Get to the bottom by jk5000

made by jk5000 for Ludum Dare 57 (COMPO)

This is a two player game. The goal is to be the first to reach the yellow ‘win’ block. You can remove blocs with the balls.

The game is not the best, and it's a bit hastily put tougher, but I don't hope it's too bad.

Player 1 (Team Red) Keyboard Controls:

Move the ball left/right press A and D keys

Shoot the ball press the S key

Player 2 (Team Blue) Keyboard Controls:

Move the ball left/right press Left and Right Arrow keys

Shoot the ball press the down key

Good luck and have fun

Link	https://jk5000.itch.io/get-to-the-bottom
Link	https://jk5000.itch.io/get-to-the-bottom
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/get-to-the-bottom

Ratings

Overall	204^th	3.268⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Fun	142^th	3.354⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	231^th	2.841⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Theme	231^th	3.098⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	223^th	3.095⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Audio	140^th	3.293⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Mood	216^th	3.103⭐	41🧑‍⚖️
Given		62🗳️	71🗨️

Feedback

🎤 jk5000

06. Apr 2025 · 22:43 UTC

Hello everyone

thisyc

07. Apr 2025 · 07:07 UTC

Very intuitive gameplay. Love the music

busisen

07. Apr 2025 · 08:17 UTC

great submission! played it for a while with my roommate - the skill ceiling is surprisingly high. and agree with @thisyc - love the music!

Sicosiber

07. Apr 2025 · 14:52 UTC

Nice to see another Unreal dev around here! this is a great game!

BarnabeWild

07. Apr 2025 · 16:08 UTC

Good game, Really fun to see couch coop game!

ssiannas

08. Apr 2025 · 07:45 UTC

Chill gaming vibes here. Unfortunately I played this alone :') so I didn't get the full experience haha.

Nice submission!

edit: Would love to see a webGL version. It could be a super cute browser mini game.

oliver_day

08. Apr 2025 · 09:26 UTC

Played it with my family:
- Me: couldn't seem to aim it (don't normally play this sort of game). Won 0 games.
- My Brother: burrowed down his existing hole with aiming. This strategy won as soon as he got as far as the button.
- My sister: pressed frantically while looking the other direction to avoid being stressed. Got to the floor quickly but then didn't hit the button for a while.

The music was pretty nice

xpoho

08. Apr 2025 · 13:30 UTC

Great competitive game! Very chilling ^_^

gifarre

08. Apr 2025 · 18:32 UTC

Like the music, apparently my left hand is better than my right lol

OddballDave

08. Apr 2025 · 20:28 UTC

Good fun. Nice to see a multiplayer game in #LDJam. Everything works great. Gameplay was easy to understand. Would have liked to hear more sounds in the game, but the music was very enjoyable. Good stuff :8ball:

Pincushion

10. Apr 2025 · 18:41 UTC

Had fun playing this with my partner. Nice use of hex tiles. They made nice caves with some good angles for bouncing. Agree with oddballdave, some bouncing sound could be good.

Zirrrus

10. Apr 2025 · 18:44 UTC

Oh dang, my left hand lost against my right hand just spamming the down arrow :(

marudziik

10. Apr 2025 · 22:39 UTC

Yes, a couch multiplayer! I liked the game, I only wished that it would be a little smaller download (333MB packed, 470MB unpacked). Congrats!

gbegreg

11. Apr 2025 · 07:52 UTC

Too bad: it's so slow that it's unplayable on my little i5 7200u laptop even though it's a small 2D game... It looked pretty cool!

atsh

12. Apr 2025 · 07:15 UTC

Cute game, remind me of peggle. Music is nice

I'm not sure how precise aiming is needed, since the ball can't go out of bounds - I was able to spam S and get to the win block

Well done game overral

JovialKnoll

13. Apr 2025 · 01:05 UTC

Pretty cohesive aesthetics though I'd love a bit more color. Making a single player mode as well might be worth it since there's no interaction between players anyway. I liked the pachinko style rebounding. Maybe wants higher stakes or rewards... like hexes that explode or add more blocks on contact, etc. Solid basis though.

bentglasstube

15. Apr 2025 · 03:55 UTC

Really nice arcade action game. I enjoyed the music and the sound effects a lot. I didn't have anyone to play against so I didn't get the full experience, but it seemed like it would be fun. I would say it would be nice to have a sort of score keeping so you could play multiple matches. Great work on the animations and physics of the balls, it all felt silky smooth.

Mikeliosus

15. Apr 2025 · 17:49 UTC

Strong entry! Not much of multiplayer games are among jam ideas.

oeueGHa

17. Apr 2025 · 02:49 UTC

Gud game obj, like it simplicity and solid style.

Friend_Pirozhok

17. Apr 2025 · 08:31 UTC

Simple but pretty fun

zimny11

22. Apr 2025 · 21:22 UTC

Cool idea. The music sound nice and the game works fine. Sadly didn't had anyone to play it with, but I get making computer player in a game jam is a bit much to ask :) Anyway, well done!

Airgameboys

24. Apr 2025 · 14:10 UTC

Pretty neat! I think our train of thought for this jam was incredibly similar :)

geometer

24. Apr 2025 · 17:30 UTC

Simple but fun! The ball has a really nice feel and the game feels good to play overall

🎤 jk5000

26. Apr 2025 · 10:34 UTC

Thank you for playing, given feedback and rating the game. Let hope there will be more LD's and I hope to see more of your wonderful jam games.

@thisyc, @busisen, @sicosiber, @barnabewild, @ssiannas, @oliver-day, @xpoho, @gifarre, @oddballdave, @pincushion, @zirrrus, @marudziik, @gbegreg, @jovialknoll, @bentglasstube, @mikeliosus, @oeuegha, @friend-pirozhok, @zimny11, @airgameboys, @geometer