Balancing Act by Madbeagle

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made by Madbeagle for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

How To Play

Screenshot 2021-10-03 at 12.12.49.png

Controls

  • Left/Right to move the falling weight
  • Down to accelerate drop. Adds score but may cost you points if in a balanced state...

Production

  • Made in Unity 2020.3.19f.
  • Piano music recorded in Logic Pro X using Keystation 88 Pro keyboard.

Ratings

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Feedback

Blind Archer
03. Oct 2021 · 20:02 UTC
Amazing idea around the theme unstable. Gives a good representation of the mass vs distance on a balance.
Lenan
04. Oct 2021 · 00:10 UTC
Incredibly relaxing game, the music contributes a lot to that feeling and overall felt very good to play.
Kora0h
04. Oct 2021 · 01:02 UTC
Music is so comfortable.Very good combination, I like this game.
JCMonkey
04. Oct 2021 · 22:37 UTC
![blockgame.jpg](///raw/f52/z/4642d.jpg) i set out to get over a million and it was actually pretty easy to do. nice little game, i think the blocks fell a bit too slow, though i was eating while playing your game so that was fine. lmao!!
anchorlight
06. Oct 2021 · 00:53 UTC
This is an incredibly simple and polished idea that clearly has a lot of thought put into it. My only concern is how the scoring system works-- would it be possible to exploit the mechanic by scoring close to perfect and deliberately _not_ using the speed-up function? Random thoughts aside, I have nothing to complain about except that I wish the game could continue for longer if you reached the top with most of your blocks covered as a sort of endless mode. I would have liked to see the game expand so that you had to account for higher numbers like 11-15 with the same scale of balance as before and try to accommodate this.

First playthrough results:
![firstattempt-balancingact.png](///raw/9a0/53/z/47486.png)

I found your game out of curiosity since my own game was registered as balancing-act-2 on LD-- I'm glad I stumbled on this as it's quite polished.
ItsHornUnicorn
20. Oct 2021 · 16:08 UTC
The most unique balance game on the jam. For me visual looking was a little boring and so as music. But i think it's subjectively. Nice entry and good job!
LDJam user 266061
20. Oct 2021 · 17:52 UTC
Nice game, visuals and music. You seem to have had too much fun on piano, it hammers so much a dramatic aspect even if it's not the the case.

Unfortunately, even if adding blocs takes time, I didn't feel really thrilled about balance and points. Maybe it would have been better to have more things at stake?

Also, you are super fast.
negator2vc
20. Oct 2021 · 19:19 UTC
Excellent simple idea turned to a very nice game!
Simple but effective visuals and equally good sound.
Great job!