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Bonanananza

By shieldgenerator7, darriasart, Saylor and Joey3005

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11243.1534
Fun9843.1034
Innovation12642.5734
Theme7053.6434
Graphics5033.8734
Humor2603.7534
Mood11682.9634

Comments

ben-newington 2022-04-05 20:44

The graphics were cute and it looks super polished ! unfortunately it might be bugged :( there are way too many bonobos and I die pretty quick :(

remicraft 2022-04-05 20:49

Really fun game! I really like how the menus activate by shooting at them. It seems there is no point to charge the cannon as the large volume of enemies and time it takes to charge makes it not worth doing.

jeff-kerman 2022-04-05 20:50

This is one of the greatest games in the jam. I love the art style and the menu is a very creative use of the game mechanic. I would like to see more depth to the game, maybe you could get a super coconut which clears monkeys in a radius. Great job!

bougiebirdie 2022-04-05 20:53

This game is bananas! :monkey:

I thought it was neat that you let the player choose whether to tap or hold to charge their weapon. Then the swarm of monkeys that came in was completely unreal and I had to just mash the shoot button anyway.

I thought the storyboard to explain the story was very clever. However, it is quite long and on subsequent playthroughs I'd probably like to skip it, or at least go through it at my own pace. Then again, I'm glad to see that Big Ape gets his banana in the end :smile:

leiv-erik 2022-04-05 20:57

Nice graphics, and you could have something with the shooting mechanic. But way to many monkeys at once makes it so that instead of charging a shot and aiming im just spamming wildly.

Good job delivering a game anyhow!

darriasart 2022-04-06 02:51

update is up addressing those issues with balance patch, I got 16,000 points

phoenixofforce 2022-04-06 14:24

(Played the not updated version)

I agree that there were too many monkeys. Reading the comments it seems i accidentally switched from tap to hold ^^'

Very nice idea to control the main menu with the coconuts. Well done :)

ludovic 2022-04-06 19:05

Nice work here ! It's a little bit hard but was fun. I rly liked the DA and how construct ur game all around the banana :=

roolow 2022-04-07 02:11

Like others have mentioned I liked shooting my way through the intro cutscene, that was some good Ux. And yeah there were so many monkeys that you're immediately helpless. However I think I found a strafing technique that held them off for quite a bit.

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But on a serious note, could you guys have picked a something better than monkeys and their bananas? That's honestly so played out....(sarcasm, my game has a similar theme :) ) Great work!

useless-fish 2022-04-07 02:22

The game feels really smooth to play, with all the main menu transitions and everything!! Overall very nice :thumbsup:

lectvs 2022-04-07 02:51

24000 :)

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Pretty fun entry, I really liked the cannon mechanics! Graphics and music were on-point, great job guys :smile:

darriasart 2022-04-07 03:20

you can tell which version by the color on the billboards

dunusoor 2022-04-07 04:03

the game was fun, i love the simple narrative with the drawings, i fell off the tower and wasnt sure if that was supposed to happen lol Was a good time, great entry

bekirtuncer 2022-04-07 07:21

reminded me donkey kong games but so repetitive u guys have to add more challenges

applestreet-games 2022-04-07 11:05

Cute graphics. A bit repetitive. A difficulty ramp would have been nice instead of just being overwhelmed from the jump. Thanks for sharing!

battlecat 2022-04-07 12:19

Cute game. I liked the art style. There were a few things I thought about when playing though:

- From the start there were so many monkies that there was no reason to use the charge mechanic. I quickly ended up just tapping the mouse as fast as possible. - It would be good if the amount of monkies started out small and increased gradually so the player could get a feel for the game and its mechanics - When the monkies died they flew up in the air. With so much going on I had problems telling which monkies to shoot for and which ones not to.

bastienre4 2022-04-07 12:24

Nice game, graphics are really good. As others stated, there a LOT of monkeys attacking you, idk if it's a bug. Also, the music is great!

darriasart 2022-04-07 13:59

@bekirtuncer, we had plans and art for different enemy types and powerups. Had to spend more tiem on the AI. another thing we had to cut was multiple piles to promote movement form the center. Challenges is a good idea monkeys.jpg

@battlecat try the super ape update version on the page adresses the first two, the third is great feedback

darriasart 2022-04-07 14:01

@dunusoor yea new update new bugs lol, will get it in the next version

allax 2022-04-07 16:04

A wonderful game, a bit difficult and addictive. Good visuals, sound and overall performance. I really love the main menu and cutscenes

sillyman987 2022-04-07 16:19

Very impressive! a bit hard to play, but I caught on quickly!

fer-gueler 2022-04-07 16:55

Very cute and funny game, good job. I encountered a bug, hope it helps: My monkey fell from the trees and disappeared from the screen! Cool idea and I enjoyed the vibe of the game, very charismatic and wholesome.

mhorth 2022-04-07 22:52

The menu using the gameplay mechanic is really sweet! Nice job. Impact sounds and death animations made it very satisfying to hit enemies, until I learned that it might be the best strategy to just rapid spam the mouse button lol.

Still a lot of fun even then! And the different shading on the trees in the background looks soooooooo good! My compliments to the art team.

darriasart 2022-04-08 02:12

Fixed the bounding box issue

mavvy 2022-04-09 05:34

Great entry! The gun is satisfying to fire, made even better with those combos! Loved the cutscenes and the menu, really clever stuff. :smile:

lazyalarm 2022-04-09 20:03

This was a fun arcade game, I like the theme of monkeys. I really liked all of the hand drawn art and the cutscenes that would play, gave the game a lot of personality!

My Highscore: 19860 My friend's: 35150

tomatolamp 2022-04-09 20:10

Awesome presentation and a very tight little game. It's easy to see how the idea could be expanded on and polished - great work, everyone!

ddrkirbyisq 2022-04-10 15:25

c-c-c-c-c-comboooooo

twistedhawk 2022-04-12 00:28

This is a funny concept! Do these things and the game is really killer!

- Remove the charge mechanic. I love how many monkeys you shoot, but having to charge makes it hard to shoot them. - In the menu, destroy the coconut when it hits a selection. I had an instance of a bouncing coconut exit the game.

samirempty 2022-04-14 11:12

A very funny game with a cute ending. Beautiful visuals and interesting gameplay. I got 19,000 points

lilkrit 2022-04-18 13:00

Nice game, but I'm not sure how the shooting mechanics work exactly.

prismapunch 2022-04-20 01:27

This game has everything it could ever need to be great, monkey, coconut gun, bananas, and bonk sound effect. Great work it was a lot of fun playing, a little confused by the cutscene at first but I got it.