Play Hippo Flight Test
Can Hippos Achieve Outer Space?'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #67 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Game Design | #81 | 3.827 | 3.827 |
| Overall | #154 | 3.576 | 3.576 |
| Innovation | #193 | 3.531 | 3.531 |
| Audio | #210 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Graphics | #426 | 3.519 | 3.519 |
| Theme | #475 | 3.272 | 3.272 |
Ranked from 81 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
I made up an acronym for CHAOS:
Can Hippos Achieve Outer Space??
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
everything on my own except for the music track (credits in page description)
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This is a great game
Thanks for playing!
I also Just Played Again and I have to say
INVESTED INVESTORS ARE OP
They're invested in your investitures
This was an amazing and very addictive game. I loved trying to get materials and then soaring past my previous best score. There is a problem where I got so many coins that I went into negatives and couldn't upgrade anymore so sadly I could reach outer space.
Woah, wait. You went negative in coins?? I never saw that happen. The game saves automatically at the end of each run. Mind grabbing a screenshot and sending it to me on discord? Sorry that happened! Thanks for checking it out!
The concept here is super funny, and the dragons are animated super well, good job!
Thanks for checking it out. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself :)
if one of the hippos were elon musk
then YES
if not
then NO
can u check my game pls
I think you mean Elon Tusk
Thanks for checking it out! I'll add your game to my list and leave a comment when I've gotten to play it
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh
The game was really fun. The Pickup system of the enemys was well implemented, because it served as extra armor against a specific type. I played so long, that I reached the "mission successful" screen after 5 seconds when pressing start mission! xD
Had a lot of fun
Ha! Yes, gotta love exponential progression! I love incremental games, so I tried to bring some of that growth absurdity into my design.
I'm glad you appreciated the pickup system. I was really excited by that idea and it's rewarding to see others appreciate it, too <3
This was a really great game, especially for a jam! Obviously, the gameplay loop itself is fun, but I also really liked the small touches. The hippo's expressions when something happened to the ship, the parallax scrolling present especially during take-off, and the best thing would be how obstacles double as collectables, making them basically extra armor shells. As for what I'd like to see improved (just nitpicks, really):
That's about it, just really minor things. Obviously in a jam you can't get everything perfectly, and what you managed to do is already insane. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for playing! It's really wonderful to get positive feedback on aspects I spent a lot of time on, however small. I appreciate it :)
I appreciate nitpicks in game jams! Yeah, I could easily expand my current coin animation method. I think right now it only adjusts up to 1000 per frame, so not nearly enough for the lategame nonsense. I would have loved to do a "highlight purchasable" system for the upgrades, but it didn't make it off the idea board unfortunately. The upgrade UI really ended up limiting me, too. Next time I'll add more flexibility and use the space better. My initial idea was to have space be it's own exploration tier, but of course that got cut for scope creep in the end. The game actually has space dragons in the files, but I never got to implement them properly. It'd be fun to add distant planets and other things, too. Lots of potential for a 'late game' if I kept developing.
Thanks again for checking it out, I really appreciate it !
i like your game idea , good job
Thanks for playing!
This was oddly satisfying to max out. I got to the point where I was getting mission complete before the first enemy could appear, and I love the big TOO MANY when your coins reach absurd levels.
Ha! Well done! I considered taking out the "TOO MANY" placeholder and putting in a system to display by scientific notation or something, but I ran out of time. Glad you enjoyed my little unintentional 'easter egg'.
Thanks for checking out the game. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself :)
This game is cool but is kinda hard to play and graphic,design and music were cool (pls review my game for my rating thx)
Thanks for checking it out! I've added your game to my play queue. I'll leave a comment when i've been able to check it out :)
This game is why game jams exist. What a masterpiece.
<3 super kind words, thank you!
One of my favorite games in the jam. Loved the concept and the execution. The game was extremely fun to play!
Thanks for playing! I appreciate the kind words :)
Enjoyed the game! I like how you can turn getting hit into collecting items. Made for an interesting twist on the learn-to-fly sub-genre. I spent... longer than I'd like to admit upgrading my spaceship ;)
Ha! Sorry to use up more time than you thought. I want to make jam games to be finished in under 10 minutes and I definitely failed at this for this one. Otherwise there's a chance folks won't get to stick through the whole experience.
I'm happy to hear you liked that mechanic. I was really excited about that when I stumbled upon it and I want to explore it more.
Thanks for checking out the game!
The game is awesome, quite simple but very fun and the idea is concept is just great :D
Thanks for playing!
No problem, also if you have time you could give our game a try https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-6/rate/1177206
The game is awesome, quite simple but very fun and the idea is concept is just great :D
This was definitely an enjoyable experience all around. I love the dual purpose armor/currency, the adorable artwork (especially the sky swapping), and the wonderful name. Great job!
On a side note, how is the game supposed to end? I picked up an upgrade and then the next run I immediately won. Wasn't sure what I had done.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I love seeing dual purpose design in games. I see a lot of it in board games. I'm glad I was able to pull off the "turning enemies into pickups" thing in this way, too.
The end is at 330,000 ft. For earth, this is known as the Kármán line, where the earth's atmosphere ends and space begins. It was fun to try to build exponential progression to make it end so quickly. Yeah, the "more horsepower" upgrade doubles your ascension speed each time. I think at around 8 or 9, it makes you win in a few seconds. Unfortunately, there's a bug where you don't get to see the final background because the first few get skipped too quickly and causes it to mis-assign the backgrounds. Sloppy programming! Woops!
One of the most fun experiencies so far! Great job dude! :)
Thanks for playing! I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed yourself :)
Sometimes it's nice to take a step back and understand that games are allowed to be easy, simple fun. I think you really captured the essence of what made those old flash games so enjoyable. Well done.
those are incredibly kind words, thank you :)
there are enough violent, serious, and/or dark games out there. I like to design games that are goofy and don't focus on the player fighting or killing things.
Great movement! It's fun to play. It's impressive that you were able to add skill progression to a jam game. The only thing that doesn't so good is the menus, those could've been worked on more. Overall great work, well done!
Thanks for playing! Yeah, I didn't spend as much time on the font as I should have. The research descriptions ended up being a little difficult to fit in with the space I had, but I'm happy with what I got done in the time we had. I learned a ton, too, so my next game can have even better menus and upgrades :)
Cool Game, well made
Thanks, I appreciate you checking it out!