Distract the dog from the inevitable truth with this waaacky balloon game. Use your boop snoot to delay the balloon from touching the ground. What goes up must come down!
Coded by Trev3lyan and illustrated by Althasor, with a stunning vocal performance by Charles, as the Dog.
Use A/D and SPACE to move, and ESCAPE to open the Pause menu.
"Sad" games about animals are on the rise in this edition.
I loved the sound effects and the dog animation is perfect. Programming has become so fluid that it's fun to jump and walk, even without hitting the ball.
What a incredible art, i really love how the dog is drawn, and overall art is fantastic, really. Dog sounds are also so adorable and fun :)) . And good theme match. You just needed to add some music, but it's cool anyway. Rate my game too pls
Nice game! The gameplay is a lot of fun, kept me entertained for a while. Also nice graphics, i really like the cartoon art style. It would've been a lot, a lot better with a soundtrack, but nonetheless nice job! I will definetively come back to play this one again from time to time. My high score is 72 :)
Love the art style and the woof sounds. The game it self is really fun to play.. but who didn't play those games as a child, where you keep the ball as much in the air as possible, so it was a nice throwback.
To bad there is no music! The dog sounds deserve a better rating than what i put in but the lack of music hurts here.
On the other hand i first thought the story would follow the "Jurassic Bark" path till i saw the free dog sign... Maybe he is happier with his new owner(s).
On difficulty - the two balloons at once are my limit got to 87 one time but thats it
Cool game! I had some fun while playing. I would like to have more responsive control to juggle the balls. Maybe faster movement or something like a dash forward. My subjective thoughts, maybe for a postjam version. Overall cool work guys :)
@kaminos the speed and deceleration is intentional, to keep you guessing where the balloon will be, but I understand with the second balloon that gets a lot more tricky. A dash is a good idea, maybe on a cool down. Thanks for the feedback.
@bubakgames@sivarde@mikado@willoxs Admittedly it's our first jam and we went in fairly blind in terms of what's expected, and I didn't imagine so many games would have music, so when we started running out of time I cut the idea. Now I know for next time, so thanks for the feedback.
I'm hope it didn't detract from the experience too much. Thanks for playing!
Love the wagging tail ❤ ! Two balloons made it immediately superhard. Maybe there could be some kind of indicator that shows that there is another ballon coming? Maybe it could be blinking for awhile before dropping? Also I think it would help to understand there is two balloons inc if they have different colors. Overall well executed!
@ocwal I considered adding another text box telling you another balloon was coming. I thought the countdown would be enough since it's the same count down as at the beginning of the game. Unless that didn't start for you, which would be an interesting bug to fix. But yes, having it blink would be a great idea. Thanks for the feedback!
Nice job, I liked the art and always love a game with dogs :D. Difficulty is a bit high, I wish we could se a bit more when the ball disappears from the top of the screen. Great job overall.
This is a fun take on the theme! The game is not that innovative, but makes up for it with polish.
Controls were super nice, graphics, animations and audio were very fun. The small timer to indicate that a new ball will drop is super helpful. The hud is not cluttered, yet informative.
Lovely! The graphics are absolutely spot-on, very well made. The quiet sounds were really nice too, not too over-the top. Got very into it and enjoyed the challenge of two balloons. Got 119 on my first try :)
The artwork and sound are AMAZING! The gameplay is basic but addictive. It's not the kind of game I usually like to play but can say that I played it for a bit longer than I set out to play.
Although I tried more times than I care to admit, I couldn't get past the second wave. Not quite sure if the difficulty is too high or I am (this is more likely) just bad at this kind of game? Either way, a more gradual difficulty curve or a difficulty setting which manipulates the gravity could be a good add.
The audio in this kept me playing for quite a while, best dog sound fx I've heard in a while lol. I really liked the artwork, animations though I felt very sad to see the man leave the free dog sign at the start :(
Didn't expect this game to be this fun, really liked the voice acting. I actually feel like I have a connection to the dog. The graphics were amazing and adorable. Only issue could be that the menu is a bit quiet and too static - if the menu didn't have music, maybe a bit of animations like the keyboard buttons or the words animating would make the menu feel a bit more "alive".
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I loved the sound effects and the dog animation is perfect. Programming has become so fluid that it's fun to jump and walk, even without hitting the ball.
Congratulations!
Some upbeat, fun music would add a lot, but the dog sounds are too funny. Great job!
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Amazing combination.
Nice job
My high score is 60
Also the woof-sounds: Amazing!
On the other hand i first thought the story would follow the "Jurassic Bark" path till i saw the free dog sign... Maybe he is happier with his new owner(s).
On difficulty - the two balloons at once are my limit got to 87 one time but thats it
I'm hope it didn't detract from the experience too much. Thanks for playing!
And yeah as to all newcomers - i hope to see you around next time!
I love the art. It looks gorgeous. The doggo sound effects also brought a smile to my face.
I feel like the difficulty ramps up enormously once the second balloon appears and I never made it much past that point.
Overall, great job!
Two balloons made it immediately superhard. Maybe there could be some kind of indicator that shows that there is another ballon coming? Maybe it could be blinking for awhile before dropping? Also I think it would help to understand there is two balloons inc if they have different colors.
Overall well executed!
The game is not that innovative, but makes up for it with polish.
Controls were super nice, graphics, animations and audio were very fun.
The small timer to indicate that a new ball will drop is super helpful.
The hud is not cluttered, yet informative.
It's looks well designed overall. Great job!
Although I tried more times than I care to admit, I couldn't get past the second wave. Not quite sure if the difficulty is too high or I am (this is more likely) just bad at this kind of game? Either way, a more gradual difficulty curve or a difficulty setting which manipulates the gravity could be a good add.