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Hot Air Balloons Or People? by itsjustjord

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made by itsjustjord for LD 43 (COMPO)

Welcome! This is my 2nd Ludum Dare, please be gentle.

Hot Air Balloons Or People?

What is this game? This game is made for the LD43 by myself on my own, in this game the objective is to keep your hot air balloon in the sky for as long as you can, you will be forced to sacrifice either people or money that is attached to the hot air balloon. Now this will not be an easy task as you will have to watch out for birds flying in the sky and they will affect you!

Controls: - Left Mouse Button - Select Objects. - Space - Use when asked to skip scenes. - Esc - Pause while in game.

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Let me know what you think and any and all feedback is well appreciated! :D

Windows https://itsjustjord.itch.io/hot-air-balloons-or-people
Source code https://itsjustjord.itch.io/hot-air-balloons-or-people
HTML5 (web) https://itsjustjord.itch.io/hot-air-balloons-or-people
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/hot-air-balloons-or-people

Ratings

Overall 360th 3.107⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 393th 2.821⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 309th 3.036⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 161th 3.732⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 351th 2.946⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 259th 2.946⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 126th 3.268⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 356th 2.839⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

Pavan_01
02. Dec 2018 · 06:15 UTC
its good idea!
Atium Addict
02. Dec 2018 · 16:03 UTC
The conflicting goals of staying in the air for as long as possible and landing with a minimum of people and money could make more levels with different aerial threats interesting.

For now, until the deadline, I would suggest adding a pause menu with a resume button and a quit button like the one in your main menu.
🎤 itsjustjord
02. Dec 2018 · 19:36 UTC
@pavan-01 Thank man! :D
🎤 itsjustjord
02. Dec 2018 · 19:37 UTC
@atium-addict Thank you so much for the kind words and feedback, i have updated the game build and included a Pause button in-game and also a quit from in-game too! Thank you so much for the suggestions!
BS Studios
02. Dec 2018 · 19:45 UTC
Had fun. Good graphics. Great overall.
shulgaboy
03. Dec 2018 · 03:19 UTC
I love the people screaming when getting thrown out) Had a lot of fun, I think I even bumped into the top of the map) My PB is 112, who got more?
pandan
03. Dec 2018 · 03:40 UTC
It's pretty good! Once i figured out the optimal amount of coinage to sacrifice haha.
The sound effects are great and funny!
🎤 itsjustjord
03. Dec 2018 · 03:49 UTC
@pandan @shulgaboy Thanks, guys! I was a little hesitant to do voices too! Thanks for the reassurance :D
BrownRiceStudio
03. Dec 2018 · 03:55 UTC
Great game! I still wish it would be little more fast-paced. Game play feels little slow for me
Mightymaster99
03. Dec 2018 · 03:55 UTC
Pretty interesting game. I think I could have lasted longer, but I think I hit the top of the map. I love the added screams of everyone. It's kinda funny!
Darylsteak
03. Dec 2018 · 05:55 UTC
Fun game, was a bit short however.

My complaints have already been voiced by those above. Although maybe have the consequences of losing money and/or people greater.

Nice.
ManTou
03. Dec 2018 · 08:18 UTC
Good game. Easy and fun. I like it.
jk5000
03. Dec 2018 · 09:02 UTC
Overall was this a very funny little game. The graphics was very sweat and it fits the game idea very well. The music in the game was okay, but it could have been better. The game idea was okay, but it lacked a bit of difficulty.
SanyingLi
03. Dec 2018 · 09:11 UTC
Nice job, fit the theme very well. I like the idea and the graphic style. My complaints is about the balance of the game, for now the best way for me to land is do nothing. If you adjust the damage that birds hurts would make this game even better. Good game overall.
Daniel_Abeleira
03. Dec 2018 · 11:25 UTC
Nice game! The artwork is great
oxrock
03. Dec 2018 · 16:43 UTC
My only complaint is that the sky has a ceiling. It robbed me of all my precious momentum.
behzad_robot
03. Dec 2018 · 19:41 UTC
:D cool idea.
dob
03. Dec 2018 · 22:47 UTC
Fun game, with an interesting original concept that fit the theme, cool graphics and sound. The play experience was a little limited - I couldn't really tell what the birds did that was so bad other than cost you a little bit of cash. Very nice work.
xesenix
04. Dec 2018 · 03:03 UTC
The soundtrack is a little bit annoying but fits well with the art style. Sacrificing people is kind of offsetting your progress to land. In general, it has some nice gameplay.
dk5000p
04. Dec 2018 · 07:01 UTC
So doing nothing causes you to complete the level with enough coin and people and not a terrible time staying a float. I didn't really feel I was sacrificing anything because the goal of 50 gold and at least one person can be met by doing nothing. The main menu music was nice but the actual game music got redundant. I enjoyed the graphics for the bird hitting the balloon. Needs a few tweaks to actually feel there is a challenge here.
gwinnell
13. Dec 2018 · 13:56 UTC
I liked mousing over the people on the menu! Funny. Nice sfx and music. Theme fits well too.

The game itself needs a bit of balancing/tweaking, that I feel others have not touched on yet: The random patterns of the birds kind of clashes with the abilities the player has. If the player could (somehow) make themselves lower down/heavier, or if they could affect/kill the birds in some way then there would be a lot more skill involved in getting to the ground with the most money/people. Currently, to me, it just feels too random. Hope that helps!
EddenSoft
14. Dec 2018 · 20:00 UTC
WOW we have same idea, but i do it little different.