U.N.S.T.A.B.L.E. by koalaura

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made by koalaura for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Our game is all about U.N.S.T.A.B.L.E. as an acronym. We tried to make weird little sentences out of these letters that we turned into mini-games. But the mini-games are unstable themselves, and sometimes take an unexpected turn.

We originally wanted to make tons of minigames, but you know how it is with gamejams. We could only make a few, but please just imagine we made like 20! ;)

Thank you so much for playing!

  • Developing: @re-markable
  • Art/Animation/Audio: @mizuiro
  • Art/Audio/VFX: @koalaura

We only used 3rd-party assets for the fonts and the audio (which we then edited ourselves), and checked the licenses on all of those.

Known issues:

  • Sometimes you randomly get a game over at the beginning of the smashing eggs level. To prevent that from happening, press space immediately at the beginning of the level and it should be fixed!
  • The probability of some minigames appearing is too low right now, we're gonna fix that!
  • In the sausage dog level, the player moves a bit too slow and that sometimes makes it impossible to pass the level
  • It's not always immediately clear what the player should do at the start of a level

We'll try and fix most of these tonight and post an updated version (we'll keep the original one up of course). Maybe we'll develop this little game more in the future as well!

Thanks for understanding and thank you for playing!EggTargetSprite.png

Ratings

Overall 827th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 383th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1123th 2.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1041th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 683th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 802th 3.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 42th 4.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 374th 3.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

Fickle Swimming
04. Oct 2021 · 23:07 UTC
Love it :D very funny, and fun mechanics!
mausimus
04. Oct 2021 · 23:07 UTC
Hm on the third level once I start running with the sausage the game almost instantly goes back to main menu. Is that supposed to happen, are my reactions too slow? RIP mechanical keyboard btw on the first level. Love the small touches like to look on the alien's face. It is hard to work out what to do on a new level, perhaps a unified language like in Quantic Dream games would be easier to react to.
agameortwo
04. Oct 2021 · 23:08 UTC
Fun but sometimes seems to reset randomly mid mini game. Why are the aliens so mean to Norman after they fix up the ufo?
🎤 koalaura
04. Oct 2021 · 23:15 UTC
@fickle-swimming Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed!
🎤 koalaura
04. Oct 2021 · 23:17 UTC
@mausimus Yep, that is a known issue! You are not too slow haha! If you press space at the start of that level, it should fix it!
And thank you! We loved adding little animations and expressions!:)
We're going to look for a way to make it more clear what the player should do in each level!
Thank you for playing and for your feedback!!
🎤 koalaura
04. Oct 2021 · 23:18 UTC
@agameortwo That's a known issue that we're working on for a future update! It's also not always clear when you get a game over, which may make it seem like the game randomly resets.
Maybe Norman didn't know what he was doing and actually broke their ship? :(
Thank you for playing and for your feedback!!
Sanemsky
06. Oct 2021 · 08:47 UTC
very fun game :) I had a little trouble understanding I should crack the boring eggs but had fun overall. Nice work you guys :D
Misfire_dev
06. Oct 2021 · 09:57 UTC
took me a couple tries to realise I have to crack the boring eggs but was so satisfying when I did, cute graphics and fun mini games.
as you like 101
06. Oct 2021 · 17:10 UTC
very fun game !! i really loves the musuc , it put me in the mood to play it
Dinwy
07. Oct 2021 · 09:17 UTC
Damn. This is the most humorous game I've played in this game jam. lol
I also like the second stage is for the revenge.... This game is hilarious. Good job!
yopox
07. Oct 2021 · 10:07 UTC
I love the concepts of finding acronyms :laughing:
The game is really f a s t :race_car: but it also means that it's hard to follow ;o

The aesthetic of the game is very nice! Well done
Derek Volker
08. Oct 2021 · 01:13 UTC
Well, that's really fun and a far stretch from the theme... but i buy it!

It's just crazy and nonsense and you don't know what to do from the beggining. Pure chaos! I love it!

Liked the mechanics of the minigames, and also the music and graphics. All fitting for the concept.

Congrats on developing these games!
Nathan-san
08. Oct 2021 · 23:06 UTC
Fun game :)
Papabirb
09. Oct 2021 · 03:24 UTC
Alcohol status: 52 minutes in, feelin a lil woozy in my face brain face. Game was still playable during onset of alcohol vibing. Reviewing is getting harder.

Played the initial bugfix version since bug fixes are allowed and I've done a few myself.

Wish there were sound effects. Sausage dog game was way more unforgiving than smash egg game. I disagree that it's unclear what players need to do, but there's no time to read the sentence that tells you what to do in some of them like sausage dog. Did not experience the random game over bug in smash egg. Wish I had more time to read the sentences, realized they're ALL acronyms of unstable, thought it was one like sentence starts with U, sentence starts with N.... etc. would be cool to appreciate the acronyms better.

Really love the aesthetic, music was a little too repetitive without sound effects. Liked that the games seemed to be getting harder each time it went through? alien and boy shot faster. Ufo is ingrate, I fixed it and then it shoots me? Seems different alien though, different color. Maybe it's just the ufo that's angry, alien seems confused and looks around, very cute animation.
GodDoesPlayDice
11. Oct 2021 · 10:34 UTC
I can forgive this game for anything because of its mesmerizing visuals and music! It was fun!
ardorugus
11. Oct 2021 · 11:03 UTC
Is that a viral thing? Got in my mind too fast too well. Have to rinse it now. Hard liqour, waiter!
Derean
11. Oct 2021 · 13:08 UTC
Cool game! Felt like random minigames from Wario Ware. I was a little confused with the shooting mini game since I didn't know you could shoot when releasing SPACE :sweat_smile:

I had fun overall! Good entry!