ivysly 2021-10-04 13:18
This is bananas!!! Adorable art! I like feeling like WTF is going on ... and then picking up some plushies :D
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → There'll Be Hell To Play
By enya454 and Nick Mesics
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 693 | 3.56 | 54 | |
| Fun | 616 | 3.53 | 54 | |
| Innovation | 289 | 3.74 | 54 | |
| Theme | 1168 | 3.04 | 54 | |
| Graphics | 498 | 3.87 | 55 | |
| Audio | 684 | 3.24 | 54 | |
| Humor | 338 | 3.60 | 52 | |
| Mood | 628 | 3.52 | 51 |
This is bananas!!! Adorable art! I like feeling like WTF is going on ... and then picking up some plushies :D
I liked it. I think it's a little difficult to fling the plushies or drop them on the bosses head and feel like they don't do much damage but it was fun. I liked the drawings a lot.
It took me a minute to figure out exactly how the gameplay loop worked outside of moving the claw around to pick up items, but the boss was fun and the art and sound were both incredible. The little pops of getting new items was really fun too.
Cool graphics
Haha very fun and addictive game !
I didn't understand the goal at the first place, BUT when I got it, the game becomes very addictive !
Controls are smooth and pleasant, the speed is well equilibrate. The music feet well if the gameplay.
Welldone !
Great style, I liked trying to pick up all the bouncing plushies :) I think it would benefit to have some initial on-screen controls or allowing any key to progress the text at the beginning.
cleared the game on the second try. there was a black rolling plushy i was trying to get and when i finally got it it disappeared :( was that supposed to be a trolling plushie? Great game, I like the story, the plushies and the description of the plushies. The background art is amazing too. Great work!
Wacky game, interesting idea! I like leading shots on the boss and then picking them back up again.
I like the weirdness, the art is dope, it's cool that you could use the plushies you gained as ammunition for the boss. Enjoyable wacky experience.
Amazing!! I've never seen a concept like this and it was really fun! Collecting a bunch of plushies that then get used for the boss later... really cool! The boss itself was pretty hard and a little janky, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I really liked the artstyle and designs, and the flavor text for the plushies was funny and cute. Great entry!
Waouh this game is crazy and so fun ! I like the graphics and the interpretation of the theme, and like the fact you need to collect toy in other minigame to fight the boss (very well made too).
This was a fun one. I liked the Concept and how you executed on it. Visuals and Artstyle are on point. I liked the small sentences to every thing you got. The Bossfight was quite cool, as well.
Cool game, really liked the boss battle :ok_hand:
Really fun game! (yay collecting plushies with a claw!). The art was interestijg to look at and I liked having the collection bar to see what I've caught. I managed to get all the plushies, but I'm not too sure how to score works on each machine? Great job!
I like when people try whacky ideas, it goes on to show bravery. You guys brave.
Nicely fit into the theme. Very bad audio man, dont do that. Inovation is what is describe this game, nice. Good game, but average art for me. Average fun game, but maybe next time you will polish the gameplay and it will be better. Overall your game is good, good job.
One last note: I always write down honest review, because everybody need that, not just nice craps with some bullshit, but sometime I will aperceite very good games. So if this review insult you, but use it well :) Anyway every game is counting so :)
Honestly, it confused me at first. I felt like I was stuck on the first machine (like maybe I had to reach a certain score), but then realized it was because I was using A & D to move the claw (which did work), but (now it seem obvious) the game tells you to use LEFT and RIGHT, which DID allow me to change machines. So it was allowing me to use A & D to play, but wouldn't let me use those same buttons to switch machines. Thus the confusion. I even scrolled through the comments, hoping someone as dumb as me had solved the issue. Guess it's just me :tongue:
Ultimately, though, I did reach and defeat the boss. It was a lot more fun once I realized my mistake. Great art, sound, and excellent use of effects.
Really liked the art work. Fun little game, wasn't sure on the game play against the boss, but overall a great effort
Beautiful art style, goes really well with the audio. It's a cool game to play with a funny narrative.
Fun game! Very cute.
the boss battle was unexpected, I loved it! Nice game, at least in one place I'm not scammed in this kind of machine lol!
Haha, this grab game triggered some gambling need to 'catch them all' in me! It was fun catching them, I loved the different characters and portraits! I didn't quite understand why some of them were glowing or just silhouettes, or what the icon in the top right corner meant? It took me a few tries to beat the boss! They kept getting blasted by the lava or flying offscreen, haha. Totally unique gameplay! I think an on-screen note on how to progress through the intro would have been helpful, I just mashed a few buttons until I found the right one lol
The music is very funny. It made me automatically dance. This game is one of my favourite so far! I wish I get some of those plushes in real life. Please, send me the dinossaur one!
Finally, all those hours in the arcade suffering have paid off! Great work, fun beginning to end.
Game is fun to play, i like it!
Nice graphics! The game has a good visual style. The controls are easy to pick up and work well, too. It was a little difficult to pick up on the game loop at the very start, but it quickly became clear. The boss battle at the end is a nice way to flip the mechanic.
Very creative!! Had fun playing this one. Thumbs up!
Well this immediately stands out (in a good way) it was almost a shame to fight robot satan and lose all my questionable plushies. This was very silly and I enjoyed it a lot
I don't think I'll find something like this game in LD49 hahaah. I realy like the theme usage, love the graphics and the plot. For me, it's one of the bests on this jam. Congrats for the great work.
Took me a bit to figure out how to progress beyond collecting the plushies, but overall a good use of the theme, humor in the story, and mechanics!
Unique concept for sure, ties into the theme well. A lot of suggestions have already been given so what I'll say is that the red background that is show initially may be very off putting to some players (was to me). It stands out sure, but you are taking your chances :). Other than that, actually very unique and well implemented submission.
Was a bit hard to undestand. Very good art!
Really great! I love the vibe and attitude, the picking up mechanic felt really nice and the boss battle was a really great way to turn the gameplay around a bit with a fair bit of challenge. Awesome job!
Pll said I was crazy for the slots game. You guys beat me with a ufo catcher themed game ahahahha :P loved it! :P
Whoa that was fun! The boss battle is a great payoff for collecting all the items. It took me a couple tries to realize that I can catch them by bouncing them off his head and fists. Really cool game! I'm super impressed :D
I actually liked this a lot! I was just having fun collecting all of the different prizes in each of the claw machines, but the extensive boss battle at the end was a really awesome surprise!
This was a super tightly-scoped and well-executed idea, great job!!
What a wacky game, haha. It's really difficult, but fun to see the different challenges each machine gives. Loved that boss fight, too!
This is a great idea and I enjoyed the music a whole lot. The deaths at the boss fight were a little bit unintuitive, and it felt like the majority of the game was spent in the boss fight, rather than collecting the plushies, which I guess is okay? It's just that I don't see the reason for the 3 different claw cabs to select from (but I enjoyed their design either way)
I especially loved the part that on the final boss I can re-catch the plushies that were dropped and bounced off.
Now this is a really interesting concept! Charming art and the descriptions of the plush you get is a nice touch. You guys even managed to get a boss fight in. Audio could benefit from a bit more polish, but you're probably aware of that already. Overall, pretty solid entry.