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First Fistfight 5 Points

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Roughing Regular 10 Points

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Fighting Fanatic 25 Points

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what. 50 Points

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Fly Me to the Moon 5 Points

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NOTE: There's a newer remake of this game on Itch.io. link


Never punch down, always punch up (and punching sideways is ok)


First "full game" made in the godot engine. Decided to make something short and sweet for a first project, so it isn't anything too fancy, just a generic highscore game.


CONTROLS:

"A" and "D" to move in the air.

Arrow keys to punch in a direction.


"RULES":

Punching down or getting hit by enemies removes health.

Punching enemies in any other direction but down gives you health.

Punching down on the floor or punching enemies in any direction boosts you up in the air.

Punching in the air removes stamina. No stamina means no more punching in air.

Punching enemies replenishes stamina.

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A really fun and good game.

It is rare to see such an original idea succed so well. I played to the million and was entertained the whole time.

The concept is easy. The gameplay is not much harder. You can play without thinking much on the game. You have done this and yet succeed at making the game fun. Punch to the sides to hit the shapes. If you are low on health, start with an uppercut. I like that you can afford to punch down sometimes despite the name of the game. It makes the gameplay more interesting because it is easier to hit the shapes that way, but at the same time it is much riskier. This could be a good idea if you just try to get a high combo. I got a bit dissappointed when I compared how much score I got at a high combo with how much I got with a low. It seems like there is no difference and that the combo is just there as a side goal besides scores. I found it more fun to go for a combo than to go for a score, so the is nothing to complain about the gameplay.

Some other notes: At sixhundredthousand points the game started to lag and the sounds played in a weird way. It was nothing too bad and I could continue like normal. It was a wise choice to include a pause button, because stuff is happening all the time. The graphics are great and the sounds are cute.

Only suggestion would be to switch background to something that does not make you motion sick. It was a good choice to put a background so the player could see which direction they are moving in. The background that is now is good in the way that it is not so disturbing. Maybe make the squares eight times bigger.

Very Tricky

This was a very tricky game the gameplay is sharp and keeps you on your toes also love the balck and white themed element here Not bored with this at all allowing the player to focus on the fun gameplay so for me this game was a nice touch some good style and flavour and you just make it work right from the start, Its games like this that really spark some good interest and fun elements, Fun and edgy game

~X~

Never always punch punch down UP

Sounds like some sort of konami code lol, sorry

Works great thanks! :D
It's a pretty weird game, but I like it.

WallOfMouthes responds:

Hello! Sorry about the medal thing, I forgot the newgrounds api disconnected every hour. I think I've made a solution to keep it connected, but if all else fails your score and medals are checked and uploaded when the game is reset. Hopefully it works! Thank you.

Surprisingly fun! I would only wish for an option to switch wasd/arrow keys to punch with wasd and move with arrows. Oh, as I noticed on the highscores board few people reached scores over 10 000, but that medal was not unlocked by anyone, which means the higher medals can be broken.

WallOfMouthes responds:

hihi, i've added keybinds so you can swap wasd and the arrow keys manually, thx for the suggestion! Some people on the leaderboard don't have medals since i added medals quite a bit after i added the leaderboard which already had 10,000+ scores. They should work (hopefully).
Thanks for the review!

edit: i am dumb. They are broken but I can't find the reason why. I'm still looking into it atm, apologies. (edit 2: the new update hopefully finally fixes the medals issue)

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Jul 30, 2021
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  • Godot Engine