Homerun for your life! by ChevalBancal

Oh no! Comets! And they are going to crash down on Earth! It's a good thing we have a giant batter robot (B-453 BOT) to deflect them! Swing your bat to reflect all the comets and save Earth!!!
💻📱 Play here : https://menicafolden.itch.io/homerun
Controls : click on the left or the right of the screen to smash depending from where the comets are coming from ;) Use the map to prepare your swings! Note : On PC, you can also use the X and C keys to swing your bat

Can be played with a mouse or a touch screen
Made in 72h by WobblyHorse and Menica Folden for the Ludum Dare 51
Theme : Every 10 seconds
💻📱 Play here : https://menicafolden.itch.io/homerun
| ITCH.IO HTLM5 | https://menicafolden.itch.io/homerun |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/homerun-for-your-life |
Ratings
| Overall | 146th | 3.971⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 251th | 3.765⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 296th | 3.647⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 163th | 4.132⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 51th | 4.5⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 331th | 3.574⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 5th | 4.485⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 110th | 4.061⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 11🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
I tried on PC but I bet it's great on mobile too. If you want to improve the game, I think being able to use keyboard keys or right/left mouse button, rather than moving the mouse back and forth, would be great for playing on PC.
i'm a noob for the timing but the game is so fun, the animation is really dope !
I did have some issues with some comets wrapping around the planet and just barely crossing the light/dark side line but, still appearing on the right side of my screen.
The art, mood and humor are really great. I like the double screen design, it's funny to switch between reading stupid lines and looking out for the next asteroïd 🤖🏏☄️
Small bug: I had no sound on my second try!
- Yes it's basically a made to be a DS game
- We are aware that the music doesn't play after your first try, it's because the earth is already destroyed and you live in a simulation now
Art was on point. All of it looked great and I really liked that the city getting destroyed was an indicator of how well you are doing.
It's hard to think of constructive criticism because it's pretty solid, honestly. The music got a little repetitive after a while, though it fits the tone of the game well. Maybe some variation to the sound effects would be good, and a sound cue when the comets have entered the atmosphere would help players' timing. A whoosh that gets louder as they get closer?
I can easily see this as a full-blown app game, complete with alternate sports-themed robots to unlock, heheh. Very nice work!
Also, do want a B-453D BOT tshirt
I would have loved increasing difficulty over time. Because once you "get" the rythm of the meteors, it's easy to just continue hitting forever until you're bored. But this is a very minor setback.
Congrats for this very strong entry :)
The gameplay itself is fun, however I felt like the beginning was too slow.... It didn't make me wabt to try again to beat my highscore because I would have to go trough it again.
The embedded tutorial is perfect, simple, fast and efficient. A great addition to your game!
Great job!
Just perfect.
maybe i didn't see it because i was not very good, but it seemed to me that there are maximum 2 comets at the same time? i was guessing there'd be more and more comets coming. but maybe it is the case, and i just sucked at game haha