August 23rd-26th 2013 :: Theme: 10 Seconds
Ludum Dare 27 — August 23rd-26th, 2013
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aka Balloust!
Press arrow keys to move the balloon around;
Press space repeatadly to fly;
You have 10 seconds to rescue everyone and win the game!
If you rescue someone you get an extra second and if you kill an enemy you reset the timer.
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Hey, I've made a better version with better mechanics and more levels! You can play it here http://www.kongregate.com/games/andreyin/balloon-rescue
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 54% |
| #200 | Fun | 3.40 |
| #380 | Humor | 2.59 |
| #548 | Overall | 3.06 |
| #596 | Graphics | 2.81 |
| #641 | Mood | 2.62 |
| #656 | Theme | 3.07 |
| #685 | Audio | 2.31 |
| #702 | Innovation | 2.77 |
Comments
Needs sound and music. Could have done with some big tweaks to the physics. It was like a broken version of joust.
Screen with the text accidentally skipped due to keystrokes and I do not have time to read the text. The gameplay is fun. Feels like Balloon Fight from NES.
Fun game, would have been happy to play more levels. Simple and effective enemy AI.
I rather enjoy the addition of the rescue aspect to an otherwise turbo charged rendition of a Balloon Fight-like game. The words of encouragement are also a really nice touch. Defiantly worth a play!
Great Concept ^^
At least sonebody fond a reason by the Balloon fight games not to stay at the top all the times so you have a nice gameplay, but a bit fast at some times. I whoud like to see it a bit overworked withe some speed-selecting menue.
but its a great improvment of the old concept.
What is missing in this neice game is music and I think the controlls aren't thery smooth (because of firefox?)
Frustrating game, yay! =D
I'll definitely have nightmares of green balloons now!
(for the record, I manage to beat them =p)
I like this, it's kind of like vertical joust. Those jerk enemy balloons should be able to kill each other on accident. Fun mechanic. Good job!
That was a lot of fun. Graphics and sound were nice and clean (especially loved the little Defender style people) and the jousting was tricky but satisfying. Good work!
Cool little balloon fight/joust clone. The AI was a bit too much for me, I found the computer players more frustrating than challenging. I enjoyed the graphics.
Those enemies are really fierce. Fun concept and game overall.
Very cool! Interesting mechanics as well, a really good entry overall.
A little more audio (songs and sound effects) would be nice :)
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The computer cheats :(
Pretty cool game!