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Operation Un-Stable by TheHansinator

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made by TheHansinator for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

It turns out "stable" is a verb. Control a horse who wants nothing more than to "un" that verb.

  • Use arrows to control your horse
  • Smash into stables to earn points
  • Have fun!

BUGFIX (2021-10-03, 10:29 PM PDT): - Fixed an issue where you could get stuck on the corner of a stable - Made sure the high score actually updates

Link https://gist.github.com/TheHans255/6b75a13800db5c94f830131f202be181
Link https://thehans255.itch.io/operation-un-stable
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/operation-un-stable

Ratings

Overall 174th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 73th 3.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 320th 3.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 202th 3.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 236th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 82th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 58th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 171th 3.477⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

IldenH
03. Oct 2021 · 22:57 UTC
In the middle of playing i was just thinking what does this have to do with the theme????
And then i just tought about the fact that i was destroying stables and was uning them, i literally laughed out loud. Great pun!
🎤 TheHansinator
03. Oct 2021 · 23:15 UTC
@ildenh Thank you! The idea just kinda hit me like a truck when I saw the Twitter post. Originally I was also going to put cows or other horses in the stables, so that you would also be "unstabling" them. I imagine you could also make something more pensive with that pun, like a teen setting a childhood horse free in the middle of the night or something.
FaberNull
04. Oct 2021 · 00:34 UTC
It's quite captivating. I love the sound and music, really makes you feel like you're running :grin:
Great work, makes me want to pickup pico8 again.
Butterkatt
04. Oct 2021 · 00:36 UTC
Pretty cool game! The music is great, and the sound effect and animation that plays when you destroy the stables is really satisfying. Really fun to play!
Marc Grabow
04. Oct 2021 · 14:15 UTC
hahahah un-stable, I love it. Genius! Love the animation and audio, fantastic work!
Smooches
04. Oct 2021 · 22:30 UTC
Thank you for making the un-"stable" pun come to life, I was not brave enough to go for it
Turncoda
05. Oct 2021 · 16:49 UTC
Love the "galloping" drums. My score: 2400
RetroSpecter
06. Oct 2021 · 02:47 UTC
Cute little game. I dig the simple visuals and especially the vfx for the exploding stables.
🎤 TheHansinator
06. Oct 2021 · 03:16 UTC
@fabernull @butterkatt @marc-grabow @retrospecter @turncoda Thank you! I had a lot of fun putting the music and VFX together. Funnily enough this was my first time writing music for a game - for everything else I've done, either another team member wrote music or I just didn't have any. I'm glad PICO-8 has such a friendly sequencer.
WYL TEAM
06. Oct 2021 · 07:58 UTC
lovely game with lovely horse :unicorn:
erikkire
07. Oct 2021 · 19:12 UTC
Art and music are in top class, well done! Fun to play!
gdesecrate
08. Oct 2021 · 20:38 UTC
I liked it!
Emaigualmc2_art
09. Oct 2021 · 00:12 UTC
Good game! It seemed simple and well resolved, good job!
LDJam user 187102
10. Oct 2021 · 13:06 UTC
Perfect. Just perfect
Frogman
11. Oct 2021 · 11:33 UTC
Really nice game! I loved the premise and the music. I also liked the speed of the game - it really felt like going very fast while also been responsive enough most of the time due to the warning signs. There were a few times where I passed through a stable, and I felt like moving up/down was slightly too slow, but otherwise, great entry! My highscore was 1900.
doomshmuck
11. Oct 2021 · 14:51 UTC
Hah very clever, I like it :) I would have liked the stables to come a little more frequently, and maybe have a timer on the indicator so you know which one is closer? But yeah, fun little game. Nice job!
Webox
11. Oct 2021 · 15:02 UTC
Break stables ha ve fun, checks out hahah. This game is simplicity at its finest, the music, the graphics, the speed of the game, everything. Also, not sure if on purpose, but the sound of the horse steps seems to be in sync with the music and works out as percusion. Great job, loved it
Reulan
13. Oct 2021 · 03:51 UTC
straightforward interpretation! I enjoyed this game, it almost felt like a rhythm game towards the end with the timing being so close to allow for hitting all the stables that spawn. nice!