stackel Posted May 18, 2016 The game is now released!Download it here: https://itch.io/jam/wizard-jam-2016/rate/68486 EDIT: The game is now a bit easier and a lot more playable. "It feels like yesterday the ping war began, yet it has gone so far that all hope seems lost. The high ping bastards (HPBs) have, with their ruthless and efficient warfare, reduced the low ping bastards (LPBs) to one last single human. By faking high ping in multiplayer games they have easily won them all. It is up to you , the last standing LPB, to stop them. You are holed up in your basement and you open the only box that is there. Carefully you take your old LAN-computer from the 90's and plug it in. It is time to save humanity by restoring low ping."LPBs and HPBs is a first person arena shooter where everyone else is lagging. Navigate the levels and predict your enemies movement to survive and rescue the planet.This is my first time entering this jam and im really excited even though there's only a few days left! I will be jamming in unity with some simple low-poly models made in blender. I wanted this to have some kind of meta-layer by you actually sitting at a monitor which is the first thing i did. Not sure how to embed gifs so ill just link it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerofiftyone Posted May 18, 2016 This looks fantastic . Good luck with the jam and welcome to the forums! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 18, 2016 This looks fantastic . Good luck with the jam and welcome to the forums! Thank you! Bonus "Something went wrong" gif. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerofiftyone Posted May 18, 2016 Ship it! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theschap Posted May 19, 2016 The design and animation on the people is creepy fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellion Posted May 19, 2016 I like the oldskool "s" on the monitor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theschap Posted May 19, 2016 I like the oldskool "s" on the monitor It's so weird, I was showing my 6 year old how to draw that last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted May 19, 2016 I love those character models. They look like an untextured Manny Calavera to me, somehow.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 19, 2016 Update day 2:Since yesterday I've had a lot of trouble making out what the actual gameplay of this thing is. To figure it out i played around in unity and the in fiction game is now "Dodgeball Death", a free for all, first person ball shooter. Oh, and when you die in game, you die in real life. (EDIT: To clarify, that's why your life is displayed on a heart rate monitor to the right of the screen) Massive GIF warning: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xeneth Posted May 19, 2016 This is looking awesome! Will the mouse on the table move when your mouse in the game moves? ...Now that I think about that, it would be really hard to design a system where it animates as being picked up and put back down to cover the infinite spin case you can and do use when playing a first person game. And then it might trigger weird hand disconnect feelings when those can't reasonably line up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 20, 2016 This is looking awesome! Will the mouse on the table move when your mouse in the game moves? ...Now that I think about that, it would be really hard to design a system where it animates as being picked up and put back down to cover the infinite spin case you can and do use when playing a first person game. And then it might trigger weird hand disconnect feelings when those can't reasonably line up. Thank you! Thinking about implementing that just made my brain hurt a little. It would be impossible to know when the actual mouse is picked up and animate accordingly! Actually, what a weird thing to do with a peripheral. I wonder if people did the lifting thing intuitively when mouse look first came around in games. I'm not sure you really do it when just browsing your OS. I could be wrong about that, It's not really something you think about! (I'm on a laptop at the moment and cant try it!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vasari Posted May 20, 2016 Man, that's a good idea. Maybe you couldn't do the full picking up animation but I bet you could just make the mouse appear on the opposite side of the mousepad if it moves too close to the edge. Then again it's not long to the end of the jam and you probably have more important features! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 21, 2016 A bit of progress today! Added some simple UI elements and created enemy spawners and a health pickup!GIFtastic as usual: Man, that's a good idea. Maybe you couldn't do the full picking up animation but I bet you could just make the mouse appear on the opposite side of the mousepad if it moves too close to the edge. Then again it's not long to the end of the jam and you probably have more important features! It's a cool idea, hopefully i will have time for that in the 2-3 hour polishing phase Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theschap Posted May 21, 2016 In the age of VR where you can watch a movie, or see your desktop through a headset, there is something especially comforting and nastolgic about playing a game through a CRT monitor in a game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 21, 2016 This is getting stupider by the minute! A poster for the in fiction game: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 22, 2016 For the lore-nuts that is interested in the rich and deep lore of LPBs and HPBs! Currently I'm working on menus and some polishing, looking forward to sending this in tonight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 22, 2016 Released! Now I'm looking forward to playing everyones submission! https://itch.io/jam/wizard-jam-2016/rate/68486 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Synnah Posted May 26, 2016 I liked the story in this; the absurdity of the premise, and that the one game the entire planet would become dangerously addicted to would be a dodgeball game made me laugh. I completed it on my second attempt! I liked how the HPBs would just jerkily snap into different locations and poses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 26, 2016 I liked the story in this; the absurdity of the premise, and that the one game the entire planet would become dangerously addicted to would be a dodgeball game made me laugh. I completed it on my second attempt! I liked how the HPBs would just jerkily snap into different locations and poses. Thank you! Second try is impressive, have you played a lot of virtual desktop dodgeball games? Also I had a lot of fun making the premise as stupid as possible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted May 28, 2016 Yo yo yo yo yo yo it's yr boy PR here with some sick LPB strats. Sweet Pro Tip: Hide behind the wall and just throw balls over it. You won't see your enemies but you'll see their numbers start to decline. Don't even fuck with the R&G, compadre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 28, 2016 Yo yo yo yo yo yo it's yr boy PR here with some sick LPB strats. Sweet Pro Tip: Hide behind the wall and just throw balls over it. You won't see your enemies but you'll see their numbers start to decline. Don't even fuck with the R&G, compadre. If this was a youtube video I would instantly file for a DMCA takedown. (RADICAL PLAYS BRO) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spenny Posted May 31, 2016 Loved the writing. Loved the game within a game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted May 31, 2016 I really liked the little men you were balling and the computer setup! The lag was well representative of my time spent on WoW launch days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stackel Posted May 31, 2016 After seeing Spenny play the game on his stream (https://www.twitch.tv/spennydubz) i realized how completly unintuitive it is that you are faster than the ball. Thankfully it was an easy fix and the game is now a lot more playable!EDIT: Also it was stupidly hard so i lowered the amount of enemies a bit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites