Unstables by joonamo

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made by joonamo for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Team Airfryer presents

Unstables

Hold on to your horses!

Controls

  • Z: Hands
  • X: Feet
  • Arrows: Move

:horse: Play Now! :horse:

https://youtu.be/3WS8plVPVrw

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All animations are done in Unity 2D physics with tiny amount of code and lots of hinges and springs. No horses were harmed while making this game.

The leaderboard service is slightly updated version of my old Highscore server created for my Ludum Dare 46 game. Web leaderboards also available!

Team Airfryer is

  • Code and Animations by @joonamo (Tools: Unity, Visual Studio Code)
  • Art by @noke (Tools: Photoshop)
  • Audio by @Pekuja (Tools: Cubase, Squier P-bass, Roland V-drums, Audacity)

Ratings

Overall 52th 4.219⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Fun 34th 4.26⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 135th 3.958⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 59th 4.375⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 172th 4.323⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Audio 300th 3.74⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Humor 56th 4.223⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Mood 154th 4.043⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Given 86🗳️ 80🗨️

Feedback

Spotted_Leaf
04. Oct 2021 · 17:05 UTC
Ayyy, I got the highest score! (so far)
Really nice game with impressive art and pretty fun gameplay!
Pixelydian
04. Oct 2021 · 17:11 UTC
I laughed out loud several times. Cute and fun. Played it more times than I intended.
Reispfannenfresser
04. Oct 2021 · 17:12 UTC
Fun game!
The art and music fit well (would have been nice if the music loop was a little longer. It seems very repetitive.)
The scoring system adds a lot of pressure to the movement which in itself is already quite challenging.
Barrier
04. Oct 2021 · 18:15 UTC
This is great! I love all the crazy poses your human ends up in :D
Lucas Thomaz
04. Oct 2021 · 19:52 UTC
it's really fun! simple but extremely fun! i think the music should be more "riding", like jaxi from super mario odyssey or the horse race theme from ocarina of time, but i really like it overall
i haven't said that the art is wonderful.
Melon_spirit
05. Oct 2021 · 01:24 UTC
I MADE IT ON THE LEADERBOARD! I'm Sophia with 15 points. Really fun game. At first I didn't understand the controls but then I looked at you description on the Ludum Dare website and I figured it out. I think it was a nice interpretation of the un-stable theme and that the physics concept was unique. Good job!


![Proof.PNG](///raw/d86/43/z/46ada.png)
MorePixels
05. Oct 2021 · 09:35 UTC
This was so much fun, I really enjoyed it! The leader board 100% made this game so much better. I was just sat here trying to get a better and better score to get to a decent position on the leaderboard. Ended with a score of 23 which put me in 7th place! but might play some more later.
LDJam user 250825
05. Oct 2021 · 10:16 UTC
Great game! Despite the theme the physics were rock solid, even with high speeds and crazy jumps the grabbing just _works_. Had to grind to just barely get to the leaderboard :D
IndigoWolf
05. Oct 2021 · 18:25 UTC
This was a lot of fun, I disliked the the control layout but it wasn't a big deal. Nice work.
Terabyte
05. Oct 2021 · 18:32 UTC
So funny game!!! Good Job!
Hobzone
05. Oct 2021 · 18:32 UTC
Really funny look of your character flying from one horse to another. I really enjoy playing this game !
Timur_Bahadir
05. Oct 2021 · 18:33 UTC
Really funny game! Swinging from horse to horse was quite entertaining. But FYI the Z/X input scheme is really bad for non QWERTY keyboards.
wertyyytrew
05. Oct 2021 · 18:44 UTC
Fun little game, got me replaying it a couple of times. Reminds me a bit of a cross between QWOP and mount your friends
Samuli
05. Oct 2021 · 21:23 UTC
This was cute. Couldn't make it leaderboards anymore.
wobs
06. Oct 2021 · 00:18 UTC
Ah what a cute little game, absolutely adore it :D The art style is such perfection once more and really like the unstable feel in this! Maybe one day I will make it to the leaderboards still :D absolutely beautiful job on this one, congrats! :)
Celenta
06. Oct 2021 · 00:19 UTC
The leaderboard was a really smart move because here I sit, after so many "one more round"s, finally at the very bottom of the leaderboard (though let's see for how long) xD Very fun game that I could keep playing all night. The graphics and music are also delightful!
Hotowlgirls
06. Oct 2021 · 14:17 UTC
Fun game, and funny as well. Nice fit for the theme!
Fupi
06. Oct 2021 · 18:41 UTC
I think we've peaked. Like, as a species?

Fr now: simple controls, easy to grasp, hard to master, great cute graphics, hilarious music, sounds, every single word of praise you can think of apply here. I'm forever grateful that this exists.

