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LagBird

By leparlon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness365
Innovation573.90
Humor943.43
Theme2893.45
Overall3223.30
Fun3363.20
Audio4152.78
Mood4172.90
Graphics4553.05

Comments

lalanl 2013-08-26 06:28

The controls felt nice, and the sounds were funny. When the lag was long, it made me feel a bit drunk and frustrated. Effective concept!

itidus21 2013-08-26 07:16

The graphics in this are breathtaking nature scenes.

The concept of the lag greatly increases the challenge and makes the infinite lives all but necessary.

As I played I started to think it's probably a good strategy to get the distant eggs first since the last egg you get will be under the most lag. But it's so tempting to get the nearest ones first.

Spotline 2013-08-26 14:28

Hahaha fun idea, well executed :)

deniska 2013-08-26 14:30

Nice concept. It's like controlling rover on another planet, except it's a bird.

thejackimonster 2013-08-26 14:30

Cool idea to play with lags! :D

ratalaika 2013-08-26 14:31

Nice Work!

thomastc 2013-08-26 14:33

Bringing lag in as an aspect of gameplay is genius. I found the first level doable, but the second was already too hard for me. But then, I suck at platformers of all kinds :)

I love the graphics and subtle sound effects. The really fast retry cycle is great, and that you don't have to walk back out to the eggs if you die on the way back.

just-tom 2013-08-26 14:34

Quite, very pretty and bloody frustrating. The good kind though, I kept trying because I felt myself getting better, adding lag bit by bit is a great way to learn a level before being challenged in it!

dioiminik 2013-08-26 15:44

Overall a, though short, pretty good game :) nicely done

sgehlich 2013-08-26 15:46

Overall a good game :) I like the idea of adding lag, although it makes the game a lot lot harder. Didn't get past level 2 :D

tipyx 2013-08-26 19:40

Ah ah ah, excellent frustrating game :D

porglezomp 2013-08-26 19:47

SO HARD! Quite fun game.

jacob123 2013-08-26 20:19

This game is awesome! Love the concept of lag! It makes me angry and it makes me laugh! If that even makes sense. :D

split82 2013-08-26 20:40

Lag concept is innovative :)

legacycrono 2013-08-26 20:44

The idea is pretty cool, I like it! I had some troubles with jumping, it seems that you bump off the ground sometimes and you can't jump, what makes it pretty difficult. In any case, nicely done!

immanuela 2013-08-27 01:12

Now this is an idea I've never seen before. I enjoyed playing it! The sound effects were particularly good - I did let LagBird fall down into the pits a few times so hear the bird sound :D

jayjay122 2013-08-27 02:53

Interesting use of lag =]

davisan 2013-08-27 12:14

Nice concept!

zatyka 2013-08-27 23:57

This was the first time I've ever seen lag as a gameplay mechanic. Ruthlessly annoying... but I mean it in a good way. I liked the bird.

zccc 2013-08-29 11:31

Amazing idea, I had fun completing this :D

matthias_zarzecki 2013-08-30 08:19

Nice ramping up of the difficulty!

diptoman 2013-08-31 11:04

I love the concept of using lag as a gameplay mechanic. Very innovative! I'd buy a more polished version of this with more scenarios to abuse the lag other than platforming difficulties. :)

vikingpotato 2013-09-03 06:44

This is the first time i enjoyed a lag!
I like the way you mind worked, please upgrade your internet connection now!

van-noctar 2013-09-03 11:56

Very good game, gameplay is very difficult but it's ineresting, i like the theme!

foxtacy 2013-09-03 23:26

Really good, with some improvements on the graphics, you could make this an interesting game! :)