deity 2014-04-28 09:57
Liked the low poly look. Beautiful water and I like the realistic physics. Would like to see this game expanded.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD29 → Balancitos
By nickzangus
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 25 | 4.23 | ||
| Graphics | 14 | 4.52 | ||
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Overall | 83 | 3.86 | ||
| Humor | 89 | 3.58 | ||
| Theme | 105 | 3.86 | ||
| Audio | 108 | 3.63 | ||
| Mood | 126 | 3.69 | ||
| Fun | 248 | 3.42 |
Liked the low poly look. Beautiful water and I like the realistic physics. Would like to see this game expanded.
The low poly style is very nice and I love the sound effects. Great Job!
This is beautiful! I love the atmosphere!! Well damnit, this just became the game I rated the highest yet!
Wonderful! If you do a post-compo version, could you please add keyboard controls? So 1, 2, 3 and 4 control the balls and you can rotate using e. g. A and D. Thad'd make it easier to control the island as it takes a lot of time (A lot of time = 1 second) to rotate the island.
Simple and fun, and enjoyable even without the interface.
Love the art style and mechanics, although I did get to points where moving the ball would do no good, and everyone ended up dying :(
Love the sound effects too!
Really beautiful looking game, quite amazing for 48hours! it reminded me of Black&White a bit. Keep working on it!
Great concept. 100% would like to see this expanded. I agree with JALgames regarding keyboard controls, specially for rotating
That was awesome! The sounds reminded me of Rayman. I almost screamed at the people on the island: "NOOO, you idiots! Don't go there!!!"
Great game, though awfully hard for me. Nice island, nice sounds, like it a lot.
I was following your game on the blog, the visuals are gorgeous. Pretty hard at the moment, I'd definitely be up for playing the post-release if you continue it.
This is a cool concept, but I think a game like this would profit more from a "isometric"-style viewpoint. Anyhow, this game is great and I'd love to see this idea expand into something bigger =)
nice graphics.
it's like an add-on for the first populos...
(idea for post-compo: rotate with keyboard)
Thanks to all for trying my game!
@JALgames
@Serk
@copain
Effectively, controlling the rotation with the keyboard would lead to have more freedom to move the weights, but I liked that you can play it only with the mouse. Maybe I could try to use the mouse wheel... I would try different approaches however!
So well made. You really care about the small inhabitants. Very nice graphics and sound. A tad to sensitive controls maybe.
Pretty cool game! A bit too hard for me though!
Relly like that nice done ;)
Gorgeous game accompanied by a perfect guitar track. This game has so much charm. I loved the little voices of the inhabitants!
looks great and a cool concept! I wish there was some score feedback so I could tell how "well" I was doing! Love the style!
Awesome graphics, excellent sound ("Qué bueno", ¡y tanto!), and the whole game works really well.
Sometimes, it's better a short but polished game :D
Love the art style and I thought it was a neat concept!
This actually made me smile playing it... very cool game
Today I learned that balancing an island is hard. Love this interpretation of the theme.
Cool concept.
This is so funny and felicitous !
Was interesting. Little difficult, but not too bad. I did like the look of the water.
The art style is amazing!
Really charming and challenging game! The graphics and audio are both fantastic!
Wow, that was really great! Well done.
Really cute! I would like to see this expanded too! It's a bit difficult and I lose quickly though
Fantastic game! Simple yet challenging. Love the physics on the water and the bright, fun graphics, especially that beautiful teal color for the water. Didn't realize the people were little beans until I looked closer at a screenshot. Haha.
Really good but really hard.
Love it! It's beautiful and original, I love the cute graphics and sound!
I love the voices of the tiny people and i think i'm a bad person because the first thing i did was killing everyone on purpose haha nice game !
love it, super zen! it's beautiful in its simplicity.
this was a really neat concept that was fun. the control system was a bit akward, but i really had fun watching those little beans jump in the water. good job.
Awesome art style! I had alot of fun twisting the scene and trying to keep the island afloat!
What a beautiful game! The inhabitants, the water, the island itself, everything really comes together. With a fun, simple idea on top this is a really great game!
so cool
Amazing graphics!! Just WOW!
the game concept is really interesting!
This is so gorgeous. I think my face just melted.
This was a great play! I thoroughly enjoyed my play-through!
Everybody died very quickly.
Gorgeous gfx and very very cute, with balancing (uh uh) could be very fun.
I'd be quite interested in seeing what you do with the post-compo version. Nice work
HAHAHAHA. Foolish little mortals...
So adorable! The distress of my townspeople was maybe too adorable. "Oh dear!" I would say. "You've fallen in the water again!" "Your neighbor is floating next to you!" I click reset. I immediately pitch everyone into the water. Keyboard controls would be nice.
