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Game Off 2020

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A jam submission

Moonshot GolfView game page

A quirky action golfing game where you must use your golfing skills to defeat enemies.

Submitted by Tasha (@tashakoko), Chris North — 1 hour, 11 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Innovation	#46	3.500	3.500
Theme interpretation	#90	3.385	3.385
Overall	#113	3.231	3.231
Gameplay	#138	2.962	2.962
Audio	#142	3.077	3.077
Graphics	#194	2.923	2.923

Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/natashakokolakis/moonshot-game-jam

Theme interpretation
moonshot thinking – noun
a type of thinking that aims to achieve something that is generally believed to be impossible

The player is just an average golf dad who must somehow save the world using golf.

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jvalenSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Wow! what an innovative concept! I enjoyed the smooth gameplay and easy to grasp controls. I also love the synthwave music in the background.

Just to mention that I found myself sometimes off the screen while shooting, not being able to see where I was pointing to. Something that I think would be quite handy is allowing the player to run.

Great submission! Good job!

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Appreciate the feedback and suggestions! We're hoping that when we fix the balancing and enemy issues there won't be as much of an urge to run, but it's definitely something we'll play around with. :) Glad you enjoyed it!

TX BrothersSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Golfing + demons + moon? Yes, of course. This was an amusing mash-up. I loved the sound effects and transitions from isometric to top down worked well. Nice work.

If you like platformers, you might want to try our game.

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Lumi and the Dark Night

TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much! :) We'll definitely add your game to the list of games to play

VlopesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Very nice golf simulation. I killed this demonic lord hahaha ! But I didn't kill any other demon because I discovered the right click only on the boss fight when I didn't see a ball ! I spent the rest of the game avoiding demons ^^ It was nice too !

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Bash to the moon ! 🚀

TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Oh no, that's too bad. Glad you still managed to complete the game and thank you very much for the feedback! :)

Bard DevelopmentSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Super fun! My only thoughts for improvement have been mentioned. I like this mix of genre.

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks a lot, glad you liked it! :)

alfrancodiegoSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Love the idea! Nice work

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks so much! :)

yogo456Submitted3 years ago(+1)

very nice game, super innovative :)

The controls could be a little better, or maybe just better explained.. it is a bit difficult to understand at first. but once I got it the game was very fun!

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks a lot! :) We really wanted to get a proper mini tutorial completed, but due to time we unfortunately had to hope that people players could figure things out with just our control graphic. We're definitely working on that!

yousayrandySubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Holy cow this game is awesome. I LOVE the idea and the potential in this alone makes this one of my favorites so far.

A couple of ideas: I think the tension would be greatly increased if the monsters still moved while you were golfing. I found it too easy to dispatch of them before I started golfing which made it feel like two separate games almost. But if you combine them? Man... That would be something.

Contributing to that, I think it would be great if hitting the monsters with the balls was the main way of defeating them. Maybe the golf club stuns them/knocks them back and the golf balls finishes them off? Ugh, I'm drooling at how cool this idea is.

All of this is up to you, of course! I also really enjoyed the art. Thought it looked great.

One critique: For whatever reason I didn't feel like I was ready to move on to the next level when I HIT the goal with the ball, because to me, golf = ball in hole. I was more confused than anything that the path opened up once I hit it without actually sinking the putt. This is simply fixed with resetting the par count and some kind of better indicator that it's time to move on.

Overall, incredible job. You're getting high marks in my rating.

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Really appreciate all the feedback!

A couple things mentioned were things we had planned but didn't have time to flesh out properly, so we ended up having to keep some of those ideas more basic haha. Spent a lot of time trying to learn new stuff. Some other people have also mentioned letting enemies attack you while golfing, so that's definitely a change we need to make.

Really like the idea about the golf ball and attacking. We were thinking of how to avoid people just spamming melee without making use of the other attacks and that seems like an easy but fun solution. We've also got some other ideas to make the combat a little more complex and help mesh it together better with the golfing side of things!

Thanks a lot for the review and we're happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)

Diego EscalanteSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I wish the game was a little faster paced, but I like the mix of a golf game and a sort of beat em up. Nice and unique. The 3D art is good too. The boss with the suit is a nice touch! Good job!

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah, that's definitely something we're working on, especially after hearing feedback haha. Thanks a lot! :)

ColorPaletteSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Interesting take on the genre, I really liked it! The golfing was fun and then having to dodge and weave the enemies as you got to your ball was a really nice way of avoiding the downtime in between shots. Great idea!

