{"author_link":"\/users\/234753","author_name":"LDJam user 234753","author_uid":1234753,"comments":[{"id":948568,"author_name":"Embedder72","author_uid":"embedder72","epoch":1683045977,"text":"That was fun.  Needed a little time to get the hang of the controls.  I was able to shoo off the storks and kill a few enemies.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":948633,"author_name":"velvetlobster","author_uid":"velvetlobster","epoch":1683046286,"text":"wish I had read the warning\n\n![Captura de Tela 2023-05-02 a\u0300s 13.50.38.png](\/\/\/raw\/0e4\/e\/z\/5ab9d.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":952071,"author_name":"GameDevTraum","author_uid":"gamedevtraum","epoch":1683064887,"text":"nice job! a little feedback of my experience with your game, I personally found a little confusing to use SHIFT as the key for the main mechanic, I think this is because normally that key is used to run in most games but here it does the opposite, the character stops. But anyways what key can you use? there aren't much options, maybe the S key with the middle finger or use SPACE for this mechanic and SHIFT for jump.\nI couldn't clear level 3, several developers recommend to make the colliders not exactly the same size as the killer object, in this case the spikes, but a little smaller, to avoid the feeling that you died in unfair circumstances.\nOverall very nice game, you have several levels, a level selector, the lore of the game 5\/5 :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":952688,"author_name":"LDJam user 234753","author_uid":"234753","epoch":1683068914,"text":"@gamedevtraum thanks for the long feedback - i totally agree on the controls, I had a problem with them at first, was considering changing shift to using up and down arrow but then I made level 6 (then 3) and realised that that I actually find the arrows keys and shift better as I don't have to think about facing left and right.\n\nRegarding the colliders- good shout, and tbh I think there are **a lot** of collider things to fix in this, (it's a jam game) so i'm happy you only found spikes to be the problem :P ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":953560,"author_name":"Jack Sims","author_uid":"jack-sims","epoch":1683077149,"text":"Huge fan of using the snout as a paddle. Also love Chompus as a character. I want him on a T-Shirt","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":954423,"author_name":"CrimOudin","author_uid":"crimoudin","epoch":1683086687,"text":"I just wish the snout was controlled by mouse position as you jumped. Having to stop all the time and the way the baby bounced just made the game feel way to slow for me. But I had fun with it overall. Defending from the storks was challenging and fun. and having to manage bouncing the baby and running around a big path to make it back in time was fun.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":958874,"author_name":"potkirland","author_uid":"potkirland","epoch":1683141363,"text":"good art and fun to play. waiting for baby to fall down was a bit tedious but had fun overall. LEVEL4 was impossible for me. Please share anyone if they succeeded lvl 4.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":960625,"author_name":"BodhiAgora","author_uid":"bodhiagora","epoch":1683159535,"text":"Great play with the theme.  Yoshi's Island-esque but not as annoying, although I do lament storks now.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":960631,"author_name":"WeirdBitGames","author_uid":"weirdbitgames","epoch":1683159580,"text":"I'm getting big Yoshi's Island vibes from this. I'm glad you improved on that game's design by not having a really stressful baby crying alarm sound! It's also really, really hard. Dang those storks!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":960897,"author_name":"Augmotic","author_uid":"augmotic","epoch":1683163585,"text":"Thanks for hanging out in the stream and bringing your game!\n\nHere is a link to the VOD that starts at your section.\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1810812417?t=01h48m27s","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":965118,"author_name":"Lomby","author_uid":"lomby","epoch":1683234032,"text":"Thanks for submitting your game on the stream!  \nHere\u2019s the stream if you wanted to re-watch initial thoughts (timestamps in the description to jump to your game!) [youtube link](youtu.be\/urgNg4JO17M)\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":978180,"author_name":"Likirus","author_uid":"likirus","epoch":1683887886,"text":"Very nice game, but dang, this is difficult. So many things to balance, keep baby alive, keep yourself alive, defeat monsters and storks all at once is a bit too much. At first, I thought the storks were supposed to get the baby and I handdelivered it to one lol :D who would have thought that crocodiles are better at delivering babies than storks ;)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":978994,"author_name":"epb9000","author_uid":"epb9000","epoch":1684003707,"text":"Getting some Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island vibes from this. Though thankfully the baby doesn't cry near as much and the storks are a bit slower to swoop in.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld53\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/pondus314.itch.io\/chompus-post-jam","text":"itch.io updated"},{"url":"https:\/\/pondus314.itch.io\/chompus-mcsnappersons-baby-bubble-bouncing-bonanza","text":"itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"66882","g_author":"1234753","g_event":"LD53","g_eventkey":"118","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"285852","g_title":"Chompus McSnapperson's Bubble Baby Bouncing Bonanza","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"367406","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"367406","n_urlkey":"285852","n_parent":"332127","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/chompus-mcsnappersons-bubble-baby-bouncing-bonanza","n_slug":"chompus-mcsnappersons-bubble-bab","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"234753","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"1143985","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":367406,"parent":332127,"_superparent":9,"author":234753,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2023-05-02T00:55:23Z","created":"2023-05-01T22:52:14Z","modified":"2023-05-07T16:20:48Z","_trust":1,"version":1143985,"slug":"chompus-mcsnappersons-bubble-baby-bouncing-bonanza","name":"Chompus McSnapperson's Bubble Baby Bouncing Bonanza","body":"![splash_ldjam.png](\/\/\/raw\/105\/93\/z\/59efb.png)\n\n# Known issues\n- **MacOS users must download [`chompus-macos.zip`](https:\/\/files.jam.host\/uploads\/$367406\/chompus-macos.zip) to play** below. Some users may have to go to `Settings -> Privacy -> Allow \"Chompus McSnapperson` if their computer blocks the game.