Pong Pong Protector

https://youtu.be/rOFGbz9-arY video time in 2 parts

So good.. The game was pretty good too 😎

There's only a few small things that bothered me:

• I think the game needed borders on top and on the bottom, for the UI and also to leave us more range to move the paddles there.
• The active abilities are way too good, but if you don't have one by the first boss, it's really hard to kill him, while other bosses are trivial once you have your abilities.
• It's a little weird how paddles stop moving as soon as the ball hit, then how the other one will teleport to your mouse. Couldn't both paddles move at the same time?
• The music is great, but there's a lack of sfx. The game is super polished but there's not much feedback for when you hit the ball.
• And I'm not a fan of the timer in the upgrade menu. It's an interesting idea, but maybe let us get a look at everything after the first level?

Nooo, I was so close to saving the kingdooooom!

Pretty sweet game!

Art and UI were quality. Good music. Would've like a sound effect for when the Orb hits a paddle.

I appreciated the spike and multiball abilities for being able to attack an area, even when my aim was a bit off. The fire was great for some damage over time.

One thing I kind of wanted, was to be able to upgrade the passives maybe one more time. I barely noticed the 'glue' ability (like a slowdown). And more ANGER would be nice, haha.

Only other thing that would've been nice is some kind of active or passive ability that helps you aim the ball.

I definitely feel like this one's a contender. Good luck!

PS. I uploaded a video of my playthrough

Feels like this almost would have been a good GMTK entry (out of control).

Really well polished game, and a cool take on the tower defense genre! Those 9999 gold upgrades randomly sitting in the store are taunting me though >.<

0/10, the fourth boss wasn't named "Bigger Badder Benner" like they were supposed to be.

I'm really impressed with the level of polish on this, from the clean effective upgrade menu to the little particle effects indicating your current paddle and the way the enemy health bars flash instead of just instantly updating.

The ball mechanic is fun and is a fresh way to play pong for sure. It's a little unwieldly at first but you get used to it over time, and that's good. Games with high skill ceilings keep you motivated to improve.

What I think is missing from this is a higher level of interactivity, right now all the active abilities feel pretty much the same and don't change the way you play. You pretty much just always activate them as soon as possible so that you can use them a second time at the end of the wave. Maybe an ability that curves the ball around your mouse position or something that deals damage where your mouse is pointing would be cool ways to change up the way you play when using an ability.

In addition, I'm not really sure about the number of levels, since by the end of the second level you will have acquired every upgrade except the secret one. After that it just becomes pretty much the same level over and over with more enemies each time, and you only lose when you forget to refresh your health at the end of the round (totally didn't do that, definitely not speaking from experience).

Overall, really solid entry. Shame I had to give it a 0 at the beginning of this rant :P

This was well done and I liked the graphics, it had ton of content. In beginning of the play I noticed the orcs walk animation is pretty basic, but you don't need anything bigger as in-game you don't have time to notice those legs :D What I was most frustrated at with controlling paddles was how ball behaved taking a hit: It depent on balls position from central of paddle. This ment I couldn't just let the ball deflect from paddle but position it more carefully, which I felt bit hard. I would suggest that ball would deflect just normally (bit like laser from mirror) when paddle is still; and to redirect ball you would move paddle to wanted direction as you hit it.

Now overall it was well-made and had variety of enemies :) Also cutscenes x)

Here is video again https://youtu.be/P-r0wmUQe1g?t=6720

Excellent game with a ton of content I especially liked the hand drawn cut scenes.

Impressive amount of art and content. All the little touches, like the wizzard making the orb when it misses, make it feel really polished. Well done.

Wow, this was an amazing game. I had a lot of fun and sunk quite a bit of time into it.

The gameplay loop is amazing and super fun.

The only constructive criticism I could offer is that you could make damaging the enemies feel "heavier" either with slight screenshake, sounds, ball slowdown, anything to give the feeling of more weight.

But again this game was absolutely fantastic.

What a really fantastic game. I love the action. It was a lovely twist on the pong game. I just love the whole character and personality of this game. The cutscenes were great. Love the handrawn stuff and the large text. I felt invested in the story and was cheering for the wizard to be the Pong Protector!

This was a truly wonderful experience. The fact that you were able to take what really is one of the first video game experiences and turn it into something that feels so fresh and interesting as a massive achievment. I have very little to criticize in this, apart from wanting more content and polish. The core gameplay is perfect. Great work!

This game is absolutely fantastic. I took 2nd on the scoreboard (as of the time I'm writing this), and put it into my "Bangers" folder. I seriously hope this game wins you two the jam (even though I have a game in here too, lol), because it is by far the best one I've played.

Seriously, 10s across the board.

Love this game, I even made it to the top of the top score board! Great music and art, good fit for the theme :D