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Operation Un-Stable

By thehansinator

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1743.6824
Fun733.8824
Innovation3203.2024
Theme2023.7724
Graphics2363.5423
Audio823.7524
Humor583.7524
Mood1713.4724

Comments

ildenh 2021-10-03 22:57

In the middle of playing i was just thinking what does this have to do with the theme???? And then i just tought about the fact that i was destroying stables and was uning them, i literally laughed out loud. Great pun!

thehansinator 2021-10-03 23:15

@ildenh Thank you! The idea just kinda hit me like a truck when I saw the Twitter post. Originally I was also going to put cows or other horses in the stables, so that you would also be "unstabling" them. I imagine you could also make something more pensive with that pun, like a teen setting a childhood horse free in the middle of the night or something.

fabernull 2021-10-04 00:34

It's quite captivating. I love the sound and music, really makes you feel like you're running :grin: Great work, makes me want to pickup pico8 again.

butterkatt 2021-10-04 00:36

Pretty cool game! The music is great, and the sound effect and animation that plays when you destroy the stables is really satisfying. Really fun to play!

marc-grabow 2021-10-04 14:15

hahahah un-stable, I love it. Genius! Love the animation and audio, fantastic work!

smooches 2021-10-04 22:30

Thank you for making the un-"stable" pun come to life, I was not brave enough to go for it

turncoda 2021-10-05 16:49

Love the "galloping" drums. My score: 2400

retrospecter 2021-10-06 02:47

Cute little game. I dig the simple visuals and especially the vfx for the exploding stables.

thehansinator 2021-10-06 03:16

@fabernull @butterkatt @marc-grabow @retrospecter @turncoda Thank you! I had a lot of fun putting the music and VFX together. Funnily enough this was my first time writing music for a game - for everything else I've done, either another team member wrote music or I just didn't have any. I'm glad PICO-8 has such a friendly sequencer.

wyl-team 2021-10-06 07:58

lovely game with lovely horse :unicorn:

erikkire 2021-10-07 19:12

Art and music are in top class, well done! Fun to play!

gdesecrate 2021-10-08 20:38

I liked it!

emaigualmc2-art 2021-10-09 00:12

Good game! It seemed simple and well resolved, good job!

yerkwell 2021-10-10 13:06

Perfect. Just perfect

frogravity 2021-10-11 11:33

Really nice game! I loved the premise and the music. I also liked the speed of the game - it really felt like going very fast while also been responsive enough most of the time due to the warning signs. There were a few times where I passed through a stable, and I felt like moving up/down was slightly too slow, but otherwise, great entry! My highscore was 1900.

doomshmuck 2021-10-11 14:51

Hah very clever, I like it :) I would have liked the stables to come a little more frequently, and maybe have a timer on the indicator so you know which one is closer? But yeah, fun little game. Nice job!

webox 2021-10-11 15:02

Break stables ha ve fun, checks out hahah. This game is simplicity at its finest, the music, the graphics, the speed of the game, everything. Also, not sure if on purpose, but the sound of the horse steps seems to be in sync with the music and works out as percusion. Great job, loved it

reulan 2021-10-13 03:51

straightforward interpretation! I enjoyed this game, it almost felt like a rhythm game towards the end with the timing being so close to allow for hitting all the stables that spawn. nice!