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Bath Time
By benjamm, MrDandro and Zah
View on ldjam.com
| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 968 | 3.31 | 34 | |
| Fun | 750 | 3.32 | 34 | |
| Innovation | 1311 | 2.46 | 34 | |
| Theme | 800 | 3.56 | 34 | |
| Graphics | 936 | 3.32 | 34 | |
| Humor | 124 | 4.01 | 34 | |
| Mood | 975 | 3.21 | 32 | |
Comments
Very funny take on this theme! I love the static art on the menu and game over screen - it does a lot to sell the mode of the game you have created. The gameplay itself is entertaining enough, I thought the pace felt slow at the beginning but it ramped up quickly as the number of obstacles exploded. The character animation is great, the bouncing hat made me laugh when I spotted it. My high score was 128 baths avoided. Fantastic game jam game!
(What does our unnamed cowboy have to fear, none of those bathtubs have any water in them in this desert)
3bt
2022-04-05 03:16
I will say it starts a bit slow, but it does get pretty intense later on. I liked the ragdoll animations though, as well as the cinematic cover art
This was a lot of fun to play! You hit the theme down well, your art looks great, and the controls are solid! If there is anything I would suggest to make it better, it's go big on the difficulty! I think it can get hard a little faster than it did, giving the game a more frantic and fast pace!
Thank you for making this!
Hah! I think it would be great for mobile! fun
ruruie
2022-04-05 12:00
Once I realized what this game was, I specifically tested how compromising the hitbox would be to my dignity and was definitely able to leave both shoes out of the reach of soap and bath at least! That's a victory right? Maybe?
jamjamix
2022-04-05 13:35
Really funny and straightforward. I was nervous at first not knowing what the controls were but I figured it out. I could see myself playing this on my phone just to kill a few minutes here or there. Well done!
unbugged
2022-04-05 17:16
Crazy idea! :smiley: Fun game. I agree with previous commenter, this would work on mobile.
Awesome game! Awesome take on the theme! Loved how his hat sped up as well. Great job!
gatlink
2022-04-05 18:45
I love the setting, that's not something we see often in video game land. And that hat was hypnotizing me...
I love the twist on a cowboy game! Your cacti are also spot on. :D
flogames
2022-04-05 19:57
I avoided 491 baths until I hit a soap bar. It's Salvador Dali meets John Wayne in a pretty hilarious simplistic western-themed endless runner. Good graphics, perfect music. Controls a bit floaty. Should have called it "Dry Noon". Heh.
Really funny twist on the theme! I love the bouncing hat. 116 avoided baths here, not as good as others but I'm still satisfied
benjamm
2022-04-05 21:44
@flogames Dry Noon... good one haha. Right now the highest score between the team is 894, but 491 is quite high. Fun fact that's also around the mark when the song loops.
saikai
2022-04-05 23:04
Nice one. I successfully avoided 118 baths!
At first, I was like psh, this is easy. Turns out I was wrong :laughing: I was close lined by the soap! I really liked the idea of this game and the 2d art!
haha I love the idea of avoiding as scrubbin'. Great work! I think a trail color / material would make it easier to see where the edge is on the path. Overall, I thought the environment was well made.
narffy
2022-04-06 16:27
ahahah very funny ! nice game and like the concept
The humor is top notch, and the graphics are exceptionally great! All the details in the background like the cacti and bushes are easy to overlook, but I can tell a lot of effort went into making them, and it paid off! The music is great, and I love the bit about no self-respecting cowboy ever taking a bath. ha! I wish when you lost, your cowboy would scream "Ahhh!" or something, but the ragdolling was equally as funny. Great job!
Very clever twist on the theme. Would've been funny if the baths and soap bars eventually start homing in on you. I've managed to avoid 384 baths.
As others pointed out: very original and funny take on the theme! :-P
Some improvement points (my point of view):
- The difficulty increase seemed a bit too slow for me. - Sometimes it was hard to tell if the cowboy would avoid a bath or collide with it. - I missed some in-game instructions but the game is simple enough for this to be a big issue. - Missing SFX.
On the good side: I loved the atmosphere! Nice song selection and the graphics were lovely. The gameplay also did invite to replay it.
Nice job!
dikkop
2022-04-13 22:54
The game looks and sounds pretty slick! The gameplay is a bit standard, could look for some choices for the player or an extra action to increase speed or tension. Maybe a pistol to shoot the bath tubs?
koalatte
2022-04-19 08:22
that background music is now my new.. Jam *crickets*
anyhows, liked the music, was this recorded with an actual guitar?
it's the vibes and theme of the game that makes this fun, looking forward to my next bath (or not lol) nice one!