Target Ball Z by TimBeaudet

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made by TimBeaudet for Ludum Dare 54 (COMPO)

An awesome game testing out a brand new physics engine... Okay, it is a little bumpy, but if you'd turn the music down maybe the car wouldn't hop so much?!

Shoot target with Space, use Arrows to drive, Park to see results. R to reset.

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NOTE: Install OpenAL Redistributable

Link is found in the readme.

Ratings

Overall 307th 3.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 297th 2.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 296th 2.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 300th 3.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 210th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 179th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 67th 3.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 266th 2.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

MrAmericanMike
01. Oct 2023 · 22:40 UTC
Got a 610 Score. ![tvKegCW.png](///raw/3cd/22/z/5cddd.png)
🎤 TimBeaudet
01. Oct 2023 · 22:42 UTC
That is a VERY respectable score, good job! My best so far: 520
Lewis Rafter
02. Oct 2023 · 21:15 UTC
I had an issue running the game after unzipping (windows), issue with opendll
Trifectuh
02. Oct 2023 · 21:29 UTC
Scored 340 after a few tries. Game's fun. Took a second to realize I could hold spacebar down to change the angle of the shot. Love the sound effects. Feel like it could use a time-limited mode or some moving targets to add to the hectic experience of launching ballz in a crowded parking lot, but its plenty fun on its own. Nice job
adam-gould
02. Oct 2023 · 21:30 UTC
Well that was very silly. I liked it though! The a capella soundtrack definitely added to the janky vibe, which kind of made the absurd physics make more sense.
allov
02. Oct 2023 · 22:01 UTC
Can't start game, OpenAL32.dll was not found. (fixed it by downloading openal installer). I can listen to Tim cussing at me because I throw balls to his car ;)
LanceJZ
02. Oct 2023 · 22:27 UTC
I can't play the game.![Open AL error.png](///raw/51c/c/z/5e5bd.png)
The reverse sound keeps on going too.
The sounds are hilarious.
walaber
02. Oct 2023 · 22:34 UTC
had the same OpenAL issue, then noticed the download link in the readme :)
🎤 TimBeaudet
02. Oct 2023 · 23:02 UTC
Just install the OpenAL redistributable (link found in readme.txt) if you have this issue, better than my game having a full-blown installer.
Galabyca
03. Oct 2023 · 01:33 UTC
Nicely done. The audio/SFX made me laugh, it's excellent. Almost scored 300 after a few tries.
digital bacon
03. Oct 2023 · 04:59 UTC
Nice game. Graphics are good, though the controls were a bit tricky (deliberately?) and the camera would occasionally glitch out, spinning madly around the car. The background "music" got annoying after a while. Good work.
Arthurds
05. Oct 2023 · 21:36 UTC
![tim game ez.png](///raw/3de/c2/z/5fd10.png ez game
Arthurds
05. Oct 2023 · 21:37 UTC
![tim game ez.png](///raw/3de/c2/z/5fd11.png) ez game
Krassenstein
06. Oct 2023 · 17:22 UTC
Thanks for letting me play this! Excellent job! Would Car Alarm again.

Here's the VOD on YouTube to watch the gameplay, just skip to your chapter on the video!
https://youtu.be/-eCnQ8GAhN8
HagamosVideojuegos
06. Oct 2023 · 18:08 UTC
Crazy and funny game! I can feel in it the limited space!

Well done! Take a candy! :candy:
fabula_rasa
06. Oct 2023 · 18:17 UTC
Went into a total destruction derby mode and destroyed every car :laughing: That was fun! I liked the colors and the sfx are just the bomb. Especially when I sort of bugged them and became stuck on "eee, eee, eee" :grinning:

![Screenshot_1.jpg](///raw/732/a2/z/5fe41.jpg)
AlexTengu
08. Oct 2023 · 20:38 UTC
Very Hard to control the car. Tim mentioned "turning music down" for better control (as joke). But that actually might be an interesting mechanic. For narrow and calm places turn in-game music down (car less bumpy), for challenging places like pits player should turn music louder to jump higher. But overall, the game has its funny moments and "public parking" irony.
Wendel Scardua
11. Oct 2023 · 12:09 UTC
One thing that confused me for a little while is that the camera does an almost instant 180 turn when we move backwards, I wish that camera turn were either bound to a key or not so instant because sometimes it was a bit disorientating (and the first time it happened I actually thought the car was going the other way 😅)
🎤 TimBeaudet
23. Oct 2023 · 23:11 UTC
Yea camera was a bit rough on turn arounds.