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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Community Choice | #54 | 1.930 | 2.200 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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There’s nothing really wrong with minigolf-physics-puzzle hockey as an idea inherently, but it didn’t mesh particularly well with the theme. Within an individual level the gameplay itself was pretty entertaining, but everything else around it was woefully unfinished or unpolished.
Liked:
- Interesting concept
Needs Work:
- Everything else
The physics are pretty fun, being able to knock the goal around as well is fun, and I like teeth as a collectable. However, this game sorely needs polish. It needs sound and music. Not being able to zoom out and see the level really hurts the experience. The scoreboard UI dominates what you can see, making it difficult to line up a shot or figure out the course. Not being able to reset a level means that if you knock the goal around you have no chance of finishing it on par. The high scores UI does not look good. The game should have a game over screen, and not just close itself. More levels would also be good, it feels like it ends prematurely.
Elevator pitch
Like minigolf but with a puck.
Describe how your game adheres to the theme
It is a useless sequel to hockey.
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This concept has legs and could be improved upon I think quite significantly with bugfixes and audio. The core components for this game are all in place, and fleshing it out with some shine would make a big difference. I ran into some crashes on restarting a level and the net not registering when I sank a puck, and it seems that the collision detection isn't quite perfect because I couldn't manage to bounce off the wall in the first level and come out of the bend going straight down which should be quite easy. Solid ideas are the foundation of any good game and this game has that, it just needs a little more polish!
I think the idea is cool, but this is really rough, ha.
The UI elements are kind of a mess, clipping all over each other and changing their appearance and location all the time. More crucially, in the game itself, the strokes and score blocked the field and there's no way to shift the camera. Just had to take leaps of faith.
I thought it was funny that you could smack the goal out of the way, but the score detection seemed a little wonky if I tried to, say, beam the ball into the net.
Good first effort! Nowhere to go from here but up!
The lack of sound kinda sucks. The physics on the goal also feels wierd, like the hit detection for when you score a goal feels like it's broken.
Echoing the sentiments of floteam with regard to restarting levels occasionally costing you a shot.
Aside that, the game actually plays really nicely I thought, the physics feels about right in it. With some polish this could be a potentially fun little game.
This is fun, but it sorely needs polish. There was no sound whatsoever, and a bunch of little bugs hindered my enjoyment.
- You can only enter your name once, I suppose? After I realized there were online leaderboards, I went back to change it, but my scores continued to be registered as "Enter Nameadsa." Maybe make it clear that other people will be seeing your name and you can't change it. Furthermore, typing a name with a T in it hides the mouse cursor, and you need to type a Y to get it back. I know that's a feature, but it shouldn't work when the text box is in focus.
- Occasionally, clicking "next level" would immediately take a minimum-power shot in a random direction, costing me valuable strokes. How can anyone know the glory of Enter Nameadsa if I'm given such a handicap??
- I got 5 or 6 holes in, then tried to restart after a bad shot, and immediately crashed to desktop
- I would suggest changing the puck to look a little less like a blackface cartoon
Even with all that, I still enjoyed it! It's a solid base.
This game is a little rough around the edges but the premise is good and the game play is fun. It had a bunch of bugs and it crashed on me once. If this was polished up it could be a good game.