December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
Balloon Frenzy 4: Turbo Edition is a fun hardcore-casual game. Your character flies peacefully with his lovely balloon and want to get the farthest away from his annoyingly cheerful wife. BUT THE EVIL SADISTIC OTHMAR IS IN THE WAY!!! OH NO!!! GASP!!! HELL WE'RE DOOMED!!! DODGE THE BULLETS!!!
...But who's the villain?
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 67% |
| #8 | Innovation(Jam) | 4.07 |
| #11 | Humor(Jam) | 3.95 |
| #26 | Theme(Jam) | 4.00 |
| #83 | Mood(Jam) | 3.26 |
| #96 | Overall(Jam) | 3.35 |
| #154 | Fun(Jam) | 2.88 |
| #203 | Graphics(Jam) | 2.98 |
| #259 | Audio(Jam) | 1.47 |
Comments
More like an interactive story than a game, but a very well done interactive story. Excellent! Quite original.
big plus for backward text and great idea with video in the background!
game very simple though
the reverse screen thing is pretty cool, and the gamer rage was funny.
Wow, this was really cool! Reminded me a bit of RaRa Racer by increpare. While it certainly wasn't an in-depth game, I thought it did what it did well, and I don't know what you should change, if anything.
Had a fun "ah-ha" moment when I understood the backwards screen. Great concept, great reactions. Hope you expand the game play portion. It'd be fun to have them (able to) make progress.
Thanks for those feedbacks !
"Hope you expand the game play portion"
Yeah, we would have loved too, but that was our first game, so we really tried to stick to our main objective : "Finish it".
But you're right, it could be really interesting to try something a bit more longer. But to achieve this we should find more actors, because we've already given everything we could, in our acting skills :D
Haha that was awesome, it was laughably easy to shoot the guy down, but that only made the player's reactions all the more justified.
This is one of the best uses of the theme I've seen so far :)
simple, yet hilarious
I almost wish there was more to it, but at the same time its perfect
This is the best interpretation of the theme I have seen so far - this game really make you feel like a villain for enjoying seeing the furious face of the player :P
Thank you all for your feedback!
I love how you mention the player you see in the background as "the player". That's the whole point. <3 to you all.
Great. I love the idea of playing the other side of the screen and the "player's" diffidently added to the fun, but I felt it was far too easy and far to short.
~AlucardX60
Best entry for the theme, but I think you can put some other things like a decent AI
Excellent idea! enjoyed it. Don't think I've ever seen a reverse screen game like this. 10/10 for innovation
@ArkadyDracul Thank you for your kind comment! About the AI, did you not play well? YOU are the AI! ;)
Thank you all, Internet people. :)
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I actually really liked this. I loved seeing the way the player react like that and it was pretty funny. The reverse screen was a great touch too.