Balloon Jerks

Play either single player or 2 player head-to-head.

Modes

Classic

Fire balloons to form clusters of 3 or more which then pop!

The jerks make things harder by releasing more balloons.

Use the fine control button for more accuracy.

When the timer hits zero, the ceiling drops down!

If any balloons cross the dotted line, you lose.

Circus

Bounce piggies off the ends of the see-saw to pop balloons.

Don't land on your partner.

Press X to flip the see-saw.

The closer you land to the end, the higher the jump!

Snood

Just like classic mode, form clusters of 3 or more balloons.

No time limit but every time a balloon lands without popping, the danger meter increases. Once it is full, the ceiling drops down!

Wildcard balloons change colour so make sure you time firing them to your advantage.

Controls

Keyboard

  • Left and Right Arrow keys to move
  • X - select/fire
  • Z - hold for fine control (better aiming)

Controller

  • Left stick to move
  • X (left button of 4) - select/fire
  • A -  hold for fine control (better aiming) alternatively use top shoulder buttons

Thanks

  • Finn for testing
  • Tom Hall for the name
  • Lexaloffle for Picotron

Version History

  • 0.80 - 24-Aug-2024 - Released beta

Updated 17 days ago
Published 21 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Authorpahammond
GenrePuzzle
TagsArcade, Retro

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Comments

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Very authentic arcade game. I enjoyed the twists introduced on each level.

nice game

Nice arcade game!

Love it, here is my tribute !

thank you. Really enjoyed watching the almost half an hour of video. Your enthusiasm and commentary is priceless!

I bought it. Welcome.

Thank you! Hope you enjoy it. I welcome feedback too, always looking to improve it.

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If there was ever an official sequel to Pooyan, this would be it. So good!

I'd have never imagined a combination of the Pooyan defense against the wolves and Puzzle Bobble would work well together, but it's such a good balance of random annoyance and strategic choice. Well done!

Didn't quite get to 100k as I hoped. ;)



lol @ the name 😂 i love the unique mechanic of the balloon jerks being jerks!!

Nice work!

My high score.

pretty cool!