The Pond is Bigger Than He Look

by jake-white

co-authored: @pichuscute0

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.37

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.29

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.17

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Dart across the water, eating bugs to gain energy after starting with none and jump back to your home. "the Pond is Bigger than He Look" is a physics-based Ludum Dare 45 game about being a pondskater bug, created by Jake White and Benjamin Busche in 72 hours.

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Controls:

Mouse - Rotate

Left click - Dart forward

Space - Jump, hold to increase trajectory

Tab - Open/Close scorecard

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RNG Party Games - Jake White & Benjamin Busche.

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments20

Yeomsley7 Oct 2019, 22:29

Fun game! I now see it was kind of like golf. I found it hard to orient myself without camera rotation, but it was still really fun to build up momentum and launch myself up the river system. :smile:

jackcaunter8 Oct 2019, 01:52

This was fun! Around level 1 or 2 is a part where it's hard to see without the camera rotation, but the later levels fix that. I beat the game, and had a lot of fun jumping absurdly high around the map :)

Bredera8 Oct 2019, 07:18

cool little game! likes the art and music as well. movement was a bit tricky. overall great job!

Zhorky8 Oct 2019, 07:28

Really nice game. I loved the graphics and the gameplay. Easy to learn - hard to master. The golf like winning screen is somewhat weird tbh.

Vaibho8 Oct 2019, 07:34

Enjoyed it, The pond is really bigger than he looks.

Baktillus8 Oct 2019, 07:34

Super cool! The graphics work extremely well, looks very polished.
I like the fish keeping you from taking too long but I could've really used camera rotation at points.
Nice sense of progression when hopping from pond to pond and it poses a pretty good challenge too

Human Writes Code8 Oct 2019, 07:36

Very cool! A really interesting idea with really nice mechanics. I must be a complete scrub though because I really struggled to eat enough bugs to keep my energy up. Nice music and feel to the game, too.

NachtWitch9 Oct 2019, 00:56

Fantastic game, has a certain charm to it that makes me want to replay the game over and over, really hope you work in this further, I'm loving this, 10/10

Fredbernardo9 Oct 2019, 00:57

I really like the mood and the graphics! It was hard to control and to avoid leaving the pond, but it was a nice experience to travel and jump through it. Great job!

GhostGoatsGames10 Oct 2019, 03:50

A little laggy at time, but a very cool game. Love the art and the music. Mechanics were really fun too. Really nice job!

Porocyonak10 Oct 2019, 03:54

very pretty!

scalliondelight10 Oct 2019, 04:00

this is fun to click around on - just wish i could manipulate the camera to set the arc better. its a little hard to tell that you're being reset because of energy running out at first -- i might recommend changing the color of the energy bar when you're getting low.

Chorizo10 Oct 2019, 04:02

I love the music and some weird fish ate me!

Sheepolution10 Oct 2019, 22:28

Really cute and quite fun. Wish you were able to rotate the camera. An arrow of where to go would've been nice as well. Eventually I wasn't sure which direction to go and couldn't find a checkpoint on either side. The graphics and audio are great, really sets the mood. I like how you can't wait for too long or else the monster attacks you. Well done!

Annie Owl11 Oct 2019, 18:58

What a cute and relaxing game :slight_smile: I only wish there was a camera rotation option, because aiming at the bugs, that you left behind is really frustrating.

Swanijam22 Oct 2019, 03:50

adorable game with an adorable title. I found it a little non-obvious which direction to go, but i don't mind learning the course before trying to get a good run on it. Beautiful art and adorable character! Thank you for the fun game :D

Pedro Miranda23 Oct 2019, 17:04

Really like the game, it is fun and relaxing to play. The art style is cute and the sfx are well done as well. Congratz for your entry!

Alchemic29 Oct 2019, 05:11

This game is so cute! It's really relaxing and fun to just skate around. The music and sfx are really great. The ambient sounds add a lot to the immersion. The graphics are fantastic. Really nice entry!

Daviscartes29 Oct 2019, 06:11

A quite cute game! The music is very relaxing. I think it would be better with the camera control~