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Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":810112,"author_name":"sacredbacon","author_uid":"sacredbacon","epoch":1649338438,"text":"I like this take on the theme, very nostalgic to play the balloon game again. I like the style and the game plays very well. Great Job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":811077,"author_name":"LDJam user 262766","author_uid":"262766","epoch":1649350105,"text":"This is too boring for me and this too simple and small game. You only have spawn of baloons and bouncy effect. You could add some bonuces or extra life or some active skills for bigger variation of gameplay. But sound and graphics are good. I believe you will make it better on next JAM","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":812902,"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"ossi","epoch":1649370870,"text":"I really like the strategy of using the lowest balloon to just boop the ones above it even higher. It lets me keep two balloons up at once which makes things a lot easier as more balloons spawn in. Great little game, I had fun!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":814120,"author_name":"candlesan","author_uid":"candlesan","epoch":1649399128,"text":"Simple concept well executed and really well in keeping with the theme!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":814145,"author_name":"ubershmekel","author_uid":"ubershmekel","epoch":1649399840,"text":"While most games have artificially balanced their mechanics to make the player suffer and inevitably lose - this game feels naturally difficult and fits with the theme nicely. I could balance at most 6 balloons before I lose my cool and they start flying down on me. The music wasn't really my cup of tea but the art was pretty cool, and the physics felt like hitting real balloons. Good job. Thank you for the game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":821229,"author_name":"Josh Riley","author_uid":"josh-riley","epoch":1649562346,"text":"This is really brilliant idea for this theme...It's simple and really fun, and the difficulty ramps at a really balanced pace without you having to anything unfair\/artificial. I like it a ton!\n\nOne minor suggestion: I think it's weird to ask the player to press space to play when all the game's controls are mouse. Maybe you could have the player \"Click Anywhere\" instead? That way you signal to the player how you expect them to interact with the game before it starts.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":823887,"author_name":"SleepyStudios","author_uid":"sleepystudios","epoch":1649635639,"text":"Really clever take on the theme! Like others have said it's really well executed and there's nothing much to complain about. One thing though was that sometimes the physics applied to balloons felt a bit random (clicking at the bottom sometimes shot them down). Overall though nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":824271,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1649661138,"text":"Super simple and fun little game. Well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":824675,"author_name":"LDJam user 279546","author_uid":"279546","epoch":1649681486,"text":"This game brings back so many memories as a friend and I growing up did this all of the time. Thank you for making this!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":825246,"author_name":"Sir. 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Not only did I absolutely do this with balloons when I was a kid, but you also made me remember a tiny win9x-era desktop widget that made me click a ball to juggle it for hours.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":836995,"author_name":"iDunnyX","author_uid":"idunnyx","epoch":1650570945,"text":"Thanks everyone for taking the time to play and rate my game! I appreciate it so much. Im glad alot of people had the feeling I did while playing the game. I really wanted to teleport everyone back to that feeling of panic as the balloon fell lower. <3 as the rating period is coming to an end I wanna congratulate everyone on finishing games! 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