Overview

Welcome to “Big Top Bounce” — the chaotic circus showdown where balance is everything and balloons don’t play fair.

Use your two acrobats to bust balloons, dodge clown heads, and snatch powerups as you climb through increasingly harder levels. Whether you're in NORMAL mode or braving HARD mode's ruthless tweaks, every bounce counts. Can you survive the spotlight?

Backstory

The circus is in trouble. After a mysterious mishap involving a rogue cannon and a crate of cursed balloons, the Big Top’s performers have vanished — leaving acrobats Flippo and Trixie to keep the show alive. With only a seesaw and a  supply of powerups, you must entertain the crowd, defy gravity, and restore order to the chaos. But beware -- hazardous clown heads drop when you least expect it. Switch to HARD mode if you dare — shorter planks and powerups await.

Controls

  • Right & Left to move the seesaw back and forth.
  • O button to flip the seesaw during gameplay

Directions

  • Use the seesaw to keep the 2 acrobat, Flippo and Trixie, bouncing. The aerial acrobat needs to land on the empty side of the seesaw to launch the other acrobat.
  • Pop all of the balloons to move to the next level.
  • Some balloons contain powerups to help (or hurt) the acrobats.
  • When a row of balloons is completely popped avoid the falling clown head or lose a life.

Powerups

  • Double points
  • Slow balloons
  • Extra life
  • Wide plank
  • Short plank
  • Balloon buster
  • +50 points

Options

  • Music: ON / OFF
  • Mode: Normal / Hard (each mode saves a different high score & high level)
  • Reset High Score (for current mode)
  • Reset High Level (for current mode)

Credits

Inspiration for this game came from Commodore 64 'Acrobat' along with Arkanoid from the arcade.



StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorgrindkrusher
GenreAction
Made withPICO-8
TagsPICO-8

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