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Boba’s Love Story by LDJam user 424955

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made by LDJam user 424955 for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

Boba's Love Story

🐹 A tiny adventure about chasing love.

Guide Boba through a world full of friends, rivals, and unexpected choices.
Leave your marks, learn new signals, and discover your own way to win someone’s heart.

Love isn't simple—and you don't have just one path.

🎮 Controls

  • Move your mouse to explore
  • Hold Left Click to leave your “mark” on the ground

💡 Credit

  • Tools: Claude Code, Godot 4.6, PicoCAD2, PhotoShop, GarageBand, Audacity, Resprite, Aseprite
  • Font: PixelifySans

📖 Stuck? Official Guide

If you’re feeling lost, here's a gentle hint:

  • In the center of the map, learn how to draw a circle to "greet" a friend
  • Head south to meet the mentor—draw a circle to learn from the mentor how to upgrad your tail
  • Use your upgraded tail on the left side to knock over all the rocks and help your friend
    → this will teach you the "Enhance" symbol
  • Go north to meet your crush
  • Learn the "Court" signal from your rival
  • Defeat your rival and their followers using your enhanced tail
  • Combine Enhance + Court to win your crush's heart

(But hey… your crush isn't the only option. Maybe love is closer than you think.)

Link https://github.com/capneuron/ld59
Link https://yyyf.itch.io/ld59
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/bobas-love-story

Ratings

Overall 1th 4.603⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2th 4.426⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1th 4.559⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 40th 4.235⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 3th 4.618⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 11th 4.182⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 9th 4.359⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 3th 4.5⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

ThiagoMueller
Apr 19th · 22:58 UTC
Very cute game
LDJam user 389806
Apr 20th · 01:49 UTC
I got 2 girlfriends, yay
great puzzle games with fun little secrets!
Floonace
Apr 20th · 02:40 UTC
Very cute!
gubo
Apr 20th · 02:41 UTC
love the hamster theme, and bonus stage is surprisingly hard
LDJam user 428646
Apr 20th · 05:08 UTC
Such a great game! Getting it to detect the right shape can be a little finicky, but besides that everything in this is just so well done.
LDJam user 428140
Apr 20th · 05:13 UTC
very fun and cozy and cute! I love it
Jacat
Apr 20th · 05:39 UTC
It’s such a cute art style. I haven’t figured out the objective yet, but I love that I can freely do whatever I want.
Alex Mulkerrin
Apr 20th · 09:35 UTC
Really striking artstyle with the low poly animals with no shading, Makes me think of Katamari. The drawing 'signals' is very intuitive although the star shape is a bit difficult to pull off. I really like how the story is expressed through music and actions not words. The bonus has a great shift in tone with the music :D

All in all a stellar entry and I could easily see it being extended into a bigger game with more environments and marks.
Sylva Aster
Apr 20th · 12:45 UTC
Absolute Cinema
jester1454
Apr 20th · 15:19 UTC
oh, its so cute and beautiful, and so satisfying mechanically. don't understand without guide, but i finished, and i love game!
DzejPi
Apr 20th · 16:59 UTC
Probably the most adorable game I've played so far this LD! I admire this artstyle where models are as simple as they can be, but still ridiculously cute and most importantly, with so much personality. Makes me wonder whether I should give PicoCAD a try some day.

Movement feels fluid and impactful. Everything feels so responsive and alive, and I love the scarf (hopefully it is a scarf, haha). Took me a little bit of trial and error to finish the whole game and learn all signals, but I managed to.

Really loved the bonus mode after finishing, that is a nice touch, haha.

The only thing slightly bothering me was a bug with the scene transition; if you get to the edge of the screen, which triggers a camera move, but you don't continue forward, you will get stuck in the previous screen, but it's easy to work around, and figure out, so, no biggie.
Jadener
Apr 20th · 22:25 UTC
My favourite game this year so far. Cute, funny, great mechanic. Make it a full game :D
Shiyuue
Apr 21st · 00:25 UTC
![1.png](///raw/4f0/86/z/71576.png)why do i have such big longtailll
Yueyao Wang
Apr 21st · 00:33 UTC
Wait this is incredibally amazing... I love the idea so much!! I spent 5 min drawing random lines and hearts until I had to read the instruction to know that I can go to other places. It would be even better if you can put a little hint to the very beginning of the game. After I draw the star and got the weapon, I accidently hit my friend on the left, for a second I thought I killed my friend :( luckily it woke up lol. Incredible game!!!
LDJam user 342640
Apr 21st · 05:28 UTC
i would die for boba
Head Priestess Ari
Apr 21st · 05:53 UTC
stinky hampter smh (10/10)
awr
Apr 21st · 06:39 UTC
teared up this was ADORABLE
PetaKlecko
Apr 21st · 06:51 UTC
Super and cute game! ♥♥
Maeve Walls
Apr 21st · 07:31 UTC
this is so cute!!!
Naidove
Apr 21st · 07:51 UTC
The little hamster is incredibly cute! Your interpretation of the theme is perfect. One small suggestion: maybe add some hint at the map edge, because at first I didn’t realize I could go left and spent quite a while drawing in place. In the end I managed to win my hamster girlfriend—great game!
LDJam user 426288
Apr 21st · 08:08 UTC
sooooooooo cute
OldDog
Apr 21st · 08:45 UTC
The 3D-to-pixel conversion looks incredible. The mechanics are adorable and on-theme, though the experience feels a bit short. I’d love to see this expanded further
LDJam user 416499
Apr 21st · 10:58 UTC
using hampsters to mouse-paint on the ground was a crazy idea
kaki
Apr 21st · 11:18 UTC
omg！！socute~~~~
spooooodermon
Apr 21st · 16:45 UTC
This game is so cute!!!! I love the visuals and the mechanics are very original! I love this!
HDVR02
Apr 21st · 16:54 UTC
An incredibly cute game!!!! And the idea of drawing symbols is really cool — a great short game!
awalone
Apr 21st · 18:02 UTC
Impressive Artwork Taste Ble Impressive Project Work Claude Mad Respect 2U Both
Domenixius
Apr 21st · 19:19 UTC
I love Boba and I will let him defend my life! :smile: I mean what is not to love a gripping story a fun little mechanic and even a bonus stage! Great job! I did have some stutters in the beginning I assume it's the godot thingy when a particle effect is rendered for the first time on a new browser but otherwise it went smoothly! How did you go about detecting the shapes? The system worked really well with just the right amount of wiggle room!
braktheman
Apr 21st · 19:56 UTC
What an art style! Great job!
Wang Xizhen
Apr 22nd · 04:11 UTC
socute~~~~
BoltDaPikachu234
Apr 22nd · 11:39 UTC
super impressive for something made in 48 hours
Roroto Sic
Apr 23rd · 17:35 UTC
Very cute game! and it's impressive to have enough time to add a bonus game unlockable when main game is completed!

My hs :
![hamester.jpg](///raw/d93/94/z/727cc.jpg)
Yorsh
Apr 26th · 00:09 UTC
It's amazing! Really cool little story with nice puzzles. I tried to do a game like this before, ended up being way too hard for players to figure out the language. Yours is very well balanced, it wasn't obvious at first glance but not too hard after a minute. Also great idea to add a little bonus game by reusing the mechanics. Congrats!
henk
May 09th · 16:06 UTC
You should mention Claude Code in your tool credits.