Amazing. The level of polish in the art, tutorial, and mechanics is not often seen in LD.

You made a perfect product! I really love everything about it. I guess it will be top 10 in this LD

I love this entry! That snowman is adorable, and the juggling controls, though difficult-sounding at first, work surprisingly well in practice. This game put a huge smile on my face!

This is fantastic!

This is a perfect example of a Ludum Dare game. It is a really simple concept polished and expanded upon. So good!

I really liked this game. I was honestly surpirsed at how good the art and feel is!

You had me sold at the GIF you posted on the feed. A truly wonderful game (although I sucked snowballs at it).

I imagine it'd probably be easier to operate with the assistance of a mouse.

That swirly winter backdrop is amazing and the colour choices are perfect for the game.

I genuinely can't figure out if this is 3D to look like 2D or 2D rendered to look like 3D.

Thank you so much for making this game and I wish you the very best of luck!

Please get in touch via my Twitter as I'd love to see what other stuff you work on!
https://twitter.com/alexvscoding

This is so polished. The art and animation is top quality. There are very few games this polished and good.

Wow, this is really beautiful, and it's simplicity the gameplay is really fun (and hard!) and works very well. I kind of wish this could be played with just the mouse, but otherwise everything is superb! The otherwise high quality makes the music's simplicity stand out a bit, though.

AWESOME GAME! Great pixel art, simple but perfectly excuted mechanic... I could spent all night with this if I weren't busy programming xD

This is beautiful <3 love it

Amazing game was tricky at the start but after a while you get used to it.

I have to say I'm absolutely in love with this game.

Same as always, i really love your compo Bumdum. :)

Thank you. I understand now why I'm bad at juggling :) Surprising entry, I'm looking forward hearing the whole story behind it :)

Amazing !

Have been your fan for all your Ludum dares since super strict farmer . Another masterpiece!

Wow great execution of such a simple idea. Although I absolutely suck at juggling both in real life and now in a game too =D

That's an instant favorite and a 5-stars entry right there! :D Easy to understand, hard to master, with a ton of gameplay adjustments to make each experience unique. Not to mention the really cool graphics and insane level of polish... I especially really like the snowman's face :) Great job Ben!

Awesome game! Impressive art, gameplay and everything else! Congratulations!

So, fuckin', hard oO !

Very beautiful finishing :)

Once you understand the controls it's a lot of fun. Awesome polish.

Those arts, seriously how did u do that snowman face ? I love dat game.

super good

Difficult, but fun!

Top notch entry again this time around. =) High degree of polish, lots of clever game modifiers in challenge mode, beautiful animations and art everywhere (not least of which on the snowman's face). The groovy "GAME OVER" graphic was my favorite.

I'm not even sure what I could criticize. The mechanic's hard, but not unfair. It took me a couple of plays to develop a strategy, but I settled on pressing, holding, and releasing "throw" and "pass" in unison.

Excellent game, 5/5!

but I can't do more than five. :3

The idea seems so strikingly obvious and yet I wouldn't ever have come up with it. Really clever! And so very beautifully made.

I just love this snowman, the graphics, the animation, the music and I've never played a juggling game. Very cool concept.

best idea I've seen in this jam so far! love it!

Awesome ! Took me at least 15 minutes to complete the tutorial :) I love it !

The game is very fun, even though I wasn't able to juggle more than 2 times! But I'll try again with a mouse (was using the trackpad)

Amazing! Unusual and tricky enough to get you addicted.

A little bit hard but very fun!

I totally suck at juggling, but the general mood and the cuteness of the snowman forced me to continue.

That's the kind of game you want to play from time to time, with a steep learning curve and very rewarding progression.

Very different from your previous entries, but still, super solide :)

Very nice, although technically this isn't how you juggle :P

Lovely art and highly polished. Feels like a finished product. Controls great too, giving me no chance to blame my inability to juggle onto the controls. Awesome. :)

@sanguine Ouch ! You're right !!! T_T I shoudl have check at least one juggle tutorial before working on it. Now I can't help thinkinh on how I could create control for the real one :D

Pretty good game but quite hard :)
One of the best compo I played for this LD

That is such an amazing game!!! I can't think of a single thing in the game that's not spot on. You've got a clear winner here :D

What a lovely game, only managed 2 juggles in the tutorial with 3 balls.
But I think with a bit more practice I'll get there.
Nicely polished as well.

Great job! Loved it :)

Didn't really use the theme as much and could have done with a little more humor but otherwise 100% perfect.

This is really cool! Feels nice to play. Outstanding graphics and fun music! Amazing! 5/5

This game is/has a ....
....beauftiful
....a chatchy soundtrack
....great controls
....simply awesome game

The most polished game I played so far. Just WOW!

This is the best Ludum Dare game I've ever played!

I juggle all the time in real life and this simulates it super well! Adding all of the extra challenges, getting to pick two between levels, very sweet. I can't believe the snowman blew up on losing!! XD

My *only* criticism is I noticed that when the screen shakes, there's no background on the top.

