Unstable Marbles

For future reference - my best score (lower is better, of course). I wonder if someone will beat this...

Really nice physics, this game was hilarious and fun to play. My score was around 780? I was very confused after finishing the first level as it just had me replay the level again. There wasn't really an indication I had to click the buttons to change levels. Maybe arrows for back a level and forward? As well, slightly changing the color of the skybox and dirt for each level would really help each level feel different, even if there are no sprite swaps. 5 star audio!

Really, really cute and a fun challenge. I love the tiny people and pixel flowers, and the audio was especially adorable. I think the UI was a bit of a missed opportunity to do something that matched the pixel-y aesthetic, but it's still a very peaceful game with a great environment!

Thanks @knipsch and @zachary-shah, you are right the UI is not really matching that well, was more of a last-minute thing to add in before shipping it. Thanks for playing :)

THIS IS SO ADORABLE!!!!! enough said. Great work! I accidentally played the first level 3 times before noticing

Super fun game! I definitely wasn't the best but it was definitely a blast! Overall a great entry

It's hard lol ! but i love the idea and the gameplay ! good work !

Nice bouncy physics. Some levels are hard to even make it through. Level 2 was a "forget the balls, just finish" level. I really appreciated the level select, since after going through, I really wanted to retry some obstacles. Nice execution.

I encountered a slowdown seconds before crossing the level 5 flag. Not sure if it was intended, but it created a photo finish feel :)

Well done on playing all the levels @pincushion and congrats in beating my record, so far you are the best player here ;) Thanks @ivysly @goldenevolution and @firtn for playing as well!

The slowdown in Level 5 I noticed as well but it wasn't really planned - to be honest I payed zero attention to performance optimisation, so it is probably because of all the sprites and particle effects happening at that point.

I love the sound design, "You're deeegusting"

The wheels are evil, just plain old evil.

I missed something that would make me feel more confident I was guilty of the mistakes. Many times I tipped over without really understanding why, which made it a bit more frustrating than necessary, not leaving me with the itchy feeling "Oh, I will finish this level THIS time" that usually these games are about.

edit: Now that I read the other comments, I had the slowness on the last level also.

Love the audio and pixel graphics. Some of the balls are too small to see inside the truck. If they were all large, the counter would've been unnecessary and a bit more elegant overall.

"Oh no! You've lost!" Adorable. :D

I love this game, it's so fun to try to get the marbles to the end! Really great job.

Cool game ! Pretty fun ! I wish you had time to warp it up a little more bit feel it could have bring the drive to explore the stage further.

After splashing people with paint:

Pros:

- It's kawaii,
- Cute graphics and audio
- So glad to see kids enjoying gamedev with their parents!
- Actually quite challenging gameplay
- Fun in it's simplicity

Cons:

- Wish there were more to level design
- My truck got stuck sometimes (especially on second level)

Great job!

EKHEM.... technically, you used daugher to record sounds! You havent made them yourself! That's against COMPO rules :joy: JK

This game is very cute! I wish I could control the pitch of the car instead of just the speed but I love the style!

@mikoziq thanks for the feedback and as for my daughter I actually thought about that for a second but then technically I have made her too so... :shrug: :rofl:

Thanks everyone else for playing as well!

Very simple but a joy to play! Love the little people and the little girl's voice was a great addition to make it an adorable little game. 5 stars!

Really fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 49 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/6UdIqDKcGPw

I really love the sound effects and music of that game. Really well made.

Okay, this one is super fun! One special thing about it is that it's basically equally fun when you do badly, because it's pretty hilarious. I could easily see this being expanded into a full release with varied (maybe randomly generated) levels and a bunch of special abilities. Seems very streamable too. Great job! :)

It's a bit hard, I reach 4 levels. This is really unstable, well done. Extra points for your daughter's voice, so cute :)

Nice game with an interesting concept! Audio part is the best =)

Excellent sound work from your audio producer/daughter! Game is pretty fun too, even though I'm terrible at it - might be worth adding a few more levels so you can ramp the difficulty curve up a bit less steeply? Loving the paint splash effects too!

Such a cute game! I love the shape of the car and the physical effects. Also, the audio part is absolutely the highlight:) Great job!

Note to self: Never design a car with oval wheels. They're quite unstable.

Ignore this. LD bugged my post.

Physics are ace! Nice game!

those children are so cute!!!!!!!!!!

I liked it. It reminded me of my flash years.
Although I guess it's totally intentional, I would have liked the veicle to be a little more edgy.

When I realized that the routs were oval I laughed a lot.

A fun game! I love the sound effects — your daughter is a talented voice actress. 5 stars for Audio. Graphics are also top-notch. Also, I like the difficulty level: challenging but not discouraging.

I did it! Physics and voice acting are top notch :smile:

This was very fun to play. Just the reactions of the little people made it worth retrying level 3 like 10 times :D

I liked losing more than winning because the sounds and flying marbles are so much fun! Great interpretation of the theme! I didn't do nearly as well as some of the people who posted screenshots, but I had a great time playing it.

i like the game, so far it was fun and especially whenever i loose. those kids voice saying "oh no you lost", made me laugh XD

pretty good!!! cute voice!

Love the sound design ! The idea is nice but not really found of the physics in the way that the car is a bit to slow wich contrast with the fun vibe of the game. Still it is a fun little game :)

Amazing voice acting :)

Cool game. It was fun to try it out.

This was really fun to play! voice acting was great! My score was not :joy:

Simple, but really fun! Difficult but intuitive! The sounds were great, wish it had a little boppy soundtrack to go along with it, haha.

Nice game, pretty much simple but a lot of fun! Absolutely in love with voice over! SOOOO adorable :3 Great job!