Juggle Paddle [final]
Finally, it’s (not) finished! 
I never entered the real Ludum Dare (yet), but this is my first entry ever to Mini-LD:
Juggle Paddle
A simple juggling game/sim/playground/whatever, although it’s more a
simulation as there is no ‘game over’ yet. Also, the physics are a bit buggy.
I don’t if this game is accepted as the cover of Tower Construction Kit. The only thing the game has to do with that game’s cover is:
- Physics.
- The shapes of the objects - Bricks (Tower Construction Kit) & Balls and Paddle (Juggle Paddle)
I haven’t much time though - with all the school stuff, tired, getting out of town, etc.
Made within 4 to 8 hours.
Here’s the link for my half-finished entry for this Mini-LD #5
Windows: http://www.filedropper.com/jugglepaddlewin32
Source: http://www.savefile.com/files/1878871
To run the source code, you need Python installed.
Pyglet, Rabbyt and Pymunk are included.
Tags: final
November 11th, 2008 at 3:26 am
I needed to make a few tweaks so it would use my local rabbyt installation before I could get it to run (and rename pymunk/libchipmunk32.so to pymunk/libchipmunk.so).
The physics feels nice and smooth … although it’s very easy to send the balls flying off at high velocity (but hey, I can’t juggle in real life either
).
It strikes me as a toy that would be quite fun using Wiimote + Wii Balance board control.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Hey thanks! I thought this quick ‘n dirty game is nothing but useless.
I’m quite new to game development. Most of the time I spent on this game is debugging. Still there are quite some bugs to fix:
1. The balls flies through the invisible Chipmunk Segments at the window border at high velocity.
2. Balls easily flies at high velocity - Paddle and ball’s elasticity need some tinkering.