Death By Balloon by VonFuzzius
DEATH BY BALLOON
Use left/right arrows to control Pop Knight. Bounce into balloons to wall jump. Press Enter to restart or use training mode.
Upon attacking Bouncy Castle, Pop Knight slipped on a puddle left by a fierce water balloon battle, which caused him to fall down the castle wall. Since he still has things to live for, help Pop Knight extend his life as long as possible before he will inevitably meet his untimely demise.
This game was created in Pico 8 by just me. Post your high scores in the comments.
Special thanks to Lazy Devs Academy and Gruber for their tutorials.



| Link | https://vfuzzius.itch.io/deathbyballoon |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/death-by-balloon |
Ratings
| Overall | 586th | 3.595⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 275th | 3.762⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 647th | 3.357⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 453th | 3.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 254th | 4.19⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 214th | 3.875⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 619th | 3.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 781th | 3.405⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 8🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
I've got a great deal of admiration for anyone who can make Pico-8 graphics look this good as well (no shade on Pico-8, I'm just not great with it).
Managed a high score of 3920

Would be nice to have another level or something and I did sometimes feel like it would be useful to have a button to reset the game mid fall if you mess up early on - but these are minor things for sure!
Great game :)
I just don't understand what are the black circles. Don't think they can damage the knight, but on some reason they are not balloons.
Very well done!