\n- **Windows \/ Linux users can also [play on itch.io](https:\/\/pondus314.itch.io\/chompus-post-jam).**\n- Level select is broken on some platforms.\n- Level 5 is resource intensive - lags in browser and has significant loads on pc\n\n## Bug Fixes\n- Tweak level 4 to make it possible to finish it.\n- Fix background and blur on web.\n\n---\n# Game\n\nJump your way across the land and bounce the powerless bubble baby to its new home!\n\nYou play as Chompus, a crocogator, and as such you have an extra long gator snout that is super useful for bouncing the baby along.\n\nOnce the baby realises how fun it is to be bounced, it will not want to stop and will cry if it gets bored.\n\nEvil storks come after the baby as soon as they can hear its cry, so make sure to keep it happy or be ready to scare them away.\n\n(In case you didn't know, storks steal babies. 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King Wobblefoam III, determined to make the best of it, declared Chompus McSnapperson the Official Bubble Baby Bouncer, as Chompus had the longest and springiest mouth in all of Bubblandia.\n\nThus, Chompers McSnapperson has been entrusted with the noble duty of delivering Baby Bobble around Bubblandia, utilising his exceptional platforming skills to ensure the bubbled baby remains untainted by the ground and eternally happy!\n\n\n---\n\n# Controls:\n\nMovement: **A+D\/arrow keys** \n\nJump: **SPACE\/up arrow**\n\nMove snout without moving: hold **SHIFT** and use movement keys\n\nFlip the gator: **Z** (might be required for some later levels)\n\n\n---\n# Credits\n- Bentley (@yharooer): - rigging player sprites, drawing GUI and enemies, music, enemy bubble and animation code and some levels\n- Peter (@peter-ondus) - GUI and high level behaviour programming, storks, SFX, world physics, [general polish](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eustachy_Sanguszko)\n\n(No this wasn't inspired by yoshi island, somehow)\n\n---\n# Updates\n\n- default version: \n   - 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Some users may have to go to `Settings -> Privacy -> Allow \"Chompus McSnapperson` if their computer blocks the game.\n- **Windows \/ Linux users can also [play on itch.io](https:\/\/pondus314.itch.io\/chompus-post-jam).**\n- Level select is broken on some platforms.\n- Level 5 is resource intensive - lags in browser and has significant loads on pc\n\n## Bug Fixes\n- Tweak level 4 to make it possible to finish it.\n- Fix background and blur on web.\n\n---\n# Game\n\nJump your way across the land and bounce the powerless bubble baby to its new home!\n\nYou play as Chompus, a crocogator, and as such you have an extra long gator snout that is super useful for bouncing the baby along.\n\nOnce the baby realises how fun it is to be bounced, it will not want to stop and will cry if it gets bored.\n\nEvil storks come after the baby as soon as they can hear its cry, so make sure to keep it happy or be ready to scare them away.\n\n(In case you didn't know, storks steal babies. Crocogators are the ones who actually deliver them.)\n\nAs a bonus challenge, can you collect all the 29 lollipops? \n\n---\n# Story\n\nOnce upon a time in the fantastically wild and whimsical world of Bubblandia, a crocodile-alligator mix, named Chompus McSnapperson, was the illustrious Royal Bubble Navigator for the eccentric King Wobblefoam III. The day soon came when the kingdom eagerly awaited the arrival of King Wobblefoam III's child, the heir to the throne, affectionately nicknamed Bobble.\n\nIn an unfortunate turn of events, the Kingdom of Bubblandia was delivered the shocking news: their precious Bobble was born with a mystical condition - to forever float in a bubble, unable to touch the ground lest their royal cuteness turns into colossal sadness. King Wobblefoam III, determined to make the best of it, declared Chompus McSnapperson the Official Bubble Baby Bouncer, as Chompus had the longest and springiest mouth in all of Bubblandia.\n\nThus, Chompers McSnapperson has been entrusted with the noble duty of delivering Baby Bobble around Bubblandia, utilising his exceptional platforming skills to ensure the bubbled baby remains untainted by the ground and eternally happy!\n\n\n---\n\n# Controls:\n\nMovement: **A+D\/arrow keys** \n\nJump: **SPACE\/up arrow**\n\nMove snout without moving: hold **SHIFT** and use movement keys\n\nFlip the gator: **Z** (might be required for some later levels)\n\n\n---\n# Credits\n- Bentley (@yharooer): - rigging player sprites, drawing GUI and enemies, music, enemy bubble and animation code and some levels\n- Peter (@peter-ondus) - GUI and high level behaviour programming, storks, SFX, world physics, [general polish](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eustachy_Sanguszko)\n\n(No this wasn't inspired by yoshi island, somehow)\n\n---\n# Updates\n\n- default version: \n   - fixed game breaking bugs at respawning\n   - fixed next level button not working in exports\n   - fixed enemies not dying when they should\n- post jam version:\n  - added varying backgrounds (as opposed to the same one in all levels before\n  - increased storks' collider size\n  - added signs with controls to levels\n  - rearranged levels\n  - minor tweaks to level design for lower frustration and to allow completion of level 5\n\n---\n\n# Gallery\n\n![gameplay_1.png](\/\/\/raw\/105\/93\/z\/59f1e.png)\n![chompus-screenshot-1.png](\/\/\/raw\/c44\/93\/z\/5ab79.png)","title":"Chompus McSnapperson's Bubble Baby Bouncing Bonanza","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20230512025831","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/362955+357419+365575+358348+332678+334266+365758+360111+367698+360871+367470+365776+344441+337482+339952+337169+338043+352654+336394+367228+337337+366214+367066+346249+356716+356335+356535+367406"}}