Bag a Bride by Wuhao

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made by Wuhao for LD25 (COMPO)
This is my first LD, first game jam, first time making pixel graphics, first time making music

Game was made using Cocos2d-html5


HOW TO PLAY:

Click and drag the protagonist in opposite direction to throw
kidnap brides at their wedding with a bag
throwing power depend on drag distance


IF THE GAME LAGS
1, try google chrome
2, close other cpu demanding program/web page

Ratings

Coolness 80% 2
Overall 3.53 101
Audio 3.01 168
Fun 3.31 148
Graphics 3.92 73
Humor 4.03 11
Innovation 3.28 176
Mood 3.25 137
Theme 3.56 208

Feedback

singpolyma
16. Dec 2012 路 23:08 UTC
Short, but the gameplay and the physics work really well. The graphics are also pretty nice.
馃帳 Wuhao
17. Dec 2012 路 03:50 UTC
Wish had more time to make more level, LudumDare finishes at monday 10AM, I went to bed at 7AM..
donmilham
17. Dec 2012 路 04:50 UTC
Concept seems original. A solid score for Humor. The main control mechanism could have used some feedback (maybe visualize a velocity vector?).
Somfunambulist
17. Dec 2012 路 04:50 UTC
This game is great! I love the physics, which are rock solid by the way. The artwork is very nice, the sounds are funny and gratifying. I'd love to see twenty more levels of this!
leafo
17. Dec 2012 路 04:51 UTC
Funny idea. I like the graphics.
Scott McBee
17. Dec 2012 路 04:52 UTC
Great fun. I loved the art and enjoyed the "blah blah" sound effects.
mamoniem
17. Dec 2012 路 04:52 UTC
funny game , i like the ganganm man :0 and the strange language :) also the parallaxing :)
Arakade
17. Dec 2012 路 04:54 UTC
Yeah, so it's an Angry Birds remake but really nicely done! Love the fact (intentional?) that the protagonist looks like "Gangnam Style" dude!
cjgammon
17. Dec 2012 路 04:54 UTC
great job with the graphics! gameplay is pretty fun too.
refrag
17. Dec 2012 路 04:57 UTC
Kind of offensive... but I suppose with a theme of "You are the villain", that should be expected.
Had trouble with the "launching" mechanic. There was no UI indicating I was preparing a shot.
Graphics are excellent and the audio is cute.
馃帳 Wuhao
17. Dec 2012 路 05:35 UTC
I agree, i should had some kind of feed back so sacks will be easier to aim
NuSan
17. Dec 2012 路 10:11 UTC
Cool little game, i like the "bag a bride" concept, and the fact there is several levels.
infernet89
17. Dec 2012 路 10:29 UTC
Woha, really innovative concept and nice execution!
I was expecting a gameover if the wedding procedure complete before you can catch the bride, but it's easier now :P
馃帳 Wuhao
17. Dec 2012 路 10:36 UTC
Ye, I originally planned that once the priest finishes the wedding procedure. but didnt have time to implement that. Thanks for playing
GeorgeBroussard
17. Dec 2012 路 10:49 UTC
Great game. Love the art. Sound effects of preacher talking is great. I had trouble figuring out how to throw the bag. Should have tips in game, and maybe show and arc on screen as you drag, but....fun mechanic and great idea. Could actually see something like this maybe working on iOS. Good stuff, solid prototype all around.
munchor
17. Dec 2012 路 10:58 UTC
Amazing entry, cool concept, great physics, phenomenal graphics and cool audio too. I loved Psy-Bagger.
ElScootro
17. Dec 2012 路 13:54 UTC
Nicely done! Did you use any other tools like Cocos Builder for this?
馃帳 Wuhao
17. Dec 2012 路 13:56 UTC
No I didn't use cocosBuilder, since there aren't much UI elements. tilemap was done in tiled, I tried Physics Editor, but it didn't work well with cocos2d
lekochen
17. Dec 2012 路 15:02 UTC
The graphics are so adorable. Well done!

How did you get your game load so fast? Did you optimize for that? I use cocos2d-html5 as well but mine is so slow. Is because I use Dropbox to host my game?
lekochen
17. Dec 2012 路 15:12 UTC
Whoa, are you one of the cocos2d-html5 developers? Thanks for making this great engine! Great job!
馃帳 Wuhao
17. Dec 2012 路 15:59 UTC
ye Dropbox is really slow, github pages are pretty good actually. Also most of my images were saved as png8, which is really small compared to png32.
And yes, I am one of cocos2d-html5 developer
lekochen
17. Dec 2012 路 16:17 UTC
@Wuhao:
Good to know that, thanks!
AlexFili
17. Dec 2012 路 18:53 UTC
This game is incredible. Nothing has made me laugh this much in a long time. Just the idea of throwing a bag over a bride and then the physics fun makes me chuckle every time. One of the best games I've played this year!
Faust
18. Dec 2012 路 03:03 UTC
lol, this game is interesting, never thought the concept can be explain in such a hilarious way, great job.
lucky.luddite
18. Dec 2012 路 07:56 UTC
+1 for the blah effects. Maybe add more info about the controls on this page?
馃帳 Wuhao
18. Dec 2012 路 08:02 UTC
Good idea, i'll do that
robashton
18. Dec 2012 路 11:38 UTC
Very nicely done, I liked how the protaganist looked like PSY :P
sletari
18. Dec 2012 路 15:29 UTC
Very nice! Indeed, it would be good to have some visual feedback of the aim/strenght
prettymuchbryce
18. Dec 2012 路 20:22 UTC
As a virgin I can really relate to this game's protagonist.
drewfitz
18. Dec 2012 路 22:58 UTC
Hilarious! A suggestion: some sort of aiming indicator when you're dragging the mouse.
AhNinniah
19. Dec 2012 路 00:16 UTC
It was really fun to play! Stunning graphics indeed!

