As much as i like the look of pixel filters I don't really buy it for this. Perhaps you could've made the collectibles, gate, and cat in the ball out of 2D sprites to sell the illusion of it being runnable on Gameboy hardware? Also could do with some more feedback for inputs. Monkey Ball accomplished that by having the controls tilt the world rather than push the ball - a distinction that also subtlely but importantly altered the movement mechanics - but in your case some slight camera tilt or zoom at speed might be helpful.
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Fun | #15 | 4.031 | 4.031 |
Audio | #30 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
Overall | #69 | 3.672 | 3.672 |
Graphics | #95 | 3.656 | 3.656 |
Gameboy-ness | #157 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Glad you liked the look, even though it doesn’t look GB authentic.
To be honest, we were not worried at all about making the game look like it could be run on GB hardware. This old console style vs new technology feeling was intentional.
We actually tried to tilt the stage instead of rolling the ball and some slight camera adjustments when moving, but none were feeling good and we just kept it the way that felt better. Due to the time, we had to keep moving on to other features.
Nice game!
It’s reminds me about the game super monkey ball haha, congratz :).
Love the graphics! Really fun game to play. Good job! Music is amazing.
Wow! Very impressive looking graphics, especially given the color palette restriction. Finally a Super Monkey Ball-esque game that I was able to beat hahaha! You all did a wonderful job! This was a delight to play. Cant wait to see what else comes from you all!
Great concept and super fun! love the old supermonkyball games of past. Maybe a bit out of the realm of Gameboy feeling but still an awesome project!
Really interesting super monkey ball-like! I enjoyed the variety of levels and collecting all the fish!
I really liked the idea, after all, who doesn't like kittens? ^^
The soundtrack is very interesting, and the game is very fun. Some levels reminded me of Fall Guys, a game that I've seen a lot of people play, and your game has just as much appeal.
I confess that sometimes the colors end up confusing with the background. A cool idea would be if the kitten model was a sprite instead of a model, so it would have a more interesting highlight with the scenario, like the collectibles.
A very great idea would be to explore the movement of the scene as in Monkey Ball, it would have a beautiful dynamism, and even with the colors, it would be incredible.
Thanks! ^^ It was a very interesting game to make!
The lighting looked better while developing than in the web build, probably changing something in the export configs would remediate this. The collectibles are actually 3D models, but not affected by the lights. We probably could do the same with the kitten, but due to the time we ended up overlooking this.
We also tried to tilt the world instead of just moving the ball, but it didn’t turn out well, and again due to the time we just rolled with just rolling =P
Cool little monkey ball style game. I ended with 34 points! I think you did well to translate a fully 3D game into 4 colours, I was still able to recognise my character, the level, and the goal.
The camera did act a little bit strangely at times, but it wasn't a huge issue.
Nice work!
Thanks, glad you had a good time! =D
Nice score, 34/44 is about 77% completion!
We tried some movement and camera implementations, even tilting the world instead of rolling the ball, but none of them were perfect and we just went with the one that felt better, so we could continue to the other features.
What a cute, silly, and fun entry! I loved the music especially. I'd like to see a way to easily retry levels for a higher score. BTW my final score was 31 points :)
Thanks, glad you had a good time! ^^
I got the game theme stuck in my head for some time after the jam, our sound designer is awesome! xD
We wanted to have a level selector and persistent score history, but because of the time limit we ended up not implementing it.
Nice score! 31/44 is about 70% completion =]
Step aside Super Monkey Ball, Super Rolling Cat has kicked the saloon doors open!
Wooow great entry ! I love that it is a 3D game ! also i love golf games, so that was a game for me ^^ congrats !
Absolutely loved the game! Had a lot of fun replaying it! The timer alone encouraged speedrunning but I think this is truly a fun game to try and beat your best time in! Interested in trying other kinds of runs with this (alternate/weird controllers or even blindfolded) Great game!
Very cute! I absolutely love the low-rez "READY? GO!" voice clip.
This was fantastic, the game was so much fun to play and the cat noises in the music was just so good. What a great fun game.
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