Balancing Act

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.28

How To Play



Controls


- Left/Right to move the falling weight
- Down to accelerate drop. Adds score but may cost you points if in a balanced state...

Production

- Made in Unity 2020.3.19f.
- Piano music recorded in Logic Pro X using Keystation 88 Pro keyboard.
Genres: puzzle
Tools: Unity

Comments8

Blind Archer3 Oct 2021, 20:02
Amazing idea around the theme unstable. Gives a good representation of the mass vs distance on a balance.
Lenan
Lenan4 Oct 2021, 00:10
Incredibly relaxing game, the music contributes a lot to that feeling and overall felt very good to play.
Kora0h4 Oct 2021, 01:02
Music is so comfortable.Very good combination, I like this game.
JCMonkey
JCMonkey4 Oct 2021, 22:37
i set out to get over a million and it was actually pretty easy to do. nice little game, i think the blocks fell a bit too slow, though i was eating while playing your game so that was fine. lmao!!
anchorlight
anchorlight6 Oct 2021, 00:53
This is an incredibly simple and polished idea that clearly has a lot of thought put into it. My only concern is how the scoring system works-- would it be possible to exploit the mechanic by scoring close to perfect and deliberately _not_ using the speed-up function? Random thoughts aside, I have nothing to complain about except that I wish the game could continue for longer if you reached the top with most of your blocks covered as a sort of endless mode. I would have liked to see the game expand so that you had to account for higher numbers like 11-15 with the same scale of balance as before and try to accommodate this.

First playthrough results:

I found your game out of curiosity since my own game was registered as balancing-act-2 on LD-- I'm glad I stumbled on this as it's quite polished.
ItsHornUnicorn
ItsHornUnicorn20 Oct 2021, 16:08
The most unique balance game on the jam. For me visual looking was a little boring and so as music. But i think it's subjectively. Nice entry and good job!
LDJam user 266061
LDJam user 26606120 Oct 2021, 17:52
Nice game, visuals and music. You seem to have had too much fun on piano, it hammers so much a dramatic aspect even if it's not the the case.

Unfortunately, even if adding blocs takes time, I didn't feel really thrilled about balance and points. Maybe it would have been better to have more things at stake?

Also, you are super fast.
negator2vc20 Oct 2021, 19:19
Excellent simple idea turned to a very nice game!
Simple but effective visuals and equally good sound.
Great job!

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