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Galactic Bonding

By alvarop

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness370
Humor883.41
Graphics3803.38
Fun4433.17
Audio4652.83
Mood5343.00
Theme5543.26
Overall6183.15
Innovation7342.92

Comments

bobrocks 2014-08-25 03:45

Good work! This is a decent little time waster which really relies on memorizing the expressions/keys. You should be proud of pulling off even a simple game in 48 hours!

onlyslightly 2014-08-25 04:01

Super cute! Love the artwork and animation. Those are the most adorable planets ever

kate-kligman 2014-08-25 04:09

It's a cute concept and I like the sketchy graphics/animations. Congrats on finishing also, I got stuck for awhile too.

oranebeast 2014-08-25 05:11

Fun and simple game greatly complemented with the drawn graphics

ninjascript 2014-08-25 06:07

Those worlds are totally connecting! I like it!

micdoodle8 2014-08-25 06:08

Nicely done. Simple, but still very fun :)

roknsk 2014-08-25 06:08

Silly graphics make me warm inside.

nickfrushour 2014-08-25 06:09

Love the sketchiness

cardboard 2014-08-25 07:32

I really like the art and animation style. It starts to get challenging after a bit, which is good, but I figured out I could just mash the keys and score about 100. Some sort of penalty could remedy this, but overall nice work for having started over so many times. :)

xgeovanni 2014-08-25 13:23

You can do pretty well by just spamming buttons right now. I would fix that.

Also, bring back Don One. We want Don One!

badlydrawnrod 2014-08-25 16:01

Adorable.

nonentheless 2014-08-25 19:17

Cute idea, I like sounds a lot, and this skippy graphics

tannernetwork 2014-08-25 20:15

Really good game. I've found exploit to get unlimited points.

deltaf1 2014-08-26 01:47

This game is not waht I would have thought of for the theme XD Good job.

And thanks for playing my game on your livestream!

hubert 2014-08-26 03:03

This one is awesome. It's a simple idea, but the very nice audio and lovely crayon-drawings pulls it together. Could see this becoming quite addictive.

lorniebear 2014-08-26 14:19

I love it! Maybe I'll try to bond with my dad this way!

endingchaos 2014-08-27 01:47

This game's great.

gafblizzard 2014-08-27 01:52

This is actually quite cute. I'm glad you finished! My one big complaint is that when it shows you your rating ("Liked" etc.), any keypress instantly makes it vanish. Since you're almost guaranteed to be pressing a key right when/after you lose, you miss seeing your rating almost every time.

marekkpie 2014-08-27 02:32

Fun, fast paced, really good for what seems like only a short amount of time.

brighterorange 2014-08-27 03:04

Cute interpretation of the theme and I actually love the graphics. Obviously the game is very simple. :) First time I played it, I already had the same face as my dad and it wouldn't give me credit nor progress at all? But second time I won with a score of 21. :)

drewvancamp 2014-08-27 13:27

Haha, this is a funny little game. Clever idea! I like your spin on the theme. It feels quite a bit different from all the other games I've played thus far. Enjoyed the visuals and sounds. Cool style for a video game.

You going to work more on those other game ideas you tried?

alvarop 2014-08-27 13:37

@Drew Van Camp not really, I scrapped them because they weren't any good!

atomicvikings 2014-08-28 16:54

I liked the hand drawn art for this game. The gameplay is very simple yet funny and addictive. nice!

tombofry 2014-08-28 17:58

This is great, I really like games where you can just spend hours trying to beat your highscore (and other peoples', seeing as you used the GJ API, which is awesome!)

jacob123 2014-08-28 20:04

This game didn't need music! It sounded like music when you got the right face really fast in a row.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-30 14:05

Actually enjoyed the simplicity of this, think the hand drawn look worked really well with the context and could see this working well as a quick mobile game to pass the time. My best score without mashing the keys was 25.

tbamberg 2014-09-03 19:54

Quirky, funny little game. Great considering your time restraints!

smizmeal 2014-09-05 00:04

The main mechanic is clever. It could be extended to have levels where each new level introduces a new "dad" expression. I imagine it would be really hard past 6 or so.

Charming game!

jupiter_hadley 2014-09-05 18:16

Cute game :3 I included it in part 15 of my Ludum Dare 30 Compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/oHxpkDX49XQ

crocantidepollo 2014-09-05 22:47

Cute little game. I am tolerated!

snoother 2014-09-07 12:35

A really cute little game. I know you had trouble coming up with an idea so this is kind of rushed, but I think that actually worked in your favour. It produced a small, austere little piece with a clever take on the theme and adorable in its simplicity.

sbarrio 2014-09-07 15:11

Awesome little game. Loved the sprites and faces of dad planet. Great job :)

torvik88 2014-09-08 18:25

Sucks that you restarted so many times, but was fun :)

tobiasw 2014-09-14 20:18

While the gameplay is indeed a bit lacking (and I've done better with buttonmashing than with concentrating), the cute art and the sound effects make up for it. I like the children-drawn style!

grooveman 2014-09-14 22:07

Ah, this was super cute (and a good deal more challenging than I expected)!