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No More Stables!

By raphiell

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall664.1744
Fun494.1845
Innovation4123.6145
Theme3953.8944
Graphics4733.8945
Audio2343.8244
Humor64.6145
Mood2493.8945

Comments

crumson 2021-10-04 20:27

Very fun art style and humor, simple controls. The sprites on the overworld are super cute and funny.

2021-10-04 21:31

Well done game with A+ art. The missile part was really good --- would not mind if it was harder and longer.

gdman 2021-10-06 11:46

Really nice, rich game, I found the city part is the best. At the 12987 count I was scared for the moment, lol.

raphiell 2021-10-06 17:08

@crumson @02rppl @gdman thanks for all the nice words! It would be nice to make it longer, my original idea included another 2 sections! But that was way too ambitious. Yea I noticed that the last section was super long, so I made each missle count as 27 in the end haha

fermingimpel 2021-10-06 18:01

Very funny game, i like kicking people with a horse, and destroying missiles

alex-chertilin 2021-10-06 18:02

Nice pack of mini games. I completed it! Thx

peco 2021-10-06 18:03

Fun, cute and funny! Good stuff

ullent 2021-10-06 18:06

The soundtrack, art, humor and gaming experience are really great! Three small masterpieces wrapped in one storyline. The third part, this is my favorite part!

sawdust 2021-10-06 18:07

Cool collection mini-games! Humor was right on point and the gameplay really matched the silly mood.

The missile command section seemed too long to me, but other commenters disagree so maybe you nailed it. Ha!

raphiell 2021-10-06 18:14

@fermingimpel @alex-chertilin @peco @ullent Thank you so much for playing!

@sawdust Personally, I agree it's slightly too long. I don't think I made it engaging enough to keep attention for as long as it is. I reduced it in length MANY times while working on it. Thanks for playing!

zapdos2 2021-10-06 18:17

This was fantastic! Each section felt really fun to play and I love the artstyle and humor of this. 10/10.

joeshanahan 2021-10-06 18:17

The puns alone deserve 5 stars on humour, but there's a bunch of other great jokes too, I laughed a lot :laughing:

Aside from that, I loved the upgrade system for the final part of the game - that each time you made a choice between upgrades - it was a brand new set of upgrades. So you couldn't just get the one you didn't pick next time. It meant that my choice of upgrades felt personalised to me, making it much more satisfying to win.

Amazing job! :grin:

raphiell 2021-10-06 18:19

@zapdos2 Thanks so much for playing

@joeshanahan Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the upgrade system! I wanted them to be more meaningful then just +1 damage or something, so it feels like you're customizing your cannon. I'm happy that came across :smile: Thanks for playing!

macron 2021-10-06 18:23

The game is neigh-ce! I have to show it my friend, BARNey! It's cool that this game isn't some one trick (or genre) pony--- Okay, I'll stop the puns before they will give you neigh-t-mares! I love the graphics, the jokes, the soundtrack is great too!

raphiell 2021-10-06 18:31

@macron Thank you for playing! I'm super proud of the soundtrack, so I appreciate you mentioning it!

abk507 2021-10-06 18:37

Looool, this game is just so fun!! Amazing art, sound, gameplay is smooth, jokes go as far as they can go! The way it changes the genre feels right and cool. Great game!

uinelj 2021-10-06 18:38

Three games in one, what a treat! I really liked the art style, the music and the whole experience. I confess that I did not finish the missile part, as I thought it would be infinite seeing the counter :( Very nice game and good humor!

notapollogising 2021-10-06 18:45

Extremely fire game. The dialogue before the missile part where it just said "The US + Russia" was my favorite part hilarious lmfao. Very creative, I kept dying in the missile part and don't have the patience to almost get to the end and then lose for a third time so I'm done for now lol but it has been one of my favorite entries and one of the most memorable. I'm surprised it has so few reviews tbh just great all around

brusi 2021-10-06 18:57

That was awesome! Hilarious art and story, great interpretation on the theme. I liked how it contained several minigames that created a complete story.

raphiell 2021-10-06 18:58

@abk507 Thanks for playing!

@uinelj Thanks for playing! I figured I should have a put a note about that up! That section goes *dramatically* faster in the last phase, it is not infinite!

