Unstable Flight of a Potato by Lerg

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made by Lerg for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

You are a clumsy little potato with clumsy little arms made of french fries.

But you can fly and fly you must to the end!

WARNING: controls in this game are quite hard, that is on purpose, that is the challenge. Playing with a gamepad is highly recommended.

THIS GAME IS VERY DIFFICULT! Play at your own risk. It's ok if you can't move past the first obstacle, just don't play it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFx4XfZKhiI

Ratings

Overall 1123th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 655th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 721th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 449th 3.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1298th 2.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 813th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

teshimoto
05. Oct 2021 · 00:19 UTC
Actually i couldnt't get any further than title screen
JammyGunns
05. Oct 2021 · 02:28 UTC
You were not kidding about the controls being hard. Took me a while to figure out the directions are relative to the potato's orientation.
I'm also glad you suggested the gamepad. I can't begin to picture how difficult it would be to control with a keyboard.

In the end it is a fun game to play and the googly eyes left me chuckling, even after I accidentally caused myself to fly the whole way back to the start. What I'm trying to say is to me the difficulty made this fun.

I'll be coming back to this one to master those controls, I want to see the end!
cottontshirtz
05. Oct 2021 · 02:52 UTC
This is one tough game!
Beyond the control aspects that are the expected difficulty of the game, there doesn't seem to be any indication of where to go.
Also, while the wiggly eyes are an awesome touch, they affect the physics of the potato itself. Consider reducing the mass of the pupils down to 0 to reduce their effect on the rest of the physics.
LDJam user 261418
05. Oct 2021 · 13:57 UTC
Wow that is reaaaally difficult! I really like the concept of moving the arms in directions to navigate. At the moment the controls are still a bit unpredictable, but I see good potential in the idea!
Yotamco
05. Oct 2021 · 14:10 UTC
It's super hard but sooo unique! I was able to pass only the first obstacle haha then kind of gave up. I would recommend making it easier for the beginning and increasing difficulty as you continue forward so that you have some time to get better little by little while still continuing with the game. Great music!
🎤 Lerg
11. Oct 2021 · 01:25 UTC
Thanks for playing guys!
Added navigation arrows.
spudboy
11. Oct 2021 · 02:10 UTC
I had a lot of fun with it but gave up after a while. Sooo haaard ;_;

Still, great job!
chingle
11. Oct 2021 · 02:36 UTC
This is really difficult but it has potential!
JPGFG
11. Oct 2021 · 02:58 UTC
Super difficult. But good job and good job for finishing the jam! Thanks for posting
Jel2217
11. Oct 2021 · 04:07 UTC
Although very challenging, it's a cool concept!
WiredOverload
11. Oct 2021 · 05:29 UTC
This game was way easier to play if you lock the sticks in one direction and just treat the game like an old lander simulator. I would maybe suggest add more major checkpoints, making the game more punishing for large failures "Getting Over It" style. Overall, that potato really was pretty unstable.
ChillerTyp
11. Oct 2021 · 05:48 UTC
Haha, the movement reminds me of the shooting in Drake of the 99 Dragons. ^^
yellow-basti
11. Oct 2021 · 06:55 UTC
hahahahaha that is extremely funny :D
const_arch
11. Oct 2021 · 07:16 UTC
I made it very far, although not quite to the end apparently. I got to a very long stretch of jumps where you could fall all the way back down if you weren't careful, alllllmost made a jump super far up, and proceeded to fall all the way down to the bottom. It did make me quit the game, but it was also great to have that sense of significant risk. I had a lot of fun making it as far as I did, quite an enjoyable mechanic. I'll probably come back and replay this one some time, I wonder how close I got.
Chargrills21
11. Oct 2021 · 07:27 UTC
This was so hard with a keyboard. It was super hard to control. One thing which could have been improved is to add some sort of friction. Great game overall though!
leggy
11. Oct 2021 · 08:39 UTC
I manage to go quite further but then errors became too sever and i fell back to a looot before.
Nice challenge but meybe for me it is a bit toom much :)
Stefan B.
11. Oct 2021 · 08:46 UTC
haha, very fun to play!
paulhocker
12. Oct 2021 · 03:22 UTC
really hard game but also fun. i found that by just leaving the booster directions alone and just firing the rockets worked best.