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It's been a while since I've played this type of game.  Are they supposed to be this fun and sassy?

I was actually letting myself lose just to see what snarky message I would get.  Haha.

High marks on presentation and music.  There could have been more sound effects and juice.  And some of the sound effects felt "sluggish".  Maybe cut any delays at the sound files beginning or set the starting position accordingly so they're krisper.  (If that makes sense.)

But the one thing I really wanted was a faster moving paddle.  That's tricky.  Too fast and its hard to control and then even easier to overshoot and miss balls.  But with it's current speed I had trouble keeping two or more balls going.  Maybe make it faster the more balls you have?

If you haven't already, could you give my game a whirl?  Rate it too, of course, but I'd really like to know any feedback you have in the comments.  Thanks!

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The game over screen “sass” is basically just something we threw in to amuse ourselves, but I’m glad you enjoyed it as well. ;)

The sound issue is not with the sound effects, but with the code adding too much latency. There’s also a noticeable delay between the game visually reacting to something in the music and the corresponding sound actually playing, for the exact same reason. But that’s something that’ll improve if Ysblokje finds the time for the audio rewrite he’s been planning.

Paddle speed is a matter of difficulty and balancing, which we didn’t really have time for. A jam is a jam. We have plans for some gameplay mechanics that would affect the issue as well, so we’ll be tweaking things anyway. (I’ve managed to juggle several balls for a while multiple times as is by the way, but it’s not supposed to be easy.)

I’ll check out your game as soon as I can find the time, but as I wasn’t the one who actually submitted this one, I don’t get to give out ratings. That’s just how these jams work. Stranded does look like something that’s up my alley though, so I’ll be sure to give it a go.