Rocky Flight Balloon by Smaxx

made by Smaxx for LD26 (COMPO)

For whatever reason you feel that you should no longer live in that deep canyon.
Your means of escape: A balloon! It's strong enough to arry you, but for some weird reason the moment you start, the canyon starts collapsing.

Can you make it out alive? (This is no endless game; you'll eventually leave the canyon.)

This game can be played with the keyboard or a gamepad.

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The initial concept had more obstacles other than rocks (like brambles, birds, etc.), but I ran out of time. I'll probably add some later on.

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I'll only provide a Windows binary, but the game should compile and run under MacOS as well as Linux (tested on Ubuntu x64 only). You'll just have to grab the source (as well as SFML2) and compile it yourself. Feel free to provide feedback, I'm more than happy to help getting it running on as many systems as possible.

Note regarding the Ubuntu precompiled binary: Please run the game through the shell script; this will ensure the game finds the shared libraries that are included.

Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2510538/ld26rfb.zip
Linux (Ubuntu x64)	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2510538/rfb-test.tar.gz
Source (GitHub)	https://github.com/MarioLiebisch/Rocky-Flight-Balloon
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=19197

Ratings

Coolness	50%	3
Overall	3.18	546

Audio	2.21	839
Fun	3.03	512
Graphics	3.74	170
Innovation	2.41	1034
Mood	2.97	490
Theme	3.58	505

Feedback

Chman

29. Apr 2013 · 06:35 UTC

Simple but fun. The normal difficulty was very easy (almost boring) but the impossible one was... well, impossible. You need something in between :]

metadept

29. Apr 2013 · 14:41 UTC

Nicely done, runs smoothly and looks good! Bonus points for including multiple difficulties. My only complaint is that it could really use music. Some kind of catchy chiptune loop would go a long way toward keeping me playing.

8BitPimp

29. Apr 2013 · 14:42 UTC

Nice theme and style. Could use a little variation however.

egos

29. Apr 2013 · 14:43 UTC

nice game, thanks
well polished

Overv

29. Apr 2013 · 14:43 UTC

Fun little game. The one thing I missed was the little creature swinging around when moving.

Lucas Tiridath

29. Apr 2013 · 14:47 UTC

Fun little game. Good minimalist gameplay and art style.

So the fact that the canyon is collapsing has nothing to do with why the character has decided it might be a good time to get out of the canyon? ;)

Anyhow well done. Good game.

Ray_Mickelino

30. Apr 2013 · 01:40 UTC

Nice game. It might be good to add a Score feature. Pretty good.

ignifluous

30. Apr 2013 · 07:55 UTC

Very zen, somehow. Beautiful (minimalistic) use of sound.

AndyBumpkin

30. Apr 2013 · 07:57 UTC

Certainly goes with the theme, very minimalistic, liked the silhouetted style. The sound was a bit disapointing, no music and only a few beeps. Also there was no indicator to how I'd done on my two failed attempts (I had no idea if I was improving at all!)
Very smooth game play though, good feel to it.

jolle

30. Apr 2013 · 16:28 UTC

Very stylistic, good look. Fairly easy, made it out on the second try. Some ambient music/sound would have been nice for atmosphere. Could have used anti-aliasing also, but it's a minor complaint.

KilledByAPixel

30. Apr 2013 · 22:45 UTC

Runs well, good controls, good balance, good visual style. Could use more gameplay depth or a more interesting primary mechanic. I know you are going for minimal but you still need to keep a player interested. Also music and better sound effects would help.

TheMaster99

30. Apr 2013 · 23:37 UTC

Simply amazing game. It might not have been that innovative, but the graphics were awesome! It's the subtle things that transform something from being good to great, and I feel as if this game definitely achieved that. As others have said, maybe add some music, and maybe make the levels last longer and/or add power-ups, and I could definitely see myself buying this on a mobile platform. Definitely the best submission I've played so far. Bravo.

Tyro

01. May 2013 · 08:38 UTC

Dandy game. 'Twould be nice to move your character up and down, but it's not essential. It's an easy concept to expand upon, for sure.

fullmontis

01. May 2013 · 09:19 UTC

Very simple yet very fun. I think there sould be some powerup of sorts to spice up gameplay.

Dir3kt

01. May 2013 · 11:30 UTC

Nice simple endless balooner :) The character is really cute. Also I liked the fact that the hitbox is the baloon, not the character.

blackmagic

01. May 2013 · 11:56 UTC

Very simple yes fun, a little bit of scoring/storyline & Music would have made it perfect (post ludum version? )

LTyrosine

01. May 2013 · 18:24 UTC

Nice game. Liked the smooth controls, a thing that is really on some other entries. Beautiful scenario.

acro

02. May 2013 · 16:23 UTC

Short and sweet! I haven't tried impossible mode It doesn't sound fun. The small offset animations on the little character add a lot of charm! It didn't run smoothly for me, it jumped and twitched vertically for some reason - maybe slow redraws: this machine doesn't have a good graphics card.

fishbrain

02. May 2013 · 17:54 UTC

Brilliant! Simple and fun, but need Score or Timer(?)

bvanschooten

02. May 2013 · 19:00 UTC

Looks polished, and the graphics look nice. The gameplay is a little limited though.

Pixelboy_85

02. May 2013 · 20:02 UTC

Would be great as an endless/highscore game, or with story and levels. Liked the characters subtle animations. good job.

StMatn

02. May 2013 · 22:00 UTC

Pretty nice game! I really like the character-animation!

sudorossy

04. May 2013 · 00:07 UTC

Fun game, agreed about the difference between normal and impossible being too great, but the main character is so cute! <3

TheSheep

10. May 2013 · 09:20 UTC

Go Kirby! Go! Thanks for the linux build!

🎤 Smaxx

10. May 2013 · 14:00 UTC

I've updated the Linux build, which should now run properly without spitting out permission errors due to me misspelling "null" and using true fullscreen.

sP0CkEr2

16. May 2013 · 04:38 UTC

really cool and i liked the graphics -- nice job

dremelofdeath

16. May 2013 · 07:46 UTC

nice little simple game you got here, I really like the animation on the guy holding the balloon

AestheticGamer

20. May 2013 · 04:32 UTC

Simple, liked the style in the simple graphics. Felt there might be a better way to raise intrigue or make it feel like you're accomplishing something going higher, like a story or score or something.