@notapollogising Thanks for playing! Here's a secret, if you want to get to the end, you can hit 'p' to skip to the end scene, you won't see the final cutscene, but you can enjoy the end screen :thumbsup:.

raphiell 2021-10-06 18:59

@brusi Thanks for playing! I'm really happy that I managed to keep it coherent!

yotamco 2021-10-06 19:57

I loved the randomness and the fact that it starts as a specific game and ends up being something totally different! The music is really nice, as well as the drawings, especially during the first part. Also loved the fact that you choose what upgrade to get when destroying the missiles. Well done!

raphiell 2021-10-06 21:00

@yotamco Thanks for playing! I love how the first part turned out as well, graphically.

leokrechmer 2021-10-07 14:23

SO nice set of three mini games, a lot of fun, and nice story :) Great job!

raphiell 2021-10-07 18:56

@leokrechmer thanks for playing!

kukurammus 2021-10-07 19:05

Really fun game. Skipped nuke part at some point, but overall really cool game. Especially liked the grahics

raphiell 2021-10-07 19:11

@kukurammus Thanks for playing! Yes I should have made the last part a little more engaging, but that's why I included the skip button as well :).

nahuelito 2021-10-07 19:43

Loved it, whenever you release a new game I'll gallop straight into it

raphiell 2021-10-07 22:58

@nahuelito thanks so much! I'll be here next ld!

life-lich 2021-10-09 20:55

The humor was great, so was the art and you found a very good way to include the theme, while creating games that felt very different from the rest of the jam.

raphiell 2021-10-09 22:08

@life-lich Thanks for playing!

compasslg 2021-10-10 07:33

The graphics is simple but really great! especially with the weird vibe of this music... overall a nice little game!

stefan-b 2021-10-10 11:21

well that escalated quickly :)

joonamo 2021-10-10 12:32

Now here's a game that really reminded me of the anarchy of early 00's Flash games I used to love. Good job making so many different modes in your jam game. It was almost like a horse-themed GTA game! :horse:

I laughed out loud when the nuke counter started rapidly going down and my screen was filled with missiles. Good thing horses are not monsters, otherwise we'd all be in trouble.

raphiell 2021-10-10 15:21

@compasslg @stefan-b Thanks for playing!

@joonamo Thanks for playing! I grew up playing those flash games, and I suppose they must have had an impact on me!

shea-kelly 2021-10-13 15:22

its a fun gtame, i like how random it is lol.

raphiell 2021-10-13 20:10

@shea-kelly thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it.

panagiotis-iatrou 2021-10-13 21:58

Wait this was made in just 3 days by just 1 person? There were so many things that had to be implemented for a game like this and yet it was made by 1 person. Really solid game with no bugs whatsoever (Or at least I was not lucky enough :D). Simply outstanding

raphiell 2021-10-14 01:10

@panagiotis-iatrou Thank you so much for playing, and for the kind words! I definitely put the most effort into this jam game than any previous one. 5-10 minute breaks max and pulling an all-nighter sunday to monday. It was a doozy!

real-flamingicecubegames 2021-10-14 18:22

Incredible game for a jam. I have no idea how you got all of that content into the game. Writing was on point as well.

raphiell 2021-10-14 18:41

@real-flamingicecubegames thank you so much for playing and all the kind words! I'm very happy with how many horse puns I got in.

chris-hay 2021-10-14 22:57

Wow, this game rocks! It's really kind of three games in one. Very fun and funny! And I thought the music, though simplistic, was fun and fit the game and moods really well.

raphiell 2021-10-15 14:26

@chris-hay thanks for playing! I'm glad you thought the music was fitting, I'm really happy how it turned out.

mattwoelk 2021-10-16 15:07

A collage of horse-based goodness. 🐴👍

raphiell 2021-10-16 17:21

@mattwoelk thanks for playing!

manzdeh 2021-10-17 19:17

Had a lot of fun with this game and it was hilarious as well! I'm really impressed with what you were able to pull off in such a short timespan, great job! I would totally play a longer version of this game if you ever decide to make one.

larryseinfeld 2021-10-17 20:28

Wow this was freaking hilarious! The puns, the plot, the variety. My god, this was a journey and I enjoyed every second of it! What a great premise and amazing dialogue and a brilliantly different take on the theme! Loved it!

raphiell 2021-10-17 21:01

@manzdeh @larryseinfeld Thank you so much for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed :)

mizuiky 2021-10-19 21:56

What an amazing game feeling I had playing this one, so funny , even the art is not the best, it have it charm : ) and wow the power up system so astonishing, congrats for the great game :D

raphiell 2021-10-20 04:36

@mizuiky thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

junebug 2021-10-21 03:42

This is so good??? I'm super impressed that you managed three distinct types of gameplay, plus a dialog system, all in a jam game. It doesn't even feel like any one minigame underperformed compared to the others, and the progression of them was logical and fun. Loved all the horse puns.

raphiell 2021-10-21 04:15

@junebug thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed. Horse puns were an important part of the development process.

tetrapteryx 2021-10-21 14:13

You had me at horse puns! This is super fun and the art looks great

raphiell 2021-10-21 18:33

@tetrapteryx thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed!