Destroy all the castles with a cannonball in the fewest number of shots! Use the mouse to aim and click to shoot. Once you’re moving, hold down the mouse to turn the ball back into a cannon, and release to shoot again.
\nThe game is pretty short, but you can try and go back and birdie every hole if you get to the end and are looking for a more difficult challenge.
\n","source":"jaburns/js13k2023","stars":5,"comments":[{"at":347287814,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"The physics are amazing, and I really love the concept. I have definitely not played this game before! When you slow down in mid air and nail another shot it feels amazing!
\nI do feel it’s maybe a little too hard. Maybe have slightly bigger castles to aim for? Or maybe it’s just a level layout balance. I’d also like either a movable camera so I can see the level ahead of me, or the ability to look straight down the cannons, or both. Sometimes lining up a shot, even with the little aim helper can be hard, especially if the castle is somewhere I can’t see.
\nBut still had fun with it. I’d love to learn how you did the physics. If you do a post mortem or any tutorials or articles on it I’d love to see it!
\n","games":["Upyri"]},{"at":348461269,"re":347287814,"author":"Jeremy Burns","login":"jaburns","gh":620418,"url":"https://jaburns.net","twitter":"jaburnsnet","text":"Thanks! Maybe I’ll make a markdown file in the repo that explains how everything works. Wouldn’t be too much extra effort, and I enjoyed reading yours and others’ post mortems, so I should contribute one.
\n"},{"at":347395155,"author":"Christopher Lis","login":"christopher4lis","gh":7675752,"url":"https://christopherlis.com","twitter":"christopher4lis","text":"I had a lot of fun playing this. A+ gameplay and controls, really easy to get the ball going where you want it to and move its trajectory with consecutive shots.
\n","games":["Young Magi, Awaken"]},{"at":347518482,"author":"Michael M.","login":"Schnark","gh":17846729,"url":"https://schnark.github.io","text":"The game is fun, but doesn’t really fit the theme, as 13th century artillery wasn’t strong enough to penetrate castle walls.
\n","games":["Sir Bruno’s Minnelied"]},{"at":347519446,"author":"Mark Vasilkov","login":"mvasilkov","gh":140257,"url":"https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net","twitter":"mvasilkov","text":"Some of the levels are devious! Very enjoyable puzzle game.
\n","games":["Super Castle Game"]},{"at":347618268,"author":"Marcin Walczak","login":"wiserim","gh":18725798,"twitter":"wiserim_","text":"A pleasant and challenging puzzle game.\nReally well done in terms of gameplay, graphics, controls and audio.
\n","games":["Petty kingdoms"]},{"at":347643216,"author":"Isaac Benitez","login":"isacben","gh":37629156,"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/isacben/","text":"Very interesting. It is a pretty engaging game. I can see people spending a good amount of time playing. Good controls and great physics and mechanics.
\nOn the other hand, I don’t feel the time is quite right. The hints are a bit unclear, I think (but this could be a preference).
\nGreat job!
\n","games":["Wanted"]},{"at":347824794,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"This game is pure mastery, in terms of graphics, ambiance, and challenge. Impressive for this size
\n","games":["Castle 🏰 Escape (2023)"]},{"at":348002980,"author":"Francesco Bedussi","login":"fbedussi","gh":9413715,"url":"http://www.francescobedussi.it","text":"Simple concept but really well done.
\n","games":["Guess the letter"]},{"at":348036284,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"Very good! The 3D gaphics, physics and controls are impressive. The progressive increase of the difficulty - with a new challenge for each level - is very well done.
\n","games":["Cathedral builder"]},{"at":348052589,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Great graphics, the 3d levels worked well.
\nThe game was fun to play, and at first I didn’t realise I could stop the ball mid-motion to switch back to a cannon - which actually really helped to play.
\nGave me a monkeyball vibe.
\n","games":["Princess of Corinium"]},{"at":348648106,"author":"Mefistofel","login":"mefist0fel","gh":1374506,"twitter":"Polar0cean","text":"Looks like a reskinned golf, but interesting game)\nPretty impressive implementation with 3d and physics.\nGameplay is a little weird, but fun.
\n","games":["Castle wars"]},{"at":348668835,"author":"Aurélio A. Heckert","login":"aurium","gh":30254,"url":"http://aurium.one","text":"It’s ok, it is fun, but you could have polished it more. I think.
\n","games":["Feudalistic Overlap"]},{"at":348705483,"author":"Allen Schmidt","login":"cobrajs","gh":297238,"url":"https://cobrajs.itch.io","text":"Awesome game!! Kinda felt like mini golf mixed with Neon White, but with cannons! The simple graphics worked great, and the physics were on point. The castle hitboxes felt tiny, but I still managed to birdie most of the holes. Really well done!
\n","games":["Pied Pipe Revolution"]},{"at":348706070,"author":"Markus Fisch","login":"markusfisch","gh":485246,"url":"http://www.markusfisch.de","text":"Fun game with really nice graphics! I like that the camera is following the cannon ball so closely! Very nice take for a golf game!
\n","games":["Musa's Quest"]},{"typ":2,"at":348708136,"author":"Ania Kubów","login":"kubowania","gh":51362610,"url":"javascriptgames.online","twitter":"ania_kubow","text":"Very impressed with this game! From a coding perspective, but also game play perspective. I am always impressed when the physics of throw are implemented well. This game was a very unique twist on golf that takes you on a visual journey I have not experienced before - in terms of following the ball. I would love to see this game developed for the professional market. Well done!
\n"},{"at":348725050,"author":"Gauthier Billot","login":"gogoprog","gh":1249453,"url":"http://gogopr.org","twitter":"gogoprog","text":"I really enjoyed this one, I completed all the levels.\nThe slow-motion trick is nice!
\n","games":["Minipuyo"]},{"typ":2,"at":348823991,"author":"Björn Ritzl","login":"britzl","gh":1300688,"url":"www.defold.com","twitter":"bjornritzl","text":"What a crazy idea for a game. But damn fun! It takes a little while before you get good ar reusing the cannon after the first shot, but once you get good at it you can do some pretty cool things. Well done.
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