Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD50 → Death By Balloon
By vonfuzzius
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 586 | 3.59 | 23 | |
| Fun | 275 | 3.76 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 647 | 3.35 | 23 | |
| Theme | 453 | 3.85 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 254 | 4.19 | 23 | |
| Audio | 214 | 3.87 | 22 | |
| Humor | 619 | 3.05 | 21 | |
| Mood | 781 | 3.40 | 23 |
The graphics are great and the soundtrack is nice. I think it would have been cool if the coloured balloons had a bit more upwards trajectory when stood on because I'm not if there was much difference between that and hitting the black ones, but decent entry nonetheless, my High Score was 3230.
Really enjoyed this, the wall jump mechanic really gives the player something to try to master to really get the most out of it!
I've got a great deal of admiration for anyone who can make Pico-8 graphics look this good as well (no shade on Pico-8, I'm just not great with it).
Managed a high score of 3920
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Would be nice to have another level or something and I did sometimes feel like it would be useful to have a button to reset the game mid fall if you mess up early on - but these are minor things for sure!
Great game :)
Nice and simple entry :thumbsup_tone1: Well executed and easy to pick up :thumbsup_tone1:
good simple game, liked the retro feel :D. Not sure if I'm missing something but I didn't understand why some balloons knocked you up and others didn't?
@devvex Thanks! It's about the timing when you release the left/right arrow; but I realize now I should've probably explained this better.
1920 points! Are all balloons generated like this or is it procedural or mix? It see at first that it's the same but then I pay attention to the game and I'm not aware of it! Great music and very good use of colors knowing that PICO's palette is small. Great game!
Nice little game!
This is the first pico-8 submission i played. I love the graphics ans 8 bit music. Would love to see more levels.
Beautiful, cute and colored little game ! Love the pico 8 aesthetics. As others have mentioned, I didn't really understand how to bounce off some balloons. Great submission, good job
this game was really fun to play v good job fitting it with the theme nice work (:
Popping balloons is fun! I just don't understand what are the black circles. Don't think they can damage the knight, but on some reason they are not balloons.
Strong poppin game - I like that it is short and repeatable, makes learning easier! The controls were simple but effective. 2430 points max for me - tho I felt I could do more with some work. :slight_smile:
hahaha! how much fun! stuck in this game for 30 minutes! great job!
2490 is the best I can do. I tried a lot, but didn't manage to get more points. I think I didn't understand very well the slow down mechanic by "wall jumping" the baloons, or maybe I'm not good enough. Anyway, good job!
Just a solid arcade entry. Easy to pick up and play, no down time between games. I think it really clicked for me when I understood the wall jump. My best score was 3560!
Cool little highscore game. I like the idea of wall jumping to last longer. Reminds me of Downwell.
This is a really neat game! First pico8 game I've seen for LD so bonus points :sunglasses: I'm pretty bad at timing the walljump but it feels really nice when I can successfully execute it. Great sound design and art. Nice job!
This was a lot of fun!! The graphics and the sfx and the music did really well together. The mechanic was pretty smooth, even if the "wall jump" off the balloons takes some work to master! It's a smart idea, rather than the knight just bouncing off the top of the balloons to get height.
Very well done!
I love balloons and this game sure had some neat ones. Music and graphics are lit!