August 23rd-26th 2013 :: Theme: 10 Seconds
Ludum Dare 27 — August 23rd-26th, 2013
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Every 10 seconds, an amazing miracle happens. The balloon you are parenting ages another year. It's a miracle of life!
Bounce the balloon to adulthood using your loving hands until it is a healthy 14 year old balloon.
Click the arrows to select your balloon, and then press the balloon to take it into care.
Move the mouse to control your hands.
Made in 72 Hours for LD27 JAM.
Art Assets, Design and Story by RoseNinja
Programming by JellyCakes
Edit: Fixed the bug where you couldn't exit when you die.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 65% |
| #73 | Humor(Jam) | 3.43 |
| #155 | Fun(Jam) | 3.27 |
| #157 | Mood(Jam) | 3.27 |
| #224 | Theme(Jam) | 3.25 |
| #305 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.22 |
| #308 | Overall(Jam) | 3.08 |
| #409 | Audio(Jam) | 2.42 |
| #416 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.65 |
Comments
Nice little game, but I think it would of been more challenging if you controlled the hands by the arrow keys. Good Game anyway.
Such a simple concept and yet that was mightily cute!
My second balloon made it to 13 years. Until it died. I probably shouldn't have any children. Ever.
Very nice funny game :D My balloon left me alone for one whole year between 11-12 :( But he returned and lived happily ever after :)
Wow, that was a sad ending. I tried again and let go of it. I didn't realize how deep this game is! I enjoyed playing this game! Great use of the theme.
Fun game, graphics and music were really well done. Good work!
Really nice game! The graphics are great, especially the balloons. Some background music would be nice and it could be more challenging.
Nice way to tie a story behind a keep up theme. I like how the balloon gets progressively larger over time. The art style was good. The ending caught me off guard and made me sad.
An emotional game, great use of the theme! Though it does not have much replayability, it is very nice for 3 days of work and a twist on the bouncing ball genre.
I'm willing to do anything just to make these balloons smile!
Good job :)
I really like the look of the balloon :)
It's getting a bit hard when the balloon is bigger because we don't really know where are our hands, but it's still a funny game.
I like the art (especially the background) and the humor (the game over screen is dark). I also like the game balance--as the balloon gets larger and easier to hit, your hands go out of frame.
As you commented, it really is like the opposite of my game.
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Awesome game! Bouncing is a little bit unreliable, and the Y seems to have a maximum, loved that you added sounds. Graphics were very nicely done! The tears at the end were the best to. Keep it up!