics game! Impressing that you had time to make a working AI opponent!

manzdeh

06. Oct 2021 · 19:58 UTC

Awesome game! I really liked the concept and the combination of both play styles worked quite well in my opinion. It was fun to prepare your "fortress" before attacking your opponent's.
I definitely would play a full version of this if you ever decide to turn this into a full game.

Apple Dash

06. Oct 2021 · 20:04 UTC

It's a cool idea well executed
The only complaints I have are weird controls and that AI can't build shit, so it's a shame that 2P mode isn't there yet, but I can totally see how cool and entertaining that would be
But yeah, apart from these two issues -- a great entry all arround

LDJam user 258863

06. Oct 2021 · 20:05 UTC

Wonderful entry! Probably the most fun I've had, played 5-6 games and enjoyed both phases each time.

Needs balance and some more features, but it's a genuinely enjoyable game, if it ever got online multiplayer I'd legit spend money to play this with some friends if there were lots of silly modes. I can see myself on VC just joking with some friends as we build pretty bases and destroy them.

My one feedback is in the current game it feels like the biggest thing is making sure to get a good hit on the exposed treasure. A hit on the pillar the treasure is standing on that just knocks it behind the base is a disaster, but if you can clip it to go to the right/left you basically win in 2-3 shots. So maybe a way to destroy the wooden blocks would be nice so it feels less like it's all about that first hit!

D3kryption

06. Oct 2021 · 20:14 UTC

Well this is a very surpising game. You play it thinking its some sort of tower builder then you sit shooting the enemies down angry birds style :joy: nice work! Everything fits nicely with the audio, gameplay and graphics :D

mhorth

06. Oct 2021 · 21:58 UTC

Wow! I feel like most jam games would just do the building mechanics for a game like this, you guys really went the extra mile to have a battle phase as well, and it was fun!

Reiterating what a few others have said, the damage system could use a bit of work. It took me embarrassingly long to figure out that simply destroying their base didn't help at all, I needed to find where the crystal had fallen, expose it again, and hit it directly. I spend quite a few shots just trying to tear their base down, which was satisfying on its own.

Lex

07. Oct 2021 · 20:50 UTC

Very well polished game. I love the the cannon and woody sounds of the pieces being hit.

romandviski

07. Oct 2021 · 22:53 UTC

straight to childhood

chainsawmcd

07. Oct 2021 · 22:53 UTC

Music, sound effects and graphics are all spot on. Very polished. Given the theme you'd almost expect that this was only going to be a building game, but I'm glad you let me destroy some blocks with the cannon. That was nice. Great work!

ColeSlaughter

08. Oct 2021 · 05:14 UTC

Aaaaaawwww snap, this brings me back to Boom Blox days. :smile:

Love the personality of this one. Can't wait to see the multiplayer added to it!

elysiagriffin

11. Oct 2021 · 15:18 UTC

Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1172268556?t=1h4m11s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

Voodoo51

17. Oct 2021 · 12:20 UTC

The building system is pretty cool :D Overall cool game.

🎤 antoined73

19. Oct 2021 · 20:02 UTC

@vitor-milioni @coleslaughter @ericbomb @apple-dash @taximan981
Two players mode is out ! If you want to battle with your friends in splitscreen, now you can :smile:

Mizuiky

20. Oct 2021 · 12:13 UTC

Hey! your game is so fun, I could remember the time that I was a child and I built castles with my colorful blocks :D great idea!