Badger Bolt! by SteveSalmond

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made by SteveSalmond for LD27 (COMPO)
Badger Bolt is a short game where you play a racing badger! Unfortunately, those pesky rabbits have seen fit to give you a 10 second handicap..

- Click in the game view and press ENTER to go full screen.
- Arrow keys or WSAD to move (well, A+D), SPACE to jump.

Credits
- Made in Unity 3d
- Art, code, sfx by Steve Salmond
- Music generated with the excellent Otomata

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.56 147
Audio 3.31 146
Fun 3.12 389
Graphics 4.61 4
Humor 2.94 226
Innovation 2.92 582
Mood 3.58 85
Theme 2.43 1064

Feedback

Todnut
25. Aug 2013 路 22:31 UTC
cool!
kayupla
25. Aug 2013 路 22:34 UTC
Just Nice! Original universe and cool gameplay . good work.
馃帳 SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 路 00:11 UTC
Thanks guys :D
matthias_zarzecki
26. Aug 2013 路 02:06 UTC
This looks quite extensive for a game made from scratch in 48 hours. Nice work! Also good use of Unity-Resources.
Tork
26. Aug 2013 路 05:14 UTC
Finshed up third, loved your art and the way meteors work, wish it was faster because I felt the game was way too long. Still in a multiplayer I wouldn't mind the lenght!
OldPeculier
26. Aug 2013 路 05:21 UTC
No possible way! Seriously, 5 stars is not enough to award this game for graphics. Un-be-lievable! Oh boy I'm dizzy now though.
馃帳 SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 路 05:32 UTC
Haha, thanks Peculier! - If you think you're dizzy, I've been looking at this game for the last 48 hours! :D
馃帳 SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 路 05:33 UTC
Tork - agreed that the game is way too long, that was my 'genius' plan for squeezing out the most gameplay, haha. Yeah, multiplayer might help with that.. :)
Kerinova Studios
26. Aug 2013 路 05:34 UTC
These graphics are absolutely amazing. Nice work!
zillix
26. Aug 2013 路 05:50 UTC
insanely beautiful. brilliant.
fferro234
26. Aug 2013 路 05:58 UTC
What a beautiful, fantastic, bizarre game. I love it. Darn that sun is so creepy though.
馃帳 SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 路 06:06 UTC
Thanks guys! That sun is creeping me out too now that you mention it.. :)
jay griffin
26. Aug 2013 路 08:32 UTC
Holy Moly, this is a gorgeous-looking game. Not just nicely done, but with a real distinctive hand-illustrated style to it. Everything about this one is pure quality.
Nitrodeus
26. Aug 2013 路 10:18 UTC
Really awesome game :) great graphics, sounds etc...
well done !
I didn't have unity web player, but it's ultra quick to install (literally 2 seconds) ^^
01010111
26. Aug 2013 路 18:08 UTC
I love the sun, great work!
GrimGary
26. Aug 2013 路 18:13 UTC
Loved it! Very beautiful! Came in first! Yar! [flex]
zedutchgandalf
26. Aug 2013 路 18:15 UTC
Really nice! I love the art, love the concept and love the music! :)
Mr. Jif
26. Aug 2013 路 18:15 UTC
Nice work. The graphics were beautiful.
ChronusZ
26. Aug 2013 路 19:39 UTC
The art and music in this are beyond fantastic. The gameplay itself is a little easy. I lapped everyone at least twice :)
馃帳 SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 路 20:17 UTC
Hah, you're much better than it than me then Chronus! I have trouble beating that damn rabbit most times... Cheers :D
plancien
26. Aug 2013 路 21:20 UTC
Seriously, these are among the most beautiful graphics I've ever seen for a video game. Very found of the mood, sky, lighting, everything....
I played your preview during the contest, and came back to see the finished game.
I must say I'm somehow disappointed by the game play. It's good, but far from excellence of the graphics.
馃帳 SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 路 22:37 UTC
I totally agree about the gameplay - I'm not a great game designer by any means. That's mostly why I decided to enter Ludum Dare, actually. Hoping to improve in the future! Thanks for the feedback Plancien. :D
Ghostik
27. Aug 2013 路 12:53 UTC
Really nice graphic man!
dudsen
27. Aug 2013 路 21:38 UTC
Sir, the visuals are stunning! As mentioned before the gameplay is meh. maybe 10 laps is a bit to much? Could need a bit more variety. But, damn you redefined the words style and beauty. Much respect!
馃帳 SteveSalmond
27. Aug 2013 路 22:48 UTC
Thanks dudsen :)
馃帳 SteveSalmond
27. Aug 2013 路 23:40 UTC
I did have some plans for a bunch of different powerups / powerdowns / obstacles along the way like jetpack, zimmer frame, beserk mode (charge straight through obstacles and smash em), that kinda thing. Don't know if it would have made the gameplay more fun, was hoping it would spice things up and maybe inject a bit of humor. In any case, I ran out of time (and willpower) to implement anything like that. Yeah, probably should have just reduced the lap count like you say. Cheers for the feedback! :D
xndr
28. Aug 2013 路 08:30 UTC
Uhh. Cool!
Erkberg
28. Aug 2013 路 13:15 UTC
Extremely good looking and the gameplay is also fun, really enjoyed this.
Marcos Rodrigues
28. Aug 2013 路 15:48 UTC
Nice colors on the sky and ground but I think the level design needs more care
Jupiter_Hadley
30. Aug 2013 路 07:05 UTC
Love the look of this game and the sound of it. I featured it in my video compilation of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you would like to check it out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOZnQrkIteE
Hayawi
30. Aug 2013 路 07:05 UTC
i did not feel the music fitted well,kind of laggy but its still an ok game
馃帳 SteveSalmond
30. Aug 2013 路 08:20 UTC
Thanks Jupiter! :)
Sergey Mohov
30. Aug 2013 路 09:54 UTC
I like my games like I like my badgers: hand-drawn and weird :P
GVmakesGames
30. Aug 2013 路 18:04 UTC
Good game, nothing to say. It's funny to play it :D
alwaysinbeta
31. Aug 2013 路 17:14 UTC
Fun game. Wonderful graphics. Really like the sound effects.
almightyzentaco
01. Sep 2013 路 00:37 UTC
As a game this was just okay. But as a representation of style, art, and concept it is very very cool. This is in fact one of the best looking games I've seen on here. The style is unique, clever, and very well implemented. I think this would have been better suited to an interesting platformer instead of a simple racer where you run around the planet in circles though. Excellent work!
馃帳 SteveSalmond
01. Sep 2013 路 04:30 UTC
Thanks zentaco - yeah, a platformer would have been cool. Next time perhaps! :)
Danvil
02. Sep 2013 路 00:00 UTC
Very nice graphics!
Larzan
05. Sep 2013 路 06:59 UTC
Wow, simple gameplay, but so beautiful, i couldn't stop :)
lesterpig
05. Sep 2013 路 08:06 UTC
Don't like unity, but graphics are obviously very very beautiful ! Hovewer, gameplay is a bit too simple ;)
Lokarunith
05. Sep 2013 路 21:32 UTC
Awesome graphics, the sun and the moon are especially well drawn. A great entry, was really fun to play but storywise the relation to the theme is lacking, badgers have to wait 10 seconds just because the rabbits said, you could figure out a better pretext but apart from that everything else is excellent.