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Tele-Booth Knock Out by Edom Games

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made by Edom Games for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Telebooth Knockout is funny game about fighting in a telebooth. The theme for the jam was "Limited Space". It reminded me of those telebooth boxing videos :). Since there's no space to fight!

Itch.io Alternative - https://edomgames.itch.io/tele-booth-knock-out

Music - YouFulca - https://wingless-seraph.net/en/index

NOTE!! Don't be afraid to share your genuine opinion. I am looking for real criticism as I want to know if this is something I should pursue beyond the Jam. To me, in general, it feels like maybe there is something here with some design effort. So please be honest :). No hard feelings. Thanks!!

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/tele-booth-knock-out

Ratings

Overall 160th 4⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 72th 4.129⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 580th 3.339⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 217th 4.145⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 403th 3.887⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 140th 3.933⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 127th 3.883⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 210th 3.966⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 45🗨️

Feedback

Stalemeat
02. Oct 2023 · 23:34 UTC
I liked this one. Nice use of the theme here. The hits were impactful and the variety of actions in such a small space was impressive. I like the zoom ins, sound, and the numbers that popped up. Very polished! Great work.
biospheremusic
02. Oct 2023 · 23:36 UTC
Fighting in a phone booth is a great fit for this theme! I enjoy fighting games a lot myself and this scratched the itch for sure!
Timo5034
02. Oct 2023 · 23:48 UTC
Sadly the game does not load for me on this page (no game does). Maybe consider uploading it somewhere else (like on itch.io) :)
Yorsh
03. Oct 2023 · 01:46 UTC
Simple but fun game. Graphics, especially the characters are quite nice and cute. Audio is great. I would have liked that your take on the theme affects gameplay as well.
Good job!
🎤 Edom Games
03. Oct 2023 · 03:45 UTC
Itch.IO Alternative for those that prefer :) - https://edomgames.itch.io/tele-booth-knock-out
Derek Glennon
03. Oct 2023 · 03:54 UTC
Very cute little fighting game great work!
Daniel G
03. Oct 2023 · 10:03 UTC
Great game, and good interpretation of theme!
kasmilus
03. Oct 2023 · 13:50 UTC
Really nice game! I like how it looks but it felt impossibly hard. Then I realised I can just keep spamming X and never lose :)
mrs.wheelsx
03. Oct 2023 · 16:14 UTC
Nice! I loved it! Refreshingly different use of the theme and well executed! Recruiting my other half to play it too. He is much better at this type of game than I am and I want to watch :P
🎤 Edom Games
03. Oct 2023 · 16:51 UTC
@kasmilus thank you! I was playing with the balance until the final hour then realized after uploading that I made the haymaker too strong lol. Mostly due to the AI not knowing how to handle it properly. The previous build, the haymakers weren't strong enough, now it's too much
Matthieu Riboulot
03. Oct 2023 · 18:58 UTC
Well executed, too bad there is only 1 fight. The heavy attack seems very (too much?) spammable, it seems stamina is not calculated properly if you spam it.
Aio
03. Oct 2023 · 19:08 UTC
It's a great game. I really enjoy music and sound effects, and the cheers after heavy fists make me truly feel like a fighter fighting for my dreams.
🎤 Edom Games
03. Oct 2023 · 19:26 UTC
@matthieu-riboulot thank you! Yeah I focused more on cleaning up the core systems rather than adding more content. And yes unfortunately I was tuning the balance till the final moment and forget to set the haymakers cost back to normal haha. So it's set to 0 for this build unfortunately, hence it's spammable and super OP
Nanamaki
03. Oct 2023 · 21:49 UTC
Having so much fun playing this!
Galabyca
04. Oct 2023 · 02:57 UTC
Woah ah ah ah. This is a nice, satisfying and polished game. Right on the start, the art, song and animation really *hooked* me... 'pun intended'. Good job!
MaksimJ
04. Oct 2023 · 03:08 UTC
I got so immersed in the game LOL! I lost 3-4 times in a row, got super pissed off and barely beat him the 5th time haha Great game, the visuals are amazing and the animations too! It gives you enough time to anticipate the punch and weave, but not too much time that it becomes too easy. Great stuff! Nice sound effects too. Really feels like a polished game. Great job!
MaksimJ
04. Oct 2023 · 03:09 UTC
Oh and also good job for thinking of this telephone boxing idea! I Saw the real thing a few days ago for the first time on youtube, funny sport haha
AncientEntity
04. Oct 2023 · 04:34 UTC
This was fun, managed to beat him first try! Good job on the game, really loved the art.
George-sh
04. Oct 2023 · 06:30 UTC
Really well executed! A bit difficult but I realize it makes this small demo have some replayability.
Coherent graphics and sound
Agraffs
04. Oct 2023 · 08:00 UTC
Nice game, really had some fun there, the music really helped hyping me and getting into it... I can now say I participated in a telephone booth fight, and that's perfect. XD
Fiora The Purple
04. Oct 2023 · 15:35 UTC
A simple yet fun game! I never expected the concept of phone booth fighting! It exceeded my expectations! I love this!❤
Alanushke
04. Oct 2023 · 21:16 UTC
tight and responsive controls, awesome use of the theme, retro feel with really great and funny gameplay, very simple yet quite challenging, top notch!
a333
06. Oct 2023 · 07:44 UTC
It was really addictive. One particular match with 3 perfect haymakers felt sooo good. Also really nice music. Havent seen the credit so I assume you made it? really cool.

Couple of problems I had sometimes keys / actions seemed to lag, which is really noticeable in high-skill arcade games. And single level where opponent has more hp, for me it's just plain cheating =)
🎤 Edom Games
06. Oct 2023 · 15:46 UTC
@a333 Sorry I should correct that. I added musician to the description. The Music was made by YouFulca. It was an RPG music pack I purchased years ago. Had to dig up the credits. Should have done that before the build.

Also it's less "lag" more that I didn't tune the recovery times correctly. So when things feel "laggy" you're probably recovering from another action. I plan on fixing all those details!
MyCookie
07. Oct 2023 · 07:56 UTC
This game is very addicting, the concept is so unique. Also the hitting sounds felt good. I love it when camera zooms in, and the hit numbers.
AgrMayank
08. Oct 2023 · 17:39 UTC
This is a pretty good short game! I wish there was more to do (more enemies, powers, etc) but for a jam game it's great!
🎤 Edom Games
08. Oct 2023 · 18:15 UTC
@agrmayank Thank you! Yeah those are all things I decided not to do specifically because it was a jam. I thought getting the game to feel right was more important than making rushed features and content, which can all come with time. On the fence about pursuing this project tbh. Don't know yet
deadjolly
10. Oct 2023 · 00:24 UTC
Really polished. The camera zooms added to the impact of hits. I think a damage over time mechanic would neat since there's multiple rounds (unless I missed it). I did end up being able to spam the Haymaker to win. Dunno if that was a glitch or not. Nice graphics and audio! Always dig pixel art!
Cuddly Creeps
11. Oct 2023 · 18:03 UTC
nice difficulty level, very nice graphics, awesome sounds, perfect little game <3
Paulsams
20. Oct 2023 · 21:57 UTC
A pleasant and atmospheric game. Only heavy attack is always better than any strategy, but it was still nice to play.