{"author_link":"\/users\/issac","author_name":"Issac","author_uid":"issac","comments":[],"epoch":1494711847,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":31038,"likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"93470","p_author":"Issac","p_authorkey":"1002991","p_urlkey":"306388","p_title":"Couch Multiplayer Games","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1494711847","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1002991","us_name":"Issac","us_username":"issac","event_start":"1492732800","event_key":"69","event_name":"LD 38"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD38","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9405,"_trust":3,"author":2991,"body":"I love couch multiplayer games.  Their shrinking popularity in mainstream gaming sucks imo, so it's always great to see them here in Ludum Dare.\n\nUnfortunately, a lot of us who judge and rate Ludum Dare games do so on our own, so it can be hard to get good love and feedback for local multiplayer games.  So I've compiled a list of some of the local multiplayer games I've found so far in LD38 (including the game my team made :grin:).\n\nTo anyone who has a friend handy (and hopefully a couple controllers) -- please check out some of the couch multiplayer games in LD38!  Also, to anyone else who made a local multiplayer game, please leave it in the comments, and I'll add it to the post.\n\n## Ours\n\n### [Apocalypse World Cup](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup)\n**2 player sports game** where the ball is the Earth, but you\u2019re also on the Earth\u2026 don\u2019t think about it too hard. If you spin the ball, you spin the world. If you set the ball on fire, you set the world on fire. Destroy the Earth with your color of flames to win!\n\n![Apocalypse World Cup](\/\/\/raw\/fab\/z\/44b0.png)\nby Issac (me :smile:) (@issac), Jay (@jay), Neil Hanson (@neil-hanson), mbrajk (@mbrajk), and perfexxiion (@perfexxiion)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup\n\n----------------------\n\n----------------------\n\n## My Favorite\n\n### [Raven Delivery Service](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/raven-delivery-service)\n**2 player co-op game** in which two twin witches inhabit a small floating island in the sky.  From this small world, they contract the raven clan to deliver various magical items to their customers on the surface.\n\n![Raven Delivery Service](\/\/\/raw\/b57\/z\/2175.png)\nby DDRKirbyISQ (@ddrkirbyisq), IBYuMe (@ibyume), Xellaya (@xellaya), and Vincent Castelli (@vincent-castelli)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/raven-delivery-service\n\n----------------------\n\n----------------------\n\n## A Bunch More\n\n### [Small World Fighters](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/small-world-fighters)\n**2-4 player 2D multiplayer shooter\/brawler game** where the players fight for control of a small planet.  There are two modes - Control and Battle.\n\n![Small World Fighters](\/\/\/raw\/698\/1\/z\/1c1f.png)\nby noddingTortoise (@noddingtortoise)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/small-world-fighters\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Ain't Big Enough](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/aint-big-enough-1)\n**2 player game** played on a small planet, where two sheriffs fight to the death.  There are lots of power-ups and the bullets curve around the world.\n\n![Ain't Big Enough](\/\/\/raw\/bc7\/6\/z\/3d74.png)\nby gustavo.christino (@gustavo-christino), Pedro Henrique Cesar (@pedro-henrique-cesar), Samuel_Cirqueira (@samuel-cirqueira), Gugs (@gugs), matheuscampos2910 (@matheuscampos2910), and arlamjr (@arlamjr)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/aint-big-enough-1\n\n----------------------\n\n### [High Noon Robots](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/highnoon-robots)\n**2 player game** played on a small planet, where two robo-sheriffs fight in a crazy and frenetic deathmatch. You can shoot your enemy, but be careful: if you miss it, you\u2019ll have to pay attention to your own bullet\u2026 it\u2019s a small planet, so watch your back!\n\n![High Noon Robots](\/\/\/raw\/517\/6\/z\/25e3.png)\nby Dark_Power (@dark-power), Volo92 (@volo92), Nurbed (@nurbed), johnnyupset (@johnnyupset), Boriky (@boriky), Toccio94 (@toccio94), RoxXx88 (@roxxx88), refax (@refax), Yagalos (@yagalos), vergat (@vergat), baldo91 (@baldo91), and fama88 (@fama88)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/highnoon-robots\n\n----------------------\n\n### [From robots with love](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/from-robots-with-love)\n**2-4 player asymmetric party game** where the players fight for the control of a snow globe.  The player who has the snow globe controls the game world.