The music, sound effects, and graphics are super charming. Amazing job! :D

Simple and highly polished!

The penalties made the game kept the game from getting repetitive, and the audio really setup the mood.

Oh, and I've yet to talk about those gorgeous graphics...

Really well done! Congrats!! =D

Awesome work!

Good job - I loved the game - it's very challenging. I was very impressed by the face of the snowman!

It was very hard for me to get into a juggling flow but I'm getting the hang of this.

Awesome, well done ! I am not too much into juggling but the polish and forgiveness makes it a really enjoyable experience :)

Incredible style, music and sfx. Nice polished game.
LD winner!

amazing concept. congrats for the innovation.

Very very good game, thanks!!

Very innovative game, I really liked it. And it give a sense to the player of the real difficulty of juggling!

Played it with my girlfriend and it was so much fun, really great and the realisation is really good!!

Great job ! =)

Perfect, amazing game, awesome graphics and music
addicting and even polished as a final product
best game I have seen so far ;)
lots of stars for you ☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃

An incredible entry. Extremely polished, love the tutorials, amazing graphics, wonderful audio.. Not much to add here, it was merely perfect.

I'm blown away by this game. The life you put into that snowman is incredible, I love him! Such a fun mechanic that is difficult to master and spiced up with the challenge modes. This should definitely win in many categories. Thanks for the experience.

I love the graphics with this circus theme. Original game and gameplay, it's excellent !

One of my top games of the Ludum Dare. Very unique concept, great art and animation, the gameplay is clearly explained. It's just really polished all round. The expressions on the snowman's face are priceless. Can't fault it really, other than it's probably almost as hard as real juggling. :P

The perfect Christmas Game :)
Your GFX are amazing, and i'm totally amaze by your inverse kinematic arms Oo, in a ludum lol !
The game is a bit hard for me (cause a noob) maybe some magnetism to grab the ball at the begining could be great :)

Love it, this is the best one I've played by far. Really simple and addictive mechanic (like flappy birds), could really go far if you're willing to work on it more.

Looove the animations and graphics...and the gameplay is so much fun! Great game entry. We shouldn't have drunk the wine, what a mess ^^ We just shared it on Twitter :)

Holy Cow, I can't juggle in real life but you certainly made me feel like I could! The snowman with all his animations and expressions is simply incredible. Best art I've seen this LD so far!

Hi there. Dang that is frustrating. Can juggle three crosswise IRL, but could only get to 5 on this... the problem is starting up and getting into rhythm, would also help if character centre of a bigger screen rather than right on edge I think. The music is damned annoying after a while, went from regular 3's to 5's after muting speaker. Good job!

Awesome little game. All LD games should be like this one.

Excellent, I really love your game !

Feels really polished and finished !
Really hard to beat also

I really love what this is. That it lures you in with a 'mini-game' surface, then presents a truly unique task that asks more coordination than most games of that type. At first it was frustrating, but soon I adapted and overcame; the root of true fun. I had to close it as I was scared of how long I might stay there if I seriously tried to keep besting my score. Oh, and brilliant visuals, especially the execution of the snowman's head/face.

Really like the character animation and style. Feels great to play, I just wish I was better at it. Good job!

brilliant

This feels really polished. It plays great, the art is great and the music is very fitting.

very impressive animations, unique pixel-art style, the concept of juggling with mouse/space key is really cool, tutorial just a little bit difficult

Well done, great concept, plays fantastic. Superb art.

That is just freaking awesome. Outstanding even. There are some good games in this Ludum Dare, but this is probably the most original that I've seen so far.

I felt so proud of myself when I found that I was juggling successfully.

What an excellent game. The snowman's face is really well done too.

I... woah. I suck as much at juggling in games than in real life... but that's incredibly amazing.
The amount of polish put in this compo entry... amazing.
And original too. Great work :D

awesome

Really challenging! I love the machanics and cotrols. Looks pretty polished. Great Job!

I can't believe this was made in 48 hours. Everything is so polished! (Except for a couple typos)

Amazing entry, the controls works surprisingly well and the game is really polished!

My wife made a "Mum Plays...." video of your game. http://youtu.be/FeNYK5VrgLo

She does not do it the justice it deserves.

Everything about this game is smooth and nicely done! It feels and sounds suspiciously like the Game Boy Camera juggling minigame, but so much better!

I've played good games already, but this one is just PERFECT. It would be awesome mobile game!

Lovely art!
Didn't really motivate me to keep playing, but that may be as well my personality.

Absolutely wonderful. So simple, and yet very challenging. I like the looks on the snowman's face. Great Job!

Very good idea. The graphics are excellent. I enjoyed playing even I was very bad XD Very good game. And very polished :)

Very nice! The game mechanics are simple but feel very unique, and the game is incredibly polished for a compo entry! Not mentioning the incredible pixel art!

Clever, polished, challenging, lots of content. Excellent entry.

Smart gameplay, high polish, congratz!

Even I sucks, it's a really cool game. I love the "little nemo" mood!

I featured your game at GameARTMonday: http://buff.ly/1qT3S6k
along with other beautiful Ludum Dare games.

