Inflate Me to the Moon v1.02
by DDRKirby(ISQ) and Kat Jia
Released under the Cocoa Moss label

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Soundtrack download

Inflate Me to the Moon was made in 72 hours for round 44 of Ludum Dare. The theme was "Your life is currency", and we made a very silly game about "inflation".

Additional credits:

  • "Fly Me to the Moon" original arrangement by Bart Howard
  • SNES instruments from Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Super Mario Kart, Illusion of Gaia, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, ...
  • References those styles along with To the Moon, Viva La Vida, Undertale, Ducktales, etc.

Download Inflate Me to the Moon for your phone:
App Store (iOS)
Google Play (Android)

Awards (out of 1817 jam entries):

  • #4 in Audio
  • #1 in Humor

Ludum Dare submission page

Original jam version submitted to Ludum Dare

Changelog >>

v1.02 (Post-Jam)
- Update site lock code
v1.01
- Recompile to allow offline play via the itch.io app
v1.00
- First mobile release - added touch controls for hammering phase
- Redo difficulty curves for fanning the flame -- especially for level 3 which was way too hard before
- Made hammer and fan based on absolute mouse/touch position instead of relative movement
- Added skip functionality for all cutscenes (hold mouse button or touch to skip)
- Added new sfx/particles for end of flattening phase
- Make tutorial displays show for a bit longer (first 3 actions instead of 1)
- Significant performance improvements when there are many turtles to reduce FPS drops
- Added faster tempo intro fanfares for levels 2 and 3 to match the main music tempo
- Add some additional notes to the ending text
- Trim silence for sound effects to prevent exhausting sfx channels
- Very minor tweaks to some music files
v0.03 (Jam)
- Tried fixing cutscenes getting off sync when app loses focus (changed a single setting)
v0.02
- Made the application keep running even when in the background
v0.01
- First release!
StatusPrototype
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
AuthorDDRKirby(ISQ)
Made withUnity
TagsFunny, Ludum Dare, Ludum Dare 44, weird
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksLudum Dare

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Comments

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I want to squish the puffy ducky

<3 my hand hurts after playing this hahahah its a cool game!!

I LOVE ALL YOUR GAMES SO MUCH OMG

I loved the reference to Georges Mélies <3 

Somehow i got the Endwalker experience combined with the  year long onslaught of Crypto scams at once in something very very funny. 5/5 pulled a muscle  slamming spacebar.

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I love inflation now.

You really like nintendo soundtrack!

I heard kirby in Match Girl and Mario kart Here!

lol i thought a little more and now i see, you like mario party! this is why you make minigames


and also your name is kirby

... The bird died in the end?

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how come that every single one of your games are so cool???

Wow that game was simply lovely ^^

Loved it! I played the iOS verison, but thought it was hilarious and just a lot of fun to go through the progression! 


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That was really funny and I enjoyed it a ton, but you left one burning question.

Who is left to oversee finance back on Earth?

beautiful, easy to play and funny ☺

Very good

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This is one of the most charming games I've played in a while. Keep up the amazing work!