I wonder, what for he kidnaps all these brides :)
atrodo
19. Dec 2012 路 03:29 UTC
Fun, but I really felt like I needed some feedback on what was going to happen with the throwing. Good game.
Stryphe
19. Dec 2012 路 04:53 UTC
Good Game
Spotlightor Gao
19. Dec 2012 路 07:15 UTC
Love your graphics and humor. I think the best part is it can be played on mobile devices. Some visual feedback when dragging will be better.
馃帳 Wuhao
19. Dec 2012 路 08:16 UTC
I did not enable touch on mobile devices, so you can't get past title screen lol. besides, the performance is awful on mobile device..
Ye, like everyone's being saying, i should have implemented aiming vector
pereubu
19. Dec 2012 路 20:08 UTC
nice and short concept, i liked it a lot, maybe more feedbacks would have been necessary to help the player ( considering the time you had to spent on physics i understand the time needed to finish the game) great job D:
gnx
19. Dec 2012 路 23:16 UTC
Very good graphics and lots of fun touches.
Overall lags for me and the bag throwing seems very unresponsive with mouse control.
Beerman
20. Dec 2012 路 19:49 UTC
Gloriously silly with great use of physics.
degtyarev
21. Dec 2012 路 07:25 UTC
Graphics is cool, but too booring
dek
21. Dec 2012 路 12:03 UTC
Hi, you commented my game and told me that it didnt work, can you describe what is happening?
davidwparker
22. Dec 2012 路 17:27 UTC
Good idea, but I had no idea how to actually bag a bride. I tried clicking / clicking+dragging, but nothing ever happened. It fired the bag a couple of times but never where I thought it would.

I like the audio and graphics.

What did you think of Cocos2-html5? Did you use CocosBuilder or just code?
馃帳 Wuhao
23. Dec 2012 路 13:01 UTC
if you release the mouse outside the game area (canvas), it won't register, you have to drag and release the mouse inside the game.
No I didn't use cocos builder, you can see my progress in the time lapse video at the top of this page
cwalter5
24. Dec 2012 路 04:23 UTC
It's too hard to tell where you are aiming, you should add a graphic to give you some indication of your throw strength and angle. Also the limited length of your rope is a bummer.
The sound is hilarious, but I'd turn it off after the intro.

All that picking but the game idea is pretty original and the mechanics work pretty well. I also can't find fault with the graphics.
csanyk
24. Dec 2012 路 04:25 UTC
This is one of the best and funniest games I've played yet in LD25. I'm impressed!
SamoojaMies
24. Dec 2012 路 09:50 UTC
Nice way to promote cocos2d-html :). The game looks great!
juaxix
24. Dec 2012 路 12:22 UTC
Nice!
Jeremias
24. Dec 2012 路 12:48 UTC
Fantastic game. I got all the brides. Was fun to play. Here is my feedback:

- Sometimes I wish to scroll faster back to my character for launching the next shot. Your scrolling algorithm prevents me from that.
- The rope is only shown the first time. Is this a bug? Shouldn't have every threw bag a connected rope?

Liked the graphics and the "bla"-sound the most :D
Hatscat
24. Dec 2012 路 14:46 UTC
really funny!
kibertoad
24. Dec 2012 路 17:43 UTC
Excellent idea, but controls are very, very clunky, wish there was some force indicator shown.
dragonfi
28. Dec 2012 路 12:51 UTC
Very well done, it's really fun. Too bad there are only 5 levels, I could play this for a while.
SuperDisk
28. Dec 2012 路 22:46 UTC
Quite a funny concept. The 'bwaaa bwaa' coming from the pastor thing was very humorous, plus PSY capturing brides from a tree while the groom doesn't even notice is hilarious.
TyrusPeace
31. Dec 2012 路 00:09 UTC
I like the hilarity that the physics rollin' and bonkin' added to the concept. Nice work! It seemed a bit buggy at points as the rope connecting the player and the bag didn't render reliably and I had a couple bags being reeled in at once a few times.

That ended up looking even more hilarious :P.
Jezzamon
31. Dec 2012 路 05:11 UTC
Nice! The audio was a little annoying, but a pretty hilarious game. A little buggy at times though, like if you threw another bag before the first disappeared it glitched.

Nice graphics too. :D
galman
01. Jan 2013 路 21:05 UTC
Awesome game!!! Really fun and funny :D I played it a lot of times
azurenimbus
05. Jan 2013 路 04:54 UTC
I literally laughed out loud when I saw who I was playing as.

Nice gameplay, and I just can't believe this is your first time making pixel graphics. They're amazing.
ConflictiveLabs
08. Jan 2013 路 00:03 UTC
Hahaha, hilarious! Having a PSY-lookalike as a bride-stealing villain totally made my day. Cool entry.
馃帳 Wuhao
08. Jan 2013 路 01:49 UTC
Thanks for playing my game and giving me valuable feedbacks! This ludum dare was an epic experience for me!