I had a couple of issues while playing. Even with maximum zoom out, sometimes you can't see the hole and the player in the same frame. That got in the way of some bounce shots I was planning. And speaking of bounce shots, the uneven terrain made some bounce shots go in unexpected directions. Not sure if that was the intended design or a deliberate choice, but I really like doing bounce shots it makes me feel smart hahaha. Would be awesome if I could do them here more consistently.

The sound design and the artwork was really nice. The enemies were pretty cute so I didn't wanna hit them and the player 100% looks like a dad haha you got the dad vibe just right. Great game!

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback!

That's actually one of the main reasons we implemented the level preview and the aerial view, to kind of assist with planning shots without having to make the levels too small or too easy. Might still be worth zooming out the regular camera view further though or even scaling the level size down a tiny bit, we'll play around with that! Regarding the bounce shots, the colliders are actually all flat box colliders (despite the appearance being uneven) so we'll definitely have to look further into what's causing unexpected behaviour there. I have a couple ideas of what it might be, so hopefully it's an easy fix.

Appreciate the compliments (sorry we made the enemies too cute hahaha) and we're glad you enjoyed it! :)

jameshukSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Great game, really enjoyed the mini-golf sections.

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks a lot!

MagnSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Golf dad vs. space devils. Brilliant! Is there some underlying psychology here? :)

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Hahaha maybe... who knows? :) Thanks!

JoshuaSnow3Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Really fun game, I liked the mix of a golf game and a fighting game, cool idea and wouldn't mind playing a more fleshed out version if you plan on developing it more. Only issue I had was on the last hole there were floating enemies but it really wasn't a big issue. Other than that, I had a really good time and the boss was fun to fight. Good work!

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Hahah oops, appreciate the heads up about the floating enemies. We are working on adding in features we didn't have time for and improvements based on feedback, so I'll add that to the list. Thanks so much for playing and we're glad you had a good time! :)

Rusty BaileySubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Neat melding of ideas. Played very well into the theme.

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Killer Moons From Outer Space

TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much!

Avi VajpeyiSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

The mini-golf was a lot of fun although I wish it continued when I got to the boss.

I liked the mmmm every time I clicked the ‘e’.

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it, especially the fun little audio we added. Thanks! That's a neat idea for it to continue into the boss fight. We're still working on the game and adding the extras we didn't have time for, maybe we can try to add that too without making it overwhelming. :)

wuschliSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Fun little golf game, but I didn't understand the enemies :(

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Granny's Great Escape

TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Just to clarify, what do you mean you didn't understand them?

wuschliSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I didn't had the feeling that they were enemies. They were just walking around and didn't do anything to me. At one point a randomly hit one and that was when I realized they were enemies. I thought they would steal the ball or something.

TashaDeveloper3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Ahhhh I see, totally understand! We planned to properly tweak the little enemies' AI settings/give them more than just basic mechanics, but put it off for too long then real life happened. Definitely should have just made that a higher priority. Thanks again :)

renato_grottesiSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice mix of fighting and golf game :-)

It needs a bit more polish, but the idea is quite solid.

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you for playing!

atheniannSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Fun game, interesting music, and loved the ability to move the camera when aiming a shot- added complexity. If the graphics and the combat could be polished somewhat, this would be an interesting mix of both genres- as it is I kind of just run away from everything and ignore the demons entirely. Still fun to play, has a lot of interesting complexities. c:

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks a lot for the feedback! We did have much bigger plans for both those things actually, just lost the time to implement the improvements sadly. Hopefully we can get out a second optional build for anyone interested in seeing the extra features we wanted. :)

ChotoTheBright3 years ago(+1)

This was a really fun game! I enjoyed it immensely! 8]

TashaDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks a lot! :)

gameshapedSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Interesting idea! The golf mechanics were implemented well. I unfortunately lost my ball out of bounds via one of the later ramps and could not progress. I like the character animations.

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TashaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! This is unfortunately one of the bugs that appeared in the submission build. Should be resolved in the next hour or so, depending on build time.

TashaDeveloper3 years ago (2 edits)

Unfortunately we found some small bugs after the submission deadline, that were not present in previous versions. Most are not game breaking, but do affect gameplay in some way. We'll be reviewing the list later tonight to see what we're allowed to fix without breaking any rules and hopefully put out an update at that time.