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[Oddball]

Name: Vine Street Massacre a game by David Williamson

No. of players: 2-4

Requirements: 2-4 controllers

How to play: Drag the other players into hazards to score points.

Credits: Music by Aaron P. Everything else by David Williamson

Available for: Windows, Mac, Linux

Screenshots:


I wanted to make something a bit physics-y and frantic. There's only a couple of days work in there total so don't worry about being too harsh with your feedback. Yeah, thoughts? Thanks.

[jthespacec]

Hey I liked the screenshots but the game won't play for me (PC, Win 7 64 bit).
Error message.
"Unable to load mono library from D:\..[correct dir on my system]"

I took a screenshot but I'm not sure how to upload images. sorry. I dunno what the image button is doing when I click it.

[jthespacec]

That should do it.. I hope.

[Oddball]

Oh dear. I'm building from my Mac using Unity, but it usually works. I've re-built it and re-uploaded. Hopefully it'll work now.

[jthespacec]

Yeah it's running now. Just gonna jot points as I think of them..

* I opened in full screen but it's stretched because it's not made in a widescreen format. Might be nicer in a widescreen format if you're going for a PC standalone build.
* No quit button (that I see). Have to alt + f4
* Really like the main menu. Colourful and alive!
* The edges of the words 'vine' and 'williamson' are clipped off the edge of the screen (now that I'm playing in Window mode).
* I really like the mechanic's idea and the elasticity. I feel like a wonky Spiderman.
* I don't like the shoulder button controls. I think it should be triggers.
* I couldn't tell if I had a goal so I was just arsing around..
* I've no other controllers or housemates so I couldn't test for more than 1P.
* I dislike the 'unstick' function after a few seconds. I'm sometimes just getting a feel for where I want to go next, then I fall. But if you're going for hard-wonky controls then I can't fault you there. Would just prefer not to lose grip.
* It's very hard not to die.
* For the speed you can move and the distance you can grab, the play area feels very small. Maybe a bigger level?
* I like the blurred background, but the nearby art could be sharper.
* Overall I like the art, sound, physics and mechanic.

Well done! I look forward to another iteration.

I'm new here but I've got my own game up since yesterday if you'd care to try. No hassle though. http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=49178.0

Cheers
Kev