Haven't given up on getting on the leaderboard yet.
Anaxie Studio
07. Oct 2021 · 16:38 UTC
Omg so cute! Charming work, guys :)
ilokimo
08. Oct 2021 · 11:20 UTC
Awesome :) Nice mechanics, fun to replay.
JPatchZ
10. Oct 2021 · 12:46 UTC
It's so fun to play! The graphic is really beautiful. The music is cool, but it gets a little bit repetitive after a while, specially because you die and you want to retry over and over again. The horse's cry is hilarious! Mechanic is very unique and somehow difficult to get. My mind went crazy trying to rember wich finger I should release for hands or foots. That is a good thing because it makes the game simple to learn yet hard to master. You guys made an awesome job! I'm saving this game on fav so I can try a better score latter.
🎤 joonamo
10. Oct 2021 · 12:56 UTC
@timur-bahadir Thanks, good point! Maybe I should use X/C or mouse in my next game. Thanks for playning!

@fupi I'm not used to that much praise, thank you very much! :flushed:
ardorugus
11. Oct 2021 · 10:56 UTC
Toxic! The best race I had was holding the tail. Thanks, no creatures were harmed).
SunnyRx
11. Oct 2021 · 11:31 UTC
It's so funny!
This game had me laughing out loud in my room!

How did people get more than 100 scores lol
🎤 joonamo
12. Oct 2021 · 05:51 UTC
@sunnyrx you got 3th place on the leaderboard, that's pretty great! :third_place: Those people with 100+ points must be olympic level gamers... I'd love to see videos of all the top-10 games!
clonze
12. Oct 2021 · 07:41 UTC
Reminds me of those oldschool QWOP games. Good job!
LDJam user 267116
12. Oct 2021 · 09:38 UTC
Really nice game! Very well crafted in every respect. I really got into a rhythm with the gymnastics of it, had to go for a high score! The online leaderboard was a very nice touch

![highscore.png](///raw/c63/14/z/4814a.png)
Shea Kelly
13. Oct 2021 · 15:57 UTC
Such a cute art style I love it.
Raphiell
16. Oct 2021 · 13:50 UTC
QWOP, Clop? CWOP? Well done! I had a great time with this one, and it's beautifully drawn and scored.
Hermitao
16. Oct 2021 · 16:02 UTC
![Hold your horses.png](///raw/cb5/22/z/482d1.png)

Erm... Might have found my favorite LD49 game so far
Peace Of Cake Games
16. Oct 2021 · 16:05 UTC
I will be back for you, leaderboard.... mark my words, somehow one day PeaceOfCake will take 10th spot....

I think this game demonstrates why I don't ride horses: no one would ever let me grab medals with my butt while hanging on to the horse's thigh with one hand. 😆 This is pure entertainment right here.
🎤 joonamo
16. Oct 2021 · 16:13 UTC
@hermitao I got my name on the 10th place and then you come riding to the second place and knocking me off the list :joy: Good job, that's an amazing score!

@peace-of-cake-games I've tried riding a horse a few times. I think a trained horse is actually much easier to ride than the ones in our game :horse_racing: But I didn't dare tring to grab medals while doing it. Maybe if I had my own horse... :thinking:
Marvin Chong
16. Oct 2021 · 16:40 UTC
This is definitely the best game I have played so far. Everything was so well done, from the music, sfx, visuals and gameplay.

If I am super picky, more SFX would be nice, like galloping, random horse sound effects to make the experience more lively, etc.

I commend the game for its amazing ragdoll physics and animation (both for the horse and the person). It looks and feels very nice. The overall visuals of the game looks really good, and it is fitting with the tone and mood.

I wanted to complain that the game is too difficult, but I am seeing that everyone is getting really high scores, so maybe I just suck.

Again, really amazing game.
Jeremy Ryan
16. Oct 2021 · 17:21 UTC
Hilarious!

I agree with @marvin-chong that the lowest-hanging fruit for improvement would have been sound effects, although unfortunately this is a theme where getting sound effects that would fit (like horse clopping) might be difficult.

The gameplay is fun and hilarious, although it did seem like you could get lucky or find a weird strategy that makes you do better. I found grabbing the tip of the horse's tail and then just spinning as fast as possible can get you 30 points or so if you get lucky.

It might be nice if the hands and feet grabbed as one unit, rather than two, since getting unlucky and having your hands grab when they're spread apart completely cripples your movement/reach until you reposition.

Great visuals and sound for a game jam!
Molpe
19. Oct 2021 · 07:09 UTC
I just love this game, the graphics are sooo cute and the game is a lot of fun! :heart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvB5-bTSFc
🎤 joonamo
19. Oct 2021 · 14:46 UTC
@molpe ooh, so cool to see how people feel about our game. It warms my heart seeing how excited you were about seeing the Pegasus! 🤍
Noke
20. Oct 2021 · 05:54 UTC
@molpe Thank you so much for playing and making the video! It was really great to see your reactions to our game and we felt so happy to see how much fun you had with the game! Really heart warming, thank you!
SethR
29. Jan 2022 · 04:19 UTC
Ha, nothing better than setting up the rider to flip off at massive speed, I can't get a highscore because I can resist doing that!