Badger Bolt!

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★51%
Badger Bolt is a short game where you play a racing badger! Unfortunately, those pesky rabbits have seen fit to give you a 10 second handicap..

- Click in the game view and press ENTER to go full screen.
- Arrow keys or WSAD to move (well, A+D), SPACE to jump.

Credits
- Made in Unity 3d
- Art, code, sfx by Steve Salmond
- Music generated with the excellent Otomata

Comments41

kayupla25 Aug 2013, 22:39
Just Nice! Original universe and cool gameplay . good work.
matthias_zarzecki26 Aug 2013, 02:11
This looks quite extensive for a game made from scratch in 48 hours. Nice work! Also good use of Unity-Resources.
Tork26 Aug 2013, 05:19
Finshed up third, loved your art and the way meteors work, wish it was faster because I felt the game was way too long. Still in a multiplayer I wouldn't mind the lenght!
OldPeculier
OldPeculier26 Aug 2013, 05:26
No possible way! Seriously, 5 stars is not enough to award this game for graphics. Un-be-lievable! Oh boy I'm dizzy now though.
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor26 Aug 2013, 05:37
Haha, thanks Peculier! - If you think you're dizzy, I've been looking at this game for the last 48 hours! :D
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor26 Aug 2013, 05:38
Tork - agreed that the game is way too long, that was my 'genius' plan for squeezing out the most gameplay, haha. Yeah, multiplayer might help with that.. :)
Kerinova Studios26 Aug 2013, 05:39
These graphics are absolutely amazing. Nice work!
zillix
zillix26 Aug 2013, 05:55
insanely beautiful. brilliant.
fferro23426 Aug 2013, 06:03
What a beautiful, fantastic, bizarre game. I love it. Darn that sun is so creepy though.
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor26 Aug 2013, 06:11
Thanks guys! That sun is creeping me out too now that you mention it.. :)
jay griffin26 Aug 2013, 08:37
Holy Moly, this is a gorgeous-looking game. Not just nicely done, but with a real distinctive hand-illustrated style to it. Everything about this one is pure quality.
Nitrodeus26 Aug 2013, 10:23
Really awesome game :) great graphics, sounds etc...
well done !
I didn't have unity web player, but it's ultra quick to install (literally 2 seconds) ^^
01010111
0101011126 Aug 2013, 18:13
I love the sun, great work!
GrimGary26 Aug 2013, 18:18
Loved it! Very beautiful! Came in first! Yar! [flex]
zedutchgandalf
zedutchgandalf26 Aug 2013, 18:20
Really nice! I love the art, love the concept and love the music! :)
Mr. Jif26 Aug 2013, 18:20
Nice work. The graphics were beautiful.
ChronusZ
ChronusZ26 Aug 2013, 19:44
The art and music in this are beyond fantastic. The gameplay itself is a little easy. I lapped everyone at least twice :)
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor26 Aug 2013, 20:22
Hah, you're much better than it than me then Chronus! I have trouble beating that damn rabbit most times... Cheers :D
plancien
plancien26 Aug 2013, 21:25
Seriously, these are among the most beautiful graphics I've ever seen for a video game. Very found of the mood, sky, lighting, everything....
I played your preview during the contest, and came back to see the finished game.
I must say I'm somehow disappointed by the game play. It's good, but far from excellence of the graphics.
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor26 Aug 2013, 22:42
I totally agree about the gameplay - I'm not a great game designer by any means. That's mostly why I decided to enter Ludum Dare, actually. Hoping to improve in the future! Thanks for the feedback Plancien. :D
Ghostik
Ghostik27 Aug 2013, 12:58
Really nice graphic man!
dudsen27 Aug 2013, 21:43
Sir, the visuals are stunning! As mentioned before the gameplay is meh. maybe 10 laps is a bit to much? Could need a bit more variety. But, damn you redefined the words style and beauty. Much respect!
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor27 Aug 2013, 23:45
I did have some plans for a bunch of different powerups / powerdowns / obstacles along the way like jetpack, zimmer frame, beserk mode (charge straight through obstacles and smash em), that kinda thing. Don't know if it would have made the gameplay more fun, was hoping it would spice things up and maybe inject a bit of humor. In any case, I ran out of time (and willpower) to implement anything like that. Yeah, probably should have just reduced the lap count like you say. Cheers for the feedback! :D
xndr28 Aug 2013, 08:35
Uhh. Cool!
Erkberg
Erkberg28 Aug 2013, 13:20
Extremely good looking and the gameplay is also fun, really enjoyed this.
Marcos Rodrigues28 Aug 2013, 15:53
Nice colors on the sky and ground but I think the level design needs more care
Hayawi30 Aug 2013, 07:10
i did not feel the music fitted well,kind of laggy but its still an ok game
Sergey Mohov30 Aug 2013, 09:59
I like my games like I like my badgers: hand-drawn and weird :P
GVmakesGames
GVmakesGames30 Aug 2013, 18:09
Good game, nothing to say. It's funny to play it :D
alwaysinbeta31 Aug 2013, 17:19
Fun game. Wonderful graphics. Really like the sound effects.
almightyzentaco
almightyzentaco1 Sep 2013, 00:42
As a game this was just okay. But as a representation of style, art, and concept it is very very cool. This is in fact one of the best looking games I've seen on here. The style is unique, clever, and very well implemented. I think this would have been better suited to an interesting platformer instead of a simple racer where you run around the planet in circles though. Excellent work!
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmondauthor1 Sep 2013, 04:35
Thanks zentaco - yeah, a platformer would have been cool. Next time perhaps! :)
Danvil2 Sep 2013, 00:05
Very nice graphics!
Larzan
Larzan5 Sep 2013, 07:04
Wow, simple gameplay, but so beautiful, i couldn't stop :)
lesterpig
lesterpig5 Sep 2013, 08:11
Don't like unity, but graphics are obviously very very beautiful ! Hovewer, gameplay is a bit too simple ;)
Lokarunith
Lokarunith5 Sep 2013, 21:37
Awesome graphics, the sun and the moon are especially well drawn. A great entry, was really fun to play but storywise the relation to the theme is lacking, badgers have to wait 10 seconds just because the rabbits said, you could figure out a better pretext but apart from that everything else is excellent.

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