Rocketboy by cjce

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made by cjce for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

In a world where all horses are imprisoned for some reason, one boy with his rocket is determined to free them all and by doing so save the world.

His mission is simple...

UN-STABLE the horses! FDF9C2A3-E3E0-4336-9CD1-FEB5EBC77DF7.png113C8DCC-A135-4F8B-8BA5-DB8E836B5F04.png

Ratings

Overall 890th 3.42⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 796th 3.385⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 929th 3.14⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 469th 3.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1005th 3.32⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 387th 3.52⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 710th 3.458⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Nebrazif
04. Oct 2021 · 21:12 UTC
Good game, i saved 3 horses !
yagovictor
05. Oct 2021 · 17:21 UTC
Nice game, i liked
elmismopancho
05. Oct 2021 · 17:26 UTC
Having a lot of fun playing this.
Some feedback:
- A retry button would have been very nice.
- Sometimes I lost sense of where I was.
- Instakill is very annoying, and since there is no retry button, is veeery annoying.

But the horses have parachutes so 10/10
stoffe
05. Oct 2021 · 17:29 UTC
I like it, was fun to fly around. Went from easy flying to suddenly there being missiles everywhere.

Minor bug, I both won and lost, missile killed me, but I landed right at a stable door, so then the missiles blew it open for me xD

![horses.png](///raw/56e/z/471c5.png)
Raffaello
06. Oct 2021 · 17:41 UTC
I like! A retry button would have been useful
Raysi
06. Oct 2021 · 17:46 UTC
Nice one.
🎤 cjce
06. Oct 2021 · 18:00 UTC
@nebrazif, @yagovictor @raysi: Thanks! :)
@elmismopancho, @stoffe and @raffaello: I didn't even have enemies or a win condition two hours before the deadline so I had to improvise. Thanks for the feedback! :) A retry button was really stupid to miss thoguh! xD
baconharemthug
07. Oct 2021 · 00:51 UTC
I love the aesthetic, unfortunately I kept getting stuck in the ground so I wasn't able to get very far.

![Screenshot (153).png](///raw/df5/04/z/479c4.png)
real_flamingicecubegames
07. Oct 2021 · 16:03 UTC
Pretty fun game. There needs to be a quick restart button though.
Surfa
08. Oct 2021 · 18:37 UTC
Like that both the rocketman was unstable and the objective was to un-stable the horses. Was quite simple but for 1 persono over three days was pretty good.
MarkVeligod
09. Oct 2021 · 13:42 UTC
Minimalism is the best thing in this game! Great job!
balduin
10. Oct 2021 · 11:14 UTC
Nice Entry. Controlling the rocketboy feels nice and the minimalistic art style is great, aswell. I agree that a restart button would help alot.
xiyou
10. Oct 2021 · 15:13 UTC
Very interesting design. Are there only three horses at the end? Maybe in the end there could be a big stable with countless horses, which would look more like saving the world :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
🎤 cjce
11. Oct 2021 · 18:11 UTC
@real-flamingicecubegames @surfa @markveligod @balduin Thanks! I have been making games as a hobby for 25 years and this is the first time anyone plays one of them. I will definitely join next jam too :).
🎤 cjce
11. Oct 2021 · 18:13 UTC
@xiyou !hanks! There are only three horses unfortunately. I didn't even have a working stable three hours before submission so I'm happy there was any horses at all to save xD. I'll see if I'll continue developing this game a bit and see where it lands ;)
holbinski
12. Oct 2021 · 02:53 UTC
Incredible interpretation of that theme! Love it. As others said, a restart button would be nice, but I'm giving this a high rating for the hilarious concept alone.
Axonny
12. Oct 2021 · 10:28 UTC
Don't close the game when I'm dead! Fun game! But there is one little problem. Why does the rocket launcher keep firing when I destroyed it? :) Good job!
GrimaceOverload
12. Oct 2021 · 11:49 UTC
Cool idea. The level was a bit big and the controls a tad drifty, but it was fun.
Harmadillo
13. Oct 2021 · 16:14 UTC
Nice game. Controlling the rocket man was fun(once I correctly read the instructions😊). Controls were responsive. Graphics were simple but effective.
🎤 cjce
15. Oct 2021 · 02:16 UTC
@holbinski @grimaceoverload @harmadillo Thanks!
@axonny It does? xD I only had like 5 minutes to playtest so I guess I missed that one! I'll make sure to at least double playtesting for next time!
StaticBits
18. Oct 2021 · 20:18 UTC
Nice! Unstable controls to un-stable some horses :laughing: