I saw this one in the top 20 and I knew I'd love it! I love how intuitive it is to control, yet it still requires skill to really get going. The movement of the player and the ball makes me think of some ballistic soccer player dribbling madly down the field. So fun!
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BALL TO THE WALL's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Top Marks | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| Fun | #1 | 4.658 | 4.658 |
| Overall | #17 | 4.368 | 4.368 |
| Presentation | #43 | 4.526 | 4.526 |
| Originality | #369 | 3.921 | 3.921 |
Ranked from 38 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?
You are chained to a destructive, vindictive ball. That you smash into walls. And enemies.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
Very engaging mechanic, I love the design of smacking around the ball and the tons of destruction, and then you add enemies that require you to not destroy the environment. I think the tutorial was really quite a nice twist on them, push all the buttons in the game and then boom, game starts.
Lovely style and squash 'n' stretch and other juice. Would love to see more from this (and maybe on Steam/a commercial release?)
I think my only critique is that you keep having to run behind the ball to kick it further, I think it's good but sometimes it feels a bit un-intuitive in the heat of the moment where you're fighting enemies, and I lose control quite a bit. Not sure where I'm going with this but honestly, this game is super enjoyable and great!
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Right to Bear ArmsVery nice! The game feel and art and music are very satisfying, and the whole implementation shows sound application of fundamentals and there’s good polish.
If I had to change something, I might rework how the ball is controlled, because as it stands it’s a bit hard to make go exactly where you want. It got better with some practice though, and the ability to walk through the ball and it having such a large kill radius compensates for the inaccuracy, so maybe it’s fine as it is. I can’t help but think it seems like a bit of a patch solution.
There’s good variety in enemy types and the difficulty seemed alright. Overall I think the stand-out feature is the look and feel of the game, I think you guys did a really good job with that.
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Wrath Of The JarhandVery fun to just fling a way the ball, felt like it has some real weight!
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Space ThreadEasy perfect score, this game is super impressive and above all, super fun! Great job on all the animations and original concept.
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Soul Delivery ServiceThat was an awesome experience. I'm pretty sure this game gonna be in top 100
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TwominatorThat was an awesome experience. I'm pretty sure this game gonna be in top 100
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TwominatorI loved the game! Very fun mechanic done well! I like how you could destroy some of the walls and kill the enemies at the same time with the same mechanic! The squish on the ball made it feel even better and I got very sad when my ball had a crack at the end screen xd
Super great game!
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LinkkiThis might be one of the most fun games I've played in this jam and I've rated 57 games so far.
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Turn the TideThis game is top notch! the feeling on the ball is perfect and the game is ultra fast and furious. Would be curious to see a speedrun of this game.
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The Miraculous Uncle's GlueReally well exectuted idea with lots of juice in the effects and sounds. Art is also really cool!
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Predators and PreyFreaking incredible! The game is really balls to the walls as your title suggests. This was a lot of fun. If you intend on continuing this project, I would like to see extra uses for the ball enemies that would challenge your playstyle and force you to do things differently.
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Energy ChainThis is so fun! The game juice is right on point!
I absolutely love how you developed a simple idea into such an addicting game!
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Generic GameJam Game for GMTK2021Phenomenal! I'm amazed at the level of polish!!
The tutorial was may favorite tutorial over the jam so far!
The concept was simple to understand and executed so well!
The JUICE! Hit pause, screenshake, destructible tiles, explosion effects! on point!!
The enemies get 'surprised' by you? phenomenal!
All those fun designed level? i can't imagine how you had the time, or even how you did it, but it's amazing!
All around incredible impressed
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Turn the Tide
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