Ludum Dare #27compo

Balloon Rescue

by andreyin

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.31

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.62

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%

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

Comments19

Diogo Muller25 Aug 2013, 23:37

The computer cheats :(

Pretty cool game!

Suese26 Aug 2013, 03:11

Needs sound and music. Could have done with some big tweaks to the physics. It was like a broken version of joust.

TheDreik26 Aug 2013, 04:23

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.

Filth26 Aug 2013, 04:51

Very interesting game feel. I like the hyper-aggressive enemies.

rylgh26 Aug 2013, 05:16

Fun game, would have been happy to play more levels. Simple and effective enemy AI.

lazybraingames26 Aug 2013, 06:20

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!

Tusoalsob26 Aug 2013, 06:49

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.

JALgames26 Aug 2013, 19:03

What is missing in this neice game is music and I think the controlls aren't thery smooth (because of firefox?)

flarb26 Aug 2013, 21:37

SUPER HARD! :)

Jayjay27 Aug 2013, 02:39

Balloon Fight =D

ghRibacki27 Aug 2013, 03:47

Frustrating game, yay! =D
I'll definitely have nightmares of green balloons now!
(for the record, I manage to beat them =p)

Wertle27 Aug 2013, 05:39

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!

panurge27 Aug 2013, 10:59

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!

zatyka27 Aug 2013, 22:45

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.

unusualcadence28 Aug 2013, 10:28

Yeahnice game! A little bit BBC Micro