Pablo's piñata party by Njitnelav

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made by Njitnelav for Ludum Dare 51 (COMPO)

My submission for Compo Ludum Dare 51.

It is my second game I have ever made. Last time I only used static objects. So I now wanted to experiment with animations and have more features. Play in full screen mode.

Ratings

Overall 476th 2.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 477th 2.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 481th 2.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 387th 3.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 420th 2.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 339th 2.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 177th 2.882⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 360th 2.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Dfyzet
03. Oct 2022 · 08:56 UTC
Keep it up!
It is immediately clear that a great job has been done. Cool style, nice sprites, good controls.
Platforms sometimes spawn in a column, making it difficult to move (sometimes you can almost get stuck), but this happens quite rarely
Douwe_Ravers
03. Oct 2022 · 10:34 UTC
The music sets the mood very nicely!

Also painted art is very nice!

The difficulty is just right not to easy not impossible.


Great game!
LDJam user 0
04. Oct 2022 · 09:31 UTC
Diede here; I really liked the game. it was very clear and i loved the theme. The music was super nice and the graphics were cute! One remark that would i give is that i would love to see the pinata explode :smile:
Kregap
10. Oct 2022 · 10:09 UTC
Great entry! :v:
ShaunShepherd
13. Oct 2022 · 07:20 UTC
The animations look great, and the game presents a fun loop. Might be cool for there to be multiples pinatas and they explode every 10 seconds, instead of having just the one slowly grows in size. That would allow the core premise to be turned into a game loop which could allow for a more expansive game. Great work!
broodjethomaat
13. Oct 2022 · 07:36 UTC
The music was fun! Im just missing a timer. Also took me quite a while to figure out up was jump, I was playing with ASDW.
BoOdbarbak
13. Oct 2022 · 07:43 UTC
Nice music and arts. Feels like a mexican western movie :) Very good for a second game dev, especially in 48 hours . Looking forward to your next games ;) Well done.
LDJam user 300422
13. Oct 2022 · 07:53 UTC
Nice game, i like the graphics style and the relaxing music. Changing the level every 10 seconds is a good and simple idea. The jumping controls feel a bit floaty, there are some good gdc talks and ressources on optimizing platformer controllers. Overall good job :thumbsup:
Steffo
13. Oct 2022 · 17:06 UTC
Yay! I saved the Piñata Party!

Now, my review:

- your core gameplay loop is fun, and controlling the character was pretty good!
- not knowing when the Piñata was going to burst or how many cacti were needed to pop it made me get a frustrating game over the first time I played
- graphics are... very programmer-y, but it's a good thing that they are all consistent and at you have a walk cycle which contributes well to the feeling of the character controls
- something weird is going on with your music: there was some kind of background noise in it probably caused by your recording method, and additionally it seemed like another song was playing at the same time?
- I appreciated the explaination of why we have to pop the piñata, seemed funny to me
- the mood, like the graphics, is pretty consistent and works well

Overall... **pretty good job** for your second entry! :slight_smile:
congusbongus
15. Oct 2022 · 12:39 UTC
Love pablo's clothing choice, very fiesta!
Knatt
15. Oct 2022 · 19:39 UTC
controls are satisfying once you get ahold of them. Simple but a fun one
Harmadillo
18. Oct 2022 · 17:54 UTC
Nice game. I liked the art style and the chill music.
kuviman
19. Oct 2022 · 14:23 UTC
Piñata went to zero health yet it was still gameover hmmm
JakobTheQuizGuy
20. Oct 2022 · 16:01 UTC
The graphics and audio work together to create a nice cozy mood :D
LDJam user 259831
20. Oct 2022 · 17:01 UTC
Cool game! I wish there was a countdown so I knew how much time was left, and a tutorial or even a comment in the post to use arrow keys instead of WASD would be great too. All around great stuff for a second entry!