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A jam submission

BalloonacyView game page

Go with the flow
Submitted by squ00sh — 1 day, 2 hours before the deadline
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Balloonacy's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Aesthetics#764.0894.089
Music#823.7113.711
Sound#963.4673.467
Fun#963.7563.756
Mechanics#1073.6893.689
Theme#3623.1333.133
Story#4592.0442.044

Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Credits for all assets used are listed on the game's itch.io page.

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Submitted

Good job. I like the concept and how you took the theme and applied it to the monochrome environment.  The use the limited colours really made the balloon and green grass pop (no pun intended...). The game was pretty challenging in some spots, which was well designed.

Keep up the good work.

Developer

Thanks for playing! I just tried out yours, and very much enjoyed it.

Submitted

A bit boring for me but game has great execution. Good job!

Developer

Thanks for playing. It's definitely a very quiet game in its current form. I tried to play yours, but I'm having trouble loading Godot games in the browser, and I have a Mac so can't download. :/

Submitted

Yeah, godot 4 has problems with browsers... If you want, here is code of my game

Submitted

Fun little game and very unique mechanics. Nicely done!

Developer

Thanks for playing! I just tried yours and loved it. So cool!

Submitted

Very nice game, easy to pick up yet still challenging enough. Good job!

Developer

Thank you, and thanks for playing! I just tried yours out, and wow. That's a real cool multi-dimensional puzzle game.

Submitted

Lovely graphics style and a solid base mechanic. You really calibrated the spaces in the last section perfectly for a proper challenge!

Developer

Thanks for playing, and I appreciate that! I realized while making this that level design is more challenging than I thought, so I'm glad it felt well-balanced. Sadly I can't try out your game because I don't have a Windows machine.

Submitted

Hey, no worries! :)

Submitted

Love the game, nice and simple, works well also 

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I really want to play your game (seems to have a similar design sensibility in terms of graphics and simple mechanics), but I'm struggling to play Godot games in my browser and don't have a Windows machine :/

Submitted

I see, that's a shame, what is your system, I could upload some additional builds I think. 

It seems to be a common issue with godot 4, the web build works in Chrome, and it takes some time to load 

Developer

I'm on an M1 MacBook Air. Just tried again in both Firefox and Chrome, I end up getting a "page unresponsive" error.

Developer

Ok I think I figured it out. I just have to let it sit and wait for it to unfreeze, then the game plays normally. I'll check yours out tomorrow!

Submitted

Awesome game ! loved the visuals and sound effects

Developer

Thank you! I just played yours and really enjoyed it.

Submitted

Nice work, this reminded me being a kid and keeping a balloon from hitting the ground.  

Developer

Thanks! It definitely has that kind of simple "the floor is lava" feeling from childhood. I will play and rate yours when I have a moment to give it my full attention, it looks like it deserves some thought.

Submitted

Nice game! I enjoyed the black-and-white world! I liked the popping effect.

Developer

Thanks for playing! Just rated yours, which was great.

Submitted

Woah! this game really hooked me. Enjoyed playing it!

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted

Really enjoyed this! Love the visual style and the concept works really well. One of the best titles I've seen too!

Developer

Haha thanks! And thanks for playing. I just rated yours, which was beautiful.

Submitted

Really nice looking game! Nice use of assets and fun gameplay!

Developer

Thank you, and thanks for playing! I just rated yours.

Submitted
  • The visual design is great!
  • Music and SFX were on point.
  • There are long stretches where the player is just waiting for the balloon to travel without need for player input. I would suggest a mechanic where if the player holds a direction and rapidly taps a button, they move a little bit in that direction. Think swimming in a Zelda game.   
  • There is a point on the 3rd screen where if the player misses a fan or platform, they are carried along the bottom of the screen and are returned to the start of the screen. In this case, it might be better to kill off the player so they don't have to wait to be carried back, since there is no downside to dying.
  • Some of the wall collision does not match the art, causing unexpected pops.
  • Once when I was a kid, my balloon touched grass, and it popped. I was sad. 

Great effort!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing, and for the detailed feedback. I really appreciate that. The control scheme you suggest is interesting, and I completely agree with you re: the 3rd level. And yes, sadly in the real world even grass can hurt a balloon. haha.

Submitted

cool game! 

First level was hard to get, but overall really nice!

Developer

Thank you for playing! Yeah, figuring out how to balance levels and create a sense of progression in difficulty is a real art, it turns out. haha.

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, balancing is hard, i noticed that in my game :-D

Submitted

I really like it, it is nice and simple and fun. I was confused when it looped, but I feel that the levels where very well designed. It would be nice especially for the second level if you could press a button to fall faster that could be nice. But yeah, it looks really nice and was quite intuitive. Nice Job!

Developer(+1)

Heheh, yes I looped it because I don't know how to do credits screens or anything like that yet, I'm very new to Unity. I fully take your point about the falling speed, that needs some adjustment. Thank you for playing!

Submitted

Exellent game! very well thought

Developer

Thank you, and thanks for checking it out! I just rated yours.

Submitted

I played until it looped. I like the balloon, nice job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I just checked out yours, really clever use of mechanics!

Submitted

I love everything about this, except that I'm bad at it. Probably would help if there are several check points. 

Developer

Thank you so much! That's a really solid idea, and I will keep it in mind if I ever continue developing this game.

Submitted

Nicely done, will play again until I finish it.

Developer

Thank you! Just checked out yours!

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