Don't Let Me Down by Trev3lyan
Welcome to our entry for Ludum Dare 50!
Distract the dog from the inevitable truth with this waaacky balloon game. Use your boop snoot to delay the balloon from touching the ground. What goes up must come down!
Coded by Trev3lyan and illustrated by Althasor, with a stunning vocal performance by Charles, as the Dog.
Use A/D and SPACE to move, and ESCAPE to open the Pause menu.

| Browser Version | https://trev3lyan.itch.io/dont-let-me-down |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/dont-let-me-down |
Ratings
| Overall | 560th | 3.615⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 545th | 3.5⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 997th | 2.974⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 562th | 3.769⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 392th | 4.013⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 413th | 3.577⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 277th | 3.722⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 556th | 3.605⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 44🗳️ | 66🗨️ |
I loved the sound effects and the dog animation is perfect. Programming has become so fluid that it's fun to jump and walk, even without hitting the ball.
Congratulations!
Some upbeat, fun music would add a lot, but the dog sounds are too funny. Great job!
Rate my game too pls
Amazing combination.
Nice job
My high score is 60
Also the woof-sounds: Amazing!
On the other hand i first thought the story would follow the "Jurassic Bark" path till i saw the free dog sign... Maybe he is happier with his new owner(s).
On difficulty - the two balloons at once are my limit got to 87 one time but thats it
I'm hope it didn't detract from the experience too much. Thanks for playing!
And yeah as to all newcomers - i hope to see you around next time!
I love the art. It looks gorgeous. The doggo sound effects also brought a smile to my face.
I feel like the difficulty ramps up enormously once the second balloon appears and I never made it much past that point.
Overall, great job!
Two balloons made it immediately superhard. Maybe there could be some kind of indicator that shows that there is another ballon coming? Maybe it could be blinking for awhile before dropping? Also I think it would help to understand there is two balloons inc if they have different colors.
Overall well executed!
The game is not that innovative, but makes up for it with polish.
Controls were super nice, graphics, animations and audio were very fun.
The small timer to indicate that a new ball will drop is super helpful.
The hud is not cluttered, yet informative.
It's looks well designed overall. Great job!
Although I tried more times than I care to admit, I couldn't get past the second wave. Not quite sure if the difficulty is too high or I am (this is more likely) just bad at this kind of game? Either way, a more gradual difficulty curve or a difficulty setting which manipulates the gravity could be a good add.