Wow, this game really has it all. I especially love the low-poly graphics.
Visually and technically impressive. I like the people sounds. Using the gear at the bottom to rotate was weak. Having a spot on the island to grab instead would work better.
really nice. everything looks really good and sets the mood really well. kind of reminds me of lemmings. I never kept them alive for very long :(
Really good game. The mechanic is pretty original. I would play this a lot on mobile.
Very very nice! Sound, Grafics, Idea ++++ )))
Really creative take on the theme! I love the art direction, looking forward to seeing you expand it. Very impressive for a weekend's work.
WHAT A HORRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE!!! Hahaha! Man, the visual style here is so thick n juicy and I just wanna take a big ol bite. How did you get the little people sounds? Are they saying anything in particular or just gibberish sped up? The game is pretty unforgiving but you obviously didn't have the time to get it where you wanted it, and I would like to see an update version. Good job!
A+ on atmosphere and graphics, this looks just great! I would really dig an adventure in a world like this, hehehe.
Wow! Good job
Awesome graphics and interesting concept
Any game that causes sudden laugh inducing mass death can't be all bad.
Very original concept, sweet low poly style. Great job.
It's do beautiful ! I like the atmosphere of your game, and it's fun !
The voices of these little guys are so cute (:
wow, amazing! love the concept, one of the best games I've played so far
Thank you! I really appreciate all those feedbacks!
@SonnyBone
Some stereotypical sentence in Mexican style! The hilarious review of "Facade" of "One F Jef" gave me a great inspiration!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOdlDE0xT7M
@MattV
Unfortunately I have not had time to implement a score... But it will be the first thing which I will in the future!
@Teesquared
It sounds like a good idea! Greatly simplify the interaction with the scene!
Super nice entry. Well done. Clever idea, neat mechanic and great physics. Art is great, too. You need to finish this up, polish more and release on iOS and get rich. It will sell A LOT. Go forth.
All you need is a time limit, maybe some random weather/destabilizing events and you're good to go for mobile. Will make a shit load. :)
Really nice graphical style! Stands out
Like this game very much. Atmosphere and mood are fantastic.
Very fun and innovative, love it!
Very cute graphics and sfx, not sure what the point was.
The idea is great and the art is lovely. Sadly I found it a bit hard to control. Really looking for the post-compo version. Good work!
Great game! Only problem is the mouse-only control. Keyboard control would allow the player to actually watch what's going on on the island instead of having to concentrate on the weights.
I really like the idea behind this game. This is one fun physics game.
Great idea + gfx, but haaaaard :)
Nice visuals and difficulty. Love the Balancitos!
I quite liked the idea, although the game is really hard and the perspective given didn't really let me see very clearly what was going on. By the time I realized, it was too late :(
Excellent choice of graphics and sounds, I would like to see more of this.
I like everything about it.
Add just something like a timer or achievements, or growing population and you'll have a pretty cool game :)
nice graphics!
cool every cool game! thanks for making it!
Beautiful and really enjoyable ! Let us know when you add a proper interface and a timer ! Just like everyone, I can't wait to see the game properly "finished". Great job.
Beautiful game! Really nice work although I think it gets boring after a while.
Awesome work, great style and sounds. It's little too hard but the game okay.
"I preferred to complete the scene rather than having an incomplete scene and an incomplete interface"
You made the right choice here, it feels very complete indeed. I also liked those little people babbling, it adds a lot to the experience.
Good job
Beautiful and powerful. Excelent idea.
Beautiful looking game and interesting approach to the theme, great work.
I really like the game. I am really impressed, 48h, solo ... great job.
The game looks nice and I love the sound of the little people. Neat idea, but quite hard (for me). Do you plan to make it a bit more forgiving? E.g. by let people fall of the island instead of an instant death?
love the graphics and audio ! but no victory condition ? good job !
Really nice graphics and it works well! There should be a counter or something to motivate people to keep playing though :)
Beautiful game (in every aspect), but keys (A/D) for rotation would be much appreciated. On trackpad (laptop) it's kinda difficult. High scorer though, well done!
Nice game, good graphics and good idea !!! Need more
Wow, this is a great game
Absolutely amazing. Original, fun and beautiful.
I love the graphical style and the background jingle :)
That was really fun and the game looks great. The people on the island didn't last long with me though.
Prettiest game I have seen thus far! Performance was a bit low but very interesting take on the theme! :D
Best game so far! Good in every aspect.
I liked the concept, it made me laugh a bit ! The graphics are really neat. Well done !
Haha funny game, me gustó :) I loved the noises the people made.
Fantastic work! I love the look and the mechanics.
Awesome graphics! I really liked it!
Low poly art is awesome, the visuals feel pleasant and the overall game is really fun!
The island is lovely, and so are the little people on it.
