Skip to main content

Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines
A jam submission

Inflate InvadersView game page

Defeat an alien invasion using just balloons!
Submitted by cmc2000 — 12 minutes, 39 seconds before the deadline
Add to collection

Play game

Inflate Invaders's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#103.0003.000
Interpretation of the Theme(s)#113.2223.222
Design#133.0003.000
Game Mechanics#142.7782.778

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Leave a comment

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Comments

Submitted

Nice arcade game! Simple but also fun to play as a nice distraction for pauses in between work. The game feel was also on point and very satisfying for inflating balloons and for killing enemies.

There are couple of problems I ran into while playing, plus I'll also add some suggestions if you plan on updating the game:

  1. If you restart the game, sometimes it breaks, and doesn't let you move, nor enemies move or shoot (you have to refresh the page to restart);
  2. The sounds are very loud when you start the game (I had to lower my PC volume to 2% while playing), maybe add some sound volume options and make the volume start very low in the app, for example start at 20% volume, or simply lower the master volume of sounds in the game (since if you don't plan on adding background music, the user doesn't need separate music+sounds volume controls and thus won't even need an in-game sound adjustment option, but still, it could be nice adding an in-game option if for example someone wants to listen to music while playing the game, they can do that without having to lower their PC volume, thus also the music they are litstening, to adjust the in-game sounds);
  3. The controls felt very weird: sometimes, when I released the button, the ship kept moving left or right for up to half a second, which obviously, in a game about avoiding obstacles and with a one-hit game over, is not very desirable. Perhaps this is just a problem of the browser version, so maybe having a downloadable version could fix the problem, but still, I'd look at the code to make nothing weird is happening there, since the game is not actually lagging, only the controls sometimes do not work properly.

Overall, simple but inventive remake of the space invaders game which also fits the theme (though I would have gone for the title "Space Inflaters"), good job!

Developer(+1)

Oh god! That is such a better title! How did I not see that!

Thank you for playing!

Host

What a twist - loved the interpretation ! My first reaction was that there should be a balloon noise when it shoots off but that could have been annoying XD... A great entry thank you for participating!

Submitted

I liked it a lot, but I did feel a little impatient waiting for the balloon to get bigger and would have liked a bit more control over the balloon when I shot it

Loved the concept, controls of the tank are a little bit odd but it's still a fun game!
RATE BACK PLS :)

Submitted

I like this! Bonkers in a good way. I kind of expected the balloon to burst if I held the button too long, but that didn't happen. A really nice entry!

Submitted

Really funny concept, and the game feel is really good! Congratulations!

Submitted

Yeez!! The way it destroys the "Invader" is so damn awesome! It's an excelent re-imagination of the classic Arcade Game :>

Submitted (1 edit)

I like the experience of killing the enemy. It feels so satisfying. At first I was like, what? the bullet doesn't work! hmm.. Let me press and hold it. Then boom, an options where I could expand the balloon and shoot them upwards. Cool! But then I was like, what if I just continue to blow the balloon until it fills the majority of the screen. Boom! It obliterates every enemies and the UFO. That feels soo good lol. I like this game. Very simple, tight, and fun to play. Good job! I like the way you design your game.

Too bad It caps me to play only up to  Level 4.

Submitted

I liked your spin on space invaders! I found it a bit difficult to predict where the balloons would go if you made them to big, but I liked that they'd go somewhat straight so long as you could find the balance. Overall, I enjoyed this game quite a bit! Please be sure to rate my game if you can.

Developer

Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to play it.

I think your suggestion is a really good one. It could be some kind of meter like active reload, and the closer you get the straighter the balloon goes. I may try and implement this once the ratings period is over.

Submitted

it's an interesting game of Space Invaders where you use balloons, blowing them up and then letting them go as projectiles, enjoyed it a bit. though there is a sense of unprecitable outcomes, in some cases, it doesn't even reach anything and it makes the shot feel unfair.

maybe if there was some indications of what type it would be, like the colours showing which does what. then it might be more fun

overall, had a good time.

Submitted

Pretty neat idea and a creative take on space invaders! If I have one small nitpick is that the balloon projectile's trajectory is a bit unpredictable. I think its still really fun to play though!

Developer

Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to play it!