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bouncy arts

By wowa

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall304.1772
Fun104.3172
Innovation374.0272
Theme6273.3072
Graphics1304.2572
Mood1853.7568

Comments

manimal 2018-12-03 22:53

Wow, wowa, very nice entry, clean graphics and awesome idea about the concept. I can imagine this as a mobile game. Nice music and sound effects!

matthew-mcclure 2018-12-03 23:46

Very well done! I was very impressed with the gameplay, and really enjoyed it.

daruudaruu 2018-12-03 23:53

Very nice game. Love the vector-style graphics. It's really fun, the gamefeel is great.

adventureislands 2018-12-03 23:53

This game is beautiful! And it plays really well. My only complaint is that levels with moving platforms involve a little bit too much waiting around in otherwise quick-paced game.

Also curious why the yellow orbs break into pieces that need to be picked up instead of the orb just giving you 1/3 of your shield back?

woergbi 2018-12-04 02:03

Nice Game! I especially enjoyed the graphics. I'm not sure if it's intended, but since the jump resets on touching any wall/floor, I've found some parts where I can kind of cheat through the levels without using the special ability by either continuously jumping against the wall to "climb" it or by jumping as soon as I hit the ground to jump higher and higher cause of the momentum. It seems as though you would have to use your special ability to overcome some of these hurdles.

wowa 2018-12-04 08:13

Thank you very much guys! :)

@adventureislands Yeah you're right, the moving platforms could be a bit faster. About the yellow orbs: I wanted the player to earn his shield. My thought was, if the player would recharge the shield just by collecting the orbs, she/he could easily perform one power jump after another, like: power jump; recharge; power jump; recharge; and so on. So you could play easily just with one rechargeable "piece" of shield. But with the collectable pieces you need at least one shield to spent to recharge it back with a little bit more. Otherwise you need to collect the single one piece by performing normal jumps, so you need more effort to recharge your shield. So I thought / hoped this would give them more value.

@woergbi It was intended this way and i'm very glad you figure it out :) I wanted to give the player as much freedom as i could to reach the goal and to choose how difficult a level should be to for yourself.

pukami 2018-12-04 11:08

Beautiful game! The graphics was great, and the gameplay made it very fun to zoom around!

mmiddleton 2018-12-04 12:30

This game is gorgeous! (And definitely should not be played with a trackpad!) UI is clean and well defined. Animations are crisp. Overall, a very cohesive entry that doesn't put a huge amount of emphasis on the theme, but is a LOT of fun to mess around with. Would definitely buy a full version of this game if released n Steam.

stending 2018-12-04 16:58

The level of polish in this game is amazing! It's so minimalist but feels so great! Really well done, one of my favorite entry so far!

sapphiris 2018-12-04 17:37

Pretty good game, though I am pretty bad at this kind of games, hahahaha.

koltzow 2018-12-04 18:46

Fun little game! Nice and clean graphics and really cool effects. I wish i had a little bit of control while in air and rather have harder levels. Just felt really helpless at times when i overshot my target. Didn't really feel the sacrifice bit was really strong, but non the less a very solid entry. Great job.

uinelj 2018-12-04 20:07

Very satisfying game mechanics, and very coherent graphics/music. Nice!

wowa 2018-12-04 21:15

Thanks guys!! :)

dazzumbledor 2018-12-04 22:49

Really nice control system and visuals. Lots of potential for expansion, well done :smile:

sadsmile 2018-12-04 22:50

Gameplay is fun, sound effects are great and that level transition is freaking amazing!

themarioga 2018-12-04 22:58

Best game i've tried in this ludum so far. Simple graphics, nice effects, good mechanics and control, awesome, you should continue it and publish it in steam or some other stores. Congrats!

gamers-blood-entertainment 2018-12-04 22:58

U.I. is really smooth. I really like the idea as well! Great job on the game!

