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Hug Arena

By benjamin-soule

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall104.20
Fun84.20
Theme214.31
Coolness282
Mood543.83
Innovation703.97
Graphics864.06
Audio1093.63
Humor1283.66

Comments

mattfox12 2015-04-20 02:24

I like the risk/reward of the gameplay. Also, the title screen is amazing! Love it.

mtanton 2015-04-20 03:21

I love the whole look/style of the game. Very fun to play as well. Good job!

ehtd 2015-04-20 04:01

I was going to make something like this, nice idea!

franklins-ghost 2015-04-20 08:19

This is a great entry, really enjoyed everything about it. As has been mentioned the title screen looks great and the hug mechanic is implemented really well. Liked the powers also, nice job.

simonchauvin 2015-04-20 13:16

Really nice, it's cool to use love as a weapon :)

drludos 2015-04-20 14:49

Excellent game (as usual). I like the heavy retro feel (it feels like a GameGear game), and the overall gameplay - it's fun to play, easy to understand but hard to master (some bullet firing enemies are tough), and the "love" idea is great. The sounds is excellent too!

Chapeau :)!

pierrec 2015-04-20 14:56

My new favorite.
It's just great. I've got nothing more to say (or have I?)

johngalt 2015-04-20 19:58

Extremely concrete and interesting!

celisoft 2015-04-20 21:46

Original idea ! The game would have been better with some sounds.

tomboogaart 2015-04-20 22:34

love this one, good color palette, great audio!!

cryotube 2015-04-21 01:41

Amazing game, great graphics, audio and the gameplay mechanics themselves are interesting as well! Great job

nicotuason 2015-04-21 02:25

COME HERE AND LET ME HUG YOU

Fantastic little arcade game! Love the variety of enemies. The game feels very balanced and has good progression. Could play this for a while!

bpleonvong 2015-04-21 02:37

The game play pretty challenging, but the fun kind of challenging. The style was pretty cool. Really great work.

sublustris 2015-04-21 08:45

5/5 for all! Great game.
I've spent couple of restarts to understand what to do, but when i got it, i fallen in love :)

pixel_3 2015-04-21 09:27

There was something about the game that kinda felt off to me, probably just a fine tuning thing like making the player move a little bit faster or something. It still looked and sounded really good and the risk/reward gameplay was interesting.

shimage 2015-04-21 09:31

I like this game so much. I remembered a tackle of martial arts. I think it is high quality overall.

benjamin-soule 2015-04-21 10:03

@celisoft : There should be sounds playing. Plz tell me which os/browser you are using

radstar 2015-04-21 10:26

Beeing rejected is so hard :'(

Really cool gameplay. Love it!

deepnight 2015-04-21 11:47

Another excellent entry, especially when you know it's a 32kb game :D
The gameplay is really smooth and efficient. My only grief is about the regen system which was not that interesting imo.

ncannasse 2015-04-21 12:29

Good but quite unforgiving, you have to die quite a lot before you get the different mobs timing right. Also don't know why exactly but I don't feel like I'm playing a hugging bear :)

pinkmonkeyhead 2015-04-21 13:19

Awesome fun and replay value.
I wish the hugged bears could also hug the enemies.

gfm 2015-04-21 14:33

Was able to get to level 14... It gets really hard (or I'm getting the wrong upgrades... XD)

Amazing entry!

rubna 2015-04-21 15:45

fun!!

masterofnan 2015-04-21 16:35

Fun to play and good use of hugs as an unconventional weapon. Like the added rewards for completing certain levels. Good game.

dunin 2015-04-21 17:27

they don't want love me! so sad....

kaa 2015-04-21 20:44

Nice and risky!

pixel_3 2015-04-21 21:51

I made a Twitch highlight of my playthrough. http://www.twitch.tv/alucardx60/c/6578682

rubsrub 2015-04-22 01:08

Very very great game! A lot of cute :3
Love this very much!

seconddimension 2015-04-22 22:02

Really well polished entry, I really liked the use of colour and design. The game mechanics are really simple yet clever and kept me coming back for more.

ewchap 2015-04-23 01:02

Love it. The polish of the attacks and effects make this feel really complete. Audio fits in perfectly too. great take on the theme.

jhell 2015-04-23 08:41

Really really cool, great progression, the customization choice at the end is also awesome. The only thing that I found a bit confusing was where I was going to exit an enemy I'm hugging (if hugging is not complete). It brought me many stupid deaths ^^.

brocade 2015-04-23 11:13

Great entry! Love the style and theme, love that 8bit care bear feels. Nice variety on enemies to and an overall great polish.

oparisy 2015-04-23 20:53

The LD32 game I've spent the most time playing so far!

