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Friend of the Ref's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #3200 | 3.226 | 3.226 |
| Creativity | #4596 | 3.258 | 3.258 |
| Narrative | #4999 | 2.355 | 2.355 |
| Artwork | #5362 | 2.871 | 2.871 |
| Audio | #6214 | 2.419 | 2.419 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
In Friend of the Ref, every action counts! The player is limited by a strict countdown of available passes, while also managing a limited number of red cards to slowly count down the opposing team.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Color Palette: https://lospec.com/palette-list/retrocal-8
SFX Whistle: https://freesound.org/people/strongbot/sounds/568995/
SFX Kick: https://freesound.org/people/bittermelonheart/sounds/555042/
SFX Bounce: https://freesound.org/people/velcronator/sounds/733141/
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Very funny game. I like that you are completely free to balance your red cards vs shots, makes for some interesting puzzles. Surprised given that most sports have a countdown in the form of the game clock that there werent more with this theme. Nice Job!
Thankssss :)
Interesting concept but game lacks some juice! Check our game pls.
It was in the plans to add some juice, but my time was shorter than expected. Thanks for the feedback!
Nice game. Enjoyed it very much :)
Appreciate it!! :)
better than fifa
haha, not a hard thing to do nowadays. Thanks for playing!
Nice gameplay but rules are not clear enough. For example I don't know how many red card and pass allow in a match.
Its a shared ammount between passes and red cards, indeed i could explain it better. Thanks for playing and the feedback!
Very fun game and a good challenge, though I'm not sure how I feel about the main challenge of the game being to avoid engaging with one of the core mechanics it feels like it promotes a less interesting puzzle this way (trying to avoid using red cards). This was very satisfying to play and the game was very clean. Overall nice work!
It needs some balancing, thanks for playing and the feedback!
what a fun little entry! had a blast with it.
Appreciate it :)
Cool idea and concept. Though it would bug out if I tried to pass the ball back into the current ball owner while in the direction towards the edge of the map?
Thanks for pointing that out!
Nice little puzzle game! Fun to play around with, and didn't take too long to get a hang of it. I did sometimes have a bug where it wouldn't kick the ball when I stopped, so you may want to take a look at that. The game could also probably be a bit harder, I managed to finish multiple levels with plenty of passes to spare. Very good concept though, good work!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback!
I like the idea a lot. Having a trade-off between number of passes and red cards is clever. I think the idea could be easily expanded to incorporate more mechanics.
One thing to note, I didn't realize how the red cards work at first. Maybe calling the counter "Passes & Red Cards" instead of just "Passes" would be an easy fix.
Good job!
Thanks for the feedback!!
I had lots of fun playing! It reminded me of some of the games on friv. It was a pretty good exprience overall but it was always just better to remove players instead of passing, and it felt like some of the level setups could just be overcome by not passing to teamates. I am not sure if that was intended but either way, it wasnt a really big issue. You should be very proud! I loved it !
I feel you. My intention was to add more adversary types, like moving ones, ones that require extra cards, etc... Thanks for the feedback!!
what a fun concept after the world cup!! there was a bit of wonkiness with the dragging where sometimes it would glitch to the other side, but otherwise i loved just yeeting the players in my way with a red card!!
Hahah glad you liked it!! Thanks for the feedback
best game i've played so far! it's so much fun!!!
this game is absolutely amazing!!! you did such a great job on this project, love it! you're the bessssst!!!
sooo good love this! congratsss
Appreciate it :))
sooo fun! love it!!
Thank youuu
very fun to play!! i love it juii
Thanksss <3
The ref ain't my friend, the other team got 20 men.
He is trying to make it look fair!!
It's a bit hard but fun to play!
Appreciate it!!
Its an cool concept for a little too unforgiving in my opinion, having to wait to lose while the ball is standing still feels a little tedious and its difficult to aim accurately without some indicator of whether it'll squeeze past some players or barely touch one. But nicely done otherwise!
You can press esc to restart the level. But the aim surely needs improvement. Thanks for the feedback!!