{"author_link":"\/users\/nuin","author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":1338112,"comments":[{"id":1089488,"author_name":"Squidcor","author_uid":"squidcor","epoch":1728386203,"text":"Played this with a friend. It's actually so good! Works really well.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1089493,"author_name":"DanielLochner","author_uid":"daniellochner","epoch":1728386251,"text":"This was a lot of fun to play! Thanks for submitting!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095721,"author_name":"LDJam user 304226","author_uid":"304226","epoch":1728430477,"text":"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","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095759,"author_name":"LightningST","author_uid":"lightningst","epoch":1728431071,"text":"So much fun! Really enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096629,"author_name":"TheChadRampage","author_uid":"thechadrampage","epoch":1728444881,"text":"This was awesome, excellent work!\n","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096668,"author_name":"Big Nose","author_uid":"big-nose","epoch":1728445627,"text":"lol @nuin kicked my ass. That was great, I had to get off for work :(","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096684,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1728445927,"text":"@big-nose haha sorry man, you didn't know how to sprint!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096920,"author_name":"LDJam user 2331","author_uid":"2331","epoch":1728450179,"text":"Had a blast playing this on Rincs' stream! Great work :D","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096985,"author_name":"Sevadusk","author_uid":"sevadusk","epoch":1728451032,"text":"Game plays a lot like rocket league with a new innovative mechanic. Some QOL changes and you have a stellar game. Great work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096997,"author_name":"WhiskeyNChill","author_uid":"whiskeynchill","epoch":1728451133,"text":"beetle ball=coleopteran chaos! such fun :) nice work!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1099362,"author_name":"Rincs","author_uid":"rincs","epoch":1728483080,"text":"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","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101265,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1728506735,"text":"@rincs Thanks for playing!\nI hope you can try it out on a computer that won't explode haha :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101297,"author_name":"Mikeandtherest","author_uid":"mikeandtherest","epoch":1728506977,"text":"Nice and funny game. Rocket league with tiny creatures, love it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1102235,"author_name":"ColeSlaughter","author_uid":"coleslaughter","epoch":1728519597,"text":"Ridiculously ambitious game!  I love the spin that you take on Rocket League. :slight_smile: \n\nIf 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: \n\nStill, 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: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1102300,"author_name":"Pious","author_uid":"pious","epoch":1728521096,"text":"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!\n\nGood job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1102301,"author_name":"LDJam user 336560","author_uid":"336560","epoch":1728521113,"text":"very epic, big fun :sunglasses: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1104547,"author_name":"Pimping","author_uid":"pimping","epoch":1728581151,"text":"I guess the name of the game is bugball","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1105323,"author_name":"Leo Fu","author_uid":"leo-fu","epoch":1728593308,"text":"Very Unique idea, love it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1105625,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1728597539,"text":"@pimping wdym!!?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106046,"author_name":"Langotriel","author_uid":"langotriel","epoch":1728607499,"text":"It's a shit game.\n\nAnd that's what I love about it ;)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106191,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1728614293,"text":"@langotriel It's a dung game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106245,"author_name":"coltonphillips","author_uid":"coltonphillips","epoch":1728616392,"text":"I liked playing this game with you. Thank you  guys!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107084,"author_name":"LDJam user 273626","author_uid":"273626","epoch":1728654758,"text":"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: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107470,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1728666407,"text":"@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 :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110221,"author_name":"LDJam user 258850","author_uid":"258850","epoch":1728768246,"text":"my fav game this LD 5\/5 ^^\n\n![image_2024-10-12_222338132.png](\/\/\/raw\/223\/f3\/z\/68b86.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110242,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1728769107,"text":"@rickylee should I add frog beetle to the game that eats other beetles","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110273,"author_name":"LDJam user 258850","author_uid":"258850","epoch":1728770002,"text":"@nuin hell yeah hahaha xD\n\nenvironmental hazard frog eats you if you get close lool","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110711,"author_name":"MisaRavensoul","author_uid":"misaravensoul","epoch":1728794184,"text":"Multiplayer game! Holy Moly! Tons of fun! I would love to see a timer!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111538,"author_name":"Ategon","author_uid":"ategon","epoch":1728838182,"text":"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)\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/I2NaC9C0rDI?t=24071 (first play)\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/dLPX-A6bkOM?t=3050 (6v6)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117027,"author_name":"Daniel Alhadeff","author_uid":"daniel-alhadeff","epoch":1729386197,"text":"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.\n\nYou even implemented a networked taunt system...\n\nOh and yeah, the game itself is really, really fun with a surprising amount of strategy.\n\nLooking forward to seeing this on Steam!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117094,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1729397992,"text":"@daniel-alhadeff Thank you so much :) Looking forward to playing against you in a match on Steam haha\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1120290,"author_name":"deadroach","author_uid":"deadroach","epoch":1729835917,"text":"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. 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