Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD50 → Balloon Panic!
By archangel
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 823 | 3.43 | 34 | |
| Fun | 1039 | 3.04 | 35 | |
| Innovation | 951 | 3.03 | 35 | |
| Theme | 689 | 3.65 | 35 | |
| Graphics | 415 | 3.98 | 35 | |
| Humor | 725 | 2.87 | 30 | |
| Mood | 315 | 3.84 | 34 |
Loved the graphics and the general mood of the game ! However, I felt like it took way too much time pressing space to go up again after releasing it a first time, making me feel like the gameplay was a bit too slow ?
I love the graphics. I think you could have achieved more with the controls.
The mood is great here. The game is simple, but well explored. There is deeper strategy than I realized at first with how to optimally use the damaged balloon to move around the screen.
I was a little thrown off by the mixels (different pixel sizes) between the action layer and the background.
But while the game is simple, it is well-executed. I gave it a few good runs an managed to get a high score of just over 26k. Solid entry!
I enjoyed the simple gameplay and the graphics. Even though the music wasn't created by you it does add a nice touch to the atmosphere. I have a couple notes: - The birds sometimes spawn very high, or out of screen view, and pop the balloon without you being able to see them barely - The game doesn't feel like it progresses in difficulty. I reached 5000m without any noticeable difficulty increases - It doesn't really feel like there's any penalty for getting hit by a bird because I could just backspace right away. The how to play screen implies there would have been a penalty for continuous repairing but I didn't really feel any.
Otherwise it's a pretty chill, fun game!
@carlos-murillo Thank you for the feedback! So I wanted some leeway in terms of letting the player go a little off screen so that there is more playable area, but at the same time I didn't want it to be devoid of bird spawns up there. As for your other two points they are related, there was a bug in my math and the programming so the mechanics for increasing the difficulty over time was not working!
@bitdecay I'm glad you liked it! Thank you on the feedback about the mixels, I had no idea that was a term! I guess I should have prioritized all the art mingling around together better!
Solid art, and really nice moody music!
The gameplay felt simple but somewhat relaxing, could get really far with no problem, would like to see how a version with the difficulty increasing will affect the overall feel of the game!
Good job!
@chaoseiro Believe me I agree with you haha, I just couldn't get the spawning scrip to behave the way I wanted to. I have fixed the bug so that the difficulty actually scales.
Great art and mood. Score is timed by birds hit so it's less punishing. Nice.
Controls could be a bit more responsive. Maybe higher acceleration when falling and lower when rising? Also there is no reason for me to stop smashing backspace except for the weird out of bound error.
All in all well done! Solid entry.
Really nice game and the mood is great as well. This seems like the type of game that I could play for a long time and not really notice the time go by. Great job!
I really like the art and the music, and I appreciate the little story elements and wordplay. the controls feel a little unresponsive, which i suppose is on brand for this type of game, so no real damage there. Really cool!
Simple and well working idea with nice graphics and sound! Well done :thumbsup:
This is a well made game! I like the simplicity, and the graphics look really amazing. Altogether, it is a game that gives a nice feeling of completeness. I like the idea of flying around in a giant balloon (and the balloon looks exceptionally nice). The birds are fast, and very difficult to dodge! Great game overall!
I loved the graphics and sound! It is a fun game, congrats! I had a little trouble exiting the "How to Play Screen", maybe a button or a clear indication that "Esc" exits would be nice
@gustavo You're absolutely right, the how to play screen was the very last thing I made and it originally would be dismissed by any key but for some reason certain keys would cause a weird bug that would make it impossible to dismiss the window, so binding it to esc was a band-aid fix just so that I had something working by the deadline.
Love the graphics and sounds
As a pigeon hater, I approve of this game! I like it a lot, reminds me of the games of old like the helicopter game that you moved up and down with 1 button. The repair mechanic was also interesting. I think the movement was a bit too floaty for me, but otherwise dope
Loved the graphics especially liked the tutorial. Although I felt the controls were very slow and not giving me full control
I think a slower bird-speed (so it's easier to dodge) and more clear hints on how the game works, would benefit the game. I hope seeing more a polished version because I really the concept, graphics and sound! :)
Really enjoyed the art and felt the writing fit in well, both brought a good mood to life. I really appreciated the how to play screen. Not a big deal but when playing the web build the Quit buttons don't work - but I am thankful you made a web build so I don't mind that too much. Great work :)
@andreia Thanks for the feedback! I'm very glad to get so many positive responses to my art because I consider myself an artist first and a very novice programmer second! I'm very unfamiliar with WEbGL and the web version was kind of an afterthought but I figured it would make my game a lot more accessible. I figured it wouldn't be too big a deal that there wasn't a proper quit button since it is just embedded in a browser. However, I will look into the actual solution.
Gameplay is a bit bland, I think it's because the maneuverability of the balloon are poor so players can't actually dodge the birds. All I need to do is keep pressing the space bar and press backspace when I hear a bird hit. Art and sound are very good tho. Keep up the good work!
The game is made in a pleasant style, as well as with pleasant music. The gameplay is simple but quite challenging. Perhaps it was worth making the ball more maneuverable.
Omg beautiful atmosphere! It was so soothing and I loved the art, I played a few times honestly ! Even though it looked easy, it was a little hard at times when trying to get the balloon back up but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing (maybe if you expand on it you can add different difficulties?) Overall, Nice job!!
thank you for a great experience! The graphics are adorable! Curious mechanics. I think it will be possible to make something really cool out of it. It is played perfectly!
True, I personally did not fly further than 500 meters, but I am a noob haha
Those are some pleasant vibes coming from audio. I hope no birds were harmed in making of this game, or ballooners :balloon:
The audio and the graphics were really nice. The gameplay was fun as well, however I would sometimes get an error when trying to repair the balloon and was not able to continue playing the game. But great game otherwise.
The art style is really nice. The in-game mechanics could be more "balance" and less spamming, but overall nice game :)
Even added a pause button, you're a chad
I liked the parallax scrolling. What could be improved is the choice of keys to control the balloon