thatrandomprogrammer 2022-04-04 22:48
Great job! The artwork and effects looked pretty nice
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD50 → Balloon Drift
By matt1will
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 930 | 3.34 | 21 | |
| Fun | 816 | 3.26 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 1121 | 2.78 | 21 | |
| Theme | 372 | 3.92 | 21 | |
| Graphics | 374 | 4.02 | 21 | |
| Audio | 687 | 3.15 | 21 | |
| Humor | 970 | 2.47 | 20 | |
| Mood | 926 | 3.26 | 21 |
Great job! The artwork and effects looked pretty nice
Nailed it. Well done.
Wow I didn't expect to see a pico-8 game here! Great work, loved the artwork!
I managed to get 39 seconds :D
Isn't pico8 lovely for game jams? Nice work!
The artwork is perfectly charming and matches the gameplay perfectly.
Whenever a bird popped my balloon, I would spam jump until I kill it and then plunge into the ocean like a vengeful Icarus. A+, would kill birds again.
Simple but well executed take on the theme, good job!
Oh nice a PICO-8 game! Plays really well and looks great, nice job! :smile:
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I wasn't sure if you could get over 20points, but reading the comment, it looks possible! Gonna replay it.
Ohhhh you can step on the birdies! Cute simple game. Loved it, well polished and i liked the sprites too :)a3Nl55J.png
Loved the artwork! It's simple but fun and very well done!
The artwork on this game is fantastic! (As others have mentioned) It was short but sweet, I managed 39 seconds. It would have been really cool if it were a bit longer - if birds respawned or something like that. The controls were very solid though. Thanks for a fun entry!
Sprite work is pretty good. It would have been nice to have some sort of objective instead of a max high score.
Like what if a ship goes across the water when your score is around 39, so you can get saved by landing on the ship instead of landing in the water.
Also, an easy way to make screen wrapping look nicer in pico-8 is to draw 2 sprites, one on the left and one on the right when you touch the edge of the screen.
@cppchriscpp @alanxoc3 thanks for playing. Those are really good suggestions. I'm gonna try the 2 sprite trick for the post jam version. The gameplay is definitely too short at the moment. Respawning the birds will make things a bit more interesting. I like the ship idea too.
This one was really good as a short experience, the graphics and the audio were both strong and worked together well.
It seems like a "perfect game" nets you 39 seconds, which discourages additional attempts after you reach it. If you expand the game post-jam, having respawning birds like others mention might be a way to get around this.
Overall great little game that fits the theme perfectly. Nice job!
Awesome fun game. The graphics were cute, and the audio was really nice as well. Just a perfect little jam game, and it fits the theme very well. Good job!
I love Pico-8 games and this is no exception! Jump arc felt good, the theme is woven well into the game's design and the little effects like the dust, are really nice! :smile:
Ok, it's fun, it's retro, I'm from back there, so just nice, tiny, potentially addictive (if more gameplay) with simple yet attractive pixel art. I'd rather play this than some similar polished cuteness around LD50. Thanks for the entry!
Simple, easy to pick up, a really good entry. I think it would be cool if there wasn't an upper limit (it seems like 39 seconds is the max you can last), but some sort of difficulty ramping with more birds being spawned in/respawning and them moving faster. But this is still a lot of fun to play.
Very cute and fun game! I got 38 sec. :v: feels good, but the hitbox to jump of the birds is a tiny bit to small.. sometimes I thought I already touched them but I didn't jump. :heart: