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Boba’s Love Story

by ble
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.62
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.36
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.50

Boba's Love Story


🐹 A tiny adventure about chasing love.


Guide Boba through a world full of friends, rivals, and unexpected choices.
Leave your marks, learn new signals, and discover your own way to win someone’s heart.

Love isn't simple—and you don't have just one path.

🎮 Controls


- Move your mouse to explore
- Hold Left Click to leave your “mark” on the ground

💡 Credit


- Tools: Godot 4.6, PicoCAD2, PhotoShop, GarageBand, Audacity, Resprite, Aseprite
- Font: PixelifySans

📖 Stuck? Official Guide


If you’re feeling lost, here's a gentle hint:

- In the center of the map, learn how to draw a circle to "greet" a friend
- Head south to meet the mentor—draw a circle to learn from the mentor how to upgrad your tail
- Use your upgraded tail on the left side to knock over all the rocks and help your friend
→ this will teach you the "Enhance" symbol
- Go north to meet your crush
- Learn the "Court" signal from your rival
- Defeat your rival and their followers using your enhanced tail
- Combine Enhance + Court to win your crush's heart

*(But hey… your crush isn't the only option. Maybe love is closer than you think.)*
Tags: #animals, #open world, #pixel art
Genres: action, adventure, puzzle
Tools: Aseprite, Audacity, Godot

Comments34

LDJam user 38980620 Apr 2026, 01:49
I got 2 girlfriends, yay
great puzzle games with fun little secrets!
gubo
gubo20 Apr 2026, 02:41
love the hamster theme, and bonus stage is surprisingly hard
LDJam user 42864620 Apr 2026, 05:08
Such a great game! Getting it to detect the right shape can be a little finicky, but besides that everything in this is just so well done.
Jacat
Jacat20 Apr 2026, 05:39
It’s such a cute art style. I haven’t figured out the objective yet, but I love that I can freely do whatever I want.
Alex Mulkerrin
Alex Mulkerrin20 Apr 2026, 09:35
Really striking artstyle with the low poly animals with no shading, Makes me think of Katamari. The drawing 'signals' is very intuitive although the star shape is a bit difficult to pull off. I really like how the story is expressed through music and actions not words. The bonus has a great shift in tone with the music :D

All in all a stellar entry and I could easily see it being extended into a bigger game with more environments and marks.
jester1454
jester145420 Apr 2026, 15:19
oh, its so cute and beautiful, and so satisfying mechanically. don't understand without guide, but i finished, and i love game!
DzejPi
DzejPi20 Apr 2026, 16:59
Probably the most adorable game I've played so far this LD! I admire this artstyle where models are as simple as they can be, but still ridiculously cute and most importantly, with so much personality. Makes me wonder whether I should give PicoCAD a try some day.

Movement feels fluid and impactful. Everything feels so responsive and alive, and I love the scarf (hopefully it is a scarf, haha). Took me a little bit of trial and error to finish the whole game and learn all signals, but I managed to.

Really loved the bonus mode after finishing, that is a nice touch, haha.

The only thing slightly bothering me was a bug with the scene transition; if you get to the edge of the screen, which triggers a camera move, but you don't continue forward, you will get stuck in the previous screen, but it's easy to work around, and figure out, so, no biggie.
Jadener
Jadener20 Apr 2026, 22:25
My favourite game this year so far. Cute, funny, great mechanic. Make it a full game :D
Shiyuue
Shiyuue21 Apr 2026, 00:25
why do i have such big longtailll
Yueyao Wang
Yueyao Wang21 Apr 2026, 00:33
Wait this is incredibally amazing... I love the idea so much!! I spent 5 min drawing random lines and hearts until I had to read the instruction to know that I can go to other places. It would be even better if you can put a little hint to the very beginning of the game. After I draw the star and got the weapon, I accidently hit my friend on the left, for a second I thought I killed my friend :( luckily it woke up lol. Incredible game!!!
awr
awr21 Apr 2026, 06:39
teared up this was ADORABLE
PetaKlecko21 Apr 2026, 06:51
Super and cute game! ♥♥
Naidove
Naidove21 Apr 2026, 07:51
The little hamster is incredibly cute! Your interpretation of the theme is perfect. One small suggestion: maybe add some hint at the map edge, because at first I didn’t realize I could go left and spent quite a while drawing in place. In the end I managed to win my hamster girlfriend—great game!
OldDog
OldDog21 Apr 2026, 08:45
The 3D-to-pixel conversion looks incredible. The mechanics are adorable and on-theme, though the experience feels a bit short. I’d love to see this expanded further
LDJam user 416499
LDJam user 41649921 Apr 2026, 10:58
using hampsters to mouse-paint on the ground was a crazy idea
kaki21 Apr 2026, 11:18
omg！！socute~~~~
spooooodermon21 Apr 2026, 16:45
This game is so cute!!!! I love the visuals and the mechanics are very original! I love this!
HDVR02
HDVR0221 Apr 2026, 16:54
An incredibly cute game!!!! And the idea of drawing symbols is really cool — a great short game!
awalone21 Apr 2026, 18:02
Impressive Artwork Taste Ble Impressive Project Work Claude Mad Respect 2U Both
Domenixius21 Apr 2026, 19:19
I love Boba and I will let him defend my life! :smile: I mean what is not to love a gripping story a fun little mechanic and even a bonus stage! Great job! I did have some stutters in the beginning I assume it's the godot thingy when a particle effect is rendered for the first time on a new browser but otherwise it went smoothly! How did you go about detecting the shapes? The system worked really well with just the right amount of wiggle room!
braktheman
braktheman21 Apr 2026, 19:56
What an art style! Great job!
BoltDaPikachu23422 Apr 2026, 11:39
super impressive for something made in 48 hours
Roroto Sic
Roroto Sic23 Apr 2026, 17:35
Very cute game! and it's impressive to have enough time to add a bonus game unlockable when main game is completed!

My hs :
Yorsh
Yorsh26 Apr 2026, 00:09
It's amazing! Really cool little story with nice puzzles. I tried to do a game like this before, ended up being way too hard for players to figure out the language. Yours is very well balanced, it wasn't obvious at first glance but not too hard after a minute. Also great idea to add a little bonus game by reusing the mechanics. Congrats!
henk9 May 2026, 16:06
You should mention Claude Code in your tool credits.
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