Buddies for Baldwin by weirdway

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made by weirdway for LD33 (JAM)
Play as Baldwin the bridge troll on his quest to not die! Baldwin needs buddies to delay his petrification but he is also a tad awkward when it comes to meeting new people.
Move Baldwin to and from his bridge with the up and down arrow keys.
Turn to face his potential buddies with the left and right arrow keys.
Hit space at just the right time to befriend a villager. Mess up and they'll run back home and tell everyone what you're really like.
Befriend everyone in the village to win (100 villagers).
Lose by running out of time and turning to stone or by losing all your peasant buddies.

Update 25/08/2015
-Fixed typos
-Made game beatable

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.16 576
Audio(Jam) 3.10 392
Fun(Jam) 3.00 563
Graphics(Jam) 3.07 667
Humor(Jam) 3.63 139
Innovation(Jam) 3.30 304
Mood(Jam) 3.00 599
Theme(Jam) 3.47 511

Feedback

KrisDevelopment
25. Aug 2015 路 21:20 UTC
Haha, fun little game, good job :)
baykush_figtree
25. Aug 2015 路 22:48 UTC
HAHAHA the monster's lines are priceless :D
Hero7785
26. Aug 2015 路 02:05 UTC
I couldn't play the game since dropbox was being broken. Could you upload it somewhere else. Thanks
Mykaelos
26. Aug 2015 路 02:49 UTC
I love the concept, the art and music are excellent, and I honestly felt bad when I saw the meter was running out, worried that Baldwin would turn to stone. I would have liked to actually see an animation (or just a color change) of him turning to stone, instead of just a text popup. Otherwise, well done!
馃帳 weirdway
26. Aug 2015 路 07:41 UTC
Thanks for playing the game guys and for the feedback!

Hero7785: the link is an automatic download link so you gotta give it time even though the page mightn't load up the download should start but we are working on a web player.

Mykaelos: we had an animation for this on the to do list but just ran outta time.I suppose it's all part and parcel of Ludum Dare. Thanks for caring about Baldwin too!
lucentbeam
26. Aug 2015 路 10:40 UTC
Fun little combination of mechanics - having to bounce up and down and then play the roar minigame can be tough. The simple control scheme would lend itself well to a mobile game!
HeyZeus
27. Aug 2015 路 20:26 UTC
Awesome, love the graphics.
Ixeno
03. Sep 2015 路 00:49 UTC
Super cute and funny! I'm glad I beated it! Great Work!
Nurbs
06. Sep 2015 路 02:30 UTC
Like most things involving social aptitude, I found this game challenging.
Still, it's a nice concept and pretty well executed.
jcourt
06. Sep 2015 路 12:57 UTC
It took me a while to realize that I had to wait until the villagers passed the sign or rock to keep them from running away, but otherwise good job!
Waterman7
07. Sep 2015 路 21:17 UTC
This made my day. Love it! :)
HotBoxGames
07. Sep 2015 路 23:25 UTC
Love the music and excellent dialogue. Lovely, simple and fun well done.
Obvious_San
08. Sep 2015 路 00:08 UTC
Can i interest you.. in an open mouth kiss? :D Funny game, super sweet gfx!
KuGrou
08. Sep 2015 路 18:53 UTC
Took a bit to figure out the timing of when to come out from under the bridge, but after that it was fun. Really like some of his "awkward" lines.
Wumbo
13. Sep 2015 路 19:09 UTC
Loved the quotes, music was great and catchy, good art, though putting something in the background other than sky would have done a lot. Funny game and cool concept, though I found it really hard to actually befriend anyone. I don't know if I am just not coordinated enough, or if it is off, but I though I was hitting space when the bar was right on the green part, and I would still say something awkward or mean to them. Don't know... Loved the rest of it, though