Bad Cloud by pedrorossa

made by pedrorossa for LD34 (JAM)

Once upon a time, there was a planet with blue, clear skies. Often, some clouds were formed and it rained all over the surface. But one day, suddenly, one cloud got eyes. Cute eyes. Oh, those cute eyes. That cloud, instead of going away with the others, decided to stay at the planet. Decided to have some fun. Fun destroying the planet. Cute destruction by a cute Bad Cloud.

Your objetive is to destroy everything on the planet using the cloud's "powers": rain and lightning bolts. You get bigger by absorbing water from water sources and you shrink by raining or creating lightning bolts. Watch out for your water level! When the cloud is empty, it's game over. When it is too full, it needs to be emptied. You get more points finishing your missions as quick as possible.

Bad Cloud
An idea of
- Pedro Rossa
- Douglas Santos
- Guilherme Cássio
- Gustavo Andrade

Programming by
- Pedro Rossa
- Douglas Santos

Original Soundtrack and SFX by
- Guilherme Cássio
- Gustavo Andrade

Art by
- Pedro Rossa

Web	http://goo.gl/szxUG7
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=58024

Ratings

Coolness	62%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.14	682

Audio(Jam)	3.33	336
Fun(Jam)	2.72	848
Graphics(Jam)	3.78	323
Humor(Jam)	2.52	598
Innovation(Jam)	3.19	482
Mood(Jam)	3.03	671
Theme(Jam)	2.72	1007

Feedback

piper82

15. Dec 2015 · 03:29 UTC

wow, great concept. planet is bit hard to control.

adamyounis

15. Dec 2015 · 03:32 UTC

This is a cool concept. I liked the polygonal world a lot, the sound effects were pretty good too. I think the gameplay could use some work, though: The camera was a bit fiddle-y and it wasn't always clear where my lightning was hitting or why I would want to use "rain" option.

🎤 pedrorossa

15. Dec 2015 · 03:36 UTC

Tank you adamyounis.
Just to you know, the rain is for to the second planet, but we don't have more time to implement :/
But, in a future version, you can use all the powers to consume the seven planets.

RARoadkill

15. Dec 2015 · 03:36 UTC

Controls were kind of tricky, really liked the graphics and is a really cool concept

gkxd

15. Dec 2015 · 03:39 UTC

Graphics and sound were nice. Without reading the description, it's a bit hard to understand what to do. (Since one of the themes was "growing," I thought I was supposed to water the trees.)

The rotating planet was frustrating to control.

David Cookie

15. Dec 2015 · 12:55 UTC

Really cool concept and nice graphics and audio! Gameplay is a little tricky but I eventually get used to it. Too bad the rain is useless, I thought I could extinguish trees in fire but nope :/ Overall, good work!

Tragon

15. Dec 2015 · 12:57 UTC

Takes a bit to get used to the controls but nice to play once you get it

🎤 pedrorossa

15. Dec 2015 · 15:37 UTC

Tanks guys, and David, you can extinguish the fire on trees with the rain :D
in the second phase there will be a volcano that you need to petrify with rain \o\

Gravity Games

15. Dec 2015 · 15:37 UTC

I liked this game, despite not seeing what it had to do with either theme. The graphics were really nice, and the controls worked rather well. However, either the collision or the camera seemed to be a tad wonky, as the lightning bolts and the water absorption didn't work where it looked like they should, but rather a bit above and to the left of where it looks to be. If you fixed this and added some more variety, this would actually be a pretty good casual web game.

🎤 pedrorossa

15. Dec 2015 · 15:44 UTC

About the subject.
The cloud needs to grow, absorbing water and then have energy to shower and drop lightning.
As she absrove water it increases the size and change the color, becoming a storm cloud.
We not had time to create the introduction, but the goal is to consume the seven planets and for this you need to become a growing cloud.

marod

15. Dec 2015 · 15:49 UTC

Well, I'm a cloud.

StMatn

15. Dec 2015 · 20:51 UTC

Very cute game!
It looks really nice and the audio is fitting. I found it quite hard to aim the lightning and didn't understand, why it would want to make it rain. A little bit of explanation would have been nice.

All in all great work!

UntitledQ

15. Dec 2015 · 21:52 UTC

I felt like a palm hating cloud.

SinclairStrange

16. Dec 2015 · 01:47 UTC

I love the feel to this game although I wasn't quite sure what to do. I think I got some hang of it but then I'd get game over all of a sudden. It was nice while it lasted though and I'd like to see a fleshed out version of this game! :)

jdoughty

16. Dec 2015 · 02:09 UTC

It's an interesting concept, and I loved the sound and art. I'd love to see what a game like this would be like given a bit more time.

Riftpoint

16. Dec 2015 · 02:21 UTC

Very cool game! It is really fun to play it and the art style is amazing! Congratulations to the team, you did a great job

micky

16. Dec 2015 · 02:28 UTC

i like the music and graphics in this one, fun game all round :)

Nicolas Gass

16. Dec 2015 · 14:36 UTC

I'm not sure where my lightning was hitting, it is too easy now, beautiful graphics.

zenmumbler

16. Dec 2015 · 21:30 UTC

I was striking thunder into certain trees like my life depended on it but some just would not react, also not sure when/where I had to use the water. Novel idea, though and cute cloud.

blohod

17. Dec 2015 · 00:28 UTC

very fun, shame it was not finished I am guessing but ice cute evil cloud.
judged on stream at http://www.twitch.tv/meep706, watch the highlight to see me play

Guard13007

03. Jan 2016 · 22:09 UTC

Some trees seemed invisible, and some water sources didn't actually give water. :/ I also couldn't figure out what I was supposed to destroy with rain.

Jupiter_Hadley

11. Jan 2016 · 22:39 UTC

Really neat game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/qJFJJ6gq7Ak