Hyper V-Ball by Mooptychunk

Competitive Volleyball Action! Slam your friend's balls or just spend the evening with the AI. Alone on a Friday night? The training room is also there for you!
Versus AI
Use WASD or Arrow Keys to move and jump. Use Spacebar or Enter to charge your hits.
Versus 2P
P1 - WASD and Spacebar
P2 - Arrows and Enter
| Opera GX - Play in Browser | https://gx.games/games/07pdgc/hyper-v-ball-ldjam-51 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/hyper-v-ball |
Ratings
| Overall | 722th | 3.38⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 718th | 3.24⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 401th | 3.54⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 507th | 3.74⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 165th | 4.24⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 903th | 2.205⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 517th | 3.523⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 15🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
Right now it feels real bad to have to overcommit to jumping really high to get any power of your hits, and missing a ball means having to charge on the ground to launch the ball so you can even spike it. That all takes a while - the process of even launching the ball back is a hefty timesink. Maybe if you could do a weak launch towards the opponent's field as a more instant "panic" option it'd feel better? Right now setting the ball up to launch it is a pretty technical process.
Either way, the only reason I have so much pointed feedback is because I LOVE this concept, it's really good! I hope you get to revisit it after the jam ends!
It took me a bit to get the hang of it, but then that AI didn't see me coming :muscle: :volleyball: :

If I were to pick at it a bit, as others wrote, I felt a little locked when jumping. The way it is, there's a little more foresight needed, and that's good too, but I often wanted to move a little bit to get to the ball after I've jumped.
It's difficult at the beginning, but it works well, and the AI too. Good design, very satisfiying when we success hits, it was a pleasure !
Bu sorry, the font has its style, but it's often barely readable.
Great work. I will try it with an other player if I can !