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BUBBLEGUM UPPERCUT! by Garris

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made by Garris for LD34 (JAM)
You are bubblegum. That rose has a lot of eyes and is growing very quickly. Keep up with it! Defeat enemies with your SUPER UPPERCUT OF VICTORY!

Left and right arrow keys to move

Double tap a direction to slide

Press both at once to UPPERCUT!

EDIT: Additional info:
-The screen wraps left and right so if it looks like you can't make a jump, try the other direction.
-You can move sideways while UPPERCUTting (jumping). Press both buttons to start the jump, but only hold down the direction you want to move.
-POWERUPS/POWERDOWNS: The items that are stationary are buffs and always do something good for you. The items that are falling, are debuffs or challenge items. They do something dangerous, but they also give you a big point bonus. Grab them and hang on if you're going for high score.

-And finally: Get the baseball bat, and slide into an enemy. Trust me. You'll like it.

Music by Gregg Wright
Windows http://dustout-games.itch.io/bubblegum-uppercut
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=33993

Ratings

Coolness 88% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.54 306
Fun(Jam) 3.76 102
Graphics(Jam) 3.18 651
Humor(Jam) 2.98 328
Innovation(Jam) 3.24 444
Mood(Jam) 3.26 476
Theme(Jam) 4.02 218

Feedback

flyingbear
15. Dec 2015 路 00:32 UTC
This felt demented in a good way. Controls were responsive and it felt good to uppercut enemies due to the sound + screen shake. I kept feeling the desire to move in mid-air after uppercutting which was hard due to having to press both buttons at once
PowerSpark
15. Dec 2015 路 00:37 UTC
Amazing game! I'm surprised the game is so well polished!
Blobo
15. Dec 2015 路 01:04 UTC
Amazing game. it's crazy addicting too! my only complaint is the lack of shading on the rose.
馃帳 Garris
15. Dec 2015 路 01:33 UTC
I submitted a little bit early specifically to give myself time to shade the rose : D
Blobo
15. Dec 2015 路 01:57 UTC
Looks great! I forgot to mention how much I love the character! the little splats in the animations make it just that much better. Really nice entry!
blohod
15. Dec 2015 路 02:11 UTC
weee SLAM!
Fidrik
15. Dec 2015 路 02:13 UTC
Nicely polished! Overall a great game!
Drury
15. Dec 2015 路 03:09 UTC
I love the movement system, such a smart use of the theme.
LavWa
15. Dec 2015 路 03:17 UTC
Wow that's impressive. The gameplay is neat and simple, polished, the music is really cool. Great work!!
cudabear
15. Dec 2015 路 03:22 UTC
This game is very fun! It's a nice take on infinite climbers. I found the gameplay to be pretty balanced, but sometimes there were platforms that spawned very far apart from eachother, and I found it impossible to make those jumps.
fluidvolt
15. Dec 2015 路 10:06 UTC
This is really fun. Love the slick animations and that slide dash -- sliding in air is especially fun. And the melodramatic orchestra music set against the goofy enemies and odd concept is extra fun. I made it to the 7000s!
Rocketship
15. Dec 2015 路 15:25 UTC
I found it fun and a tad frustrating. Also the double press is a great way to extend the two button restraint. The movement felt a bit too airy for my taste, I feel the jumps were hard to time but otherwise was fun playing it.
WebFreak001
15. Dec 2015 路 20:38 UTC
Really nice game, the controls felt so great and lots of fun. Loved it!
SSJMetroid
16. Dec 2015 路 00:23 UTC
Very good entry. Excellent animation on the character. I love the items and smash-bros-esque feel to it. Having the x-velocity stop when you hit an enemy with the attack was a good idea.
Indie L
16. Dec 2015 路 00:24 UTC
Nice game,i liked a lot ;D
Rosain_f
16. Dec 2015 路 09:16 UTC
Amazing, a bit hard, but I like it !
MercuryXGames
16. Dec 2015 路 11:04 UTC
nice game!
YinYin
16. Dec 2015 路 11:08 UTC
A double tap dash is always a bad idea if you also need precision twitch movement (placing yourself just right to avoid damage or hit a foe above). It would help if the uppercut had some more horizontal control, even if it was just a little, instead of going so straight for quite a while. If the dash took care of enemies as well that would help a lot too to make this game more fun.

Otherwise it worked rather well.
LittleThor
16. Dec 2015 路 12:48 UTC
I liked the animation of bubblegum and th humor of the game!
I assume that the level design is procedural, which leads sometime to very difficult / unpossible situations :(
馃帳 Garris
16. Dec 2015 路 15:32 UTC
YinYin, was the dash not killing enemies for you? Unless you have the glasses, a dash should 1-hit an enemy.
tantumgames
17. Dec 2015 路 00:46 UTC
Great graphics and music. Nice work.
Strike
17. Dec 2015 路 20:13 UTC
So addictive, I also love the nonsensical humor
YinYin
18. Dec 2015 路 09:43 UTC
I guess it was simply too short to do that for me, i.e. I dashed towards an enemy and slowed down just before I got there (or the hurt box deactivated). Most of the time I dashed by accident anyway because I was trying to fine tune my position quickly.
anv
18. Dec 2015 路 21:23 UTC
Very nice dynamic - whole screen feels like it's in constant movement, with giant rosebud leading the way up. Nice music and VO. Controls are challenging at first, but after a while you can get used to them. Overall, very polished and pleasant to play.
nunesbarbosa
20. Dec 2015 路 00:32 UTC
Great game! I have a mixed feeling on the two controls theme because it feels cheap to fool a 4 control button into 2 as the gameplay would be better on a normal platform control.

Loved the art and the animation. The music was a bit creepy, don't you think?
馃帳 Garris
20. Dec 2015 路 01:46 UTC
A little. The whole thing was meant to be a bit creepy though.
hyperscope
21. Dec 2015 路 23:39 UTC
I got a super meat boy esque vibe from this game. Very good execution of combining jumping, moving, dashing, and attacking. I was initially concerned that the implementation might not be satisfying but that wasn't the case. Possibly my only issue might be to allow slightly more time to double tap. This could work as an IOS game or even as a platform title if the level design/progression was expanded upon. Great job!
kirbytails7
29. Dec 2015 路 06:54 UTC
Nice, good use of two buttons. I would have liked to have had an easier time of aerial movement after an uppercut, since platforms would sometimes end up pretty far apart.
LukeZaz
02. Jan 2016 路 02:07 UTC
Found jumping a little confusing, as I thought I could double-jump but then found I couldn't. Controls were a little hard to work with, but I got used to them over time. Overall a pretty good game.
Jupiter_Hadley
06. Jan 2016 路 17:08 UTC
Neat game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/eeRk2tDl2JU