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Bruno's Bootstraps by Erin

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made by Erin for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

The DeepLore

The year is 2006. You are Bruno, a cobbler in Argentina. TOMS shoes has capitalized on Argentinian poverty in order to market their cheap shoes to privileged Portland college students who want to feel morally righteous without changing their consumption habits. As a result, the local market for footwear in Argentina has been flooded with donated TOMS, completely capsizing the Argentinian shoe industry. Your business collapses and your entire inventory is repossessed. They took everything from you - but there's still hope. You've still got your shoemaking expertise. You have only one goal now: pull yourself up by the bootstraps and into the middle class.

Instructions

This is a WarioWare-esque rhythm game. Please turn your sound on. Push either the left or right arrow keys to the beat. Think of it as counting to three, where you push the key on beat three. If you miss a beat, you lose! Can you make it all the way to the moon?

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Youtube https://erinpentecost.itch.io/brunos-bootstraps
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/brunos-bootstraps

Ratings

Overall 736th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 755th 3.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 487th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 862th 2.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 403th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 14th 4.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 728th 3.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Emiliabea
08. Oct 2019 · 03:32 UTC
This made me laugh a bunch, it also looks really polished and nice. At first I got really frustrated playing it because I was bad at it, but once you get used to it it's a little too easy. Good job though, with more randomized commands this could be a lot better. Keep it up!
redmountainman1
09. Oct 2019 · 01:05 UTC
Really funny, thanks for making this. :)
SheepDog123
09. Oct 2019 · 01:05 UTC
The art made me.... uncomfortable.....
bassguitarbill
09. Oct 2019 · 01:11 UTC
Got to 2618 feet. There's not much to this one, but it's funny, with a good use of the theme. Oh no, m'boots!
RoboDoig
09. Oct 2019 · 01:16 UTC
Loved the design of Bruno. Simple but polished!
Unicorn Studios
09. Oct 2019 · 01:57 UTC
Well done, really funny. I made it past the moon, did I win?![Moon.PNG](///raw/d5a/e1/z/29054.png)
Xakkar
09. Oct 2019 · 14:53 UTC
Funny game. Got 2657 ft)
GoupixM
09. Oct 2019 · 20:11 UTC
It's really a funny game ! A little weird at first but finally funny! Your character has exactly the same "clothes" as ours! haha
stephenwhoskins
11. Oct 2019 · 01:19 UTC
Really funny game!
Don Fouts
11. Oct 2019 · 01:21 UTC
Oh no my boots! I like the art and audio on this, nice work. I would add some sort of grace frames after the player presses the button. I kept loosing because I think I may have held the button down too long and it registered twice. Overall great work!
Kevin Prehn
11. Oct 2019 · 01:54 UTC
oh no my boots
xitaro
22. Oct 2019 · 22:53 UTC
simple game but polished :) nice
Pedro Miranda
23. Oct 2019 · 17:17 UTC
Great and polished little game, very nice entry, the art style and the music are great.
Congratulations on this entry!![record brunos.PNG](///raw/36d/8/z/29ce2.png)
PowerAnze
24. Oct 2019 · 06:14 UTC
At 5k I was reasonable sure that there is nothing left so see. I enjoyed this far more than expected, could be neat if the difficulty would increase by adding more in the background to try to get the player out of rythm.

![Capture.PNG](///raw/8b9/d1/z/29d0c.png)
Dudum Lare
24. Oct 2019 · 09:47 UTC
Hahahaha love the graphics and most of all the character! I could see how this game would get addicting! Good job! I hope to see you in the next jam!
Remco
29. Oct 2019 · 18:34 UTC
I'm not sure how much can be said about this: The game does little, but does so quite nicely.

I like that there is some tutorialization that then smoothly transitions into the normal gameplay.

I'd like to have a few more things to see beyond the moon, since if you get into it, you can get high quite easily.

The music is soothing, which is nice, though I'm not sure if it fits the game. Then again, I'm not sure what _would_ fit :-)