Ludum Dare #44compo

A Burning Rabbit Experiment

by jani-nykanen

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.70

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.43

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Game concept:

You control a bunch of burning bunnies. The longer they keep burning, the more money they will yield once they hit the ground and die. That's the game goal: try to keep rabbits alive, but when they are precious enough, sacrifice them to earn money. However, every sacrifice will reduce one life, so make sure you'll have some lives in stock!

The bunnies will turn more yellow ("golden") over time, and once they hit the max gold value, they will also give an extra life once dying.

Note: It's not obvious, but the game ends when you run out of lives, not bunnies.

Controls:

- Arrow keys: move
- Down arrow: quick fall
- Z: Jump, "flap"
- Enter: pause

Music?

There was "music" for a short amount of time, but mystically it disappeared!

Screenshots:

Comments38

Tero Pulkkinen29 Apr 2019, 04:28

The graphics style is just amazing. The game logic is a little difficult, but it's very clearly high quality product, very similar to the 1980's commercial games. Getting that high level quality in such short amount of time is very good archievement.

FM Studio29 Apr 2019, 10:36

Really amazing pixel art. The game is very hard but still enjoyable. Well done.

Madbeagle29 Apr 2019, 10:57

Stunning graphics. I think you've inspired me to try pixel art next time, it looks so cool when done well.

victorcrafty29 Apr 2019, 11:03

Cool game. I like the old style and the sounds fit very well.Also the idea , but for me it was hard to understand what to do. Anywhay Great job!

Fenderbate29 Apr 2019, 11:26

Really well done :smiley: the bunnies are a bit hard to control, but that's what makes the game challenging.

theviraldragon29 Apr 2019, 11:54

Great game. Such a nice polished one too. Its a bit too difficult for me though. Then again i am shot at these sorta games anyway. Good luck

gimblll29 Apr 2019, 13:05

Good looking game, a bit hard to get a grip on but fun.

Martynas29 Apr 2019, 13:24

Very good looking graphics and responsive controls. The only problem is that the tutorial diplay time is too short. Overall good game!

Johan Alexandersson29 Apr 2019, 14:08

Amazing graphics and great fun! Could use some music though... :)

ROBOWARRIOR198229 Apr 2019, 16:33

This game is simple to play but hard to master ! Very great idea ! Nice pixel art (rabbits are so cute), amazing job.

OrbitalBlueprint29 Apr 2019, 16:36

Very cute! Looks and feels super polished, lovely experience!

Tudvari29 Apr 2019, 16:58

Liked the art style and also the mechanics have lots of depth, and have lots of potential for even more depth. And controls are well implemented!

I'm a bit sad that there isn't any music :confused:

Also maybe the game is not for me, but controlling multiple bunnies at the same time was a bit hard for me :smile:

Keep it up!

DeathBySnail29 Apr 2019, 18:04

Cool graphics, pretty challenging but a real interesting idea.

Mika la Grand29 Apr 2019, 18:38

I feel like there is too much happening at once. There are also sometimes two rabbits on screen at once, which doesn't help either. Though it was funny game and the graphics looked really good.

Rombus29 Apr 2019, 20:29

The graphics are amazing! And the gameplay fun, although some things happen and I'm not sure if I have control of them or not, and when you respawn sometimes you just don't have a close by platform to land on. Although the double jump definitively helps.
Other than that, the visuals and sfx are awesome!

Rombus29 Apr 2019, 20:29

sorry for the double post!

joemanaco29 Apr 2019, 20:32

Very nice graphics, good controls, very polished entry.

64mega29 Apr 2019, 21:25

Love the art-style as always, and I had a good bit of fun with it once I figured out how to survive!

ViNMH30 Apr 2019, 00:57

Nice graphics, remind me of SNES games.

dinosire30 Apr 2019, 03:00

Woah really solid looking game, I loved your take on the theme I think you really nailed it!

Drauthius30 Apr 2019, 09:27

Pretty solid and fun entry :smile:

sillyman98730 Apr 2019, 11:03

Love it a lot!!!!!!!

fullmontis30 Apr 2019, 13:33

I really like the graphics, clean and easily readable. The fact that you can go out of one end of the screen and into another really confused me, but that's just not being used to it, I guess. I think you have a nice little platformer here.

Eliphas30 Apr 2019, 14:14

Very good and polished game, you guys did a good job!

Korteh30 Apr 2019, 16:34

controlling many rabbits at the same time nearly impossible, but still a very nice game

T.A.C. Commandeur30 Apr 2019, 18:36

I love the artwork!

Ithildin30 Apr 2019, 20:44

This is one of those hard as nails games where I tend to get hooked trying to improve my score even by one point.
Managing two rabbits at the same time (perhaps it's more than two, but I haven't managed to keep more than one alive for long :sweat: ) is super challenging and adds a whole new layer of complexity, cool detail!

Graphics are amazing. I really missed having music (it can be hard to get everything done in 48h, so it's understandable), but other than this you've got a really solid entry.

Congrats!

anstabo30 Apr 2019, 21:30

The pixels look very big on my 4K monitor x). Great nostaligic game !

bigwhiteshogun1 May 2019, 09:57

Wow this is one tough game, don't let the cutesy art style fool you! Speaking of which, can we agree this is one of the best looking games this jam? I love pixel art and it is phenomenal, especially when we take to account low resolution the sprite were made with. Astonishing work! Love it.

Game-mon1 May 2019, 13:07

Really like the whole experience. It's a fun game, the graphics and SFX are really nice as well. The start screen looks very retro, love it (: Congrats! :D

udo1 May 2019, 13:33

At first I had no idea what was going on, just giant moving pixels in my face :laughing: Good word! You nailed the aesthetics, the artwork is very consistent. I can't really explain why, but I do feel disconnected from the controls a little, maybe there could be some more immediate feedback on the rabbit as it moves? No idea. Again, good work, especially given the Compo constraints!

JofersGames1 May 2019, 17:25

Loved it, especially the art, great job :)

DeepTerror1 May 2019, 21:37

In another timeline, this game could have been a Gameboy cartridge sold in a supermarket ! :v:
Really nostalgic entry, I really like the arts and sounds, that remind me some past games.
Really good job !

Oivin F2 May 2019, 16:04

Very tight and cohesive gameplay. Interesting idea as well. My one critique is that the background is too saturated making it much harder to distinguish what's foreground and background in tight situations. Great entry!

Webow2 May 2019, 20:13

it took a while for me to get used to the controls and movement game mechanic, but once I did I found it highly rewarding and the right level of challenge. The artwork is neat and consistent, fits with the mood of the game. I would have perhaps made the background less darker and desaturated, maybe just to help with focussing on the main event?

Kukareru Sekai2 May 2019, 21:30

I found trying to balance more than one bunny to be kinda frustrating, but I did enjoy the concept. The graphics were very nice as well.

sillyman9873 May 2019, 09:45

More than one bunny and only 1 life is hard because if one dies you lose.

cloakedninjas4 May 2019, 17:34

Graphics are great, love the retro vibe. My only gripes are the controls being a bit wooly and that your new bunny spawns way too quickly after you die

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