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Greedy Balloon

By Jeysym and maoap

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8983.0844
Fun7873.0644
Innovation8462.8643
Theme5563.4645
Graphics8902.8943
Audio6662.4142
Humor6932.6840
Mood9872.6141

Comments

dyego-zornitta 2017-12-04 02:09

It was very interesting. Congratulations to the staff!

syrapt0r 2017-12-04 17:44

Definitely a nice concept! My record was 9 before my balloon became too heavy to rise in time. Then I almost had a heart attack when I exploded :D I had some gold spawn in walls, but other than that, nice work.

sinci1 2017-12-04 17:50

Its was very fun, only thing i wish was in it was a sort of position text, like shows how high you are and how far have you moved.

maoap 2017-12-04 18:07

To Sinci1: Thanks, we totally forget that it would be useful =D

sinci1 2017-12-04 18:09

Its still a awesome game :D

pkenney 2017-12-04 19:25

Nice job, loved the painting-style art! I liked experimenting with the controls, and I liked the theme usage... the balloon really did become very heavy and sluggish when loaded up with gold!

If I could add one thing I think it would have been a little animation to the birds to see the art come more alive.

Nice entry that hits all the bases here! Good job.

mrthee 2017-12-04 21:00

The mountains and birds looked lovely, but i wish the burner noise was less grate-y. I'm also a tad weirded-out by how much momentum this hot-air balloon gets :P

activdesign 2017-12-04 21:02

Nice concept of game :)

xacur 2017-12-05 00:30

At first I thought it was going to be a slow calm game, but it can go very fast. It wasfun.

gus-the-shark 2017-12-05 00:52

The concept is interesting but it makes it really difficult to control the balloon. Also holy explosions batman! Haha I like the hand-drawn type graphics for the background. Killing the birds is satisfying but I wish it gave me some benefit like extra life or something.

gwolf86 2017-12-05 11:22

Nice work, especially for your first jam. The balloon was a little hard to control and you have some gold bricks spawning inside walls, but other than that it was really good. I love the art style and the concept fit the theme.

maoap 2017-12-05 11:51

24824667_1089619934508457_591602174_n.png Our record definitely broken by my schoolmate... I can't even imagine how he did it :smile:

kerzak 2017-12-05 13:23

It was really fun. :D :D The idea with killing the birds for fun is amusing. :D

maoap 2017-12-05 13:44

24891485_1089674391169678_402238791_n.png My schoolmate after 2h of playing this game =D Congratulations for him!

jakub-gemrot 2017-12-05 22:06

Nice entry! I like the concept with heavy gold bars ... and throwing them out is gold :)

x-budsterized-x 2017-12-05 22:54

I like it how the gold bars look like butter... so relevant to the situation nowadays :D And about the game - I enjoyed the artstyle a lot - simplistic and good enough to give as much feedback as possible (easy to distinguish between birds and terrain for example) I love dropping butter at birds, however I enjoyed crashing into them much more :D Hope to see you at next jam!

small-little-alduin 2017-12-06 14:40

Really good job for your first time at LD. I really liked the graphics and your idea (and falling birds :D ) ! :)

pcmxms 2017-12-07 19:36

Good concept. At first I went up indefinitely but there is nothing there :P It becomes quite difficult after getting a few gold bars.

Nice game.

willowblade 2017-12-07 19:44

12 on my first try, noobs! Muahaha.

In all seriousness, fun game! Reminds me of phone games, but in a good way, the ones I fondly remember playing. A bug I noticed is that when you drop a gold bar on a mountain, it gets dragged by the screen edge before disappearing. I lost half of my health thinking I could Mario the birds, only after realising I lost 10 HP each time :(

glock00 2017-12-07 20:18

Yep, very cool :) Definitely one of a kind. I personally liked the crashing animation the most :D Congrats on your first LD!

vfabien21 2017-12-07 20:22

The hand drawn graphics are nice, and the idea of gold making you heavier is really interesting. It was a fun break, but the concept could be developped a bit further. I felt that the controls were a but tough.

josephine 2017-12-11 10:39

really liked it, it's got nicely balanced controls and an overall great feeling to it.

andrei9 2018-08-15 11:00

I can not collect gold, I will hit the mountains : D but so good ! :-)