I liked the concept quite a bit, although I will agree that the gameplay changes take a little while to kick in. I though the controls were tight and the game was fun enough (although I may be hindered by the fact I played on my own haha). That said, I'd love it if you tweaked the ball physics a little, because I found it rather easy to make it just bounce in a straight line, which is not exactly fun (an element of randomization to the bounce might do the trick here?) Finally, a bit of a pause or some other transitional element when the styles switch would be great to get the players prepared for having a new rule set. Overall, neat idea and good work on the execution!
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Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
This is not tennis >:[ and here's why!
Visual
The game has a simple artstyle, but it works incredibly well!
Audio
Great sounds, but maybe it misses something when there is a change in gameplay :)
Tutorials
Unfortunately nothing to tell the player how to move. Would've helped me to see it was a two-players game.
Gameplay
I like the non-necessarily mirrored gameplay between the two players, and the fact that it's not only a graphical change but a gameplay change. The only bad point I can see is that it's the same order for both players.
Fun
I had fun playing against myself, it must be even better with a friend!
Bugs
There is a sound bug when the ball is against the ceiling or the floor, or just if you move with the ball, it will spam the boing sound.
If I'm right, the ball teleports above you if you crush it down while it's going vertically. But that's not really a bug, just weird.
Theme
Yep, it's in the theme :)
Thought the enemy AI was broken. Only to realize that I need play with myself :)
Cool concept for the theme! Good job.
Very surprising, at first I thought you had just made pong and was wondering what the surprise was but then the jumping changed. This was a very good implementation of the theme so well done!
Genuinely very surprising and fun. I'm not quite sure how you're meant to succeed at the one with gravity and only a square block (I found that I could "hang" onto it by pressing sideways?) but otherwise a great little game.
Wow, really well made, fun version of pong. Great implementation of the theme. I think this would be a lot of fun if I had friends.
Concept is really cool ! I enjoyed playing it and see how it evolved, well done !
I started off playing this thinking "Is it just pong?" then the surprises started and it turned into a really cute little game. I did find a few ways to cause a stalemate, but sandwiching the ball between the paddles. However, I really enjoyed it and with more development and more surprises added to it I think it could become great fun to play with a friend, maybe a tournament style with the rules changing every 15 seconds or so!
Welp I have no one to play it with, guess I'll play it against myself haha. Its a small detail; but I really liked the animation of the ball when you hit it, it adds a lot of game feel.
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