gamepopper 2018-12-04 23:02

This looks very clean and polished, although I find myself getting frustrated at how much the balls bounce off the walls, it feels rather inconsistent.

martincohen 2018-12-04 23:06

Love it, completely. Do make it into a full game, please!

eddie-li 2018-12-04 23:11

Very nice game and quite polished. You honestly should make this into a complete game. Do consider it!

shweep 2018-12-04 23:16

Got stuck at the ping pong lava part, really enjoyed the look and feel of this game though. It's a level above most jam games in presentation even though its a bunch of a shapes. I guess my main issue is that I feel like I didn't really learn the physics or "flow" of the game even though I would beat the level through luck or just trying random things. It's fun to watch the game in motion though. Good work.

leothil 2018-12-04 23:19

I love the gameplay idea, well managed, fun to play and clean. Good job!

antoine-vion 2018-12-04 23:23

Wow very cool! Polished and pleasant graphism, the mood makes me feels free like if i can fly life a bird ahah x) cool game nice work

frostbyte4k 2018-12-04 23:26

fun and challenging. Great job.

potku 2018-12-04 23:57

Beautiful! Love the look, sound, and feel. The way the ball stretches in motion and changes color depending on whether you can jump or not is great for readability and not something everyone would think of. The physics of the ball are pretty much what you'd hope for, except I noticed while slowing down time, you can jump and change direction mid-air as many times as you want for no extra cost. If this is intended or even explained in a later level then ignore that point, I just felt cheap doing it so I thought I'd make sure you knew. Great work though!

erick-dos-ramos 2018-12-05 00:39

This game is really good, I can see this in mobile and I will play it all day.

joker-v 2018-12-05 01:24

Wonderful and addictive game!!Tiny and comfortable art, the bounce effect is really amazing and cool! Good Job!

rumor 2018-12-05 03:28

I think it's pretty clear that you rocked it on polish. The motion graphics are spectacular, and the effects give it a ton of personality.

In terms of feedback, I found myself wishing slow-mo was a keyboard button or something a lot. I kept getting my wires crossed frantically clicking between the two mouse buttons and frequently messed it up. As another commenter @shweep pointed out this made it tough to find a rhythm. But I could see this playing spectacularly on a touchscreen, aiming with one finger and pressing an on-screen button for slow-mo with the other. Please keep going with it!

mrjoshuamclean 2018-12-05 06:10

Love this game! Needs a timer for speedrun attempts and fastest times board. ;)

Got stuck on the second to last level, but I'm glad it amped up the challenge. Maybe could have been a smoother curve up to that point, though.

Good work. Here's my play :https://www.twitch.tv/videos/344729947?t=02h10m10s

suchista 2018-12-05 12:26

great concept and nice execution!

velocity7 2018-12-05 12:42

Really awesome game. Amazing idea. Reporting a bug. If you are on the ground and click in the downward direction, the ball stucks until you slow down the time. Overall its 5 stars from me

morg 2018-12-05 12:44

I really loved this game. Frustratingly hard but in a good way. I had to stop playing because I had to rate other games, otherwise I'd have been stuck here forever. I love it.

theonethatneverwas 2018-12-05 13:01

Very nice and polished game! The mood and art style are amazing. I really enjoyed playing it. The best game of ludum so far.

budgiem2 2018-12-05 13:05

Loved it! I'm a sucker for mouse-only games. The lava sound effect was perfect!

wowa 2018-12-05 15:22

Thank you all very much for your feedback!

@Shweep I guess you speak about moving lava panels. Yeah i did this part wrong and had no time to fix it. Also there are some bugs with the physics. Thank you for your feedback!

@Potku Thank you very much! About the control while slow motion, it's intended, to make the game a bit easier.

@rumor Thanks for your feedback! About the mouse control, sorry for that, i'll keep this in mind.

@mrjoshuamclean Thank you very much, especially for streaming it was very helpful to see you playing :) The idea with the board is great i keep it in mind.

