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Ballast

By ekoxe and dezom

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2443.9532
Fun1793.9632
Innovation2103.9132
Theme8633.6832
Graphics4194.0932
Humor1823.8032
Mood5203.7931

Comments

patsui 2021-04-27 09:10

I love the innovative concept and the UI type gameplay is great!

I wish there was some way to pump the water out, and maybe added benefit to keeping systems close to max. All in all an epic game!

joesujin 2021-04-27 09:21

the game is good... but i hate the tv... to hell with ads

jhax 2021-04-27 09:22

This is really cool! Definitely a good kind of stressful trying to keep all the various plates spinning.

The TV is a nice touch too!

thearchitect 2021-04-27 09:23

One delicate Game~ However, that water would block the view of screen, which would have harder time to avoid the rock

hyblis 2021-04-27 09:57

I really enjoy this little game, the interface and sounds are very immersive and make me want to try hard a little! Though I would have known the distance I traveled at each attempt :slight_smile:

iluvatar 2021-04-27 10:47

The interface and gameplay is really interesting. And I am in love with the graphics and overall aesthetics. Well done. The gamplay is rather difficult, at least to me, but hey, I'm a noob so I will not considered that as a negative thing :)

hidjy 2021-04-27 13:41

The most fun I had on any LD48 game yet!

I didn't read the manual, it was fun to understand the mechanics by myself.

I only would have preferred if more of the interaction and gauges were representative of some "real" submarine behaviors. (I get the pressure, but maybe I didn't understand the others)

adele-illustration 2021-04-27 14:22

Really cool game! It's tough to stay on top of everything but really fun, the ad-spamming TV is an infuriating but funny addition. I also really like the graphics!

usenrame 2021-04-27 15:12

LOVE IT! Want to see it on my smartphone! Really love sound of TV Antena adjust!

omaewander 2021-04-27 15:13

Awessome game!

madhumster 2021-04-27 22:26

Great game. TV was perfectly annoying and there is always something you are not paying attention to! Good job, one of the best I've seen yet.

marc-jones 2021-04-27 22:37

A very polished game, great graphics and the various systems linked together well.

hideos 2021-04-27 23:10

Perfect game :ok_hand:

joe-z 2021-04-27 23:12

Stressful but in a very fun way. I agree with the first comment that I wish there was some way to release water that has built up. Overall though I had a blast playing it.

noahj 2021-04-27 23:15

Great audio, I loved how stressful it all felt together. Good job!

mrpiedpiper 2021-04-27 23:26

This was good fun! The frantic management of so many things was enjoyable, and I ran into no issues. Things were clearly communicated, graphics and sounds were on point, and controls were great. At first I thought it'd just get harder and harder 'till I lost, but it ends up there is indeed an ending.

This would work great as a mobile game too.

Great job!

threeli 2021-04-27 23:31

I have to mirror the above comments of @usenrame and @mrpiedpiper in saying this should be a mobile game. I would love to see it get gradually more difficult. You could do something like travel between stations and add interface elements over time. Gave me Spaceteam vibes, and I like that.

Brilliant stuff!

daf 2021-04-28 00:11

This was a blast, the TV cracked me up, really good manage-warioware-like game, I can see this in style of spaceteam with multiplayer and would probably buy it on the app store!

bodom4ever 2021-04-28 01:01

Really liked the atmosphere in this one. One thing that would have brought it to the next level would have been a score that I could compare with others. One of the better games I've played so far!

david-u 2021-04-28 12:47

A fun little multitasking game that quickly gets frantic. The game has some nice touches like the humourous manual and the TV. As others had said, it could be made into a cool casual game.

frokes 2021-04-28 23:10

Wonderful little game, reminded me of the second level in "I expect you to die".

hiddentavern 2021-04-29 16:14

The game is nicely immersive and challenging and the TV was a fun and distracting touch. The sounds and effects were great, too. Wonderful!

rambar 2021-05-01 12:36

Super nice, it reminded me of some parts of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes where you're being solicited by crazy gauges and sounds while trying to defuse. I just wish we could empty out the water somehow, but really a really solid entry overall! Good job

axelrinaldo 2021-05-03 16:12

A great little game! Really stressful, as these types of games should be! :D I did have a bit of trouble seeing the ocean floor sometimes when the sub was partially filled with water which lead to some quite embarrassing deaths...

100th-coin 2021-05-12 22:54

Ha! The confetti at the end, oh my god that's great! It's a lot to manage, but I had fun the whole way through. I love the artwork, especially the little guy one the TV. I didn't die in my run and beat the game first try! Fantastic entry.