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Love Bomb by Andrew Quartermain

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made by Andrew Quartermain for LD32 (COMPO)
"If it's not love, then it's the bomb that will bring us together."

Try to bring a little love to the world, by dropping bombs. Move your balloon with the arrow keys and drop bombs with Z. Press R to restart.

The people feel different amounts of love, indicated by the colour of their hearts (black and empty is low, red and full is high). They influence each other as they talk. Bombing them increases their love.Too little or too much love will kill them.

Made with libGDX. All the art is hand painted in acrylic on canvas. Music was made with Zynewave Podium. Voices are my own.
Web http://electricseagull.itch.io/love-bomb
Windows/OSX/Linux (Java) https://www.dropbox.com/s/jlyyrgsp7mjkkah/LoveBombLD32.jar?dl=1
Source https://github.com/andrewquartermain/ld32
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=38469

Ratings

Coolness 87% 2
Overall 3.07 647
Audio 3.37 198
Fun 2.52 933
Graphics 4.15 67
Humor 2.51 663
Innovation 3.40 351
Mood 3.58 133
Theme 3.60 339

Feedback

HolyBlackCat
20. Apr 2015 · 13:53 UTC
Nice. Although, some goal or ending would be good.

By the way, I fixed my game, it should work for you now. Thanks for the comment.
longshorts
20. Apr 2015 · 13:57 UTC
Gorgeous game, a lovely gem to see something hand painted in a game. Music is wonderfully fitting for the game too. My only criticism is that I think the bombs should influence the character's love more, as at first I found it difficult to see if they had much effect other than scattering the characters. Very well done!
Johan Blade
20. Apr 2015 · 13:58 UTC
Great job on the graphichs, they look great!
texdata
20. Apr 2015 · 14:44 UTC
nice art !!!
Ilseroth
20. Apr 2015 · 14:44 UTC
The background is pretty, but there doesn't really seem to be much strategy other then "drop lots of bombs."
snade
20. Apr 2015 · 14:45 UTC
The bombs didn't seem to affect the population's love.
I really like the art!
ViliX64
20. Apr 2015 · 14:46 UTC
Whoa
This is such a lovely concept! I love this :)
Zeriver
20. Apr 2015 · 15:50 UTC
Really fun game and interesting idea. But the mood of the game is what makes this game special. I like this unique art and delicate ambient.

"(..) too much love will kill them" - now that words to live by :) i like to keep my love level at 50% :D
PaulJs
20. Apr 2015 · 16:27 UTC
Nice Graphics and Audio but the gameplay isn't really sucessful.
bace1000
20. Apr 2015 · 17:07 UTC
Strange but beautiful game. Would have really liked to seen more content, but for 48 hours it's brilliant!
hexagore
20. Apr 2015 · 23:21 UTC
Oh gosh that's beautiful and rather moving. Thanks
grillaface
21. Apr 2015 · 16:21 UTC
Art style and music is fantastic!
RealityCheck
21. Apr 2015 · 16:25 UTC
Nice little game. Great graphics. I only wish it was a little clearer what I was supposed to do. How to affect the population and so forth - still a solid compo effort.
retrophantom
22. Apr 2015 · 02:17 UTC
nice, did u actually paint it or is this a brush?
jk5000
23. Apr 2015 · 17:07 UTC
I love the art and the music.
lasagnegames
23. Apr 2015 · 17:09 UTC
Love the graphics, love the mood, and love the bomb!
Frozen Fractal
23. Apr 2015 · 17:21 UTC
Best looking entry I've seen so far! Great soundtrack too! I reached "All is love" and stopped bombing, but somehow I reached a tipping point and the love kept spreading and killed a bunch of people.
ALobker
23. Apr 2015 · 18:37 UTC
The background (and the parallax scrolling) made this game for me.
Garris
24. Apr 2015 · 00:01 UTC
Very pretty game. The graphics were amazing. Music was soft and relaxed, which I liked. It seemed that no matter how many bombs I dropped, it didn't really make them love each other more. But Maybe I was dropping them in the wrong spots. Overall, I really liked the idea of this game!
Archonthewizard
24. Apr 2015 · 23:36 UTC
Very impressive compo entry. Loved the art. I had a hard time figuring out what the goal was, but really enjoyed the mechanic
lucentbeam
24. Apr 2015 · 23:40 UTC
Interesting game, though I had some trouble really feeling like I could affect the population. Beautiful art. The music gives it all a very eerie vibe.
abcdef65g
25. Apr 2015 · 17:01 UTC
The art style is simply beautiful, quite a beautiful aesthetic. Your style of painting is very soothing, quite a show of how you can use anything you're good at and deliver yourself for your game. The music also matches and enhances the experience greatly, quite a moving experience even if I don't know exactly why the populace was decreasing, if they were all suiciding out of so much love in the world or if my bombs had also a murdering effect. Surely unusual in every way, unique experience and concept.
jmborden
25. Apr 2015 · 17:36 UTC
Interesting idea with the artwork, but needs a lot of gameplay work. Doesn't seem to be much of a game here.
SayHiBen
25. Apr 2015 · 17:48 UTC
This is so far my favorite compo entry. Simple game, but the mood and take on the theme cause it to say so much.

Moral of the game: "A little bit of love in the right places can make all the difference."

Alternate moral of the game: "Half the world will have to die before we can experience real love." ;)
TailyILoveYou
27. Apr 2015 · 21:25 UTC
Neat little game, nicely done!
garygreen
27. Apr 2015 · 21:26 UTC
Great art and mood. Very chilled out game. Nice one.
gnx
01. May 2015 · 22:49 UTC
Very nice looking entry :) I think the premise, mechanic and art style play nicely together for an effective experience.
Somnium
11. May 2015 · 16:55 UTC
I love the art and the music!