Blue Sacrifice by aortega

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made by aortega for LD 43 (JAM)

This is a game about how a big blue character sacrifices himself to bring a small blue character home. Dangerous walking bombs are on the way. Small ignores the danger and Big has to run to protect him.

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Update: Added android version. Please note you will have to close and open the app every time you win, sorry about that.

Ratings

Overall 833th 3.024⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Fun 784th 2.893⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 496th 3.179⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Theme 766th 3.083⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 565th 3.429⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 330th 3.218⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 53🗨️

Feedback

Minakon
04. Dec 2018 · 11:27 UTC
First I thought that the bombs would damage the character and that I would lose when being hit by a few.
I really like the doodled game introduction and the sounds make the game super cute ;)
jk5000
04. Dec 2018 · 11:28 UTC
A super cute little game, with some great graphics and good music. I am not super fan of the controls, but it is not too bad. Overall a fine LD game.
Lizouille
04. Dec 2018 · 14:00 UTC
Sounds and graphics are great! Controls are a little bit harsh to grasp, but I had fun playing this game!
D3vil0p3r
04. Dec 2018 · 16:51 UTC
I like the graphics. The controls are a bit different. It seems that sometimes it doesn't recognize the pointer and allow the view to rotate to the effect that I can only run in one direction.
Sashbros
04. Dec 2018 · 17:01 UTC
Graphics are great!! Controls are little bit uncontrollable ..lol..you can use WASD keys and your game would be awesome.. Great work !!
egos
04. Dec 2018 · 23:23 UTC
i see a good idea , small trouble with the children noise
big trouble with the control
Anyway nice jobs !
Kaish
05. Dec 2018 · 01:41 UTC
Congratulations!
Visual cuddly and funny. The controls a little bit different xD
SKDF
05. Dec 2018 · 02:29 UTC
RNG is strong on this one, sometimes the little blue pops right near the goal so I win in 3 seconds. I agree with others that controls are a bit weird (but at least it's reactive). Still, a working 3D game in 3 days is admirable!
Pat Farnach
05. Dec 2018 · 21:08 UTC
Fun characters and good accompanying music and sound effects. I found it hard to control/wrangle the main character. Maybe the WASD with mouse would be better suited for movement?
1257th or nothing
05. Dec 2018 · 22:58 UTC
I agree with the comment about control, which are hard to handle.
I stopped playing when the small got propelled out of the fence (and then couldn't go back in)
Graphics and animation are great and it was fun to play :smiley:
arkiruthis
06. Dec 2018 · 10:29 UTC
What a delightful little game! :smile: I love the sound (the giggle!) and graphics. Controls were slightly strange, as Pat said, I think WASD would be a little easier to use. Well done!
zgragselus
06. Dec 2018 · 23:26 UTC
Sounds are awesome (especially with headphones you can hear from where bomb comes - or at least it seemed to me that you know), graphics is cute - I kind of like it. The main issue I'd say are controls (one could get used to those though). It is super hard to control and therefore super hard to navigate around the map.
Eric Dawson
07. Dec 2018 · 00:01 UTC
Really adventurous to do a full 3D game in such a short amount of time. I really struggled finding the house sometimes and moving the small around in the correct direction. Had a great theme through and I really felt myself getting into the game and wanting to save the small.
LandoSystems
07. Dec 2018 · 00:06 UTC
Took a little while to figure out how to move where I wanted to go, but all things considered it's a nice little game with decent graphics and cute sounds effects. Nice work!
Mikabrytu
07. Dec 2018 · 00:18 UTC
I liked the game, but it's pretty weird to control and I feel like I cant actually protect since the bombs never explodes unless it hit the small one.
But the game sounds and looks cute and pretty well made.

I wanna see a evolution of that someday :)
Pokang
07. Dec 2018 · 00:30 UTC
Super cute and small game, I loved the principle and I'd love some more levels! Good job!
JLV
07. Dec 2018 · 00:35 UTC
Really cute game ! Loved the idea, the implementation, the hint at the theme, as well as the voice acting of small. My only gripes would be the controls, a little difficult to handle.

Pros :
- Nice graphics and audio
- Nice gameplay idea, kind of a solo "Rocket League"
- Fun take on the theme
- No real death makes for a rather chill experience

Cons :
- Controls difficult to get a grasp on (solo "Rocket League" + mouse based controls might not be the perfect sum).

Overall, great job !
AwiX
07. Dec 2018 · 08:16 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics. I put a rating) Please rating and me, thanks in advance)
sickybricky
07. Dec 2018 · 09:34 UTC
The hand made instructions are cool :) the game itself leaves something to be desired but it's a good effort!
Juan Hust Novella
07. Dec 2018 · 20:12 UTC
IS SO HARD TO CONTROL THE BLUE GUY AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. Game works, the concept is cool but with a little more of work. Nice participation :)
Nikolaj
08. Dec 2018 · 18:37 UTC
neat game, had a bit of trouble with the super simple controls
garethiw
09. Dec 2018 · 12:02 UTC
Characters are fun and I liked the animation. I didn't find the controls too bad, I just had to be gentle with the mouse movements. Having no lives/death makes for a relaxing game, but I feel like there should have been more of a penalty for Big when managing to shield Small from a bomb. Maybe a knockback?
niborious
09. Dec 2018 · 19:17 UTC
Omg I love the the art and audio. The audio was very satisfying. I really like the way you made that tutorial image - it caught my attention and was easy to understand and I could look at it while the game was loading.
arc1llusion
10. Dec 2018 · 13:18 UTC
I had a hard time with the controls as others said, but I liked the concept, the music, and the graphics. Neat little game :)
Zetorama
11. Dec 2018 · 08:38 UTC
Very cute and positive! Probably, it would be a little easier to direct Big Blue if there was a little higher point of view. Also, I assume, camera is locked on purpose? It might be good maybe to add a quick turn-around action (right-click?), to get to know, where the bombs are running from…

Anyways, great graphics and sounds. Good game!
Ivan Garcia Filho
13. Dec 2018 · 20:40 UTC
Good, i would just suggest you to change the controls because holding thee left mouse button is always selecting and trying to drag your game's pagee with the cursor