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Boop The Balloon by kuggenhoffen

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made by kuggenhoffen for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

A game about a dog and a surprising visitor to his yard.

Boop the balloon and do other dog things before the inevitable happens and your surprise visitor is no more.

Controls

A / D or arrow keys to move.
Spacebar to jump.
Left ctrl or enter to interact. Esc to exit.

Notes

  • Unfortunately no controls for mobile and camera scaling on mobile, and very wide screens in general, is also broken. Sorry about that, I'll see if I can fix that...

Changes

April 12th: - Fix jumping animation getting stuck and not being able to jump anymore.

April 6th: - Make webgl build. - Fix bug where mark territory could be activated anywhere. - Fix bug where mark territory could be activated only once.

Link https://github.com/kuggenhoffen/ldjam50
Link https://github.com/kuggenhoffen/ldjam50/releases/download/build-final-v3/BoopTheBalloon.zip
Link https://kuggenhoffen.github.io/ldjam50/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/boop-the-balloon

Ratings

Overall 1207th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1212th 2.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1015th 2.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 970th 3.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 798th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 758th 3.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 446th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 907th 3.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

Rinta
05. Apr 2022 · 15:28 UTC
Good doggo would boop again.
Skruffye
06. Apr 2022 · 17:41 UTC
That dog must *drink*, 'cause boy oh boy did I mark the heck out of my territory...! :laughing:

I loved the little sprite for the dog when jumping--very cute.

I'd have liked to have seen more to do in the yard and probably a way for the game to progressively get harder (such as the balloon falling faster or hazards for it to have to avoid in the air) because, as it stands there's not much challenge.

The physics on the balloon were strangely appealing, as was the sad little animation it made when it finally popped.

Good job! ^^
OadT
10. Apr 2022 · 09:54 UTC
Cute entry! Loved the sprite of the dog while jumping! I ran into a bug where the dog stayed in the jumping state, while the dog already reached the ground though. But restarting the game fixed that.

I like the mechanics to keep the ballon in the players view, though I think the balloon has to move a bit more unpredictable, as currently it feels too easy to control it. But its diffucult to find the right balance there.
radmccool
10. Apr 2022 · 17:38 UTC
just a solid good vibes game. nothing negative to say. i had fun booping the ballon, the dog was so cute! i liked that it wasnt overly difficult to keep the balloon up making the theme more a player choice thing rather than something forced upon them. which just helps juice the mood of the game. good job !
bruhohoho
12. Apr 2022 · 14:46 UTC
Good cute graphics, nice sound effects, and love the humor. I've never thought that I would be able to make a dog 'mark her territory". Overall, good entry!
ZachsButt
12. Apr 2022 · 15:05 UTC
very cute game! it made me smile :)

i only wish there was more to it, it was pretty easy to keep the balloon up. but i thought all the different ways you could keep the balloon up were pretty witty!

![doggo2.png](///raw/cd6/f/z/4deb7.png)
awsumpwner27
12. Apr 2022 · 15:58 UTC
I found a bug where if you hug the right wall and jump, you get stuck in the jumping animation on the ground, and are then unable to jump. A minor issue, ultimately. Nice entry! I appreciate the creativity in designing the helpful environmental elements.
Fredrik Rosell
12. Apr 2022 · 16:13 UTC
This one put a smile on my face. A simple idea, well executed. Nice graphics and audio. I ran into the same bug as the one mentioned in the previous comment, but overall, well done!
Cookie_CHR
12. Apr 2022 · 19:40 UTC
Simple little game, love the doggie. My ballon went off screen somewhere around 1200 points
🎤 kuggenhoffen
12. Apr 2022 · 20:26 UTC
Thanks for all the comments everyone!

@oadt @awsumpwner27 @fredrik-rosell Thanks for trying it out! I made a fix to the jumping animation getting stuck.
peter_sc
13. Apr 2022 · 08:26 UTC
Very cute litte game. Refreshingly calm. Also: Are the clouds shaped like birds or am I imagining things?
Wizard
13. Apr 2022 · 17:49 UTC
Nice simple game. I feel like it is missing some challenge though. can see definite potential in this game mind. Nice one.
🎤 kuggenhoffen
14. Apr 2022 · 09:28 UTC
@peter-sc
Clouds being shaped like birds is not intentional 😃
TheMightyTrout
14. Apr 2022 · 11:39 UTC
lovely little game, the art was really cute especially the jumping animation and the bird booping the baloon. i would have liekd to see it get progressivly harder as currently i think that it misses the mark on the theme as its prety easy to keep the baloon up for as long as you would like
MathGLO
14. Apr 2022 · 20:43 UTC
Nice art style! Love the sound effect and it was a nice touch of humour. I would of probably added a main soundtrack and maybe like the balloon drops faster as the score gets higher(I feel like I could of played it forever ahaha).

![dog.PNG](///raw/f2c/44/z/4e061.png)

Overall, thanks for making the game! Great entry.
zimny11
14. Apr 2022 · 23:20 UTC
Cute art style! Nice and relaxing game. Good job :)
0x746564
14. Apr 2022 · 23:53 UTC
Art is very cute, especially the animation for the dog's jump!

Sound effects fit the game well.

The little mini interactions were fun, wish there were more of them.

It was pretty easy to keep the balloon up. Maybe you could add a little more variability in how the balloon moves to make it more engaging.