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Avoid storm clouds while traveling on BaloonHorse! ;)
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 69% |
| #174 | Humor(Jam) | 3.40 |
| #361 | Audio(Jam) | 3.30 |
| #533 | Theme(Jam) | 3.65 |
| #634 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.21 |
| #718 | Fun(Jam) | 2.91 |
| #738 | Mood(Jam) | 2.94 |
| #874 | Overall(Jam) | 2.89 |
| #929 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.40 |
Comments
Cute game! Would avoid having Space for the try again button, since it's a web player, and hitting Space makes the page move down. Nicely done!
Funny main character and great music. Thou the gameplay could be richer with othe obsacles or more smooth controls.
Funny and fun. I like the horse's nonchalant look. Nice design.
Well this is funny!) Would love to see some increasing difficulty, cause after 500+ score I had a feeling that I couldn't loose. Otherwise nice entry!
How can people have such ideas? o.O
Control is a bit slow, was sometime impossible to avoid clouds right next to each other.
> sometime impossible to avoid clouds right next to each other.
Yep, it's unmerciful roguelike baloon-horse riding! =D
Really funny idea and I love the presentation - the sprites look nice and the audio is great as well. I found the game a bit hard though, I die really early. :)
Funny game, with that horse baloon xd And you fit very well with the theme :)
Funky music. Liked the aesthetic, it was a bit surreal. Functionally it worked well, but I would have liked some increase in difficulty. Good use of both themes.
Cool game. I wish it would have gotten harder as I progressed though. Also, allowing the user to hold the movement buttons to ascend and descend would have been nice. Great job though!
Hilarious. I liked your entry. When I have seen the pretty background, I said myself - this game is so cute. I love this flying horse. Of course, the gameplay isn't really original, but it respects the theme. A good project. Neat ++
The mood, the and humor are strong in this one! Well done guys :D
270 :)
Awesome theme and music! The gameplay is simple but works well.
Nice game, simple and good theme. Liked the funky music too :)
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Haha fun theme, a bit similar to our entry in gameplay :)