Really nice work overall! Should be some type of blinking warning or something when it's very close :)
Awesome ! :D
Would love to see this on mobile! Great one, thank you!
Ahah, that was quite challenging. I was sort of thrown off by the fact that I couldn't tilt it backwards properly...until I realized that you could rotate the view. Quite fun to play. The people are so annoying ._.
This is sooo beautiful and artsy!
Good job man.
Cool!
Very cool. Love how the people up top run as the island tilts.
Nice game!
I enjoyed this game, but felt I couldn't rotate the world fast enough. Also, I felt really bad when the island sank!
I drowned too many people.... :(
Really nice idea.
Very pretty game, enjoyed this one!
Very pretty and quite fun! (but hard)
The graphics alone make me want to play it again.
Sometimes the weights are completely unresponsive. Other than that it's a simplistic game, and would love to see it expanded.
Wow, this has to be one of my favorites so far! Amazing graphics, mechanics, sounds. Makes me wonder how it would look for touch devices... (hint hint)
I think you've achieved genius here with a game that is incredibly simple yet staggeringly difficult. I like how you've made it enjoyable to keep the little citizens alive as long as possible, without reducing the gameplay to a pursuit of points like this kind of game typically does. It's fun simply because the gameplay is challenging and the game is aesthetically pleasing.
You're right, though, the interface needs some work, although I would still suggest you keep it simple. You don't need a complex menu system or anything, it's just the "Reset" button doesn't fit the style of the game very well.
Very pretty! I am very bad at it though!
I really like this game :) nice polish. I wish it had keyboard controls for rotating and/or for raising and lowering the weights; at the moment it feels very hard trying to switch mouse positions and set levels quickly.
This looks gorgeous and the music suits the visuals well. The game is quite fun.
I think it would be better if you could rotate the island with the keyboard so you could push/pull the weights and rotate at the same time. :)
Really interesting game concept. Loved the tiny voices of the characters!
Super nice concept! Took me a while to figure out how to rotate the island, but very original
Awesome game entry that looks very polished. i love that triangle style graphics. It's hard to balance, maybe need more sensive control
Fantastic! Awesome! :D I really loved yours, screw the interface you don't need one, the weights and the spinning wheel are all you need really :)
This would work so much better on touch device, so I think you got yourself a little winner of a gem here :)
The style is GORGEOUS! Really love it!
The one biggest gripe I have is due to the design, you're always staring at the least pretty part of the island - the bit that's rising out of the sea. Soooo I would try and change that :)
VERY GOOD!
Really good. I just wish there was more feedback regarding my situation. I failed once when apparently there was nothing wrong.
Neat idea. Something as simple as four weights made for some frantic "no no no don't do that!" times when all the islanders ran to the opposite side really fast.
The best I played so far! :D Fun & great looking and has audio too! :)
This game is fun :D
Wow very well done! lost that low poly effect, love that gameplay! could be a very good simple mobile game!
Challenging game, sweet graphics, nice gameplay, origional.... Great game! I included it in part 3 of my Ludum Dare 29 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/pi2GfgHfAZM
The controls were very intuitive for such a strange concept. Also the little voices were adorable.
The game was really great, and I felt like the interface was not needed at all :)
so simple and so efficient! i love the graphic render
Really funny game, took me a while to figure out what was happening after 3 plays i noticed that the inhabitants were going places witch caused the island to shift, could be a fun mobile game if it is expanded
Impressive stuff for solo work. Feels nice and polished.
I would remove the cog, and just have drag to rotate, but very nice. Art-style reminds me of http://swooop.playcanvas.com ;-)
Soooo difficult D: Love the art, hate those villagers, I was like "DON'T EVERYONE GO OVER THERE AT ONCE! ARE YOU GUYS STUPID?"
Would be so good on mobile. With a swipe rotate. Mouse movements can be slow. Great mechanic. Fresh idea
I really like the graphics and the sound :)
Wow this is awesome! And a Compo entry, really nice!
Great game, love the low-poly style and the bright colour. I hope a post-LD version is in the works 'cause I would buy this
Looks great... charming little village. Quite difficult as well.
Amazing job. I guess it would be even more cool on ipad.
Very nice work! It'd be great to have a timer or some other kind of indication of how well you're doing. Other than that, it's brilliant!
Very clever concept. Simple and unfortunately mindelss. Theoreticaly you can balans forever.. There is no even time score or some value to estimate player's efforts.
This looked really good! Loved the physics and the graphics! The sound was awesome as well. I wasn't really a fan of the interface, would've been nice just to "right click" and drag to rotate or something like that- All in all a very nice game!
This is so amazing! THank you for making it. It's scary and creepy to me, living on top of a tiny island with all this water around you... So I did my best to keep the little people afloat. Amazing graphics and addictive gameplay. I really cared about the this tiny island!!
