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A jam submission

Ballistic BilliardsView game page

Billiards but with a twist... You must go as fast as possible!
Submitted by Forward Me To Your Boss — 1 hour, 15 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#12863.6863.686
Audio#20953.2863.286
Artwork#36193.2863.286
Creativity#52973.1143.114
Narrative#79701.8571.857

Ranked from 35 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?
We took the famously slow-paced game of billiards and added a countdown timer to make it chaotic and action-packed. You can add to the timer by sinking balls, but it's always counting down.

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Submitted(+1)

So fun to play even though i dont know the rule of billiard。

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

That's an interesting approach to transform the pool/billiard into a timed challenge. The physic and feedbacks are really good. I think some line in front of the stick could help to see better the trajectory. I liked the idea that the time added is the score of the ball. Hard challenge but fun!

Submitted(+1)

That's a great concept! I think the theme adds a lot to the pool game and what a smart take on it. My only issue is that the controls didn't feel intuitive at first, and the fact you don't see what the trajectory of the ball will be makes the game quite tricky to play. But otherwise, loved i! Couldn't get to the end, best I did was 48 😅

Submitted(+1)

Lots of fun! There's always lots of interesting things once could do with billiards. Good work.

Submitted(+1)

Fun arcadey take on billiards! Big fan of the Ballminac, I liked reading all the descriptions. Main feedback I'd give is that it's hard to know where my ball might go, a short line showing the direction of where it's going to go would go a very long way.

Submitted(+1)

Love this take on Billards! I love how you were able to get this working on your phone - I couldn't load it on my computer for some reason but I'm totally sure that you could use this game for a super cool party trick for your buddies! Maybe you could have multiple kinds of balls like the pickle ball where they give you special properties like increased movement or an opposite magnet where you push balls away with your aura, or a ball that moves around the table without you hitting it, but it gets you a lot of time? Either way, I hope you had a good time with this game jam! Good job submitting it before the deadline - I know it was stressful managing to finish a game with such little time left, especially if you're crunching an hour before! Good luck with the rest of the jam, and thank you for reviewing my game!

Submitted(+1)

I like this take on billiards. I don't think I've played a straight up race billiards before, though I've wanted to. I like the Ballminac. I love a good pun. It is really hard to get balls to go in sometimes. I think it'd be nice if the pockets were a little more forgiving/bigger. Also it'd be fun if there were more unique balls.

Nice game! Great job!

Developer

I thought the same thing, I've made the pocket hitboxes more forgiving :) thanks for the review!

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, got a whole lot easier once I realised I could just click where I wanted the cue ball to go rather than trying to judge the angle from the position of the cue.

Submitted(+1)

This was fun. You could maybe add an indicator for aiming but other than that it was a blast.

Submitted(+1)

I loved this game although it was hard to me to addapt to the aiming mechanic. Once I addapted, I enjoyed this game so much. I think you can add more levels and balls. Great, really Great game.

Submitted(+1)

Submitted(+1)

Sweet concept and nicely executed. As others have mentioned hyped to come back if more balls/upgrades get added :)

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

WHEN more balls are added 😉 (we are still working on the game every day)

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I always love a billard game. The gamefeel is great, it is strangely accurate, I finish the game first try without too much effort, so the controls must be very good :) I love the fact that you can play while the balls are still moving. Good job ! You could add more depth with special balls, etc. It could be very nice

Submitted(+1)

Fun speed billiards concept, enjoyed the premise and makes for a fun simple arcade.

Submitted(+1)

LOVE the ballmanac

Submitted(+1)

Pretty fun! Unfortunately, I'm too bad at pool to beat it lol. I managed to get down to like 4 balls with 30 seconds left and then couldn't sink any of them.

Submitted(+1)

Great game, it was tense and chaotic. Loved the sound effects. More special balls and maybe randomness could be better. Had fun.

Developer

Glad you enjoyed the game :) We definitely plan to add more special balls!

Submitted(+1)

Fun and chaotic. Some modifiers or special abilities would go a long way to making this more 'explosive'

Submitted(+1)

Fun little game! I already like billiard, so I'm a little biased. I liked the addition of the pickle ball and the little flavor texts for each ball in the menu. Good job!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

I had fun playing this game, seeing the pickle ball curving before entering the hole was very funny, I think it’s a funny addition to the game. The physics are great, I could spend time playing this game beyond playing it once.

I think the only thing I would like is to cancel the shot once you start charging it. I didn’t find myself in that situation more than 2 times but I think it would be nice to have it.

Fun game :)


Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! we'll definitely add a way to cancel the shot in the future

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