Gassy Dancer [LD42]

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Ludum Dare 42 entry "Running Out of Space"


https://penguinpotential.itch.io/gassy-dancer-ld42

Play as the gassy dancer as you try to dance without getting your feet stepped on! Clear the room with a powerful toot and keep on dancing 'til the cows come home!

Instructions:
F/V/N/J - Select Dance Move

Space - Hit the marker
G/H - Build-up gas
Space - Release gas

screenshot
Genres: rhythm
Tools: Unity

Comments17

Mikee12 Aug 2018, 22:25
Nice game, really addictive and fun! Did I break it or something?
artbohr13 Aug 2018, 02:14
Fun game with real crazy controls, nice music, graphics and idea.
Tero Pulkkinen
Tero Pulkkinen13 Aug 2018, 02:19
the graphics looks pretty ok. Goes long way towards creating actual game, with keys actually causing real actions on screen.
chaitae
chaitae13 Aug 2018, 02:25
I really liked spamming the gas passing buttons.
Paden Shorey13 Aug 2018, 03:40
Very goofy and creative game. I don't really understand why I'm dancing though when I could just keep building up gas and letting it rip to keep the clouds/fans away.
PenguinPotential
PenguinPotentialauthor13 Aug 2018, 05:50
@paden-shorey gotta get points to get the high score, and the speed ramps up over time so it'll get harder to maintain your combo if you focus on tootin'
kippllo
kippllo13 Aug 2018, 16:46
Unique gameplay! I like the creative idea!

Pros:
- Awesome graphics
- Good music
- smooth gameplay

Cons:
- It took me a second to figure out I had to press space to land the dance move. It almost felt more natural to press "j" again. (Or whatever the dance button was)
- Maybe have the gas build a little by itself over time.

Over all a really solid game!
Sokuaisushi
Sokuaisushi15 Aug 2018, 02:52
A really neat and interesting game! I especially liked the artwork, and the sounds and music were really good for a Compo entry!

Really interesting take on the theme too, nice job :smiley:
chipolux
chipolux15 Aug 2018, 04:01
I really liked this one! Awesome use of the theme, it does seem like it would be more intuitive to just double press the move button rather than space. The protagonist was very relatable, sometimes you just gotta toot.
PenguinPotential
PenguinPotentialauthor15 Aug 2018, 14:03
@kippllo @chipolux I originally had even more buttons (B to "toot"). Good suggestions, I'll look into "ease of access" for future projects. Even to me I felt like I was playing "finger Twister" sometimes while testing. Good feedback!
Jegus9
Jegus915 Aug 2018, 14:58
IMO the controls were pretty weird and I don't know if that's the intention, but I just spammed the fart and farmed score indefinitely without a problem, so it became like a button smasher. But aside from that, the game is well drawn and the theme was hilarious. Please keep making games.
Rebecca Kremer
Rebecca Kremer15 Aug 2018, 16:15
Overall extremely fun and good entry! Loved the unique premise and how it fit the theme. It was a little confusing with all the buttons sometimes but once you get in a groove it all seemed to flow very well. Had a great time and some laughs. Awesome job!
MZA
MZA15 Aug 2018, 22:16
I eventually realised that i can spam the space bar. I really wanted to do a super-fart but i do not fully understand how to do that. Really funny entry though XD.
frozenfire92
frozenfire9216 Aug 2018, 02:36
I thought this entry was pretty funny. I thought the mechanic of building up and then the timed release was cool (and could translate to a lot of games), good work!
joltjab
joltjab16 Aug 2018, 05:17
I have acquired mastery beyond mastery! Skill beyond skill! I dance the dance of the gods!

And on an unrelated note I found a bug in the game.
joltjab
joltjab16 Aug 2018, 05:26
So it's a bit tough to say exactly what is causing it, but spamming the space bar at some point can trigger an effect that makes you always hit the mark. And you also don't need to hit F V N or J. There's a way to set that with the fart buttons to so you just hit the space bar for perfect hits, and max bottom bar. Bit tough to do though.

Outside of the bug I thought the game was a silly design and fun to play! His dance poses are my favorite part!

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