\n\n![From robots with love](\/\/\/raw\/5aa\/1\/z\/18de.jpg)\nby Scarounet (@scarounet), ZeAntwan (@zeantwan), Guillaume Voisinet (@guillaume-voisinet), jutruc (@jutruc), and Anize (@anize)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/from-robots-with-love\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Space Brawls](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/space-brawls)\n**2 player game** where you use orbital physics to try to shoot down each others' space stations.\n\n![Space Brawls](\/\/\/raw\/c57\/z\/48f.png)\nby jcsirron (@jcsirron), and btrotter101 (@btrotter101)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/space-brawls\n\n----------------------\n\n### [The Land We Must Take (La Terre qu'il nous faut conqu\u00e9rir)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/the-land-we-must-take-la-terre-quil-nous-faut-conquerir)\n**2-4 player turn-based strategy game** where you try to build the biggest empire on a tiny world.\n\n![The Land We Must Take](\/\/\/raw\/239\/2\/z\/d06.png)\nby kavehes (@kavehes)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/the-land-we-must-take-la-terre-quil-nous-faut-conquerir\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Not Enough Space](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/not-enough-space)\n**Up-to-4 player game** where you try to knock your opponents off into space with bombs!\n\n![Not Enough Space](\/\/\/raw\/65\/z\/242c.png)\nby mactinite (@mactinite), DanteEXE (@danteexe), alexispoquiz (@alexispoquiz), PandaChan (@pandachan), and SleepyShaman (@sleepyshaman)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/not-enough-space\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Murder Mitosis](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/murder-mitosis)\n**Up-to-4 player chaotic arena ~~death~~ dish match game** in which you play as nano bots, competing to control deadly (but also weirdly cute) microscopic creatures, in a small world that gets more and more crowded as you fight.\n\n![Murder Mitosis](\/\/\/raw\/79c\/2\/z\/1d7e.jpg)\nby ArcticMattekar (@arcticmattekar), and _for_science (@for-science)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/murder-mitosis","comments":3,"comments-timestamp":"2017-05-14T00:28:17Z","created":"2017-05-13T20:31:57Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":31038,"love":8,"love-timestamp":"2017-05-14T15:42:48Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-05-14T15:42:48Z","name":"Couch Multiplayer Games","node-timestamp":"2017-05-14T01:04:26Z","parent":16834,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,16834],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup\/couch-multiplayer-games","published":"2017-05-13T21:44:07Z","scope":"public","slug":"couch-multiplayer-games","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":82744},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"31038","n_urlkey":"306388","n_parent":"16834","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup\/couch-multiplayer-games","n_slug":"couch-multiplayer-games","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"2991","n_created":"1494707517","n_modified":"1494776568","n_version":"82744","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup\/couch-multiplayer-games","text":"I love couch multiplayer games.  Their shrinking popularity in mainstream gaming sucks imo, so it's always great to see them here in Ludum Dare.\n\nUnfortunately, a lot of us who judge and rate Ludum Dare games do so on our own, so it can be hard to get good love and feedback for local multiplayer games.  So I've compiled a list of some of the local multiplayer games I've found so far in LD38 (including the game my team made :grin:).\n\nTo anyone who has a friend handy (and hopefully a couple controllers) -- please check out some of the couch multiplayer games in LD38!  Also, to anyone else who made a local multiplayer game, please leave it in the comments, and I'll add it to the post.\n\n## Ours\n\n### [Apocalypse World Cup](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup)\n**2 player sports game** where the ball is the Earth, but you\u2019re also on the Earth\u2026 don\u2019t think about it too hard. If you spin the ball, you spin the world. If you set the ball on fire, you set the world on fire. Destroy the Earth with your color of flames to win!\n\n![Apocalypse World Cup](\/\/\/raw\/fab\/z\/44b0.png)\nby Issac (me :smile:) (@issac), Jay (@jay), Neil Hanson (@neil-hanson), mbrajk (@mbrajk), and perfexxiion (@perfexxiion)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/apocalypse-world-cup\n\n----------------------\n\n----------------------\n\n## My Favorite\n\n### [Raven Delivery Service](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/raven-delivery-service)\n**2 player co-op game** in which two twin witches inhabit a small floating island in the sky.  