Pablo's piñata party

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.37
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83
My submission for Compo Ludum Dare 51.

It is my second game I have ever made. Last time I only used static objects. So I now wanted to experiment with animations and have more features. Play in full screen mode.
Tools: Unity

Comments15

Dfyzet3 Oct 2022, 08:56
Keep it up!
It is immediately clear that a great job has been done. Cool style, nice sprites, good controls.
Platforms sometimes spawn in a column, making it difficult to move (sometimes you can almost get stuck), but this happens quite rarely
Douwe_Ravers
Douwe_Ravers3 Oct 2022, 10:34
The music sets the mood very nicely!

Also painted art is very nice!

The difficulty is just right not to easy not impossible.

Great game!
LDJam user 04 Oct 2022, 09:31
Diede here; I really liked the game. it was very clear and i loved the theme. The music was super nice and the graphics were cute! One remark that would i give is that i would love to see the pinata explode :smile:
Kregap
Kregap10 Oct 2022, 10:09
Great entry! :v:
ShaunShepherd13 Oct 2022, 07:20
The animations look great, and the game presents a fun loop. Might be cool for there to be multiples pinatas and they explode every 10 seconds, instead of having just the one slowly grows in size. That would allow the core premise to be turned into a game loop which could allow for a more expansive game. Great work!
broodjethomaat13 Oct 2022, 07:36
The music was fun! Im just missing a timer. Also took me quite a while to figure out up was jump, I was playing with ASDW.
BoOdbarbak
BoOdbarbak13 Oct 2022, 07:43
Nice music and arts. Feels like a mexican western movie :) Very good for a second game dev, especially in 48 hours . Looking forward to your next games ;) Well done.
LDJam user 300422
LDJam user 30042213 Oct 2022, 07:53
Nice game, i like the graphics style and the relaxing music. Changing the level every 10 seconds is a good and simple idea. The jumping controls feel a bit floaty, there are some good gdc talks and ressources on optimizing platformer controllers. Overall good job :thumbsup:
Steffo
Steffo13 Oct 2022, 17:06
Yay! I saved the Piñata Party!

Now, my review:

- your core gameplay loop is fun, and controlling the character was pretty good!
- not knowing when the Piñata was going to burst or how many cacti were needed to pop it made me get a frustrating game over the first time I played
- graphics are... very programmer-y, but it's a good thing that they are all consistent and at you have a walk cycle which contributes well to the feeling of the character controls
- something weird is going on with your music: there was some kind of background noise in it probably caused by your recording method, and additionally it seemed like another song was playing at the same time?
- I appreciated the explaination of why we have to pop the piñata, seemed funny to me
- the mood, like the graphics, is pretty consistent and works well

Overall... pretty good job for your second entry! :slight_smile:
congusbongus
congusbongus15 Oct 2022, 12:39
Love pablo's clothing choice, very fiesta!
Knatt
Knatt15 Oct 2022, 19:39
controls are satisfying once you get ahold of them. Simple but a fun one
Harmadillo18 Oct 2022, 17:54
Nice game. I liked the art style and the chill music.
kuviman
kuviman19 Oct 2022, 14:23
Piñata went to zero health yet it was still gameover hmmm
JakobTheQuizGuy
JakobTheQuizGuy20 Oct 2022, 16:01
The graphics and audio work together to create a nice cozy mood :D
LDJam user 259831
LDJam user 25983120 Oct 2022, 17:01
Cool game! I wish there was a countdown so I knew how much time was left, and a tutorial or even a comment in the post to use arrow keys instead of WASD would be great too. All around great stuff for a second entry!

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