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Bulb Boy

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( Because the game is a bit demanding, it might not function in older browsers, try Chrome, OperaGX or Firefox )


Deep in the earth, there once was a city composed of light. Its inhabitants, living light bulbs, worked together diligently to preserve their power, and keep their city glowing. But then one night, all the city’s wires mysteriously got tangled, and the light bulbs glow, fell dim.


BulbBoy awakens much later by pure luck, and ventures on to try and patch up his broken city, by putting cables back in their place to restore power

Controls

(Left Right arrows / A D / Controller-Dpad ) Moving

(Up arrow / W / Controller south face button ) Jumping

(Spacebar / Enter / E / controller west face button ) Interacting

(R / controller North face button ) Restarting


If you need to switch between levels if you get stuck or wanna get to a specific part you can press 1 or 2 on your keyboard


Game by STANN.co & chocoholicmonkey

with sfx by Ethan Pond


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Changelog:

25-03-2022

  • Changed restart text to "hold restart" some didn't realize you had to hold it
  • Changed friction a lil bit so movement is more instantaneous
  • If you jump before running out of battery you'll continue in the direction you were going for a bit
  • Made bridge level a slight bit easier


23-03-2022

  • Only drain battery while moving
  • Shows battery bar at the bottom of the screen
  • Improved collisions
  • Tweaked some levels a little bit
  • Fixed minor bugs

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Atmosphere is great and the puzzles pretty good, but the platforming is excruciatingly awkward. Same goes with button and platform physics, bugs where you get stuck, plugs easily falling from platforms and then dangling in uncomfortable position that require you to go back at the beginning of the level, and the light running out gimmick being in no way integrative to the other mechanics. Also, the interact button would better off be a toggle.

P.s.
the fov, combined with the moody lighting makes the level layout annoying to understand.

A very fun and charming puzzle game with a cool gimmick and world. All of these qualities along with the beautiful pixel-art and calm music are what puts me in a good mood whenever I play it. Both of you did a wonderful job!

This is a pretty neat game. The style is nice and it got the noggin joggin' for a bit.

It also reminded me of a demo for another game I saw a few years ago.

It released a while back and it's called ElecHead. If you liked this, I highly recommend that game.

super cute game! can't beat the second level tho :(

так вот откуда пришла лампочка из И.Н.М.Т.)

chocoholicmonkey responds:

Пхпхпхпхпх
Лампочка из И.Н.М.Т. девочка а Балб Бой - мальчик!

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Uploaded
Mar 22, 2022
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