Incredible art, I love it! The concept is top notch. My only critique would be about the controls, don't feel really accurate and a bit frustrating at the end. But anyway, great entry!
Love the style! A bit difficult to control but I loved the mechanics. Good job!
Great game. The cute graphics and music give you a great feeling. I could work really well on mobile.
Very simple concept, yet a lot of fun. The art style/graphics are very nice and the sound effects are fun to listen to! The game becomes rather difficult (it seems ot increase in difficulty?), but that's how I like my games :)
Lovely visuals. Fun game concept, and solid execution. :)
Really good game! Why does these little guys always want to stay together at the border of the island? Do so at the center!! >_<
The mechanic was fun and interesting, and the sfx made those little guys cute and funny. Also, nice gfx!
Would be difficult to build further. but loved it as is. great idea, very difficult :)
Great idea! Excellent art style. I like everything, it lacks goals or objectives, but otherwise it's an impressive work :D
Love the art, nice concept too :)
5/5 for everything
this is pretty amazing
Pretty fun and funny. A bit hard to understand the amount of "damage" you can take until the island goes down, but really liked it.
One of the most mind boggling entry so far. It's a shame you didn't finish it. The mood and the graphics are completely gorgeous
This is beautiful! The graphics are great, the water effects are great, the sounds are adorably hilarious lol. I wanted more goal-wise, but I'm glad you decided to polish the core instead of trying to do too much.
Really nice game, I liked the art style and the details of the island! There was not much gameplay, but it was fun to play anyway! :)
I really like this entry! The art style is really nice - it has a lot of character. :)
I sort of wished the mousewheel would also spin it around too as well as the wheel at the bottom. I would definitely like to play it again once it has a score system. :)
I love the look of this game and the concept. Some easier controls would have been very nice but for a 48 hour entry this is really nice.
This is a fantastic entry. Clever concept with a really adorable execution. I feel like this has a lot of room for further development! Muy bien!
Great idea! Very innovative! But I can't seem to last for long. Maybe you should attach rotation to a keyboard key?
Beautiful game!!! I love the style and direction you had with this game. I think keyboard bindings would really help improve this game's gameplay, especially to simplify multi-tasking the rotation with the pulling of the weights. Overall amazing game! I had a ton of fun!
I struggle to maintain the island floating more than 5 seconds, but I still enjoy your game: the sound effects are fun!
Well, everybody died. So that's good.
Really nice job :D
It's a really cool mechanic for a game, and I would love to see it expanded.
Wow that was awesome. Best water effects I've seen in a LD game. Really enjoyed the soundtrack and the overall coolness of the game.
I know I've fucked up when the island is perpendicular to the water.
Nice idea and style, would be best if you could rotate the island with the keyboard, cuz alternating between the steering wheel and the weights can be frenetic at times. Nice job overall.
Fun game, the style is really cool too, beautiful low-poly graphics!
This game is awesome. I like it very much!
//Este juego es guapisimo. Me gusta muchisimo!
Very nice graphics and funny sounds. The controls are however too slow to avoid the island from tipping over. Maybe keyboard or other an control sheme would be better.
Alternatively just make the island a bit slower.
Love the idea, and well execution ! Graphics are just awesome !
Loved the visual aesthetic. Overall I thought the game was pretty innovative, and the mechanics were easy to grasp. Great job!
This is adorable!
I found this difficult after so much coffee. Pretty nice though!
Outstanding!, would make a great simple game for mobile in my opinion.
This is simply amazing! And way too hard to keep them alive for long ;)
Incredible game! Great idea and awesome implementation. But I found the game really hard, maybe it would be enough to have only the three weights on the front without the possibility to rotate the island. Because the rotation seems somewhat detached from the rest of the controls. Maybe it's easier to control on a device with touch. And I miss some kind of timer to know how long the island was stable.
My teammate already rated and commented on this beautiful game, but I just also wanted to let you know that I think it's a really awesome piece of work! And, just in case you aren't aware, RockLeeSmile covered your game on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEOyFkT79zY
Cheers, Seb
You have been featured in today's episode of Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDdl5RdUCTg
Awesome job, loved the little voices.
I love this idea! Even though I feel terrible for consistently murdering entire populations of casual vacation-goers :( I found myself instinctively trying to use Maya controls to rotate the view. Maybe not great for the general populous, but it might be pretty awesome to have alt controls in there :) it was occasionally difficult to tell which weights were in the background and which were up front, maybe size or color feedback on that could help (like the ball in front is always the most lit or something). Excellent work!
Love the look, decent little plate-spinner. Would've loved a bit more score feedback like a timer. Original idea too!
wow, very very impressive work for the compo! well done and would love to see this as a mobile game, it would do great!