Hamster Bowling by tfendall

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made by tfendall for LD23 (JAM)
In this tiny world, hamsters love to bowl.

Help this hamster get a perfect game by making sure he's prepared to step up to the lane.

Ratings

Coolness 64% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.58 47
Audio(Jam) 4.20 5
Fun(Jam) 3.15 67
Graphics(Jam) 4.02 50
Humor(Jam) 4.36 3
Innovation(Jam) 3.84 18
Mood(Jam) 3.60 29
Theme(Jam) 3.28 78

Feedback

peaveyj
24. Apr 2012 · 01:19 UTC
Stick around for the whole ending!
TheGamingProject
24. Apr 2012 · 03:37 UTC
Give me this song! I love this game I was so surprised that all I did was dry off the hand. Can you put up a link to download the song?
peaveyj
24. Apr 2012 · 19:23 UTC
Here's the mp3 file for the credits song.

https://www.box.com/s/4760c664c016df1a8aa7

Cheers!
strega
25. Apr 2012 · 16:53 UTC
LOL! That was amazing! I'm glad I got to the end.
Cake&Code
25. Apr 2012 · 17:25 UTC
Haha, what an adorable game. I love the style you chose to make this game in. It's very much unlike most other games, and the opening little cinematic is a great touch. (Did you guys make that yourself? In the hamster cage??) Music was good, and the sound effects were nice. The drying part was a departure from what I was expecting, but the originality of this game made me enjoy it a lot.
CroMagnonPictures
25. Apr 2012 · 20:14 UTC
Thanks! Yes, the opening cinematic was hand-made. The hamster cage was just three sheets of glass hot-glued together, with the camera moving through the open side. The letters in the sign were just cut out of the cardboard box and we put a light inside it.
🎤 tfendall
26. Apr 2012 · 04:16 UTC
@TheGamingProject, strega and Cake&Code - Thanks for playing and commenting! We certainly were trying for something that had no one would expect, and had a lot of fun adding all the non-gameplay stuff (e.g. the rap song and the video). The gameplay was pretty much done the first night :). Hope you had fun with it!
🎤 tfendall
26. Apr 2012 · 04:19 UTC
(edit for the above comment) - that should have read "... that no one would expect".
ahm99
29. Apr 2012 · 03:23 UTC
That was, interesting. I did not expect that. Good job.
Hazematman
29. Apr 2012 · 03:24 UTC
Very funny! I have to say I really loved the opening cinematic and, it fit the tiny world theme great!
dokidoki
29. Apr 2012 · 04:30 UTC
My compliments to the rappers. :) Limited gameplay, but very funny entry.
FunkyDelPueblo
29. Apr 2012 · 04:33 UTC
This was by far the funniest game I have ever played. The visuals, the audio....GAH, this is awesome!!! Probably the most fun I've had playing any game so far!
Rex Peppers
29. Apr 2012 · 05:18 UTC
So impressed... thanks for making this..
Waynetron
29. Apr 2012 · 07:23 UTC
So do I mash they keys? It didn't seem to work properly, or maybe I wasn't doing it properly
geekygenius
30. Apr 2012 · 05:35 UTC
I think 4 was the number to shoot for. Very interesting. Good job!
bms
30. Apr 2012 · 11:39 UTC
Hilarious ending, Great visual style.. Good job!
KevinWorkman
01. May 2012 · 01:56 UTC
What the.. I don't even? I think I love this game. This is my new favorite Ludum Dare entry. First perfect score I've ever given out. I love the ridiculous blend of animation, video, simple gameplay, humor, everything. Well done.
Fireblend
01. May 2012 · 02:04 UTC
Wow. Just wow. That was uhh... yeah. Good job.
Jigxor
01. May 2012 · 02:41 UTC
That was amazing! I absolutely love the intro and the gameplay was fun too. The audio also complimented the game very well.