Love the perks which help in developing a strategy, the cancel mechanic to move enemies, the visual SFX, the end of level animation!

The "power of love" take on the theme is great too.

team-tiger 2015-04-24 01:24

love it. teleporting into things to hug it. amazing idea. the love meter that has to recharge otherwise they break out of the hug, fantastic. and the rpg style upgrades at the end of each level just made me want to keep playing.

frenchie 2015-04-24 03:02

This entry is incredible! I usually give feedback but I have no complaints here :)

frenchie 2015-04-24 03:30

Je viens de voir ton nom - j'ai joue a Snowball Juggling et A Precious Arrow avant. Les deux sont aussi super! J'espaire que tu continurai a faire des bons jeux pour Ludum Dare. (excuse mon affreu Francais - je n'ai jamais appris a ecrire XD)

goblin 2015-04-24 15:12

hahahaha is so funny!! great job guy! http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367

look my game!

remiv 2015-04-24 15:46

Really fun game

runvs 2015-04-24 16:50

Really nice entry. I love the retro style as well as for graphics as for audio. Truly awesome!
A big plus is the love and hug mechanic, which also works great!

wevel 2015-04-24 21:04

Quite difficult but a nice game with some interesting mechanics

ianh 2015-04-25 01:56

I like how you can use the converted mobs as shields. I was killed by a robot who didn't understand my love :(

amour-maternel 2015-04-25 10:27

Wow that's actually a very good game! Very fun to play and well designed! I've made it to the level 10 for now. I'll try again, that's the kind of game you want to play again.
PS: you tried my game and yes everything disappear you have to click to see the world (once every 5 secs but i didn't have time for the feedback on that).

thaaks 2015-04-25 14:25

Great little game! I love your minimal pixel art style. The hug idea is also wonderful and well done with the "hug circle" and the hearts. Also nice powerup ideas. The minimal sound effects fit the game well and the title screen is beautiful too.

Impressive entry and great effort for 48 hours!

dreauw 2015-04-26 13:09

Wow, that's an awesome idea :D
Had a lot of fun playing this game, but I didn't go higher than level 10 (and believe me, I tried hard :p)

My only complain is that I would have liked multiple keys to move/hug, I'm not really good at moving with my right hand (more used to the WASD/ZQSD keys).

2015-04-27 22:01

I love the concept. I think this could make an awesome full game. Great mechanics, but they feel a bit unbalanced. Speed seems pretty essential and sometimes you can't get the upgrade before you need it. The enemy movement could also use some work. Still trying to beat level 10.

jhrrsn 2015-04-27 22:06

Wow, that little shell program is awesome! Also, this game looks amazing! I found the timing and regen stuff a little fiddly, but not so much that it stopped being fun. Good job :)

diegomachado 2015-04-28 17:06

Always looking forward to your next game. This is amazing, using Pico-8 is all about bonus points for Innovation. Good job!

wilbefast 2015-04-28 22:12

Oh wow, I love this game so much ^_^ It's just perfect :) looking over your shoulder I thought it'd be a pretty classic arena shooter, but there's a lot of strategy and timing to it. Really nice!

colindoody 2015-04-28 22:19

Cool idea, nice graphics, fun gameplay!

jmborden 2015-05-01 16:22

I like that I can just run this in the browser. I also like how easy it is to just restart the game.

arche-san 2015-05-01 21:33

Excellent! The game is a bit hard but the gameplay is perfect. I love the way you need to stay close to the converted enemies to refill your love gauge. Good work!

oinariman 2015-05-02 02:15

Amazing graphics! And I love the peaceful gameplay.

rhy3756547 2015-05-02 13:33

Incredibly polished, everything flows really well and the gameplay is well thought out. Sound design is really great as well!

exeneva 2015-05-05 06:27

Overall, a wonderful entry. The hug mechanic is interesting, although it took me a few tries to really understand what was going on.

By the way, you can play Weathermage now :)

oddballdave 2015-05-06 14:13

This is very fun and a surprising amount of skill/strategy is needed. I didn't get any sound at all on my Mac, is there sound? A great entry. Good stuff.

rockhoppergames 2015-05-07 17:29

"You're vulnerable when you hug stuff"

Aint it the truth... -c-

geekdrums 2015-05-09 07:04

Fantastic job! I love the mechanics and how all sound effects create this game into lovely music!

plustech 2015-05-11 19:22

Awesome entry, loved the gameplay, easy to understand, great sfx, pretty particles, great art overall. Kudos!

vikinggames 2015-05-11 23:33

Tricky and interesting game! The graphics were spectacular.