Planned Release Date: To be announced

About This Game

You bring fleeting moments of happiness and hope to those you encounter. Sometimes the wind plays with you. Sometimes the kids play with you. As you drift through the village, you begin to unlearn control. You start to let go.

Let the wind play. Let others take the lead. Let them smile—even if it means losing your grip.

Each moment vanishes like breath on glass, but in every act of letting go, you leave behind a spark of joy, a trace of melody. This is not a game about winning. It’s a quiet offering. A poem about generosity.

In Balloon, you can give the balloon to the wind, or you can give the camera to a child. Let them have the view. You can give them control of the movement. Let them play. In doing so, you surrender the joy of interaction—not to lose it, but to multiply it.

You are not the center. You are the invitation.

Through each act of release, Balloon transforms play into a gift—fleeting, fragile, but deeply meaningful.

🎁 Play as a Gift:

• 🎈 Be the Balloon

Bring fleeting moments of happiness and hope to those you meet.

• 🍃 Let the wind play with you

Sometimes it's the wind's turn. Sometimes it's the Kid's.

• 👧🏼 Let others play

Let others take the reins. Surrender control, let them smile, even if it means losing your grip.

• 🌸 A poem of generosity

This is not about winning. It's a quiet offering of shared joy. Every moment vanishes like breath on glass, play transforms into a gift - fleeting, fragile, maybe meaningful.

🖱️ How to use your mouse to Play:

• 🖱️ Gently drag the string... then let go!

Toss the balloon into the wind with a soft drag of your mouse.

• 🫢 Lost it? Grab it back!

Catch the string mid-air and take back control

—if only for a moment.

• ⌛ Hold to hold on.

Press and hold the mouse to grip the string tight. Don't let it slip... unless you want to!

The game was created during the *thatgamecompany × COREBLAZER GAME JAM 2025*