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A jam submission

Balance BallView game page

Entry for Gamedev.js Jam 2025
Submitted by moonbeam cats — 1 hour, 24 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#3462.2592.333
Gameplay#3642.0662.133
Innovation#3821.8721.933
Graphics#3861.8071.867
Overall#3921.8591.920
Audio#3991.2911.333

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

nice concept, that deserves more content/levels. (finished in the second attempt)

One thing i would change is the shadow of the ball: would be nice to have it always below the balls position getting smaller/blurred depending on the jumps height. That would make it mor predictable, where the ball will land.

Submitted(+1)

tricky

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

I won the game! 😅 Found the controls a little difficult at first, but after a few minutes I realised if I repeatedly died I could gather enough momentum to get to the end in a single jump - extremely satisfying! 😎

Love the concept - and it was great to see you managed to implement rotating platforms, it really makes the game something else.

Overall amazing work. Huge well done!

P.S. Something told me the game would be awesome with a little bit of perspective, instead of orthographic. Just a thought! :)

Submitted(+1)

Sadly you did not land where the shadow was which made it very .. confusing to land the ball proper. 
Controls felt odd to me, but guess its a matter of pratice. 

- i jumped completly out of the game, and it got stuck there never resetting. 

would have completed the game but the shadow thing really bugs me :) 

anyway cute little game, if you manage to make the platforms "wobbly" in the future it will fit the theme too.

Submitted(+1)

I think game should be longer. The rest of the arrow keys felt, useless to me. Concept was good btw :)

Submitted(+1)

the shadow confuses me :(

Developer

Thanks for checking the game out :) Yep, agree on the ball shadow. First time trying out a orthographic projection.

Submitted

Neat concept, but the light source not being direct overhead is really throwing me off because I see the ball shadow pretty far off from where I actually land at. Makes it really hard to get to the next platform.

Developer(+1)

Hey thanks for playing :) 100% agree on the shadow :( Did you make it to the end?

Submitted

Not even close lol