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The Bubble

By alink

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness368
Innovation893.68
Theme2673.29
Overall2963.26
Fun3893.00
Graphics4932.94
Humor5462.13
Mood6192.59
Audio7001.90

Comments

parapup 2013-12-16 05:39

I had fun playing this it was challenging. Cute mouse too.

zolmeister 2013-12-16 05:58

Solid. This game quite good, with a unique take on the theme. Really enjoyed it (instructions were not clear though).

sojabird 2013-12-16 09:51

Cool! So close only the last bubble such a pain in the first level :D
Didn't got further :p

alink 2013-12-16 15:33

Thanks for playing my game. I intentionally let the player discover the mechanic, but here are some tips if really needed:

- Of course, use long blow (keep space key pressed).
- Closer blows are much more powerful. Often better to let the bubble comes to you first.
- Jump + and close blow are very effective but inaccurate and risky.
- Use the bubble inertia.
- Your character doesn't hit the bubble.
- Find the best order to get the cheese/bubbles.

Hope it helps and have fun.

lorniebear 2013-12-16 19:53

Quite hard, but I like the non-violent nature!

ihateatmfees 2013-12-17 02:40

Nice job. Would love gamepad support!

tanser 2013-12-17 18:34

Nice game, good job, the graphics are good. :)

move127 2013-12-17 18:35

A lot of fun and nice aesthetic.

pixelbear 2013-12-17 18:42

Took me to figure out why I kept failing suddenly, then I noticed that the big bubble wasn't popping. Managed to get me to panic when I mis-timed a grab for cheese and the bubble was dropping far too low, so good job there! I would say the game is quite slow though, and you need a lot of patience.

alink 2013-12-17 18:59

@Pixelbear: Ah indeed good point. I should have timed it so can't go far enough to miss the main bubble hitting the ground. And probably also move the first mini golden bubble off the start screen. Well, when I designed that part, I was planning to add more instructions and a nicer mechanic for the bubbles creation (make the mouse blows through a soap thing)

zyxer 2013-12-17 21:52

Quite innovative but hard game. I like that you have to collect the golden items with your character and with the bubble. Well done!

zanzlanz 2013-12-17 23:00

Great game! I really love the idea, and you executed it really well, with nice graphics and everything :)

christinaneofotistou 2013-12-18 02:57

This is awesome! Like "Pang" in a way, but very unique. Loved the indirect control scheme, this is awesome and gets top marks from me! (The little animation of the mouse blowing is so well-done! )

murilo 2013-12-18 15:10

That was rather unique! I like it man! It feels slow but that's the game! Really nice!

thecoolestnerdguys 2013-12-18 16:27

Pretty fun! And pretty hard!
Had some very tense moments guiding that bubble, haha.

zkenshin 2013-12-18 21:50

Nice idea (:

masadow 2013-12-18 22:51

Very nice concept and very challenging game !

syawqy 2013-12-19 05:28

asdfghjkl, why you... simple death and we go back from the begining. haha...
you only get one bubble, nice concept, that was fun

mortus 2013-12-20 18:45

Very fun game! I wished there were a way to speed it up a bit though. It could get a little boring if you blow the bubble to high up.

psychomonster 2013-12-20 22:41

Nice to play a game with no violence. I like the Idea to take bubbles and Cheese. Cool gameplay. Cool little mouse :D

smash-ball 2013-12-22 22:43

Didn't get past the second level in this test of patience, but it was a fun game.

jacklehamster 2013-12-28 08:35

Innovative and fun gameplay. One thing though, shouldn't the bubble get bigger as it absorbs other bubbles?

alink 2013-12-29 01:01

@jacklehamster: indeed it should. Note that there is working code and animation for that. At some point, the mouse was able to jump into the bubble and make it bigger by blowing inside (also not realistic), catching more wind, less gravity etc. That's why you are a mouse and the bubble is about your size. But floating like that to pass obstacle was not very fun: too much control and you stay inside playing a flying game, too little and you just watch yourself going in a bad direction.

manicthenobody 2014-01-05 22:15

Like many others have said it was rather slow. I beat the first level in one go, but I gave up on the second level. I'm sure the addition of checkpoints makes the game more fun, but since I'm only judging the compo entry I only played the compo entry. Overall I enjoyed it. Nicely done.