Bubbletoy by jorjordandan

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made by jorjordandan for LD 38 (COMPO)

Title Screenshot Remember those plastic, water filled toys in restaurants? The way they were simultaneously boring, infuriating... and engrossing?

Play it on itch.io - https://jorjordandan.itch.io/bubbletoy

Complete unity project with all source code - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wf0v95rjfpmh3q8/AACE5uia_-CyU6sCBujCsSbQa?dl=0

Bubble toy is inspired by those toys. Six levels of haphazard control, and getting sooo close... and failing.

Play by yourself, or play with up to two friends!!

Music sequenced on http://www.beepbox.co/

Ratings

Overall 38th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 73th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 9th 4.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 343th 3.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 180th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 5th 4.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 20th 4.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 96th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 4🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Takusan
26. Apr 2017 · 00:01 UTC
Goddamnit, you almost owe me a laptop. Because of your voice acting I just spat my coffe, fortunately missing the computer, but it was close :)

This is absolutely great, I love it. Nothing wrong I could point out. Cheers!
Rixud
30. Apr 2017 · 21:54 UTC
i like the music and the sound effects !, the controls are a little bit confusing and hard. i don't know if is intended or a bug but is weird that i can jump in mid air
tinyworlds
01. May 2017 · 14:35 UTC
Great game! I don't know the water toys you used for inspiration, but what I know is that I never saw someone taking the concept and making a game based on it :) The game is really fun, especially with the awesome sounds and music. The colors also support the light, playful mood.
On the criticism: On German Keyboards the Y key is somewhere else. Maybe allow for configuration of the keys. I also found a glitch, that if you you leave the main cube and keep jumping in the air, the toy never comes down and there is no way to reset things.
All in all, a really fun, playful entry!
j-nat
02. May 2017 · 19:22 UTC
Very nice game !
Kinda slow in browser however.
Good theme interpretation. The sound design and music are very funny !

GG ^^
Breno_M
04. May 2017 · 13:58 UTC
Nice mechanics. The voice-sound-acting-effects is great too. I managed to control two of them at the same time.
jcsirron
05. May 2017 · 01:58 UTC
I kinda though the right/left controls would be on the outside and the jump would be in the middle. Your description is right. These are both infuriating and engrossing! I love the audio, too!
Rongo Matane
10. May 2017 · 17:48 UTC
How can you have so little comments with such a great game? The graphics are really neat and the sound effects are hilarious. The concept works well and is really motivating, since it offers the chance of achieving mastery - who triple jumped a toy into the goal area will know what i mean :D

German keyboard: y and z are switched, but that's a minor thing. Excellent entry, take my stars!

PS: brought here by @tinyworlds blog post.
slovakyan
10. May 2017 · 17:54 UTC
Kinda hard to control but dat sfx! 10/10 . Enjoyed it :)
Marin0104
10. May 2017 · 18:56 UTC
This game is so much fun. Hilarious how the controls are working. Very very good entry.
Sound, GFX, Gameplay and Humor 10/10!
Jordgubben
12. May 2017 · 18:28 UTC
It may be an odd thing to compliment in a Jam entry, but the typography of this game is remarkably pleasing. Its both relaxing and playful, that way it becomes very representative for the game as a whole.

Level variation could happen earlier though as the first three levels are nearly identical.

Also: The pink toy is very slow. It needs a serious buff to remain relevant in the current meta.
Fury
17. May 2017 · 20:36 UTC
This is so strange. I love the physics-based gameplay and the adorable sound effects. Very clear objective, too. Cute!!
Siridakis
19. May 2017 · 00:03 UTC
Awesome game, really addictive!! The graphics, music and SFX are great. Congratulations!
I must say though, I think it drifted away from the theme, but maybe you had a different interpretation that I missed.
theslate
19. May 2017 · 06:32 UTC
Maddening and infuriating and addictive. Congratulations! Sound, mechanics, and style are superbly matched. You must be a mad genius of some sort.
danhett
19. May 2017 · 07:14 UTC
This is a really neato take on the theme. Love it.
jondalnas
19. May 2017 · 07:52 UTC
I'm not into frustrating games, but the SFX were so freaking funny.
Vivoubos
19. May 2017 · 09:42 UTC
Bouing!!! Haha that sound was funny! Great job. Very nice concept.
GameQuester
19. May 2017 · 09:52 UTC
The sound effects were hilarious. I remember playing these toys as a kid. Almost forgot about them. Very cool concept and the gameplay was fun. Great job!