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BOOM BOAT

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1273.80
Audio1333.78
Theme1674.08
Fun1753.62
Humor1913.35
Graphics1954.04
Mood2183.61
Innovation2903.44
Coolness195232

Comments

nopogo 2015-12-15 14:05

Cool and original idea. Fun to play, nice art and a fitting soundtrack.

2015-12-16 15:17

Simple, yet effective, with a nice art and soundtrack. Quicly becomes addictive and would be amazing on phone and tablet !
Good job

tapehead 2015-12-16 18:37

nice game! :)

lukezaz 2015-12-17 02:21

Collisions felt a bit strange at time, and I occasionally found myself crashing as soon as invulnerability wore off, which tended to be a problem as many times I was respawning in to a huge cluster of ships, but other than that this game was very well put together. I enjoyed seeing the explosions continue towards the edge of the screen and it was very rewarding to earn enough points to gain an extra life. Overall very enjoyable game!

echo-team 2015-12-18 04:04

Cute. No need to include the debug files though ;)

kennethlng 2015-12-18 04:04

Fun addicting game. So satisfying to watch the chain reactions go by. Fun looking animations too, love the pixel art.

logorrhea 2015-12-18 04:37

Very nice work! I love your art. It all fits together very nicely.

bitwise-constructs 2015-12-18 05:14

Gorgeous art! Gameplay was fun and addicting, though I did have some disassociation of where I thought the ship would go after a turn and where it actually went.

sonelliot 2015-12-18 08:31

This game is strangely addictive. I loved getting a massive chain reaction that kept destroying the new boats entering the screen. Artwork and music/sound was awesome too. Great job!

lullaby 2015-12-18 14:02

This was really cool, really liked it the graphics and mood are great!

Well done!

(hello d'indiemag^^)

eingya 2015-12-19 01:15

Good game. Great visuals and love the risk/reward mechanic duality of avoiding and exploding

Well done!

thetenthsicarius 2015-12-26 01:41

once i understood that i needed to press both buttons to self detonate and therefore get points, that game was freaking awesome. i definitely think it would be nice to have the rules/instructions pop up every time the game starts, or even just make it clearer that you won't get any score unless you press both buttons

pzeronow 2015-12-26 20:23

Very cool stuff. Quite entertaining. Loved the art.

mike-cullingham 2016-01-01 20:02

Really nice game. Like the mechanic for making you want to stay close to lots of bombs.

amras0000 2016-01-04 21:43

It took me a few tries before I realized that when I pressed both arrow keys, exploded, and had the entire screen explode with me, I wasn't actually winning anything. Got really confused as to why I didn't get hearts. Once I figure out that I had to charge up an explosion the game went more smoothly.

The control scheme primarily was a substantial bugbear. After I finished turning, there'd be about a second during which I couldn't turn again, which made the controls feel really stiff and unpleasant.
Also, it would've been nice to have a bit more visual feedback on the explosion radius of various ships. Add a shockwave graphic to show how far they reach, maybe.

jupiter_hadley 2016-01-16 15:39

Simple, well made game, with lovely graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/jZIKMICuSkI