Cheers! :)

Not my kind of game, but beautiful in every aspect.

Best compo entry i have played! Thank you for making this game, also I am terrible at juggling.

Very polished graphics and sound. Animation is great if you like juggling. Do you have to go through the whole tutorial to unlock challenges or survival?

@all thx for the nice comments !

@pht59x yes, once again I made a very difficult game, I never learn... Even passing the tutorial is a challenge :D

Perfect game, congratulations :D !

Damn, that's hard! lol nice game.

Hard, but I'm better in this game than reality, that makes me feel good after that little success . Thank you for that, and well done. :)

Really good both gameplay- and aesthetics-wise! My only suggestion is that the survival mode should probably show your result at the game over screen. Made it to level 4 and managed to get 44 juggles in the survival mode! Best snowman so far too ;).

Very good art and animations! Amazing game feel! Great job!

Amazing. The level of polish is really great.

Awesome game! It taught me that not only can I not juggle in real life, I can't juggle virtually either! haha

This is the by far the best game I have seen so far. And one top of that it's written in Haxe. This is so amazing. So much great work!!!!!

One of the best game of the compo. Awesome concept/innovation, very fun to play and replay, nice graphics and music. Outstanding that you created this in 48h only! :)

Very, very nice. I'm astounded at the all around quality in the game, and it plays brilliantly! Great job.

PERFECT!! I love this so much even if I juggle as well virtually as I do in real life :) That is, I can't :)

Incredible amount of stuff packed into this one - the experience is magnificent, tutorial and all. WELL DONE :D

This is so hard. But I keep coming back. Well done it's pretty good :)

Awesome game!! I was impressed with the details, polishing, effects, and what struck me was the speaker snowman with a very well established and lively face (you probably made it by code, and was very well done)

Everything's awesome! I love it <3 <3 even though I can't manage the ten juggles yet it feels really polished and like it's my skill/timing failing (which it is)

Awesome! So simple, but so detailed.
My challenge highscore is lvl.14

I liked this a lot, very polished for a 48h game.

WOW! This is definitely one of the best entries in the compo. Aside from the controls, it feels exactly like playing a GameBoy Color. 5-star game all round!

Awesome graphics, great music, nicely challenging gameplay with a good learning curve, really polished. I can't think of anything to be improved except maybe adding other juggling patterns :P Amazing work!

Very impressive game, very well done! I've very recently started practicing juggling, and this feels very similar to it :)
Really cool style, amazing animations and a great realization of a great concept. The tutorial did wonders, it made me go from barely being able to make one throw to actually being able to juggle. And the game modes just fit your theme perfectly. Very well done!

I don't think this game taught me very good juggling technique. I just pressed space and left click at the same time whenever I caught a ball.

This is really good! I love the expressions on the snowman's face. The juggling felt very tight, and hard, just like real life. I could only get up to 5 or 6 in the tutorial, but alas I am no good at juggling with real stuff either. Nicely done.

Wow this is brilliant.

Just amazing man!Love the animation!It's a little challenging but it's a mind test.Will be playing it in the future for sure!

Awesome quality for compo catagory! And whole new expirience. I never juggle before. Thanks, man.

Probably super fun if we can manage the control :) Great games by the way! Congrats!

Very addictive, lots of fun! You did a great job on the sounds too!

This must be the best snowball juggling game I've played this year!
But seriously, this is very well made. Love how the snowman leans to the side and has facial expressions and everything. Great work!

Very polished game! Graphics and animations especially are awesome! The tutorial is very nicely done. Nice use of the snowman character :-)

Fun and simple.
I spent way too long staring at the snowman's nose on the title screen.
Catching a snowball near the right edge of the screen was a bit difficult, especially when my mouse cursor accidentally leaves the game window so the left-click stops working, but that's mostly my fault I guess.
Got a score of 111 on Survival :)

simple gorgeous! easy to learn hard to master, i really enjoyed the different variations of choices of challenges you've added to the game. Music goes well with the game and also loved the snowmans emotions really gave it the christmas feeling. well done!

Perfect entry, I can't believe the game design and the level of polish are superb. Well done!

Holy shit, amazing game. Really well thought-out, and equally well executed. Even more impressive is the fact it's done in 48 hours. I never would've guessed.

Cool, a juggling game! We juggle in real life too, I wonder if that helps :-) Got to level 7 after a few tries. The handicaps seem a bit unbalanced (silly bird and more balls seem so much harder than e.g. cheap wine or heavy balls), but that adds the (also attractive) aspect of luck to the game I guess.

Loads of fun, really great art, and polished unlike any other game I've seen yet this LD! Congratulations of your 2nd place!

Congratulations!

So good!! A very well deserved position. Very polished, amazing in all aspects!

You always make such great games, Benjamin! This one has super great art, and it's really fun, but I am as bad as it as I am at juggling in the real world (even without cheap wine). :)

This is the only juggling game that I've seen so far that actually captures the feeling of juggling in the real world. This gets all my thumbs up.

I really love this, really!