Balloon Balloon! by JetTheSimon

Try to keep a balloon in the air with a friend for as long as possible in this fun physics-based arcade game!

Featuring:
- Two exciting levels!
- An original pop-punk soundtrack!
- Fast paced physics fun!
- A cute art style
- Local co-op. In fact, this is the only way to play! Perfect for quarantine.

So grab a friend and have some good ol' fashioned balloon based fun!
CONTROLS:
PLAYER 1 - WASD + G TO JUMP
PLAYER 2 - ARROW KEYS + L TO JUMP
SPACE / P / ESC TO PAUSE
Ratings
| Overall | 366th | 3.591⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 419th | 3.42⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 259th | 3.633⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 428th | 3.767⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 117th | 4.104⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 87th | 3.87⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 122th | 3.655⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 285th | 3.523⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 53🗳️ | 63🗨️ |
The art style fits well. The physics is fun. I like the car XD
Nice work!
Thanks for the feedback! And I will try and make the songs more fluid in the future.
If you jump the balloon will go a bit higher if you time right. Adds another dimension.
Thank you for your feedback and kind words :)
Nice graphic. Nice audio !! strong party vibe.
Gotta admit the control is a little bit hard though, they were either not moving or moving too fast.
Maybe the jumping could be more obvious? I only saw they stretch their bodies.
I'm writing these while my balloon is stuck on the shelf hahahahahaha
@decappoolla Happy to hear! With all these comments it does make me want to tighten the controls a little bit! Though in development it felt great to me, I guess that always happens when youre testing your own game lol.
Makes sense with the jumping, and thats awesome to hear about the shelf lol.
Thanks for playing guys <3
Making a 2 player game in 48h is ambitious, but you really balance the difficulty by bonking the players of off each other, haha.
As feedback, I'd remove the balloon outline. I imagine you put it there to make it stand out, but since we're following the shadow anyway, I find it actually distracts you.
@bakob @inka-mcatee Thanks!
@melonking I am impressed you played on your own!
@ironygames Thank you so much. I don't agree personally with the outline as I found it a lot harder when I removed it, but I do see where you are coming from :). Thanks for playing.
I played by myself, one hand for each player, it seems almost like that's the way this game should be played.
Really good execution. My favorite is the graphics (I wish I knew how to make a game look like that), and sound effects and music are charming, and the physics and way the characters break things around the house are charming as well. Bonus points for having more than one level. More bonus points for making it a local multiplayer game, there are way too few of those these days.
However, being alone inside and all, didn't really have anyone to play with, but it was possible to play alone after practicing contorting my hands to weird positions. It's my only suggestion, maybe with very little effort you could make the controls more playable for a single player? For example WASD+LCTRL and IJKL+SPACE.
Cheers! :purple_heart:
I think it semi fits the gameplay though.
Thanks :)
unfortunately I think the controls a bit fiddly! Understand that for a "silly physics" game you want it to be a bit wobbly, but I think maybe it could be a little bit easier on the player. Maybe make the top speed a bit lower and have a bit more friction.
Great entry though, very impressive for 48 hours' work.