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Space Sumo King by Danjoricey

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made by Danjoricey for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

ATTENTION: Less laggy bug-fixed version on itch.io linked below!

Space Sumo King

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You are the best Alien Sumo Wrestler in the Universe, the Space Sumo King! Now hoards of various Aliens, all with differing levels of skill and dexterity, are coming for your crown. Push your rivals out of the shrinking Sumo circle to defeat them. Beat a whole wave of enemies and the circle will grow back to its starting size. Get pushed out yourself, or let the Sumo circle get too small and run out of space, and it is game over! Or beat all 25 waves of Aliens and retain your title as the Space Sumo King!

My First Completed LD Jam! (My 2nd LDJam after failing to finish my first (LD53)). My game has no audio as there is no sound in space! (But more-so because I ran out of time and have no musical/sound design ability).

Controls:

Move - WASD, or Arrow Keys.

Sumo Push - Space (1 second cooldown).

Enemy Descriptions:

Centrist: Centrist.png Centrists just love being in the middle!

Laze: Laze.png Lazes, They don't move, they pose no real threat, but they sure can get in the way...

TrackStar: TrackStar.png TrackStars are speedy things, running in a circle is their sumo strategy, they get quite dangerous in small areas!

Usurper: Usurper.png Usurpers actually dare to fight back! They want your crown, push them out before they push you out! Warning: If you hit them at the same time they hit you, you will both fly back and most likely go out of the sumo circle.

Glub: Glub.png Glub, naturally built for sumo, if you see one run! You can't push them, until they get tired... (Hint: If you avoid them for long enough they will turn pink and stop moving, that is when you should strike. Be warned, they will regain their energy and become a threat again if you take too long).

Bug Fix Change Log: - Stopped UI going extremely off screen in WebGL build - Reduced massive lag when spawning in lots of Centrist (Blue) enemies

Note: Original embedded version from before the above bug fixes is still uploaded as part of my submission but I don't know how you access it...

itch.io Bug Fixed Version https://danjoricey.itch.io/space-sumo-king
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/space-sumo-king

Ratings

Overall 807th 3.31⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 400th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 635th 3.276⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 362th 3.931⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 891th 2.879⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 369th 3.293⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 908th 3⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

JobeCR
03. Oct 2023 · 00:20 UTC
Kinda enjoyed it, very simple in nature, but I played all the way to wave 16 (then got destroyed by the giant purple blob), I also think that the small blue guys were causing some seriously bad lag when they appeared, but apart from that it was somewhat fun.
MoNian
03. Oct 2023 · 00:44 UTC
Overall is really fun. I agree that there is lagging when multiple blue guys appear. Also I made friends with some of them.(Didn't fall out properly and the next level appear) Those are just tiny tiny problems. I also loved your idea that their is no sound in the space! Truly and so clever!
🎤 Danjoricey
03. Oct 2023 · 21:44 UTC
@jobecr Thank you so much for your feedback! I managed to fix the bug with the blue guys causing awful lag! Ahh you got attacked by "Glub" (the purple blob), I have added an enemy guide to the description to hopefully prepare future players to avoid the same fate.
🎤 Danjoricey
03. Oct 2023 · 21:46 UTC
@monian Thanks for the wonderful feedback! The lag should hopefully be mostly gone now I have redone the WebGL build with optimised settings!
rsheepdv
03. Oct 2023 · 23:32 UTC
This game was awesome, genuinely had a lot of fun watching aliens fly XD.
EqualEnergy
03. Oct 2023 · 23:33 UTC
Very enjoyable but it lacks gameplay loop, overall though great game!
Frib
03. Oct 2023 · 23:37 UTC
Also had the blue guy fps issues, but it was still playable. Got knocked out during wave 13, it's a shame the game kicks you back to the main menu as I don't really want to go through the first 10 waves again lol. It was quite satisfying to knock out the enemies but until the usurpers show up there's not really much that can go wrong.

