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Above the clouds by Radowicht

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made by Radowicht for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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You are Teddy, far above the clouds you try to collect as many points as possible before the air runs out. Small yellow energy packets are the only thing that delays what is inevitable.

Assembled from individual parts, the control of your beloved balloon turns out to be extremely difficult. Only a masterful pilot would be able to delay the fall to earth.

Controls:

Press left mouse button to adjust the control units inside the basket. Inflate and the Booster drains Energy. Operate the booster with caution!

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Credits:

Game Design: Ironfred, paddy-exe, Radowicht

Coding: Ironfred, Radowicht

Art: Ironfred, paddy-exe

Sound Design: paddy-exe

itch.io - Download https://ironfred.itch.io/above-the-clouds
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/above-the-clouds

Ratings

Overall 1292th 2.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1282th 2.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 446th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1130th 3.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1212th 2.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 513th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 924th 2.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 637th 3.525⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

CursedEmbassy
05. Apr 2022 · 17:14 UTC
good job! :)
Fragueur
05. Apr 2022 · 17:19 UTC
Good
Jeff Kerman
05. Apr 2022 · 17:22 UTC
Nice game. The music stopped while I was playing though. I would like to was the music also made for the game because it fits very well.
Jeff Kerman
05. Apr 2022 · 17:22 UTC
Nice game. The music stopped while I was playing though. I would like to was the music also made for the game because it fits very well.
Ben Newington
05. Apr 2022 · 17:28 UTC
Cool game ! I really like the controls, and the game has a very peaceful atmosphere. Unfortunately the results won't show up on the leaderboard for me but my high score was around 4000 :) My only complaint is that the camera kind of clips through the player model causing you to see little segments of it in the first person view. Other than that excellent job ! A really cool take on the theme. I'm especially impressed that you managed a start/end screen and a leaderboard in a jam game.
Ben Newington
05. Apr 2022 · 17:28 UTC
Cool game ! I really like the controls, and the game has a very peaceful atmosphere. Unfortunately the results won't show up on the leaderboard for me but my high score was around 4000 :) My only complaint is that the camera kind of clips through the player model causing you to see little segments of it in the first person view. Other than that excellent job ! A really cool take on the theme. I'm especially impressed that you managed a start/end screen and a leaderboard in a jam game.
AutoGibbon
05. Apr 2022 · 18:03 UTC
Me and my little teddy went into space and we did spacewalking! I know that is absolutely not the intent, but I got a good laugh out of it anyway.

++ Teddy bear can go to space.
++ Teddy bear can get out of the baloon and spacewalk.

Now, onto the game itself.

Felt realistically slow and floaty like a real baloon.
I got confused cause I thought I had a moustache (turns out it's just the teddy nose)
Nice relaxing music.

I'll be honest I didn't really play once I discovered I could fly away forever :P but I still had fun.
MalikenGD
05. Apr 2022 · 18:11 UTC
Controls felt stiff but I suppose it's probably like that in real life. Good job.
moi93101
06. Apr 2022 · 14:51 UTC
I had a bug the first try (my character was flying upper than the nacel so I didn't control anything :fearful: )
But after that I played normaly and it was really chill ! But, I'm definitely not a good balloon pilot...
MrEvilGuy
07. Apr 2022 · 05:01 UTC
Such a lovely little game. Music was so peaceful. And likes others have noted, falling over the edge and flying away is the most dreamlike experience. Really enjoyed my time with this.
Ironfred
07. Apr 2022 · 07:24 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback and the kind words :) Unfortunately, the leaderboard does not seem to work in the build version, maybe we can provide a fix later on. @jeff-kerman yes, paddy-exe composed the music for the game and then recorded it with his guitar and midi keyboard.
LDJam user 120213
08. Apr 2022 · 02:07 UTC
The music stops partway in, it was pretty nice until that happened. I understand the controls, just couldn't really control it well, I had fun though just blasting off up high then drifting fast for a while, was able to travel pretty far.
Adam Gallina
09. Apr 2022 · 01:49 UTC
The music was very nice, it would've been helpful to have some kind of feedback when turning, as I wasn't sure whether or not I was turning all the time. Other than that, the controls were really easy to pick up, and it was a fun little challenge!
LDP
10. Apr 2022 · 17:01 UTC
The concept here is really nice, I didn't even thought about an idea like that for the jam. The mood is also great! The controls though are really hard to learn to be able to move you baloon properly, but after a failed attempt I was able to just enjoy the ride, even if I wasn't able to hit that much objectives. Nice work!
bastilo
12. Apr 2022 · 10:07 UTC
Cool concept!
saintchristopher777
12. Apr 2022 · 12:16 UTC
Nice work! I like the music, and I think you got the balloon physics down. I'm terrible at piloting it, btw. My greatest triumph was finally making it through a green hoop! Also, not sure it it was intended, or a glitch, but on my machine the air was full of these odd poles coming up through the clouds.

![Clouds.png](///raw/6f6/b3/z/4dea9.png)
jk5000
13. Apr 2022 · 15:25 UTC
The idea was fun, and I love the music. But I found the controls really difficult. Overall a okay little jam game.
island-jam-2-group-3
13. Apr 2022 · 21:38 UTC
I found the controls hard af ^^U but I loved the atmosphere. I think that the music is not looped, cause I stopped hearing it after a while. Nice job!
tgiant
18. Apr 2022 · 14:54 UTC
What a wonderful entry to the theme.
I love this game because if the relaxing nature of it. Good work on this one!