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A jam submission

Balloon Boy AdventuresView game page

A short platformer game made for GBJAM8
Submitted by Dogtopius (@dogtopiusdev) — 1 day, 16 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameboy-ness#14.9094.909
Audio#473.7273.727
Overall#473.8643.864
Fun#673.4553.455
Graphics#1163.3643.364

Ranked from 11 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)

Super cool concept! Love the character and the main idea here. I think the physics or the level design could use some tuning so it doesn't feel so difficult right from the start, but I still really enjoyed it! Great work.
-Clay

Submitted(+1)

Opening section seems a bit difficult, namely in the size of the gaps to jump. I also didn't really get a sense of gliding while holding A, I think the effect on your distance may need to be more pronounced. Good gimmick though, and great job staying faithful to the GB in both mechanics and art!

Submitted(+1)

Short and sweet game! I loved it even though it was challenging, the ballon gimmick just fit in well! Also appreciated the audio a lot!

Developer

Thanks for playing! This was actually the first time I made all the audio myself, so glad you enjoyed it.

Submitted(+1)

Overall, short and sweet, even though the last level was hard for me. This feels like it could really run in a gameboy, which add points in my book. Great job!

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Very fun! minor criticism is Z and X keys are labeled backwards in the directions! "which ironically makes it a bit more difficult to"

Developer

It might be your keyboard, I've double checked and everything seems to be labelled correctly..

Submitted(+1)

classic platformer action! Very cool

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

fun game but i find it too hard :( 

Developer(+1)

:( Thanks for giving it a go anyway!

Submitted(+1)

No no don't be sad :((( I really enjoyed this game but I am really bad at platformers x(

Submitted(+1)

this is a nice game indeed. another one from the submission list that could well have been a release back in the day.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!