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Bowerbird Quest

By mcapraro

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics544.08
Mood3682.94
Innovation4472.99
Overall4783.03
Humor5282.17
Fun5492.79
Audio7821.32
Theme8052.30

Comments

mcapraro 2013-12-16 01:35

This was my first Ludum Dare and it was super fun and exciting. My son (9yo) also participated and built his own game (in Scratch).

To build this i used:

Art: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash

Code: FDT, Adobe AIR, Flash, CitrusEngine

Sound: Adobe Audition

iansnyder 2013-12-16 04:25

Nice entry! I really love the art style :)

daanvanyperen 2013-12-16 04:33

It might be because it's almost 6am, but I can stare at that hopping all day. Teehee! *hophophop* and back *hophophop*

apwolf 2013-12-16 04:54

Very nice game! Try and make it a one-button game, I bet you can.

silentbunny 2013-12-16 04:56

pretty birdie. heads up that you need to collect things in the particular order, stung me my first playthrough.

danman9914 2013-12-16 04:58

The art is simple yet very visually pleasing. I don't see how the theme applies here but the game mechanic is successfully executed.

parapup 2013-12-16 05:00

This was great it was flawless and was simple.

madjackmcmad 2013-12-16 05:00

Awesome work! Found myself laughing at the ladybird when she couldn't deal with an extra stick, come on lady look at the nest, you know we're gonna need it anyway.

bloatedhippo 2013-12-16 05:00

This is gorgeous.

endesga 2013-12-16 05:14

Art is very pretty :) Niiice!

emmelineprufrock 2013-12-16 05:37

Loved the art style. Really fantastic.

funselektor 2013-12-16 05:57

Reminds me of paper art, way to go with the graphics!

onlyslightly 2013-12-16 06:26

Beautiful aesthetic!

piat 2013-12-16 07:08

Great style, interesting take on a memory puzzle game. I didn't read the right order bit too haha. Would really come alive with some SFX.

ashen 2013-12-16 07:52

A fun memory based game. Really liked the art style. The blinking bird is a great touch. Well done!

primaerfunktion 2013-12-16 09:07

This is really nice. And as Piat said: Just a couple of sound effects could have improved it quite a bit.

xk 2013-12-16 09:14

I relly liked the game! Aesthetics are great and mechanics is simple but entertaining. Some sound effects would add up so much to the atmosphere though. Great job!

raphy 2013-12-16 12:04

Hey, I'm not too fund of memory games but I like the mix with the platformer !
I also like the look and athmosphere. Oh and one little thing, I found that the camera is kindda too "centered", it happened to me several times to bump into an item cause I didn't have time to react. (but maybe it's because i'm dumb :D )

gravedrinker 2013-12-16 14:30

Really cool game and a nice twist on the memory concept.

mcapraro 2013-12-16 14:36

thanks so much for all the feedback everyone! yes, sound would have been awesome! i totally wanted to add sound but suddenly looked up to see time running out :) i will definitely be finishing this off so keep the comments coming!

juniorus 2013-12-16 14:36

Pretty graphics! Too bad there are no sounds^^

kepamun 2013-12-17 00:48

Very innovative. I just wish I could drop stuff.

zzzev 2013-12-17 03:37

Fantastic art. It's a little too easy to pick up things by accident, but I suppose that's part of the challenge. The general mood is great, adding some calm music + little sfx would really take it to the next level. Love the background effect too. (Also your kid's off to a great early start)

teddy 2013-12-17 03:54

Idk mcapraro, I think your son has you beat ;). Nothing cooler then a dad and his son making a game together. Glad you guys are joining the LD community. Thanks for the games :D!

mcapraro 2013-12-17 04:43

thanks for the comments and the warm welcome to the community, my son and i cant wait for the next LD!

ryann 2013-12-17 07:14

It's kind of annoying how you can't drop things but I guess I should be more careful with my jumping. The artwork is incredible.

michail 2013-12-17 14:31

Nice artwork. You wrote something about sounds in this game, but I don't hear any - is it correct?