@Velocity7 Thanks! And thank you for the bug report.

@Morg Thank you very much and thank you for streaming. I enjoyed to watch you playing.

franfox 2018-12-05 16:10

Really well polished game, good UI and very juicy game & feel! But I'm not sure how the theme was applied :thinking:

mors 2018-12-05 20:12

My favorite so far! The gameplay is creative and fun, and the art is super stylish!

skiddings 2018-12-05 22:15

Love the clean art style! Got a bit too tricky for me but it's a really cool take on the them and a nice implementation.

geckoo1337 2018-12-07 14:02

Really good game with a neat aesthetic. The gameplay is unusual and reminds me a little bit Ultraflow. You did here a great project - a cool casual game. I guess that it could be better on mobile devices. Addictive ++

dbongames 2018-12-07 16:55

Loved the clean graphics and audio and the super smooth physics! A short and well polished game.

namnam 2018-12-09 15:52

Very nice entry, cool gameplay, the game feel jucy.

wowa 2018-12-09 19:19

@Geckoo1337 Thank you very much! Tanks for the hint about Ultraflow, it looks interesting.

dock-frankenstein 2018-12-09 20:07

Amazing game!

dk5000p 2018-12-10 00:42

Great puzzle game. Good job introducing the concepts. I stopped after the shield level but it was a lot of fun. I did not feel much sacrifice in the game but it played very well.

2018-12-11 18:14

Sleek, well made game! I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/3-5x0DQqrYk

arvejeitor 2018-12-12 19:32

Beautiful game! puzzles are good, and the art style is great.

mknooihuisen 2018-12-22 05:45

Very fun and simple concept! I played it until I got stuck, and then probably longer than I should have live on a stream. You can check it out at https://twitch.tv/cyberlightgames on the 5th episode of the "Dare to Play" series. It is currently my most recent VOD.

wowa 2018-12-22 07:58

@Jupiter_Hadley @MKnooihuisen Thank you very much for Playing and sharing! :)

toadietechnika 2018-12-23 01:07

stuckBug.png I literally got stuck on this screenshot. While the player is in red tint, it can't jump anymore. When that happened, I have to force restart the level.

Regardless, a very creative and solid entry. Reminded me of the old Game Maker game entitled "Focus" by 2DCube (Jesse Venbrux). Great work on this game.

wowa 2018-12-23 10:44

@ToadieTechnika Thank you very much, especially for the reference :) About that level, yeah.. :D .. sorry for that, this was not well thought trough.

jevgeni-orehhov 2018-12-27 11:49

That one is a great entry. I enjoyed plaing it very much. The only thing that maybe better if you make a web version of the game. Good luck to you!

samh 2018-12-27 12:44

I found this very hard to control without a mouse (I have a laptop with just a trackpoint and a trackpad) but I still managed to complete about 10 levels (spamming the left button to crawl walls a bit more than the level design expected it, I guess) before it became really too difficult. The mechanics are simple and the puzzles are rich and complex — exactly what I like in a puzzle game. I will definitely revisit it when I have access to a mouse, unless you add gamepad support one day? It does not look like it would be much of a problem to control the jump direction with a stick.

Congrats for this very polished entry.

inkie-inc 2018-12-27 15:58

This is a really cool game, great job!

ludipe 2018-12-28 09:51

Awesome game and super fun to play. It's polished, has good game feel and plenty of subtle visual indicators that work pretty well.

There are two very minor things that I noticed. First, I might lower gravity after using a slow-motion push. I think it'd feel better and give more power and control. The other thing was levels, I feel like this game works way better in more compact levels.

Anyway, great jo,b it's super good. Congrats.

acaral 2018-12-28 18:31

Amazing graphic feed-back and visually very original (you made something very interesting with simple geometrical forms, great job). The gameplay is polished and the game itself is addictive. Very fun, very neat.