BATTLE ARENA: The GAME Show !
A game made for the Beginners Circle Jam #4, my first game jam.
Story:
You are a contestant in a TV show that seems like a gladiators' fight. Will you manage to get the spectators good votes and get a boost in speed, damage, health,... or will your performance not satisfy them and will have more and more obstacles in your battles?
Try to get the 1 Million Canadian dollar price (hm... not for real), and beware of the Presenter.
Controls:
- AD for left and right.
- Space to jump
- Mouse left click to hit
- Mouse right click to block
- E to continue persistant dialogue
I wanted to focus on the programming part so I made the choice to use assets from outside sources.
- Sprites for characters and background:
Unity Assets Store "Bandits" https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/characters/bandits-pixel-art-104130
Craftpix Freebies "Free Shield 2D" https://craftpix.net/freebies/free-shield-2d-game-assets-pack/
- Musics :
Jonathan So (on itch.io) https://jonathan-so.itch.io/creatorpack
- SFX:
SoundImage https://soundimage.org/
GroovyMaster (on itch.io) https://groovymaster.itch.io/groovys-50-retro-sound-effects-package
- UI and fonts:
Kenney Fonts and Kenney UI Pack Space Expansion
https://kenney.nl/assets/kenney-fonts
https://kenney.nl/assets/ui-pack-space-expansion
- A huge help came from following the following sources:
-Brackeys https://www.youtube.com/c/Brackeys/videos
-Game Development Tutsplus tutorials on How to save and load your players https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-save-and-load-your-players...
I hope you will enjoy this game at least as much as I enjoy making it!
It is not fully finished yet, some fixs will be done until December 11th 2020.
Let a message if you feel like it and want to tell me what you think about it.
P.S:
If there is some problems with the game in browser, a Windows version is available to download.
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Comments
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This is the most fun game of the jam I've played so far. From just a fun factor this five stars for sure. The different power ups you and the enemies can get really make the game. I got the "Player attacks have knockback" and I laughed out loud when I sent the first enemy flying across the screen. Great job!
Thank you so much! I am glad you like it :D
The knockback have a behavior different from what I had in mind when I first implemented it but I kept the effect after trying it and I am happy to see other people enjoy it too!
Great minds think alike, huh? 😁
I like the fact that you store the number of deaths in the main menu - it really puts my struggles into perspective!
Haha right?!
Thanks, glad you can get ideas from my work ;)
I was thinking of adding a win counter on the main menu too.
The attack feels a bit odd. Not sure if it is the hitbox or the response time. Otherwise fun idea
Oh... Could you describe more the "odd" part?
Is it the player attack or the enemies attack, or everything maybe haha?
I stuggled quite a bit to get the attack so it is not to hard or too easy, I know there is room for improvments so if you could give me more precision I can think about solutions.
The hitbox are squared, the player strike faster than the enemies.
Anyway thank you for the review, much appreciate !
It felt like I wasn't always hitting the enemy when I thought I should be, but it wasn't horribly off, just a little off making it feel odd. Still a lot of fun and I could see it becoming even better with further polish
I can see what you mean, thank you for pointing that out! :)
Timing, hitbox and range. My guess is on the player timing since you hurt enemies at the very begining of the animation, I tried to make the attack animation faster to not have this odd impression but it might not be enough. I was afraid that by adding delay on the player attack to match the animation it would make the game feel slow... but I think I should try ^^