I wanna let my balloons go

Creator: Phooey

Average Rating
8.2 / 10
Average Difficulty
50.7 / 100
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Adventure (1) Needle (6) Gimmick (7) Boss (6) Based (1)

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  • by Phooey
  • by Phooey
  • by Phooey
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Creator's Comments:

Phooey [Creator]
This is a short gimmick game made in a few weeks as a joke.
It's my first fangame, so hopefully it turned out well.
Fair warning, the music in this game is from actual bands and is probably copyrighted. If you stream the game, it might not be a bad idea to turn off music if this is a concern. (Then again, fangames have been getting away with using vocaloid music which is also copyrighted for years now, so it's probably not a big deal.)


Credits just in case you haven't read the readme

Title / clear screen art:
citrus

Made using:
Seph engine by Sephalos
Game Maker 8.2 by renex and Floogle

Testers:
SleepySage
citrus
YaBoiMarcAntony
MKey
KittyGame
Rossiter
IanBoy141
Sanctuspaladin
Patrick
onod

Music (Spoiler):
[ Title ] Elephant Gym - Intro
[ Song 1 ] You Me The Switch - Sky Scraping
[ Song 2 ] a picture of her - picnic-perfect
[ Boss ] Mouse on the Keys - Plateau
[ Gallery ] PRIMITIVE ART ORCHESTRA - qualia
[ Credits ] Clever Girl - Elm

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Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 50 50
Jul 27, 2021

23 Reviews:

roaming97
One rainy night, you find yourself unable to cross a seemingly endless row of spikes.

Extremely cute and fun gimmick needle game, needless to say the quality of this is very good for a first. You take control of a pink kid, who explores a park full of spikes and will encounter a variety of simple yet enjoyable gimmicks, being the star of these: the balloon! The balloon gimmick feels natural to an extent to use, especially with how dynamic its movement can become by the press of several keystrokes, it can sometimes get a little confusing but it doesn't take too long to learn its quirks. The needle itself doesn't become too strict even with the huge "advantage" this gimmick might seemingly give to the player right away, and the progression seems organic and it's just the right length.

The boss as a lot of people have mentioned, resembles a lot the final boss from I wanna be the Destination, it borrows the color scheme and structure of it and by design, it is quite lengthy. Evidently, it is way harder than the platforming, but it's mostly learning how every attack is performed. The final phase of the boss feels superfluous though.

The visuals and music used are possibly some of my favorites in a fangame, more than the individual themes picked it's rather how they blend together what makes the general aesthetic for this game so fresh and special.

I think it's pretty obvious by now, I highly recommend this game, it is truly a short but very sweet experience.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick Boss
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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 55 55
Jul 30, 2021
MegaKid
wow

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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 50 50
Jul 28, 2021
TheGamerGuy500
A neat short lil adventure where you use a balloon to help with platforming.

Music is math rock so I give it kudos

Level design utilizes the balloon nicely although some jumps are tricky to figure out.

If you play needle, this game should be a breeze.

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 55 55
Jul 28, 2021
Nearigami
I'm a big fan of this game's primary balloon gimmick because it manages to integrate itself into the platforming without being overcentralizing. Your mastery is not required but it does make things more fun, and I appreciate that.

The boss is a lot harder than the rest of the game for me but it's still a good fight so I suppose its a minor issue more than anything.

The atmosphere and song picks are really nice. I have no idea if Phooey still intends on making more fangames but this really makes me want it to be the case. It was a great time.

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 50 50
Mar 15, 2024
CeleCele
Great game centered around a single gimmick: a slow descent using a balloon. The platforming makes great use of the gimmick and so does the boss. The boss is way harder then the platforming, but very well made. It is pretty short but i think it works in its favor.
This game goes for a single thing and nails it, can recommend.

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Rating: 9.3 93       Difficulty: 55 55
Jul 19, 2023