Balloon Panic! by Archangel
Fancy a nice balloon ride through the countryside?
Fantastic!
Just mind the birds, dear.
Do your best to keep yourself afloat as long as possible, increase your score by hitting those pesky pigeons!
Now with working difficulty scaling!
I do own the rights to the song playing in the background but that was purchased and was done so before the Jam Enjoy anyway though!



| Link | https://archangel-games.itch.io/balloon-panic |
| Link | https://archangel-games.itch.io/balloon-panic |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/balloon-panic |
Ratings
| Overall | 823th | 3.438⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1039th | 3.045⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 951th | 3.03⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 689th | 3.652⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 415th | 3.985⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 725th | 2.875⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 315th | 3.844⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 52🗳️ | 43🗨️ |
I was a little thrown off by the mixels (different pixel sizes) between the action layer and the background.
But while the game is simple, it is well-executed. I gave it a few good runs an managed to get a high score of just over 26k. Solid entry!
- The birds sometimes spawn very high, or out of screen view, and pop the balloon without you being able to see them barely
- The game doesn't feel like it progresses in difficulty. I reached 5000m without any noticeable difficulty increases
- It doesn't really feel like there's any penalty for getting hit by a bird because I could just backspace right away. The how to play screen implies there would have been a penalty for continuous repairing but I didn't really feel any.
Otherwise it's a pretty chill, fun game!
The gameplay felt simple but somewhat relaxing, could get really far with no problem, would like to see how a version with the difficulty increasing will affect the overall feel of the game!
Good job!
Controls could be a bit more responsive. Maybe higher acceleration when falling and lower when rising? Also there is no reason for me to stop smashing backspace except for the weird out of bound error.
All in all well done! Solid entry.
the controls feel a little unresponsive, which i suppose is on brand for this type of game, so no real damage there.
Really cool!
I had a little trouble exiting the "How to Play Screen", maybe a button or a clear indication that "Esc" exits would be nice
press backspace when I hear a bird hit. Art and sound are very good tho. Keep up the good work!
True, I personally did not fly further than 500 meters, but I am a noob haha