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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Peoples Choice | #12 | 3.381 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game Name
Trash Balloon
Engine Used
Unreal Engine
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This was a lovely and comfy game, was a little confused what to do at first, but figured it out :).
Not sure if it was intended, but after the first 4 balloon pops, the other ones weren't leaving behind any rocks - I think they were being flung at supersonic speeds outside of the area. Not a big issue, still went to space in a balloon XD!
Nice work.
Thanks for playing and commenting!
I'll definitely address the debris system after the jam. There's a bug that causes debris to spawn in a different location to where the trash was blown up, alongside being flung at huge speeds when it spawns.
Glad to hear you stopped by outer space :)
Really fun and easy to play, a nice little relaxing game. Love the art styl!
Thank you!
I like the feeling of shooting and having the balloon moving back, but it wasn't clear to me how to get score, i keep trying to bump into random debris hoping to get some scores. Great work on the game!
Thanks for playing!
You can score by using 'right click' to suck up small trash bits and using 'left click' to break up large chunks or propel yourself around faster. Move the mouse around to adjust your aim.
Hope that helps!
I've tried to replay it, and yeah for a solo project this was pretty fun to play, amazing job!
I love the graphics for this game. Especially when the balloon turns. Only thing I'd add is crosshairs, but Yeah! Really fun game to play.
Glad you liked it! Crosshairs are a great idea, and should be pretty easy to implement. Thanks for the suggestion :)
took me a bit to figure out how to get score, also figured out that if you get high enough the asteroids or debris starts to become invisible and you just randomly take damage from nowhere. good work with the game.
Thanks for the feedback!
Never caught that bug, nicely spotted. Sorry to hear the scoring felt unintuitive at first, glad you got the hang of it.
This is so well made! The SFX, music, movement, theme and gameplay were all great! I loved the energy / cinematic nature of shooting the other balloons with it slowing down and then exploding! So much fun to just fly around and collect as much as you can to clean the place up. Really good, massive effort, great job!
Thanks so much!! I'm really glad you enjoyed all the little details!
Very happy to see this kind of response :)
i love the art style so much! pretty cute game and i so enjoy it!
Glad you liked it :)
very satisfying gameplay with an appealing art style. excellent sense of force and impact I only wish that exploding a large rock didn't mean its debris would go flying off the screen never to be seen again
Thanks for the feedback!
I'll be sure to address that issue after the Jam concludes. It is technically possible to chase the debris once it flies off, but it's often a bit silly to bother doing that and the speed of the chunks is definitely too unpredictable.
Glad you enjoyed nonetheless :)
I love the overall feedback you get from shooting the trash, with the camera shaking, hit stop, etc.
The gameplay loop is simple but effective! I kept finding my self replaying the level over and over trying to beat my score.
I love the sprites, especially when rotating the hot air balloon! Also I love seeing how high the player can travel in the air, it's so cool leaving the atmosphere! Amazing solo work!
Thanks so much for the feedback!
Adding in the atmosphere layers was quite fun. I didn't have enough time make unique mechanics for the upper atmosphere, but I plan to do so after the Jam concludes :)
The sound effects, the slowmo impact, the artstyle! This game was really satisfying to play. Great work!
Thanks so much!
Awsome game
Glad you enjoyed it :)
About the Game:
Humanity has finally 'solved' the landfill crisis by responsibly floating all of their trash into the sky. Clean up the skies in your balloon as you break up chunks of floating trash with your water jet (left click) and aim to vacuum up as many pieces as you can (right click) without blowing up!
Think you can score better than 130 pieces in 2 minutes? Give it a try!
(Don't worry, all collected trash is securely burned and re-processed in a Trash-to Energy incineration plant)
This was my first game developed with UE5. I had a great deal of fun making it, and I hope you enjoy playing!