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A jam submission

Ball Strikes Back!View game page

GMTK Game Jam 2023 Entry
Submitted by jiloombee — 15 hours, 9 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#14813.2583.258
Overall#17933.3233.323
Creativity#18753.4523.452
Presentation#21993.2583.258

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Instead of controlling the athletes on the fields, the player controls the ball and the goal is to avoid being kicked into the goal posts.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Getting those hits in felt nice. I could really imagine a whole combo or bounce based system too. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Fun game

Submitted(+1)

Very fun and cool concept. Wish I could take out more than one punk at a time, otherwise this is cool!

Submitted(+1)

On my first 5 seconds I got kicked so hard by a punk that I ended up taking out two others with that same launch, it was really funny :')

Other than that, I felt so proud of my gold medal until I saw the screenshot with the elite medal!!!! Guess I gotta sharpen my skillz.

Excellent job on your submission <3 Really enjoyed playing it.

Submitted(+1)

Fun game and straight forward with the theme! congrats on the entry

Submitted(+1)

I love how the players feel squishier than the actual ball!

Submitted(+1)

I love how you can knock them out!

Submitted(+1)

Love this, it belongs in a wario ware game!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun ! Took me a while to figure out how to score points, I thought it was just a survival game at the beginning, but once I understood I really enjoyed taking revenge on those punks

Submitted(+1)

Perfectly fits the theme! Funny twist when I discovered I could stun the players, from that moment I started doing just that haha!

Submitted(+1)

Dashing into and knocking over the players is fun! Nice risk and reward getting close to them while also avoiding getting launched across the field.

Developer

Pro tip: You get more points for consecutive hits! You'll get pretty high scores quickly with some good timings :-)


Submitted(+1)

Nice concept! It's way harder than it looks^^ but also very fun!
I was so happy with 200pts and then they scored a goal with me....

Submitted(+1)

LOL very funny game!

Submitted(+1)

The baseball bats are hilarious, had a good time with this one

Submitted(+1)

This is very creative, i like it a lot. Kinda weird theyre holding baseball bats though :) Good job!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Interesting premise, easy to see how you can expand this game beyond just survival! I bet it handles much better on a controller than on a keyboard!

Submitted(+1)

Really like the feeling of ramming into peoples head