Very good submission! The mechanics themselves feel very intuitive (even though I suck at these types of game), and am very glad that there is a tutorial in-game. The dialog is very humorous, and I like both the floaty effect of the text, as well as the fact that there is sound effects for the text. The sound effects in the game are also very satisfying (especially the "thump" when falling from great heights, and a simple screen shake). The art style is simple, but fits the game very well. All in all a very well made game!
Very impressive for your second game jam!
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Ballin''s itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Theme | #26 | 4.115 | 4.115 |
Overall | #43 | 3.669 | 3.669 |
Game Design | #53 | 3.654 | 3.654 |
Fun | #62 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
Innovation | #74 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Art Direction | #113 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
The dialogue is great, the idea is awesome, and the artstyle is fitting. It's just so damn frustrating I'm getting flashbacks from Getting Over It. Awesome job!
I love the lore! The mechanics, at time are rage inducing but can be extremely satisfying as well - I fell off a large cliff all the way to the bottom :'( after finally getting past like 3 tall ledges. The black and white colour palette is a nice aesthetic.
I find it interesting the only form of colour in the world is the girl version of the ball, which cleverly emphasizes the connection, great game design!
Lacks music, this game might be the next big "Rage inducing game", since you can lost a lot o progress. I don't know about the downloadable versions, but the html version stutters a bit from time to time. Really like that when you fall from a high place there's this big boom effect.
I would have liked to hear some music or ambiance. There are particles flying around implying wind, but no sound for it, but the pixel art is really nice. It's also super fun! I find the characters not that difficult to control, but most of the difficulty of the game seems to come from having the patience to re-do sections whenever you fall too far. I had to give up quite the ways up the mountain after taking a nasty fall, but maybe I wouldn't have if I knew how close I was to the peak. Maybe some way to know how much there is to go would have been nice. It's definitely one of my favourites of the jam!
This game was top notch! Very well made :) It has huge "getting over it" vibes (especially when I fell down to the beginning... lol)
The art direction is really cool, and the game teaches you how to play very well. My favourite thing has to be the story however. Some really great humour and character building.
The green slime walls seemed a little buggy. I couldn't consistently fling myself off of them. But perhaps I was doing it wrong?
Great game dude :)
Thanks for playing and for the great feedback! The slime may be a bit buggy because I'm not the best at coding lol, all the slime really does is override your gravity to be really strong and towards the slime, so sometimes it eats your jump... it usually works if you fling yourself roughly straight off of it but its still something to fix in the post jam.
Cool game! Would have loved to explore it more as the controls are interesting but it was way too punishing for me to keep my sanity.
Challenging on a trackpad but still enjoyed trying to climb the mountain before falling all the way down spectacularly, loved the particles and sound design!
Really loved the style and the wit of this game, I would love to see a fleshed out story about these characters! Only suggestion is that it's pretty tricky to consistently "grab" the ball and then aim, so maybe just using a button (spacebar/left click) to select the ball and then pressing again to release? Well done!
I find this game extremely hard and this kind of restart over from very long back is something I don't want to pull off knowing that the game will be submitted in this kind of event. While there are 400 more games people can get to try instead of one which is impossible to progress.
The gameplay is not assisting enough and I don't really like the control much.
Overall the game is hard. I can't fully explore the level design. The art is ok.
I immediately got stuck after the tutorial dialog ended , fell down and started over 7 times XD
I really loved this game. But it's a little bit hard to complete. The dialouge box and art is awesome
Super polished and really well designed! Honestly I can't believe you managed this in just a week. Great work!
I rage quitted but it had a nice retro style and the gameplay was nice
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