Welcome! This is my 2nd Ludum Dare, please be gentle.
Hot Air Balloons Or People?
What is this game? This game is made for the LD43 by myself on my own, in this game the objective is to keep your hot air balloon in the sky for as long as you can, you will be forced to sacrifice either people or money that is attached to the hot air balloon. Now this will not be an easy task as you will have to watch out for birds flying in the sky and they will affect you!
Controls: - Left Mouse Button - Select Objects. - Space - Use when asked to skip scenes. - Esc - Pause while in game.
Let me know what you think and any and all feedback is well appreciated! :D
The conflicting goals of staying in the air for as long as possible and landing with a minimum of people and money could make more levels with different aerial threats interesting.
For now, until the deadline, I would suggest adding a pause menu with a resume button and a quit button like the one in your main menu.
@atium-addict Thank you so much for the kind words and feedback, i have updated the game build and included a Pause button in-game and also a quit from in-game too! Thank you so much for the suggestions!
Pretty interesting game. I think I could have lasted longer, but I think I hit the top of the map. I love the added screams of everyone. It's kinda funny!
Overall was this a very funny little game. The graphics was very sweat and it fits the game idea very well. The music in the game was okay, but it could have been better. The game idea was okay, but it lacked a bit of difficulty.
Nice job, fit the theme very well. I like the idea and the graphic style. My complaints is about the balance of the game, for now the best way for me to land is do nothing. If you adjust the damage that birds hurts would make this game even better. Good game overall.
Fun game, with an interesting original concept that fit the theme, cool graphics and sound. The play experience was a little limited - I couldn't really tell what the birds did that was so bad other than cost you a little bit of cash. Very nice work.
The soundtrack is a little bit annoying but fits well with the art style. Sacrificing people is kind of offsetting your progress to land. In general, it has some nice gameplay.
So doing nothing causes you to complete the level with enough coin and people and not a terrible time staying a float. I didn't really feel I was sacrificing anything because the goal of 50 gold and at least one person can be met by doing nothing. The main menu music was nice but the actual game music got redundant. I enjoyed the graphics for the bird hitting the balloon. Needs a few tweaks to actually feel there is a challenge here.
I liked mousing over the people on the menu! Funny. Nice sfx and music. Theme fits well too.
The game itself needs a bit of balancing/tweaking, that I feel others have not touched on yet: The random patterns of the birds kind of clashes with the abilities the player has. If the player could (somehow) make themselves lower down/heavier, or if they could affect/kill the birds in some way then there would be a lot more skill involved in getting to the ground with the most money/people. Currently, to me, it just feels too random. Hope that helps!
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For now, until the deadline, I would suggest adding a pause menu with a resume button and a quit button like the one in your main menu.
The sound effects are great and funny!
My complaints have already been voiced by those above. Although maybe have the consequences of losing money and/or people greater.
Nice.
The game itself needs a bit of balancing/tweaking, that I feel others have not touched on yet: The random patterns of the birds kind of clashes with the abilities the player has. If the player could (somehow) make themselves lower down/heavier, or if they could affect/kill the birds in some way then there would be a lot more skill involved in getting to the ground with the most money/people. Currently, to me, it just feels too random. Hope that helps!