Downhand: The Four Squares

The great Australian pastime of downball, now in game form!

This game was made in a week for #gameaweek2023 (Theme: Australia)

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Goal:

The player in King when the bell rings wins!

Rules:

Full - If the ball doesn't bounce once in your square before bouncing in another's

Double Bounce - If the ball bounces twice in your square without being touched

Line - If the ball lands on a line, round is replayed

Out - Ball lands outside of all squares, last to touch is out

Double Touch - If the same player touches the ball twice in a row

Controls:

Gamepad:

Move - Left Stick/D-pad

Slam Ball - Left face button

Lob Ball - Up face button

Keyboard 1 (wasd):

Move - WASD

Slam Ball - C

Lob Ball - V

Keyboard 2 (arrows):

Move - Arrow Keys

Slam Ball - .

Lob Ball - /

To start the game, use the D-pad or movement keys on the keyboard to select number of players, then press slam!

Credits:

Art - https://twitter.com/wombokgames

Programming/Music - https://twitter.com/zenpjdex

BG Ambience - Essential Sound Effects of Australia, CD2 Track 5

Cheering - Essential Sound Effects of Australia, CD1 Track 27

Fonts - Humble Fonts

SFX - https://sfxr.me/

Made with FMOD Studio by Firelight Technologies Pty Ltd.