mcapraro 2013-12-17 14:47

correct, i ran out of time for adding sound :(

chiguireitor 2013-12-17 16:01

The art style seems great. Could do with a little better controls, but feels nice

adventureislands 2013-12-17 18:07

Pretty nice. The graphical style was great. Gameplay wise it was alright, but there needs to be a way to quickly restart the round or drop items, the controls are clunky and it's easy to accidentally pick up incorrect items.

jaj 2013-12-17 18:19

The jumping was a bit unpredictable. I loved the artstyle especially,very charming!

pinkmonkeyhead 2013-12-18 15:25

The idea was well implemented and the graphics were amazing, but i didn't like the theme usage

ras-lyon 2013-12-18 15:55

Ha! I love the idea! Really great color and design.

ghostinthesoft 2013-12-18 21:11

nice art

local-minimum 2013-12-18 22:16

Superb graphics, and great walk-jumping of the bird. (Of course an extra star for it being bowerbird-themed). The obvious things to add would be some music, a different sprite for flight, and maybe the bird should just jump around in place when the user is not doing anything (because that jumping was so good).

anapff 2013-12-20 02:02

This is adorable! Love the art!

hadesfury 2013-12-20 22:03

Art is great ... game is really hard !

harsayhd 2013-12-20 23:40

I love these graphics.

marccspro 2013-12-21 13:50

Very nice game with nice graphics !

grozamorei 2013-12-22 09:06

liked it. high rates just because woman behavior is illustrated 100% accurately. this other bird is a bitch.

jerrre 2013-12-22 15:38

Nice art, the female bird is a bit demanding ;). Also when you picked an incorrect item it is not nice that you first have to walk back. Overall a fun game!

potomak 2013-12-23 00:29

I love the graphics of this game.

van-noctar 2013-12-23 13:20

Parallax is very fun! THe gameplay is good! And this is a good serious game for memory! :D

crabman 2013-12-23 21:01

Nice! That controls pretty well, and I like how the bird's heart is broken if you mess up. :D Idealized you a bit there, huh? ;)

archaeometrician 2013-12-24 15:25

Nice graphics :) The idea is original, funny ! The control are a little hard, so it add to the challenge. Great work!!

thevideogamemechanic 2013-12-28 18:11

Really nice idea! Like it, nice and moody. The work seems solid, good work!

snutidesign 2013-12-29 18:55

Beautiful game and brilliant concept. It would have been nice with some music but overall, really fun game to play :)

patrickgh3 2014-01-03 03:48

Love the art and the setting.

diptoman 2014-01-03 11:48

Wow, the origami style graphics were awesome. Had fun playing this. The only downside was that the camera didn't show too much in the direction you were moving, so came down to either be slow and careful or inevitably pick up wrong stuff. But I liked this game pretty much.

techblogogy 2014-01-04 18:36

This is just a fantastic game. Love it! Definitely one of my favorites.

jupiter_hadley 2014-01-04 20:24

Fun game, great graphics, well done! I included it in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/tnNlwxp-9J8

mcapraro 2014-01-05 04:28

haha, thanks Jupiter for giving it a go! thanks everyone for your great feedback!

jod 2014-01-05 08:56

I really enjoyed this one, super cute!

teammightyfingers 2014-01-05 11:43

Nice game and graphics. Has issues though. That you can't drop along with not always being able to see makes for weird combo... You often loose for reasons unrelated to you -_- You just did not see...
Also it would have benefited greatly from some ambient forest background sounds.

Still nice graphics and idea :)

mortus 2014-01-05 12:11

Cool mood and cute graphics! Given more time it could become a great atmospheric find-and-bring kind of game (if you add flying of course).

nyrrrr 2014-01-05 13:35

I like it. The graphics style is cool :)
Unfortunately you didn't add sound to it

rezoner 2014-01-06 10:06

Oh, that's a touching story :) Pretty artstyle

zeal 2014-01-06 22:07

Nice memory game concept. A very well made entry overall.