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Birloon by sky_fighter

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made by sky_fighter for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

Story: A little girl hands slipted while holding onto a shiny red balloon. You must now play as the balloon to guide into through an unnaturally amount of birds in the sky. Have long can you last.

Gameplay: Your mouse cursor holds onto the string of the balloon. You must drag the balloon around to avoid birds flying in the sky. If the body of the balloon touches a bird, it will pop and it's game over from there. The balloon will natutally try and float upwards. There is heavy wind, indicated by the top left corner. The text tells you how fast the wind is, and how much it will influence the balloon. The arrow tells you the direction of the wind, and the direction the ballon is influenced.

Tools Used: Game Engine: Unity Art: Krita Sound Effects: Bfxr Music: Bosca Ceoil

Screenshots: Start.PNG

Gameplay.PNG

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPJKhlQsQGtzJyGTY80OIg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeSuperCoolDuck

Youtube https://sky-fighter.itch.io/birloon
Youtube https://sky-fighter.itch.io/birloon
Youtube https://sky-fighter.itch.io/birloon
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/birloon

Ratings

Overall 663th 3.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 479th 3.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 491th 3.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 446th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 890th 2.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 413th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 478th 2.844⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 625th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Generic Games
21. Apr 2020 · 12:57 UTC
Nice work! The wind makes the gameplay & controls much more interesting, and the music is pretty catchy too.
Barrier
22. Apr 2020 · 18:23 UTC
This is pretty good. I like the silly slightly glitchy string :D
Changing wind direction is a nice twist.
Likirus
24. Apr 2020 · 12:47 UTC
I like the game, quite difficult, but fun :) is there something up there if you get to a very high level?
Guille
24. Apr 2020 · 12:55 UTC
Very fun, difficult, and intuitive! The art is great, and the sounds are awesome! Though the game is too difficult; the good art, intuitiveness, and beauty make up for the difficulty level. Good job, and keep it up!
n8___
24. Apr 2020 · 12:57 UTC
I'm still humming the tune.. Takes a simple concept and adds some nice twists. You learn early on to stay away from clouds because they mask birds. The wind change is a neat idea too but that part feels a little more lucky. Overall very cool game.
🎤 sky_fighter
24. Apr 2020 · 13:00 UTC
@likirus no, it's just meant to be like an infinite running type game, but if I had more time having an easter egg up there could have been cool
🎤 sky_fighter
24. Apr 2020 · 13:02 UTC
@guille Thanks for the feedback, Yeah, I did find the game also a bit difficult while testing it was really hard find the right balance, so I just preferred having the game be really hard than really easy.
TrogoQ
24. Apr 2020 · 13:03 UTC
Very fun game and a great idea.
🎤 sky_fighter
24. Apr 2020 · 13:05 UTC
@n8 I'm glad to hard that you like the music, it's one of my weaker parts of game dev.
The clouds hiding the bird was actually bug I find after the game was posted but was too lazy fix it, so I'm happy that you thought it was a fun feature instead :).
mypalmike
24. Apr 2020 · 13:05 UTC
A simple game idea well executed. I made it 29.0 seconds! Didn't realize the wind shift factor until playing a couple games. Nice music and sfx match the art style well.
AgeNtNicK
24. Apr 2020 · 13:25 UTC
In its current state it is really fun and well done! If there was anything I would add it would be something like pollen/flowers/leaves in the background flowing in the direction of the wind and give a second of a heads up when the winds are about to change. I died a few times when the sudden shift of the wind caused my balloon to fly directly into a bird!
🎤 sky_fighter
24. Apr 2020 · 13:45 UTC
@agentnick That's really smart, I don't know why I didn't think of adding such a feature too make indicating the wind easier. Thank you for the feedback
kkrac
24. Apr 2020 · 16:18 UTC
Nice take on the theme. I liked the mechanic of moving/dodging with the balloon.
WhatNameGames
24. Apr 2020 · 20:53 UTC
A very nice simple but somewhat addicting game, this could easily be a great moblie time wasting game for when you have nothing to do.
jk5000
26. Apr 2020 · 08:16 UTC
A well made and fun little game. The music and visuals is good, and it fits the game idea. The difficult level is a bit high already from the beginning of the game. Overall is this a good compo game. Well done.
Kaisean Games
26. Apr 2020 · 15:42 UTC
Nice take on the theme.
The game is really simple, but the collision box is way too precise...
And I don't think a bird would pop my balloon if it just grazed it with its wing a bit. :shrug:

But, I liked the mechanics of dragging the balloon.

It'd be great if you were able to actually draw lines between the parts so that it doesn't look as if the rope is broken into pieces, but I know it's hard to fit everything in this small time frame.

Some of the birds are too fast and just appear out of nowhere and the wind changes too suddenly.

Other than that, well done and keep up the good work.
HEXIEZ123
26. Apr 2020 · 16:58 UTC
Really nice concept and the physics feels very natural and "fair". It would be nice to have the wind gradually change instead of suddenly changing out of nowhere.
Rodrigo Castro
26. Apr 2020 · 19:11 UTC
I enjoyed the concept. The art would be better.
Trifectuh
27. Apr 2020 · 01:52 UTC
The rope physics on the balloon string was a nice unnexpected surprise. Really makes the game feel thought out and fair, even though its quite difficult. Nice entry overall :)