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Drop

By chingle

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5663.6143
Fun3293.7043
Innovation6663.3443
Theme11633.1443
Graphics8643.4342
Audio5053.4641
Humor10172.3326
Mood11662.9736

Comments

benjamin-halko 2022-04-04 17:57

Solid idea for a game. I had a lot of fun!

snory 2022-04-05 08:24

Hello @chingle

You have my respect. I always wants to come up with simple yet challenging and fun idea and every time i try to do so i failed. But your game delivery this without any problem. :)

Tips for improvement:

- button to mute the sound :)

reneantunes 2022-04-05 15:29

A perfect game imo. Nice restrained colour palette. Consistent pixel density. Fun game that requires some timing and puts a nice spin an old type of game. Good job!

james-beninger 2022-04-05 15:31

This is the type of game I wish I'd made on my single-dev jams. Simple and perfect and HTML5.

chingle 2022-04-05 17:01

Hi @snory Thanks for the tip and feedback! I understand why anyone would want to mute the sound XD

amkingtrp 2022-04-05 18:24

Really great idea and implementation. And the first game I've played this Jam that made me rage quit because of my own uselessness ;)

chingle 2022-04-06 03:17

@amkingtrp Don't be hard on yourself, you're not useless. I too rage quit on my own game lol

minusc 2022-04-06 07:34

Really good idea ! Quite original and fun. Also i really like the gameboy look and music ! But damn, that's hard xD

vivianmochi 2022-04-06 07:40

Wow this is super great! Such a simple concept but so much deeper than I initially thought! The fact that the puff of air takes time to reach the ball, AND that it can be blocked creates an interesting timing challenge. I love it!! Awesome entry :)

ditam 2022-04-06 07:41

I love the polished minimalism of this! (I too have made a pixelated HTML5 game this jam, but nonetheless I envy the straightforwardness of your design.)

Having sideways movement controls is an interesting twist on the "Flappy Bird" mechanic. Well done!

pepnou 2022-04-06 08:29

Good game. Maybe a bit to hard, the inevitable wont have to wait too long. Gameplay is fun and well thought, art and music go well together. Great entry!

jesper-fyhr-knudsen 2022-04-06 18:51

Nice game, as very challenging, I could see this as the new flappy bird :p, very frustrating 😂

eeldam 2022-04-06 19:50

I really enjoyed this! I like the old school visual and audio style, and it's nice and challenging without feeling unfair. Great job!

vrerabek 2022-04-06 19:53

ohh this is great, feels like some kind of spin-off to flappy bird! :D

Graphics are great, sfx fits the game very well, well done!

sakura-magika 2022-04-06 19:57

having the spikes block the air puffs created an interesting challenge. it definitely made the game more of a puzzle that requires lots of trial and error for how to time the puffs to get past the spikes, but the fact that you reset every time was pretty disheartening.

also, i don't see the point of having 3 lives if you reset either way.

elvinn 2022-04-06 19:57

Cool idea. I enjoyed it. A fun game. Keep up the good work! :)

dreamscale 2022-04-06 20:25

Solid game with a really interesting "jump" mechanic!

chingle 2022-04-07 03:50

@sakura-magika Thanks for the feedback! I don't know if you just missed it but there are checkpoints throughout the level.

rinta 2022-04-07 20:23

That's a crafty little game, very hard for me but I can appreciate the design nevertheless. Took me a bit of time to figure out that I can "puff" it at any distance as long as I am not blocked by a spike - at first I thought puffs only work at close distance. Did you manage to complete the level yourself? Definitely reminds me of the flappy bird, haha. Cash in on this while it's fresh!

chingle 2022-04-08 07:16

@rinta Thanks for the rating and feedback! Yes, I made sure the level is doable XD

I'll see if there is a way to communicate to the player that "puffing" can work at any distance. Maybe integrating it into the level, like a wall of spike that requires 2 subsequent puffs.

halflemonstudios 2022-04-08 13:34

Fun but devilishly hard! Maybe you could throw people weak like me a bone, and destroy a spike that I lose a life to? Just that I can maybe get further along :)

yamaisiukdranko 2022-04-08 13:37

This game hard. But idea is very fun, crazy! Thanks for cool game! I love it

glimmer 2022-04-08 17:34

kinda addictive. i like the fact that you force the player to not play flappy bird by lvl design. i dont like the fact that things can block the air puff. feels like im out of control. other wise the sound is fitting. a easy mode would be nice because im very bad.

spladug 2022-04-08 17:39

I had a little mind-blown moment when I realized the air puff meets the ball while it's still in the air. Nice work!

nekusoul 2022-04-08 20:26

Very simple, well executed game. Nice challenge. I've just reached the moving mines, but I'll try to get further.

hori 2022-04-08 20:46

Reminded Bounce + Flappy Bird mixed together. Great combination with nice, simple, old-school graphics and sound. For me it was hard, but I don't really like flappy-bird-like games either.

enderswype 2022-04-09 15:30

oooh boy, the rage games are coming back with you i guess, i liked it, simple graphics and controls for maximum pain and suffering, well done :p

paroxysmal 2022-04-10 15:02

Very cool. Love the Gameboy feel and graphics. Solid entry.

luis-felipe-patrocinio 2022-04-11 00:44

Quite challenging and fun! I liked the NOKIA/Gameboy style. Congrats on the submission, it turned out great, although I don't think it fit the theme very well.

sephowepho 2022-04-11 16:19

Really fun, *really* hard game! I enjoyed playing through this one, it's very very well made! I like the art and sound effects, but I didn't play long enough to get used to the game itself. 4/5 stars, great job! :D

sakura-magika 2022-04-11 22:26

@chingle ahh, i feel pretty silly now, i actually missed both the check point and the fact you could move forward and backward. that changes everything! played again, made it a lot farther than before. i think making the check points visually indicated would be a big improvement, and maybe tracking your furthest distance as well as time.

jk5000 2022-04-12 15:43

Super hard but also really fun game. I really like the music. Well done.

honest-dan 2022-04-12 17:03

Simple but effective game. First impression is "Flappy bird" but then you realise... no this has a lot more to it. You can move left and right, but also the delay from shooting the air to when it impacts the bubble is an interesting dynamic. Then you also need to consider if there is a path between them. really enjoyed it, a great challenge.

alan-rubinoff 2022-04-21 04:23

F$#k thats a good idea, simple concept but feels really smooth , good job, you are a master of the scope

also has good polish

could you consider rating my game? almost reach 20 votes