Play Ballista
Ballista Ballad's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.298 | 4.298 |
| Quality | #1 | 4.526 | 4.526 |
| Completeness | #2 | 4.421 | 4.421 |
| Innovation | #5 | 3.947 | 3.947 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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119 demons killed
279 bolts launched
I beat the whole game and i absolutely loved it!!!! :DD
You took care of every detail, it's so cool how you can interact so much with environment. Flying demons exploding on impact, you can shoot down birds in the background and enemy projectiles, there are awesome particles when your bolt falls on the ground, just so many little things. Very impressive!!! You even managed to add a little rougelike mechanic with different upgrades!!! Also, animations and dialogue art was just so good!!! Literally everything felt smooth and polished :-DD 10/10 good job!!!!!
Oh, thank you so much for beating the game! It’s a shame that not everyone succeeded because of the high difficulty. But you almost convinced me that everything turned out well) Also, you didn’t mention the boss’s portrait, but I hope you liked it too, because Veksell (the pixel artist who made it) is very proud of it )
And he absolutely should be!!! It was literally my favourite one out of them all :DD Doing something like that with so few pixels is extremally impressive :-]]
Fun game and clever game design. Pacing is great and enemy variety is nice. Destructible terrain really adds to the polish. Good job!
I had tons of fun playing this game! I really enjoyed it. Nice little storyline, really smooth feel to the shooting. Great graphics and sound too
Loved it. Simple, but a complete package. Later parts got very hectic, which seems about right for this kind of game.
This was great! Made it to level 6, but couldn't get any further. Once enemies get close to you its impossible to aim at that distance as the arrows go over their heads.
I’m very sorry, the difficulty seems to be badly balanced. You’re not the only one complaining. It was supposed to be no problem up to level 10, and only the boss would give in on the 2nd or 3rd try, but it turned out differently.
I like it
Thank you, that’s very nice)))
A game about shooting zombies with a ballista. Why not.
The game is simple, but feels complete. There's upgrade system, simple story, several types of enemies, sound and music. The UI is clear, the pictures nice.
I really liked the the small touches, like the zombies jumping at you giving you a last-minute chance to hit them, or the fact that in the tutorial level, I managed to hit a bird (completely by chance) and it actually was hit and fell down. I think I even made a dent in the ground :)
I also found the scenery in the actual levels weirdly soothing.
Thank you for your time spent and for the comprehensive review!
During testing, we ran into a problem with the ballista being unsuitable for close combat, so we instructed the zombies to jump onto the ballista slowly in an arcing trajectory. They also reduce their HP to 1 before jumping, just to please the player :)
The bird in the sky was proposed by Veksell (co-author) at the last night before submit to liven up the scenery a bit. She will definitely be glad that you noticed it.
That's awesome :-D
It's an excellent game!!
About as perfect as it gets, even taking the time for a tutorial level and the short story intermissions are a nice touch between the levels. Loved it!
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it, we really enjoyed making and testing this game too.
Excellent game, loved the story, art, thoese transitions between levels were smooooth
Excellent take on worms. More damage and faster = winning.
Exactly, the HP upgrades is almost useless. And quite right, I’m a long time fan of early Worms and Scorched Tanks type games. Thanks for playing!
Very fun game, good graphics and simple and addictive mechanics. I will definitely come back here to play a little more calmly later.
This is fun. I panicked a little when I saw how many keys were in the controls table, but that all passed when I realised it was a one button game!
Thanks! It’s more like “any button game” :)
Everything is executed well here - fun storytelling, great art, and most importantly the game is fun and engaging. Well done!
Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it!
I really love the game! The controls are simple, and there’s a leveling system. The sound is also great. Truly awesome!
Thank you! The sound was probably the hardest part, never had to deal with such limitations before.