Horse Pile by Big Play Ben

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made by Big Play Ben for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

https://youtu.be/oX0w8Dim2gA

Stack horses as high as you can to reach the stable!

Horses stick together when touched.

Controls:

Mouse Movement - Steer Helicopter

Left Click - Drop Horse

Credits:

Game by: Ben Parisi and Jonathan Lapsley

Music: Wonderland by ​Synapsis

Fonts: Tom Murphy

SFX: Earthworm Jim, Donkey Kong, Dark Souls.

Models(Turbosquid): Barn-Mechanic3d, Horse-Evilvoland, Helicopter-Giantformlabs

Ratings

Overall 413th 3.767⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 362th 3.75⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 484th 3.567⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 212th 4.117⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 606th 3.759⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 7th 4.603⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 194th 3.983⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

Nick Barrash
04. Oct 2021 · 02:48 UTC
WTF did I just play. I like that y'all put effort into the details like measuring the height of horse related things with "hands". Nice job.
Cyanowski
04. Oct 2021 · 02:50 UTC
You are crazy and I love it.
Mateu
04. Oct 2021 · 04:29 UTC
This is a hilarious game! I love the chaotic nature of it. The sound effects are probably my favorite part by far. The sounds the horses make just seal the deal.

SFX 10/10

As far as the gameplay goes, I kinda had no idea how to beat the level, but that's okay, because it was really funny.
Knipsch
04. Oct 2021 · 04:39 UTC
I was cracking up while playing this, and my favorite detail is that the unit of measurement is the horse-appropriate "hands."

While I had trouble figuring out how to 'win' once I got past the first level, I think it could be argued that I won just by playing a game where I stack 3D horses while the mountains change texture in the background. Congrats, this must have been really fun to make and it shows!
HolyShot
04. Oct 2021 · 08:52 UTC
WTH was that? Why am I playing it? Why it's intresting?
LDJam user 202408
04. Oct 2021 · 16:24 UTC
Haha I love this game, how do you even come up with such ideas lol
MechanizedIT
04. Oct 2021 · 17:25 UTC
Interesting...
NathanT
05. Oct 2021 · 04:33 UTC
1.68 HANDS
Alina Baybulatova
05. Oct 2021 · 05:11 UTC
Ohoho sooo cool game!! Great graphic and mood! I really have fun to play this game! Thank you))
🎤 Big Play Ben
05. Oct 2021 · 05:18 UTC
@nathant ahaha yeah I think I messed up the meters to hands conversion
ache games
05. Oct 2021 · 05:19 UTC
Well done. I had fun playing this one.
Yuko
05. Oct 2021 · 10:31 UTC
A nice interpretation of the theme. I must say I didn't think I would make an unstable horses' tower today.
Thanks for this opportunity! It was fun!
Moandor
05. Oct 2021 · 11:57 UTC
This is terrifying...
Codeer
05. Oct 2021 · 14:03 UTC
Very cool game and also a bit strange
Gus Goucher
05. Oct 2021 · 15:52 UTC
Haven't even played it yet but props for the tom7 fonts! I thought I was the only one!!
rufson
06. Oct 2021 · 00:16 UTC
DARK SOULS on LSD, love it! you have all my stars!
HelenAngel
06. Oct 2021 · 02:57 UTC
This game is absolutely hilarious & had me laughing the entire time. Excellent work! :)
🎤 Big Play Ben
06. Oct 2021 · 03:50 UTC
@helenangel Thanks. Your game Remote Work has been my favorite so far.
ThatmanRobin
06. Oct 2021 · 04:42 UTC
This equestrian nightmare was a blast to play. I think I've killed enough horses for one day though.
Honey Pony
07. Oct 2021 · 02:33 UTC
This game is a lot of fun. I like how it gestures at a couple of different kinds of ideas: the startup noise is very arcade-y, the music and environment seem like a monster truck rally or something, and the horse noises are cartoony. The mashup off all these aesthetics is pretty compelling; it is absurd but it is not overbearingly so. The aesthetics are unusual but they do work well together. For example, even though the only direct aesthetic resemblance it bears to an arcade game is the little jingle, the game overall does work as a fine arcade game.
Hawkin
07. Oct 2021 · 03:04 UTC
This is quite the acid bath haha. The zoom-in on horse death was so funny. And all the sound effects just added to the craziness. And the music going from sunday-morning cartoon to techno house, I just don't know what XD

Thanks for the fun little game.
Lychee
07. Oct 2021 · 20:06 UTC
Well that certainly was a horse pile game! Funny game idea, I definitely felt like it captured the theme "unstable" xD
minibobbo
08. Oct 2021 · 18:57 UTC
Ummm... what?

That was absurd, in a good way. Was there any other strategy other than just mashing the mouse button?

I also didn't rate you in graphics because I wasn't sure what was others works and what was yours. Maybe make that more clear in the description?
LDJam user 245740
09. Oct 2021 · 00:52 UTC
I'm fully in love with this fever dream of a game.
LDJam user 187102
10. Oct 2021 · 17:00 UTC
OMG, absolutely crazy :DDDDD

Looks like something from 2000s, the best epoch of Internet that we've lost :cry:
SleepyStudios
17. Oct 2021 · 12:05 UTC
Not totally sure what I just played but it better win the graphics category because I'm not sure anything else can compete with it. I agree with the comment above, it's straight out of early 2000s aesthetic hell and I absolutely loved it.
LDJam user 257438
20. Oct 2021 · 16:45 UTC
You guys done a amazing work on this game and importantly that horse dropping sound!!!
Terrifying game!!!!