Overall, I really had a lot of fun with this entry, it was unique and awesome. Great job! :)
jrasmussen24
02. May 2012 · 01:27 UTC
Pretty funny-- the gameplay could use some spicing up, but it was fun to the see the content anyhow.
johnfn
02. May 2012 · 02:10 UTC
This was certainly the most original game I've played so far.
chambers
02. May 2012 · 02:18 UTC
I wish I could rate 6 stars for so many categories...

I'm really impressed, congratulations!
machinas
03. May 2012 · 06:44 UTC
so funny. clearly more time spent on 'not the game' than 'the game' haha, but it almost doesn't even matter. great job. fun and got a laugh out of me
Birchmountain
03. May 2012 · 07:04 UTC
Awesome! A really original idea, fun and simple gameplay, bravo!
HybridMind
04. May 2012 · 03:49 UTC
What was this? Haha, so great! I hamster bowled a 257. Sweet. This is a game with personality to spare. Love the integration of the live video and puppets. Fun credits song too.
Pavel Dlouhy
04. May 2012 · 16:14 UTC
It is really original game! I scored a 200! ;) Cool song! ;)
davidllanos22
07. May 2012 · 10:56 UTC
Awesome idea! :p Well done :)
Dr.Pingu
07. May 2012 · 13:44 UTC
Holy sheep !
You have made from a basic game a really funny universe.

Great work :)
Gareth Jenkins
07. May 2012 · 16:28 UTC
Awesome.
summaky
08. May 2012 · 07:27 UTC
It was so unexpected! Once you have the hang of it, it is quite easy, but fun nonetheless. Extremely awesome credits song!
edbadiux
08. May 2012 · 22:20 UTC
Very funny and interesting game. For sure the best hamster bowling I have ever played. Nice job! =)
iximeow
11. May 2012 · 17:41 UTC
That was beautiful. I didn't know it was such a rough thug life being a hamster bowler.
Nightsjester
11. May 2012 · 17:47 UTC
That was perfect, utterly.
ehtd
12. May 2012 · 18:46 UTC
Who knew hamsters could bowl
kylerhoades
13. May 2012 · 07:22 UTC
That blew my mind!
johanp
13. May 2012 · 07:47 UTC
Amazing stuff. Can't praise it enough.
Tomalla
13. May 2012 · 20:39 UTC
This ... is ... awesome! Gorgeous! Marvelous! Magnificent! And I'm not ironic! Especially the song at the very end!

@tfendall, could you please, please please make a ***transcription of the lyrics*** of the credits song? I gave it a try, here it is:

=== http://pastebin.com/r2a0kkm6 ===

Could someone help me with correcting the text? I'm pretty sure everyone will surely appreciate that as well! I will not get rid of this tune out of my head for a long time ...
SonnyBone
13. May 2012 · 21:25 UTC
OH LAWD. This was great!
jeffz
14. May 2012 · 00:39 UTC
Overall: 5/5!
Innovation: 5/5!
Fun: 5/5!
Theme: 5/5!
Graphics: 5/5!
Audio: 5/5!
Humor: 5/5!
Mood: 5/5!
MurrayL
14. May 2012 · 00:44 UTC
Lost it at the rap.
Tom 7
14. May 2012 · 01:45 UTC
hahaha! :)
🎤 tfendall
14. May 2012 · 02:45 UTC
Thanks everyone for all the awesome comments! We're so glad you guys enjoyed it.

@Tomalla - I updated your paste on pastebin with the lyrics. Have fun: http://pastebin.com/6tJXeUTY.
Tomalla
14. May 2012 · 17:44 UTC
@tfendall - I don't know how many exclamation marks I should put to visualize my appreciation to you. I hope three of them will do, more would look a bit more ... 'suspicious', so to speak: thank you so much!!! And surely I will have a lot of fun with it. Cheers!
mildmojo
15. May 2012 · 22:08 UTC
This is hilarious. Ludum Dare needs more FMV games. Really nice work.

I hit 'R' to restart the game, and the second playthrough seemed buggy. The video didn't match the score on a number of frames and one time the video just went all corrupt and blocky. The first playthrough was fine.