BeetleBall by NuiN

made by NuiN for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Online Multiplayer Dung Ball Soccer!

Gameplay

------------------------------------------------------------------| Grow your dung ball!

----------------------------------------------------------------------| Protect your net!

---------------------------------------------------------------| Compete for fresh dung!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Score goals!

| Controls | | | ------------------- | -------------- | | Move | WASD| | Jump | Space | | Sprint | Shift| | Emote | E | | Pause | Escape |

The Team

Beetle Rig and Model: Adam Ramsay

Beetle Animations: James Rathwell

Music: Declan Johnston

Game Design: Kyle Cote-Dear

Level Blockout, Particles, Sounds: Phil Levert

Programming: Glen McManus, Cai Plank, Cristhian Mejia

Known Issues

Sometimes you can't leave or join a lobby. Restart the game to fix this.

Community Discord

We plan to polish this up a ton and release it on Steam, join the discord if you want updates or are looking to play a match :)

https://discord.gg/kMujBmJywt

Link	https://nuin.itch.io/beetleball
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/beetleball

Ratings

Overall	59^th	4.167⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Fun	30^th	4.221⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	46^th	4.106⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Theme	60^th	4.333⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	313^th	4.015⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Audio	207^th	3.758⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Humor	59^th	4.061⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Mood	201^th	3.955⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Given		33🗳️	35🗨️

Feedback

Squidcor

08. Oct 2024 · 11:16 UTC

Played this with a friend. It's actually so good! Works really well.

DanielLochner

08. Oct 2024 · 11:17 UTC

This was a lot of fun to play! Thanks for submitting!

LDJam user 304226

08. Oct 2024 · 23:34 UTC

This was a really goofy game to play, loved it, reminded me a lot of Extreme Football Throwdown from Gmod, really fun game to play with friends. Honestly would be cool if yall extended this

LightningST

08. Oct 2024 · 23:44 UTC

So much fun! Really enjoyed it!

TheChadRampage

09. Oct 2024 · 03:34 UTC

This was awesome, excellent work!

Big Nose

09. Oct 2024 · 03:47 UTC

lol @nuin kicked my ass. That was great, I had to get off for work :(

🎤 NuiN

09. Oct 2024 · 03:52 UTC

@big-nose haha sorry man, you didn't know how to sprint!

LDJam user 2331

09. Oct 2024 · 05:02 UTC

Had a blast playing this on Rincs' stream! Great work :D

Sevadusk

09. Oct 2024 · 05:17 UTC

Game plays a lot like rocket league with a new innovative mechanic. Some QOL changes and you have a stellar game. Great work!

WhiskeyNChill

09. Oct 2024 · 05:18 UTC

beetle ball=coleopteran chaos! such fun :) nice work!

Rincs

09. Oct 2024 · 14:11 UTC

I didn't win, but I had so much fun with everyone. I hope you implement that backwards play mode...the true "normal" mode ehehehe. XD

🎤 NuiN

09. Oct 2024 · 20:45 UTC

@rincs Thanks for playing!
I hope you can try it out on a computer that won't explode haha :)

Mikeandtherest

09. Oct 2024 · 20:49 UTC

Nice and funny game. Rocket league with tiny creatures, love it!

ColeSlaughter

10. Oct 2024 · 00:19 UTC

Ridiculously ambitious game! I love the spin that you take on Rocket League. :slight_smile:

If I had one complaint it might be that I'm not the biggest fan of being able to "explode" a golden ball by adding mass to it. It always felt bad when it happened (whether by accident or maliciously) and made the matches feel a lot longer than they had to be. :confused:

Still, the personality and silliness of this game is off the charts, and I love how it brings people together on streams! Very excellent job with this one! :smile:

Pious

10. Oct 2024 · 00:44 UTC

Really ambitious to design a MULTIPLAYER game that's team based, well done and seems both funny and also well designed as a viable sport like game with interesting rules. Great take on a theme!

Good job!

LDJam user 336560

10. Oct 2024 · 00:45 UTC

very epic, big fun :sunglasses:

Pimping

10. Oct 2024 · 17:25 UTC

I guess the name of the game is bugball

Leo Fu

10. Oct 2024 · 20:48 UTC

Very Unique idea, love it!

🎤 NuiN

10. Oct 2024 · 21:58 UTC

@pimping wdym!!?

Langotriel

11. Oct 2024 · 00:44 UTC

It's a shit game.

And that's what I love about it ;)

🎤 NuiN

11. Oct 2024 · 02:38 UTC

@langotriel It's a dung game!

coltonphillips

11. Oct 2024 · 03:13 UTC

I liked playing this game with you. Thank you guys!

LDJam user 273626

11. Oct 2024 · 13:52 UTC

OHMYGOODNESS!!! So far this is my favorite game in the jam. I could not stop laughing the entire time I played it last night. I had to go tell all my roommates and my boyfriend. I can see streaming this from time to time, slinging dung at goals. Rofl. A lot of fun, thanks all of you! :joy:

🎤 NuiN

11. Oct 2024 · 17:06 UTC

@flyingkaida Wow thank you so much! We're going to turn this into a full polished Steam release, I'll let you know when it's out :)

LDJam user 258850

12. Oct 2024 · 21:24 UTC

my fav game this LD 5/5 ^^

![image_2024-10-12_222338132.png](///raw/223/f3/z/68b86.png)

🎤 NuiN

12. Oct 2024 · 21:38 UTC

@rickylee should I add frog beetle to the game that eats other beetles

LDJam user 258850

12. Oct 2024 · 21:53 UTC

@nuin hell yeah hahaha xD

environmental hazard frog eats you if you get close lool

MisaRavensoul

13. Oct 2024 · 04:36 UTC

Multiplayer game! Holy Moly! Tons of fun! I would love to see a timer!

Ategon

13. Oct 2024 · 16:49 UTC

Thanks for submitting your game to the stream! If you wanted to watch it again in the future heres the vod of the stream (timestamped to your game)

https://www.youtube.com/live/I2NaC9C0rDI?t=24071 (first play)

https://www.youtube.com/live/dLPX-A6bkOM?t=3050 (6v6)

Daniel Alhadeff

20. Oct 2024 · 01:03 UTC

Easily one of my favorite games this Ludum Dare. Not only is this take on Rocket League entirely unique, it fits the theme well, and you somehow implemented reliable multiplayer. In 3 Days.

You even implemented a networked taunt system...

Oh and yeah, the game itself is really, really fun with a surprising amount of strategy.

Looking forward to seeing this on Steam!

🎤 NuiN

20. Oct 2024 · 04:19 UTC

@daniel-alhadeff Thank you so much :) Looking forward to playing against you in a match on Steam haha

deadroach

25. Oct 2024 · 05:58 UTC

This is phenomenal! Love this game, really really impressive you guys were able to put this together in 3 days. I played with 3 other people on stream and had a blast. Great 3d models, great music, and a great idea in general. Seriously great work.