yoav-kagan 2025-10-07 15:13
Very cute! Its a fun mechanic to stack and throw them!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD58 → Circus Puppet Theater
By diralf
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 397 | 3.50 | 45 | |
| Fun | 333 | 3.44 | 45 | |
| Innovation | 386 | 3.26 | 45 | |
| Theme | 247 | 3.89 | 45 | |
| Graphics | 260 | 3.97 | 45 | |
| Humor | 340 | 3.12 | 45 | |
| Mood | 512 | 3.36 | 45 |
Very cute! Its a fun mechanic to stack and throw them!
Very cute graphics, and I love all the details on the animations! I would recommend adding some kind of UI to show what colors you have already collected, as I found myself running back and forth trying to remember the colors.
Cute drawing! It's fun to throw and break the columns)
Loved it, cool thematic mechanic, nice graphics, not too difficult, was fun to complete (a nice length for a jam game but could see how it could be expanded)
Nice graphics, I like it. Maybe a little short, but it could be a good basis to continue developing!
Super cute visual style, kinda relaxing. It's short and simple.
Stacking and throwing was satisfying. Goal and progress wasn't too clear but still a cute game!
Good game! Throwing and picking up other clowns is satisfying with the visual feedback you implemented. Things can get pretty chaotic, which is fun as well :)
Cute art style and interesting mechanic that you have to stun them before you can carry them, but you can use them to stun others. I see you opted out of sound. I think some generic license free jingle would have massively helped to underline the gameplay. Its a really beautifully drawn game though!
Really nice game :) Love the stacking! Makes it a bit easier :D
Cool game... could do with some audio :)
Nice game! Fun and easy to play. Screenshot_3.jpg
Fun little game! Though it wasn’t immediately obvious that you needed to gather someone — the gathering spot didn’t highlight until you got close. If the gathering points were placed directly on the arena, it would’ve been a bit clearer :)
Such a cute game! The mechanism is very interesting. I like to see them stacked together.
double king but jester edition (super fun to play! :D)
Super duper cute and amazing art direction and resulting atmosphere! The impression will certainly stay in my mind :) The game is very compact, a nice little experience! :)
My laptop screen has quite a high resolution while being relatively small, so it was not super easy for me to distinguish which clown colors I had already collected. I recommend making the UI not being affected by the lighting!
A nice idea about circus! I liked changing emotions of those heads)) You should ddevelop that further!
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Your new out-of-game tutorial worked really well - I had a very clear idea of what to do, between that and the game page's description!
I loved the clown designs, and I really liked building my clown stack higher and higher with turret clowns, so that the game became increasingly quick as you became more capable - It was a really nice touch that you let each clown stay friendly after you had picked them up once, because it made returning them to the spotlight much smoother than I feared it was going to be!
I did run into one bug at the end of the game where I had filled all the spotlights, but didn't get the victory screen - I filled the top spotlight last, if that helps track it down. I spent a bit of time trying to puzzle out what I was missing, then I picked the rock in the bottom right up, and put it back down, and got the victory screen.
Overall, well done!
Such a cute game!Everything from the visuals, to the gameplay, to the overall theme feels super well-integrated and smooth. The controls are really comfortable, and the scene transitions are so fluid—it really shows off some impressive technical polish! The art style is super cute (I LOVE the clown designs), and there are tons of thoughtful little details, like how shadows are angled just right. These details really made me feel that the developer is super talented!
Very cute little game!
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Thank you, everyone, for your valuable feedback - I really appreciate it! Sorry I didn’t include a clear tutorial in the game, but I’ve added a small, stylized one on the page in the form of circus tickets - feel free to check it out ;) I’m afraid to promise further development. I do have ideas, and the original concept was more ambitious. Btw the current gameplay grew more out of a funny bug than the original plan :D I’ll see what kind of response this version gets.
@with-an-asterisk Yes, exactly - just clowns instead of crowns :D
@purrseus Yes, it doesn’t look great on large screens. I think I can fix a bit fullscreen without changing the game itself, should be better as an option. Thanks for pointing it out!
@koolruz About the spotlight - possibly something went wrong with the collider, at start it didn’t work at all. I also think it’s missing a small extra effect to show that the spotlight has accepted your offering. Right now, it doesn’t feel like anything happened when you place a clown in the slot. That might have helped resolve the issue faster. Thanks for pointing it out!
It's very funny and I think the scene can be designed bigger will better
Theses clowns are so cute! Can't believe I say that.
It's a nice little game, I had a lot of fun throwing people around ;)
Very funny Carrier Clown actually looks cool, he is my favorite
Such a cute little game. The game fits the theme perfectly.
Nice and easy!
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The gameplay was nice and intuitive enough to pick up and play (and complete) without reading any directions so kudos on that. The in game controls and the slight "sparkle" when you threw a thing to a spotlight (and dupes being rejected) were more than enough guidance to help me to victory.
Very cool art style and smooth animations too. A bit glitchy and confusing when "combat" is going on though. The different color clowns seemed a bit lazy. The kinda break and stand out the whole other art style as clear color tints on the main sprite. And even with just pure colors (which I usually loathe seeing unless in an art style fully leaning to mspaint look). Wouldn't have been such a huge job to color swap them on where ever you drew them, the end result would have been loads nicer! And of course some audio would have been a welcome addition.
The controls were pretty solid. The combat could kinda confusing when the clowns became unstunned and you couldn't quite tell which was an enemy and which was your "weapon". The friendly bullets looking the same as enemy bullets was also a bit of a annoyance. Nothing major of course as the game is so short and even the punishment of losing is so very minor.
The UI list of the things you had gathered seemed kinda unnecessary. And only now going back to play a second round I realized that the thing on the left hand corner was a full screen button. Even though that's the same symbol I always use for it too. 😅 I kept thinking first that it also was some sort of "inventory slot".
But yeah, that's all I've got. Good job! 👍
Great game! The concept is easy to understand and fun to play. The art is adorable. It might be helpful if add UI to show which color of clowns are needed
Neat game! Simple enough concept and gameplay, perfect length for the amount of depth in there currently. I do see how you could expand this out in a lot of different ways. I did find it a little chaotic out in the yard sometimes, I couldn't tell what and why I couldn't pick some clowns up, some didn't looked stunned and I was still able to grab them.
Pretty interesting concept! The controls are intuitive and responsive. It just needs more sound effects and background music to feel complete.
Nice graphics! Could use some audio though.
Very nice looking game, super coherent and cute graphics! Would have liked some music and audio. Good job!
looks nice, need music
Fun to play! The art and atmosphere are amazing, but need some sound. I enjoyed the game!
I really like the visual style of the clowns and the environment. The game is simple and short — perfect for a jam game.
The core mechanic is unusual and fun — stunning clowns and collecting them on your head creates some hilarious moments. The auto-aim feature for targeting clowns is also a smart and convenient addition.
For future development, it could be interesting to see more clown types with different abilities to add variety.
Overall, this is a solid game that would benefit from adding audio, but the core concept is really enjoyable!
Simple and fun, I love the stacking mechanic, I did something similar with my game :smile: The art is incredibly nice and cute. I would have loved some music and sound effects, though, too bad you did not put them in. Some circus music would have been awesome to add to the atmosphere.
Хороший визуал, хорошее следование темы, свежий сеттинг для игры
Very cool mechanics, funny animation and graphics. And the circus theme is always interesting. It was a lot of fun to play. Keep it up!
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Very cool Entry ! The game is fun and short enough that you don't get bored. Well done!
I really liked the art style and the bouncing heads. The stacking mechanic is great and I could see this becoming a fully fledged game!