Balloon Cat by TheFudster

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made by TheFudster for LD34 (COMPO)
Play as a cat flying a balloon to get food for hungry kittens!
Go get the item shown in the bubble at the start of the level and bring it back.
Thats it!

Will upload source soon.

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1888
Overall 3.81 102
Audio 3.71 83
Fun 3.25 407
Graphics 4.42 26
Humor 3.14 174
Innovation 3.47 278
Mood 3.94 45
Theme 3.89 346

Feedback

zesterer
14. Dec 2015 · 03:55 UTC
Awesome! Very cute. Although I wasn't really sure how to go about getting fuel.
Nooner Bear
14. Dec 2015 · 05:26 UTC
This is adorable! I love your art style!
jcmonkey
14. Dec 2015 · 05:27 UTC
nice little game.
Fanttum
14. Dec 2015 · 05:35 UTC
A cute game if a bit simple. Very relaxing however. Great visuals and sound.
EwChap
14. Dec 2015 · 05:43 UTC
Cute and enjoyable game. Love the music. Great work.
Bemmu
14. Dec 2015 · 05:46 UTC
Fantastic work, adorable artwork and great use of color upping the overall mood.
dekart
14. Dec 2015 · 05:48 UTC
Very well done! I like the blurred background made of the same objects, it creates an awesome feeling of open space and real flight.

Few notes:
* controls doesn't give much control - it's nearly impossible to predict where the balloon will land so hitting the ground at a specific place is really challenging
* the goal of the flight is not clear, what should I do to win? Probably an arrow pointing where you need to land would help. There are signs on the ground, but which one is the one i need?
* moving the balloon backward (at least a little) is a must - the game doesn't give you a second chance to hit the target and with the current controls it feels like a fault of the game since I don't reall control anything

Hope that helps
guoboism
14. Dec 2015 · 06:01 UTC
Greate Game! I love those 3D pixels stuff!
bushmango
14. Dec 2015 · 06:23 UTC
Very cute art, very hard to control!
Stephen Patrick
14. Dec 2015 · 06:28 UTC
It was pretty cute and had great graphics, but I had a hard time controlling where to land. As soon as I'd seen the landing spot I would already be too far gone to deflate to hit it.
Jupiter_Hadley
14. Dec 2015 · 12:58 UTC
Very cute, challenging game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/rQfOYGAIpM0
wilsk
14. Dec 2015 · 20:26 UTC
A lot of nice relaxing games in this LD and this is certainly one of them. I liked the background too.
f7f5
14. Dec 2015 · 21:59 UTC
This is awesome, had a blast playing it. Found myself blowing at the screen to try to get some left-facing wind after I collected everything and missed the end(start) point just by a bit.

Nice inflate/deflate sound effects and great mood!
TeamKawaiiju
15. Dec 2015 · 05:01 UTC
Very nice art style. After getting the item in the bubble though there didn't appear to be a way of getting back, just an infinite line of trees.
TeamKawaiiju
15. Dec 2015 · 05:01 UTC
super cute art style
🎤 TheFudster
15. Dec 2015 · 07:41 UTC
@TeamKawaiiju The game world does loop around. It's probably a bit too far at the moment but if you keep going you will return to the start.
commodoreKid
15. Dec 2015 · 09:49 UTC
I'm not a fan of voxel-like graphics and it was too hard for me (got a bottle of milk though!) however I like the idea for the controls. It feels like this old game where you were trying to land on a pod with spacecraft. You may consider using a color palette next time, it would look much better.
trykondev
15. Dec 2015 · 12:59 UTC
It’s got great music – this sort of percussion thing that reminds me of animal crossing. And an amazing art style. Really inspirational! Great work
Slothmachine
15. Dec 2015 · 19:58 UTC
Nice Voxels. Great idea with the background! Makes it feel really wide and open space.
Capitals
16. Dec 2015 · 01:11 UTC
Very cutesy art style which fits perfectly with the music. I could have done with a bit of clarity with the task and whether it was meant to be as difficult as it was.
🎤 TheFudster
16. Dec 2015 · 03:43 UTC
It kind of is meant to be difficult. In the end I decided the difficulty was acceptable just because in its current state it's so damn short haha.
Drtizzle
16. Dec 2015 · 19:46 UTC
The presentation of this game is the best I've seen so far this LD! Slick menu, great graphics and music. The gameplay however is not superb. You have too little influence on the balloon to really feel in control.
- Good idea
- Great presentation
- Needs some work gameplay-wise

Good job!
emmes
17. Dec 2015 · 23:59 UTC
Love the art design.

However, I have too little control over the balloon for my taste.
Xanjos
04. Jan 2016 · 15:53 UTC
Controls were pretty hard to master but I loved the way they worked plus I really liked the voxel art style.