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Just Balloon: Move or Lose edition 3 by zeu31

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made by zeu31 for LD 42 (JAM)

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Description:

Help the little balloon stay safe in this hostile environment where everything can kill. But be careful! Because you are running out of space and all you can do is move.

Instructions:

  • hold the Left Mouse Button to push the balloon away from the cursor
  • hold the Right Mouse Button to pull the balloon to the cursor

Controls:

  • Mouse-only

Credits:

All programming, design, art, and music was done by me (Zeu31 ).

Tools:

  • Unity3D.
  • Gimp.
  • LMMS.
  • BFX.
  • Audacity.

Notes:

  • any feedback will be greatly appreciated!

* I will play (rate and comment) the game of everyone who comment here as long the game run on my computer (that is a windows 32bits potato). If I did not play you game this is probably the reason. I am sorry! :(

Windows https://zeu31.itch.io/just-balloon-move-or-lose-edition-3
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/just-balloon-move-or-lose-edition-3

Ratings

Overall 640th 3.342⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 467th 3.355⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 694th 3.081⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 604th 3.487⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 321th 3.842⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Audio 398th 3.237⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 406th 2.953⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 423th 3.303⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 77🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

ristoretto
15. Aug 2018 · 22:19 UTC
I like the core gameplay, but it was hard! Might be worth it to start with fewer spike balls in the beginning.

Also nice style :)
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance
16. Aug 2018 · 21:49 UTC
The basic mechanic has potential, but personally I think it's way to hard.
A bit of leeway in the difficulty (Maybe with a healthbar or something?) would be nice in terms of balancing.
Or maybe I just suck at it :D
PatteDeCanaard
16. Aug 2018 · 21:57 UTC
The game is fun and I like graphics. I get a better score by staying in a corner without moving rather than trying to dodge (but maybe I'm not good at it).
mindfungus
17. Aug 2018 · 01:36 UTC
it was fun, i would have liked a smoother difficulty curve. i didn't use the repel button, only the attract one. i liked the visuals!

good job on the jam!
DPS2004
18. Aug 2018 · 22:41 UTC
pretty fun! my high score was 10.
Tymus
18. Aug 2018 · 23:34 UTC
The game's pretty hard but there's a nice feeling to it
I really like the hand-drawn assets, gives it a cool atmosphere, really tactile and cute
some way to survive a hit would ba great but overall it's a sweet game :)
chronicbite
18. Aug 2018 · 23:38 UTC
I liked it! personally really dig the ballon dude and how everything has that hand-drawn style. It was fun, congratulations
Cercle
18. Aug 2018 · 23:42 UTC
Absolutely love the paper cut out style, and I've never thought about using the mouse controls in that way. The speed and feel of the player character was perfect. My only note would be to start with only one bad guy to allow the player to get used to the controls. Even after 20+ tries, with four bad guys I could get past 8 as a high score. Besides that, well done! A very beautiful and smooth game! Please do more jams!
geck0
18. Aug 2018 · 23:51 UTC
well done! maybe a bit hard :P
Raktou
19. Aug 2018 · 00:48 UTC
Pretty hard hahaha I did 14 :D
JesterSeraph
19. Aug 2018 · 04:06 UTC
I loved the audio and paper graphics. The gameplay is very smooth, but definitely very challenging, would love maybe a levels 1 and 2, and the current level be 3 in terms of ramping up the difficulty.

Awesome work!
Astralore
19. Aug 2018 · 19:31 UTC
Very difficult! My highest score was 12 seconds. I love the aesthetic, great work! :smile:
rEaX
20. Aug 2018 · 01:13 UTC
It feels very satisfying when you manage to succesfully dodge those spiky things. I got 18 in score. I don't know if that is good or not? :)
RyanJavanshir
20. Aug 2018 · 01:15 UTC
Really love your pencil and paper style art. Nice entry!
Laughertes
20. Aug 2018 · 02:10 UTC
Love the art style. Great job!
Avon
20. Aug 2018 · 08:52 UTC
Fun game, but a tad too difficult, highest score I got was 10. I really liked the graphics, very cute and charming.
LuckyFeathers
21. Aug 2018 · 00:52 UTC
Game feels complete, graphics are nice, music is nice. I like that you have stuff like high score and a quit button. These are things that a lot of people forget in game jams.

However! You suffer from another issue that I see quite often in game jams. Your game is way too difficult. Remember! You have practiced for 72 hours. What you find easy might be really difficult for someone who has never played your game before. Try to let someone play your game before you submit and see if you should tweak something. This game would be great if you had set the number of enemies at the start to 1 instead of 4.
levlaj
22. Aug 2018 · 20:40 UTC
I agree with everyone before, the game is nice, the controls are innovative, and the graphics is unique and elegant. The high score was also a very nice touch, it made me want to become better. However, the game is too difficult, it is very hard to dodge the spiky balls. A lower starting difficulty and smoother increase would make it better.
Paulo Augusto
23. Aug 2018 · 21:05 UTC
i love this concept and gameplay ..,... 5 stars man
Lexyvil
24. Aug 2018 · 23:17 UTC
Simple, yet a very fun, and addicting game! I couldn't beat my high score after a while. I ended up spending 20 to 30 minutes on it.

![Balloon.png](///raw/b69/a1/z/1a727.png)
Rodrigo Molina
25. Aug 2018 · 04:06 UTC
Very interesting game, I liked it a lot, most of the observations I had well already mentioned, so, I only gotta say that, if polished, this could turn into a really nice mobile game.
CristiHKJ
25. Aug 2018 · 09:58 UTC
Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D
bradleypollard
25. Aug 2018 · 14:39 UTC
I love the way it looks, the hand drawn art goes really far. That said, the game gets very hard very quickly and I can't see the benefit of having both push and pull. Once you start using one you don't really have time to switch to the other because if you ever stop moving its very hard to not get hit! It would be good if it was more obvious which part of the spike balls will kill you, since it feels like a lot of it is safe to touch but that isn't obvious from the art.
Eric Kulbiej
25. Aug 2018 · 17:36 UTC
Great art style and sound. Good job. I like the mechanics as well. Keep it up!

Please do check my game maybe you’ll like it and leave some feedback.
Rik_Thunder
03. Sep 2018 · 09:03 UTC
urgh. they are so fast!
I prefere pulling.
highscore: 10

I love the paper graphics though! music was neat too.
🎤 zeu31
07. Sep 2018 · 21:41 UTC
Thanks everyone for playing my game and commenting. The feedback is always the best part of the jam for me! :)

Also I will make a post-jam version using the feedback.