Bomb Express by MoebiusMeow

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made by MoebiusMeow for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

Deliver packages with only bombs!

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  • Yet another line-drawing physic game! QQ截图20230501083605.png

  • Use your mouse to draw lines of bombs. Hmm... nothing strange. Haven't you ever seen a long strip of bombs?

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  • Press "R" to Restart and press "Esc" to quit.

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  • Each bomb goes with $10 basic cost and $10 for each unit of extra length

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And have fun!

Ratings

Overall 14th 4.258⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 24th 4.194⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 5th 4.484⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 73th 4.21⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 28th 4.371⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 123th 3.565⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 28th 4.065⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 82th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 38🗳️ 43🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 233659
01. May 2023 · 02:16 UTC
This is so cool conceptually. One of my favorite parts of the game is considering how I am going to move the house to the present, great use of physics here. The graphical polish is great, I love watching the debris from the bomb coat the level while sending entire buildings across the level. About the only thing I think is missing is some sound, (couldn't hear any on HTML5), but the music is more than adequate and gives the game an upbeat vibe. You've got a great entry here. :thumbsup:
LDJam user 339673
01. May 2023 · 07:51 UTC
so cute
Corporation
01. May 2023 · 15:03 UTC
What an amazing and fun game! Such a unique and easy to pick up mechanic! I found the strategy of spamming a lot of little bombs and then watching for chaos to deliver the package to be not the most cost effective, but the most fun for sure.
Small suggestion is to make soundtrack like a global object, so it's not gettings reseted every time you restart or open new level.
Well done!
clemall
01. May 2023 · 15:15 UTC
Such an amazing concept ! Impressive.
The music and sound effect are fitting the game so well.
The visual and style are so cute !
The gameplay is simple, fun and addictive. Who doesn't like explosion everywhere !

You got an amazing game ! :thumbsup:
LDJam user 240168
01. May 2023 · 18:36 UTC
A very nice idea! Lovely art as well. In some levels I didn't understand how I could pass them, so I ended up just spamming new bombs, which worked like 50% of the time. Maybe a more gradual level progression would be nice, so that the player slowly learns how to use the bombs mechanic to solve various puzzles.
TasakaSama
01. May 2023 · 18:50 UTC
![910.png](///raw/87c/f/z/59098.png)

Levels 9 and 10 are impossible for me to do, but it was very cool to see shooting everywhere :)
🎤 MoebiusMeow
01. May 2023 · 21:05 UTC
@mavvy I'm happy you like it ^^! And indeed, I did't have enough time to create ideal VFXs so there is only background music. (I was busy on academic stuffs and I did't make up my mind to participate LD53 until the second day)

@lisyarus Yeah the design of those levels are not soild enough. Therefore it feels more like a relaxing bomb game than a physic puzzle game.

Actually there are some advanced techniques such as drawing a cannon to launch forward the second bomb. You can briefly control the direction by drawing different shapes. (This is the designed technique for some hard levels). Spamming bombs is indeed a practical strategy, but the result is far more chaotic XD.

The minimal version of this cannon technique requires only 2 bombs. Just watching the bomb fuse to burn and put down the second bomb at a right timing. (The keypoint is that you can never boost an existing bomb since they explode earlier than new ones)

I was planning to added more bomb types and tutorial levels, as well as online leader boards. But I didn't have time to implement those stuffs.
LDJam user 240168
01. May 2023 · 21:13 UTC
@moebiusmeow Yeah, I figured the two bombs technique, but I guess I failed to master it - in some levels the second bomb never went the way I wanted it to :)
ollie_d
01. May 2023 · 23:00 UTC
I love this game, my favorite of the submissions I've played so far. I wish there were some explosion/placing sound effects, but otherwise this game is perfect. It's funny, art is clean, pleasant, and consistent, and I mean c'mon, I can draw arbitrarily shaped bombs -- amazing.

Also I love levels 9 & 10 (not sure if this is how they were supposed to be done)
![bombxpress.gif](///raw/ab9/44/z/5983e.gif)
waffleworksgames
01. May 2023 · 23:17 UTC
Really cool game! The concept was really clever, the physics felt good, and the art was great. I wasn't really picking up any good strategies so the most effective strategy for me was to just spam haha. I made it to level 9 before my spamming skills were ineffective. Great work!
fusionnist
02. May 2023 · 04:36 UTC
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Brilliant entry! I had a blast with this. Need I say more? ;)
🎤 MoebiusMeow
02. May 2023 · 09:08 UTC
@ollie-d Thanks! And for the level 9 & 10, yes indeed, this is what that pit for. The "proper" way to solve these 2 levels is bomb boosting but it can be quite challenging to control. Instead, I left this pit on the ceiling and those who notices it would find an "Aha moment".

@fusionnist I'm glad that you like it! You've got even better score than me in some levels XD
Gonzo13
02. May 2023 · 12:48 UTC
Pretty one entry! Nice idea for a gameplay. Cute graphics.
BezedH
02. May 2023 · 14:15 UTC
this is so cool! i love how you are free to comppletely abuse the system and try "stupid" strategy x) really nice looking also ! Gg for this entry :)
sailorocean
02. May 2023 · 16:28 UTC
Could not figure out the last level but mechanics are really cool, so far I loved it !
rjerez192
02. May 2023 · 17:27 UTC
I have to say that the graphics are over the top. Really nice job over there. Gameplay is fun.
LDJam user 336851
02. May 2023 · 18:10 UTC
Insanely good game with fun challenge! maybe the bomb could use a sound effect or something similar to indicate when to time the next bomb, also building big bombs in the menu is very fun
made3
02. May 2023 · 19:09 UTC
Hands down my favourite compo game this far. Everything fits and its fun
katamary
02. May 2023 · 21:05 UTC
It's very sticky game! Brilliant idea!
Matt Green
02. May 2023 · 22:36 UTC
I spent waaayyy too long playing this game haha. Very interesting concept!
Wevel
03. May 2023 · 14:53 UTC
Quite a relaxing game blowing things up, although some of the levels are quite difficult.
Shenoit
03. May 2023 · 16:48 UTC
Great little game! I really like the idea of delivering packages with bombs :D ! The atmosphere is calm, and it makes you scratch your head a bit to figure out how to deliver the packages! Congratulations on this game.
jepjoh2
04. May 2023 · 02:18 UTC
Really fun. Quite addicting gameplay. Sometime when desperation set in it's nice to just spam a ton of bombs to see if that somehow made the situation better :)
DDesignDude
06. May 2023 · 04:58 UTC
This is wonderfully chaotic and innovative! I love the background music too and the little cat shape cloud for added fun detail.
Hakro
07. May 2023 · 21:56 UTC
This game is a lot of fun. I liked pretty much about it. The graphics are cute, the music is cheerful, and the idea is very interesting.
Nice entry all around.
Cheers
Kopako
10. May 2023 · 23:01 UTC
Very unique overall! I'm quite impressed. Got stuck halfway through but enjoyed every second!
Megrez
11. May 2023 · 08:47 UTC
像素艺术的处理是完美的,而不是简单粗暴地用了一个模仿像素风格的贴图,非常感谢你分享了源码!物理效果也给了一个非常愉悦的反馈;以及玩法的设计非常创新和有趣!不过如果能加入一些爆炸以及撞击之类的音效就好了
gamescodedogs
18. May 2023 · 08:08 UTC
Nice mood and lovely pixelart! You made great amount of work as for compo game! Great work! 5 for mood and GFX.
Roroto Sic
20. May 2023 · 19:09 UTC
Very fun game gg !and i really like the idea !
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