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Only a Monster Would Pop Children's Balloons!

By mustaine

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme844.08
Humor1173.71
Innovation1733.51
Fun2723.42
Overall3133.47
Graphics4773.50
Mood6342.97
Audio6821.65
Coolness175236

Comments

celisoft 2015-08-24 09:26

Cannot use start button :/ Is there a game behind ?

mustaine 2015-08-24 09:27

What build? I just re-tested all 3 and it worked without issue?

marksmith93 2015-08-24 10:21

This game is great! Love the idea, the art was nice and consistent and the children dropping to the ground crying was hilarious.

It's a shame there was no audio and from the screenshot I was hoping you could move around and avoid parent's vision but the gameplay was still enjoyable while stationary.

4/5 :)

Pedrito73 2015-08-24 11:37

cool game, great idea. Fun!

oxyoxspring 2015-08-24 20:06

Really interesting take on the theme. Devilishly fun! I enjoyed the reactions of the sad children! xD

rongon 2015-08-24 20:11

Wow! You get 10 out of 5 stars on "Theme".
Graphics is also great, really in the mood of happy children, walking casually in the park. Kind of some theme park, colorful and calm.
I really missed the audio, just some balloons pops would be cool.

rhy3756547 2015-08-24 20:21

Love the idea, the tantrum animation where they jump up and throw themselves on the ground bawling blue particles was hilarious. Only problem is that it's easy to keep the game going forever by avoiding popping too many childrens' last balloons. Nice work!

madjackmcmad 2015-08-24 22:06

Great work! Fine take on the theme too. I was a little unsure of how to keep my score up for a while, since balloons are worth 10 but leaving is -25, but I started to try and wait for kids with 1 balloon left were almost off the road, to prevent them from crying on screen. Did that help me any?

tiff 2015-08-25 23:46

Good idea on the concept, you were definitely thinking out of the box here. Nice work!

ultrarat 2015-08-26 09:46

Helicopter parents, ruin everything. ;)

handkor 2015-08-27 00:53

That was fun, a bit cruel but fun.

kuchalu 2015-08-27 01:26

Love this game, I think the best way to play is make sure you leave at least 1 balloon on each person. Really addictive!

brombatti 2015-08-27 02:00

Great idea, I do feel like a monster. It was not very challenging though.

crazyminnowstudio 2015-08-27 04:06

I didn't have audio either. Popping the balloons was fun. Perhaps some sort of dynamic that challenges you to pop all balloons before they leave the screen to challenge the popping skills? Or maybe I'm just a monster and wanted to pop all of their balloons...regardless what the parents thought... muuuaaahhhaaaahaaaa ;)

kaiseangames 2015-08-27 04:25

Interesting idea. Was there any way to preserve the combo and not get the parents too aware of the children crying? Ah, I am the monster.

kidando 2015-08-27 07:43

I like how the kids throw tantrums when they turn into ragdolls... lol. Simple game and true to the theme. Wish there was sound fx though. Congrats on submitting your entry.

adsilcott 2015-08-27 14:25

Funny game. I like how the kids cry after you pop all of their balloons. Good job.

sprawl 2015-08-27 14:58

Game works well. The theme is very well apllied here.

I didn't managed to find a good strategy, since ballons removes points when leaving screens I just had to pop them all but there's so many that I have to spam to destroy them. Am I Missing something ?

Otherwise, Good job. I really like the kids reaction when you pop all the their balloons.

soulgame 2015-08-27 15:16

HAhaha diabolic :D I'm terrible person, and I enjoy it. The awarness level is a nice addition. But once you get the hang of it, it seemed to me that there were no challenge anymore. I pop all baloon but one on each kid so they don't cry, I make one cry from time to time, and if one gets out, well I only lose -25.

Still, fun and original :)

mustaine 2015-08-27 16:51

Definitely a balancing act in keeping the combo high and not making the parents nuts! I've had a 12x multiplier at one point by carefully managing the # of popped balloons and riding the line with parental awareness! It's a challenge to get a real score in this :)

voidstar33 2015-08-27 21:04

Well done. Nice game. Nice rope animation and baloon animation,0 felt like real baloons.

marjie62 2015-08-27 22:27

Good concept, great realization, nice graphics and fun gameplay!
Not sure if there was supposed to be audio, but I couldn't hear anything.

crucknuk 2015-08-27 22:53

mouhahahahahahaha !!!!!!
"All your Balloon are belong to us"
nice concept

alexpgilbert 2015-08-27 23:32

Helicopter Parents... Ruining my fun.. hehe :)