Anyway, pretty neat game! Good job!
The XJ Project
03. Oct 2023 · 23:38 UTC
For me timing it right to throw off the yellow speedy ones was the most satisfying, fun game I like the idea of the space getting smaller to fit the theme!
Nomus
04. Oct 2023 · 22:26 UTC
I liked the game, i would have enjoyed it more if the centrist enemies would push you a bit to make it more interesting ! the push physics is great
Phillips Albright
04. Oct 2023 · 22:27 UTC
Very fun, the graphics and physics make the game really amusing to play. The mechanic is fun and implements the theme well but makes the game pretty easy with the enemy design. I don't think the red enemies that sit there are very challenging, and the purple was a suprise given a lack of tutorial. Multiplayer would be amazing for this.
MisterCarson
04. Oct 2023 · 22:27 UTC
It's a super fun and simple game that has a decent amount of replayability. Multiplayer could be fun in the future if you keep working with it.
Jens G
04. Oct 2023 · 22:33 UTC
Was fun to throw everyone around. Maybe a bit unoptimized. It was a bit laggy when a lot of them spawned at once, but that might just be on my end.
LDJam user 238639
04. Oct 2023 · 22:51 UTC
I like this, it's charming. I do think that the game takes too long to get going, personally. As far as I can tell, you don't have any real threats until about wave 12 when the grey guy shows up, unless you can fall out of the ring by taking too long to knock out the enemies. Personally, I'd have liked to see more quality over quantity with the waves.
luminarts
04. Oct 2023 · 22:52 UTC
Fun! Played it until the giant purple thing obliterated me. It's rather simple but enjoyable nonetheless! The only thing I encountered it was some deep fps drop when lots of them spawn, but otherwise nice entry!
GreenPig
05. Oct 2023 · 01:56 UTC
The embedded version does not seem to load for me so take a look at that or upload an itch.io link so that people can play:))
Hydezeke
05. Oct 2023 · 02:03 UTC
This is cool! Congrats on your first LD. I love all the little dudes and punting them off the saucer :))
🎤 Danjoricey
05. Oct 2023 · 08:29 UTC
@greenpig thank you for letting me know! I will look into getting it on itch.io today:)
Furano
05. Oct 2023 · 20:21 UTC
That was a fun game !
I loved all those little guys were flying everywhere ! The ensuing chaos was entertaining...

Too bad that it started lagging quite a lot for me starting from level 10. I was not able to complete it because of that issue.I know that time is short in jam but I think this game could be even funnier with some weird sound effect added. If you have no audio skill at all (like myself...) you can always use sfx generator like
**[RfxGen](https://github.com/raysan5/rfxgen)**

I really liked how despite having exactly the same ideas we ended up with two completely different game and two completely different mood ! Sumo team forever ! :wrestlers: :laughing:

Congratulation for your first jam !
🎤 Danjoricey
05. Oct 2023 · 21:37 UTC
@greenpig There is now a link to an upload on itch.io where the loading should work. Thank you again for raising this issue!
🎤 Danjoricey
05. Oct 2023 · 21:40 UTC
@frib @jens-g @luminarts @furano

Thank you all for raising the FPS issues with me, I have been confused about what is causing them but noticed the animator values on the blue enemies (Centrists) were weird so maybe it had bugged out. I reattached the animator component and they looked better.

There is now a link to itch.io with the game with this bug fix applied, hopefully it should run better now! There may still be lag spikes for people when multiple enemies spawn where there could still be better optimisation but I am not getting that issue on my end anymore.
🎤 Danjoricey
05. Oct 2023 · 21:47 UTC
@furano Thanks for the kind feedback! I really wanted there to be funny sounds when you pushed the aliens and some funny background music but time got the better of me!

Once again I really liked your sumo game! The art style and combat mechanics are so good! Funny we both thought of sumo, great minds think alike!
yndajas
08. Oct 2023 · 00:27 UTC
Pretty fun! Sometimes the enemies seemed to stick around for the next level, but they didn't count as level enemies so it didn't really matter. Fun idea and smooth movement. With some refined graphics/animation and some sound this could be really addictive
Catulus Zesmar
09. Oct 2023 · 18:54 UTC
I really liked this! Simple to understand, fun to play, and interprets the theme well.
LDJam user 158571
15. Oct 2023 · 13:42 UTC
Fun game. I noticed one more bug. Often I push off the enemies and while they are mid-air the wave is considered finished, and the play area enlarges. That way the enemy which I had just pushed off lands back on the platform.
Drunk
15. Oct 2023 · 17:54 UTC
The thing is, the platform getting smaller is a disadvantage and an advantage in the same time. Characters are really cute, the idea is great! I enjoyed it.
Prismapunch
18. Oct 2023 · 19:58 UTC
Fun and simple, I think with more time the hit detection when flinging enemies could have been improved along with sound effects to indicate when you're grabbing them.