From this small world, they contract the raven clan to deliver various magical items to their customers on the surface.\n\n![Raven Delivery Service](\/\/\/raw\/b57\/z\/2175.png)\nby DDRKirbyISQ (@ddrkirbyisq), IBYuMe (@ibyume), Xellaya (@xellaya), and Vincent Castelli (@vincent-castelli)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/raven-delivery-service\n\n----------------------\n\n----------------------\n\n## A Bunch More\n\n### [Small World Fighters](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/small-world-fighters)\n**2-4 player 2D multiplayer shooter\/brawler game** where the players fight for control of a small planet.  There are two modes - Control and Battle.\n\n![Small World Fighters](\/\/\/raw\/698\/1\/z\/1c1f.png)\nby noddingTortoise (@noddingtortoise)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/small-world-fighters\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Ain't Big Enough](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/aint-big-enough-1)\n**2 player game** played on a small planet, where two sheriffs fight to the death.  There are lots of power-ups and the bullets curve around the world.\n\n![Ain't Big Enough](\/\/\/raw\/bc7\/6\/z\/3d74.png)\nby gustavo.christino (@gustavo-christino), Pedro Henrique Cesar (@pedro-henrique-cesar), Samuel_Cirqueira (@samuel-cirqueira), Gugs (@gugs), matheuscampos2910 (@matheuscampos2910), and arlamjr (@arlamjr)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/aint-big-enough-1\n\n----------------------\n\n### [High Noon Robots](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/highnoon-robots)\n**2 player game** played on a small planet, where two robo-sheriffs fight in a crazy and frenetic deathmatch. You can shoot your enemy, but be careful: if you miss it, you\u2019ll have to pay attention to your own bullet\u2026 it\u2019s a small planet, so watch your back!\n\n![High Noon Robots](\/\/\/raw\/517\/6\/z\/25e3.png)\nby Dark_Power (@dark-power), Volo92 (@volo92), Nurbed (@nurbed), johnnyupset (@johnnyupset), Boriky (@boriky), Toccio94 (@toccio94), RoxXx88 (@roxxx88), refax (@refax), Yagalos (@yagalos), vergat (@vergat), baldo91 (@baldo91), and fama88 (@fama88)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/highnoon-robots\n\n----------------------\n\n### [From robots with love](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/from-robots-with-love)\n**2-4 player asymmetric party game** where the players fight for the control of a snow globe.  The player who has the snow globe controls the game world.\n\n![From robots with love](\/\/\/raw\/5aa\/1\/z\/18de.jpg)\nby Scarounet (@scarounet), ZeAntwan (@zeantwan), Guillaume Voisinet (@guillaume-voisinet), jutruc (@jutruc), and Anize (@anize)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/from-robots-with-love\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Space Brawls](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/space-brawls)\n**2 player game** where you use orbital physics to try to shoot down each others' space stations.\n\n![Space Brawls](\/\/\/raw\/c57\/z\/48f.png)\nby jcsirron (@jcsirron), and btrotter101 (@btrotter101)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/space-brawls\n\n----------------------\n\n### [The Land We Must Take (La Terre qu'il nous faut conqu\u00e9rir)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/the-land-we-must-take-la-terre-quil-nous-faut-conquerir)\n**2-4 player turn-based strategy game** where you try to build the biggest empire on a tiny world.\n\n![The Land We Must Take](\/\/\/raw\/239\/2\/z\/d06.png)\nby kavehes (@kavehes)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/the-land-we-must-take-la-terre-quil-nous-faut-conquerir\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Not Enough Space](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/not-enough-space)\n**Up-to-4 player game** where you try to knock your opponents off into space with bombs!\n\n![Not Enough Space](\/\/\/raw\/65\/z\/242c.png)\nby mactinite (@mactinite), DanteEXE (@danteexe), alexispoquiz (@alexispoquiz), PandaChan (@pandachan), and SleepyShaman (@sleepyshaman)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/not-enough-space\n\n----------------------\n\n### [Murder Mitosis](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/murder-mitosis)\n**Up-to-4 player chaotic arena ~~death~~ dish match game** in which you play as nano bots, competing to control deadly (but also weirdly cute) microscopic creatures, in a small world that gets more and more crowded as you fight.\n\n![Murder Mitosis](\/\/\/raw\/79c\/2\/z\/1d7e.jpg)\nby ArcticMattekar (@arcticmattekar), and _for_science (@for-science)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/murder-mitosis","title":"Couch Multiplayer Games","wayback_source":[]}