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A jam submission

PoogueView game page

Descend to the depths of billiard hell in this pool roguelike.
Submitted by plasmastarfish, rusty fishburger, Airborne_Manatee, Zebulah — 19 hours, 11 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#103.6673.667
Fun#303.3333.333
Scope#443.0003.000
Aesthetics#603.3333.333
Completeness#683.3333.333
Traditional Roguelikeness#1372.6672.667

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • I found it pretty hard to judge this game because I hate billiard. Hate to play it live, hate to play it on the computer. So this game really had a tall bridge to cross here - or maybe it was the opposite, cause I never got past level 2. That said though, I found a lot of things to appreciate about this game. I don't know how truly original this idea is, but I found the concept of procedurally generating billiard tables, with balls taking turns as enemies, and different balls having different abilities, very unique. I really wanted to explore more content and see what other cool things might be hiding beyond, but alas, I wasn't good enough. The game aesthetics are impressive. The boards look great, thematic music is cool, sound effects are on point. I bet particles were not easy to make either. Great execution all around. Honestly, while I will likely never come to love this game, I can see how this could evolve into an addictive, exciting, commercial (in a good way) product - keep up the good work!
  • Overview Roguelike billard. That's it. And it works well. Completeness Some physics issues, but nothing game-breaking. Poogue seems to deliver all planned features. Aesthetics Simple yet nice graphics. The UI could be a bit better. Music's quite generic, but really fits to the first, green world. Wish that music would change with the transition to the new world. Fun I had a blast playing Poogue. The game has enough variations of enemies and tables to keep the player's attention for a long time. Also, every enemy type behaves differently. Innovation I'm sure that I played a roguelike/pool game already, but it's still uncommon, and I think that Poogue pushes the boundaries a bit further. Scope Everything that I could expect from the 7DRL – it even has boss fights. Traditional Roguelikeness Barely, but fits the bill.

Successful or Incomplete?
1

Did development of the game take place during the 7DRL Challenge week. (If not, please don't submit your game)
Yes

Do you consciously consider your game a roguelike/roguelite? (If not, please don't submit your game)
Yes

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Comments

Jam JudgeSubmitted(+1)

Just FYI, Windows 10's built-in antivirus thinks that the post-jam version has a virus in it.

Developer

Yep, not much we can do about it with the development workflow we had (python/pyinstaller). We included instructions for a workaround for Windows Defender --- we could technically contact Microsoft to get the exe whitelisted, but we would have to do that every time we update it.


Thanks for trying the game out!

Jam JudgeSubmitted(+1)

Oh, sorry, I only looked at it from the jam page so I didn't see that!  Love the game, by the way.  It's one of those ideas that's so clear and so good that it's kind of astonishing that nobody has done it before.