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A jam submission

Dart BubblesView game page

Submitted by code32, 32px — 4 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#22683.4333.433
Audio#27853.1333.133
Artwork#29853.4333.433
Creativity#47403.2333.233
Narrative#67052.0672.067

Ranked from 30 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)

It's a simple game with a clean, polished design. The mechanics work well. Perhaps some of the small balls could be near the dart at the beginning.

Submitted(+1)

:O The art and sound is soo good! I loved it a lot! The game is very simple yet fun! I love you guys also implemented the leaderboard. Kinda overkill but worth it xD

(+1)

I really like how polished this one is! Special props to whoever did that purple background, it was gorgeous :>, the leaderboard at the end was pretty fun I was SHOCKEd how much better people were at this game than my sucky attempts lol T-T

Submitted(+1)

Fun, polished and very tough. Had a fun time, even though i suck lmaoo

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

"Your score"
5
"Would you like to submit to the leadeboard?"

Um no.... no thanks XD

Awesome jam entry. Really polished and a solid gameplay loop. Personally I would have benefit from some kind of level up element to balance against the lack of skill...

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for the helpful tip and feedback! You right, game need more content, maybe with levelUp system)

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, for some reason I am better at popping the purple ones than the blue.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Its strange... blue is 2x larger then purple and fly slowly 

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, tough and addictive. Lovely art too! 

Developer

Thanks for playing our game!

Submitted(+1)

A simple game, which i don’t know is THE MOST DIFFICULT GAME FOR ME apparntly (probably because of jam enthusaism). And that’s why I LIKED IT. A simple game that challenges your reflexes. Great Job

Developer

Thanks for taking the time to check out our project and for leaving so kind words!

Submitted(+1)

Loved this! Reminded me of the dart game in Hollow Knight: Silk Song (where I lost all my money due to bad timing). I think that with more variations, mayble bubbles swinging horizontally and multiple at your screen at the same time this could easily be an interesting game, especially for mobile!

Developer

Thank you for the helpful tip and feedback! We'll take your suggestion into consideration in the next version of the game if we decide to develop the project further after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

Really interesting mechanics, and the online leaderboard gives a genuine reason to push for a high score (even if the top ranks are way too high for my mediocre skills)!

A small downside: the hitboxes can be a bit frustrating at times, as arrows sometimes go right through a balloon without registering.

A few ideas to polish it even further:

  • Rebalance the large balloons, as they don't feel super rewarding given how few points they grant.
  • Allow firing multiple arrows at once to guarantee a hit.
  • Add a mechanic where you lose arrows if a balloon manages to reach the ceiling.

Overall, really cool project

Developer(+1)

Thank you for taking the time to play our game and for leaving such detailed feedback. Those are some really interesting ideas — we might just add them if we decide to develop the project further.

Submitted(+1)

Simple but very fun game! Mastering it was lots of fun! One day I'll get to the top of that leaderboard...

Keep up the good work!

Developer

Thank you for playing our game and for the lovely feedback. Good luck climbing the leaderboard :)

Submitted(+1)

Simple but sweet, I liked the visual style you guys went for! Seeing the leaderboards shocked me cuz I only got 16 lol.

Developer

Thank you for the kind feedback and for taking the time to play our game! We had about the same score ourselves when we first started testing :)

Submitted(+1)

Simple but surprisingly well done for it. Somehow the art worked and didn't feel empty or underdone. I feel like the blue bubbles hit boxes could be a little wider but it worked after a few misses to see where I needed to it. A tip for next game, let your audio settings play the music and clicks when you're on them so people can fine tune it (not that I'm complaining, it wasn't loud at all, just a tip I learned elsewhere).

Developer

Thank you for the helpful suggestion and the kind review! We'll try to implement that feature next time. Thanks for taking the time to check out our project.

Submitted(+1)

Strangely addictive and really fun to play! It was euphoric every time I hit a +100 bubble. I was curious if you considered allowing the player to "hold" the arrow which, upon release, makes it move faster which could add more complexity. The fact that you can only do one input/press it once really asks the player to be precise and get it right the first time and I appreciate the delay in regeneration to prevent the player from spamming the throw dart button. Overall, great job :)

Developer

Thank you for the detailed feedback! We actually did consider that possibility, but decided against it because it would force the player to sit with the key constantly held down just to charge up the most powerful shot. We felt like that would get annoying pretty quickly and ruin the game's feel. Overall, we figured there would be a lot of games with timers at the jam, so we set out to make something simple where the player can relax and the game doesn't rush them, while still rewarding risk-taking :)

Submitted(+1)

Simple premise but well executed and fun to tryhard. Very nice music aswell 

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your feedback. We indeed chose a simple idea this time to develop it more thoroughly.

Submitted(+1)

Really enjoyed playing this, the music and art are really good

Developer(+2)

If the game is enjoyable, then our goal has been achieved :)

Submitted(+1)

Yo, i made it on the Leaderboard :). Very fun game, the UI is very clean and of course having a leader board is a great idea for a jam game.

Developer

Thanks for played our game! :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Any game with a leaderboard ill try to master. Really fun skill based game! One suggestion is hitting multiple blue balloons in a row should have some sort of bonus, otherwise it doesn't feel worth it to even go for blue ones

Developer(+1)

Thank you for taking the time to check out our game. We'd be happy to compete with you on the leaderboard! You're right about the blue balloons — for now, their role is simply that they're very safe, easy to pop, and they give points without using up your darts.

Submitted(+1)

Fun game! I loved the execution of the theme with the ammo counter

Developer

Thanks for feedback and for playing our game!