Ayo, Bo, and some of the world's other colorful characters
Ayo the Clown is a Platform Game by Cloud M1.Ayo is a clown living with his dog, Bo, in their tent. One night, after being awakened from a dream of trick or treating with his dog, he notices that Bo isn't in his bed. He runs out into the rainy night, crying and searching for Bo, only to slip and land on the ground, getting Bo's ball in his mouth. And so begins Ayo's adventure.
The game was funded on Kickstarter on August 16th, 2019, and released on July 28th, 2021.
Ayo The Clown contains examples of:
- 100% Completion: Getting all three teddy bears and three lollipops in each level.
- 2½D: The game is rendered in 3D, but Ayo moves in 2D. This also means Ayo can be attacked or shoved off a platform/the stage in the foreground.
- Amazon Chaser: Ayo is VERY appreciative of the fact that Pan kicks a lot of butt, and it's mentioned multiple times that he loves how strong and tough she is.
- Anthropomorphic Food: Radish Boy, who points you in the right direction in each level, is a giant radish with a face and little arms.
- Ass Shove: Ayo gets launched into the backside of the frog king, giving him what the narrator refers to as a "clown wedgie."
- Balloonacy: Ayo can glide with a single red balloon. One level also has him and Pan flying through the sky on the same balloon.
- The Big Bad Wolf: The actual Big Bad of the game is, in fact, a wolf—a wolf who can't smile, and who has decided that since he can't, no one else should, and thus takes it out on laughter-spreading Ayo.
- Black Bead Eyes: A lot of characters have these, like Ayo, Radish Boy, the moon in level 1, etc.
- Black Comedy Burst: The Sheep Lady NPC tries to tell Ayo a joke beginning, "What do you call a sheep with no legs?" Ayo's response is a blunt, "A disabled sheep?"note
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: One sidequest has Ayo enter a level to suddenly find that he's been Strapped to a Bomb. He wonders who did this and why he doesn't remember it happening, then decides that it's because he's in a "clown game."
- Burger Fool: The Big Bad Wolf was stuck working at a burger joint, which did not help his inability to smile one bit.
- Butt Cannon: The final boss, the wolf's robot, fires missiles out of a nozzle on its rear end.
- Checkpoint: These take the form of an unusual statue holding a pie. They splat Ayo in the face with said pie when he gets close to them.
- Circus of Fear: Appropriately, the final world is Ayo's circus, after it's been taken over by the Big Bad.
- Cute Bruiser: Ayo's childhood-friend-slash-crush, Pan, is a cute girl in a panda hat who is more than capable of physically destroying anyone who touches her.
- Cuteness Proximity: One NPC in the town has several dogs. Ayo lets out a Big "OMG!" at how cute they are when he walks past them.
- Eternal Engine: The fourth world is a giant factory world.
- Gameplay Grading: At the end of each level is a stage upon which you're graded for how many teddy bears and lollipops you collected, and how much time it took to complete each level.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: The rapping frog king boss doesn't seem to have any relation with the Big Bad's plans, especially considering that Ayo accidentally crashed his performance.
- Goomba Stomp: Ayo can do this to defeat an enemy.
- Green Hill Zone: The first world is a world of sunshiney hills and giant flowers.
- Health Meter: In the top left corner of the screen is a line of hearts that serve as Ayo's health.
- Instant Roast: Whenever you defeat fish-type enemies, they turn into a piece of sushi in a puff of smoke before they disappear.
- Instant Web Hit: At the end of the game, a picture of Ayo kissing a mop goes viral on the Internet. Being a clown, he considers it a good thing that he's being laughed at.
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The first level of the game takes place on a rainy night. It doesn't even have background music, to better set the mood.
- Level Ate: Candy Land, where Ayo has to avoid hazards such as giant gingerbread men doing push-ups.
- Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My!: In addition to humans like Ayo and Pan, the Town also has sheep, cow, and bear residents.
- The Man in the Moon: In the first level, if you look at the moon, you'll see that it has a little face.
- Monstrous Scenery: The Clown Town area has a giant monster sitting on the hills behind it, playing with toy cars. It's used to add to the game's Wacky Land feel.
- Non-Ironic Clown: Ayo, the cute little clown on a quest to save his dog.
- Perpetual Frowner: The Big Bad of the game is a wolf who doesn't know how to smile, and thus wants to get his revenge on the always-happy Ayo.
- Rule of Three: Ayo starts the game with three hearts, and there are three teddy bears and three lollipops to collect in each level.
- Springs, Springs Everywhere: Various things in the game are bouncy, like giant balloons and frogs.
- Toilet Humor: One enemy is a cute little Waddling Head sitting on a toilet, which jumps into the air by farting.
- Video Game Flight: One level has Ayo and Pan flying through the sky on one of his balloons, dodging spikes along the way.
- Video-Game Lives: Ayo heads act as these. Collecting one gains Ayo an extra life.
- Wacky Land: The whole game takes place in a bright, colorful fantasy land. Perhaps best exemplified by the fact that the Town has a giant monster playing with toy cars on a hill right outside of it, and no one thinks that's strange.
- Waddling Head: Many of the game's enemies are of this type, being little more that round bodies with eyes and feet. The first ones DO wear baseball caps as well, though.
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: In a platonic version, in one level, Ayo gives one of his clown noses to a robot. From this kind act, the robot comes to understand what "friendship" is and declares Ayo his first friend.
- You Have Researched Breathing: Ayo can't jump until he gets his shoes back from the old shoemaker in level 2.
