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I Am Bird

By acr515

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4893.4525
Fun3243.5025
Innovation8922.6725
Theme9942.3225
Graphics8012.9125
Audio4983.0224
Mood7433.0025

Comments

ternarycat 2018-12-05 04:56

the background is very confusing, it may be worth taking a less detailed background or more neutral color

ratrat44 2018-12-05 05:10

My cat seems to like it

louis-vd 2018-12-05 05:13

Awesome. I spent way too long playing this. I really enjoy how your flock flies in formation. One of the best feelings is being able to recover and build up a new flock after being reduced to just one or two birds. Great work.

kobrar 2018-12-05 05:26

I love this game! One thing I feel is missing are infinite upgrades. You only have a few bird types, but you could increase flock size virtually infinitely. If you unlocked infinite bird flock upgrades once you finish all basic upgrades the game could have one more awesome up its sleeve :)

acr515 2018-12-05 18:37

Thank you everybody for your feedback!

@ternarycat, thanks for telling me about the background, I'll definitely take note of that. Could you tell me more about what you thought of the gameplay itself?

ternarycat 2018-12-06 03:58

@acr515 gameplay is interested, i like it, but it was difficult to play because of the graphic design

mandarad 2018-12-07 00:44

I had a lot of fun flying around and taking stuff out with my bird buddy armada. The formation the flock flies in as you gather more birds is a nice touch. My final score was only 14560, but I had fun!

Great job :smiley:

gizmolo 2018-12-11 03:42

This is a good little shmup. I actually like the background and the simple animations, it gives it a decent aesthetic. Good job!

rodrigo-denubila 2018-12-11 03:52

Nice take on the theme. The art style is simple, but doesn't affect the gameplay. Good job!

fishbrain 2018-12-11 04:41

Nice little shmup - responsive and satisfying controls.

royur 2018-12-11 04:48

simple but addicting due to upgrade. i had fun. wish i can have horde of birds (a murder of crows).

slimothyj 2018-12-11 07:19

Very responsive controls and tons of fun. The background could have used a bit of variation and I had to turn down the game once I had a wall of bullets destroying my headset. The drones also felt a little OP but thats probably the point. However, very satisfying to play :)

acaral 2018-12-11 08:05

Your entry is very fun and the music is so groovy. A polished shmup.

bros 2018-12-11 10:09

I'm a simple man: I see Birb, I like.

All jokes aside, it is a nice entry. I really enjoyed it. Simple yet effective. Thanks to the upgrade mechanic it gets addictive.

stevie-bushman 2018-12-11 19:41

I enjoyed your game! My biggest issue is with balance. Upgrading to woodpecker makes the game so much harder as the enemies become bullet sponges but don't give out more coins. It's better to stay as a flock of sparrows to rake in that sweet sweet coin.

acr515 2018-12-12 03:16

Thanks everyone again for all the feedback! It is greatly appreciated, and I do take all of it into account!

I agree, @stevie-bushman. My primary intent was to make a rapid-fire bird without making the game too easy... but I nerfed their seeds too much compared to the other birds. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

vlandemart 2018-12-13 20:31

This game gave me a very good nostalgia and I think I played it a bit longer than I should've.

Concept itself is nothing innovative, but it is executed very well. Polishing is great, I also really like shop that gives you progression between play sessions.

I don't know any technical background of the game so I don't know if it is possible, but I think that the game would fit mobiles very well.

Overall, great job, keep it up.

hitchh1k3r 2018-12-21 07:11

Beware my bird army! Highscore: 55510

:thumbsup: This game was so much fun... and I usually don't like scrolling shooters like this. I think the sacrificing your birds, and growing crazy powerful (before a squirrel or drone comes in and wipes out your fleet) made this feel really good.

:point_right: The music was really cool, so I was sad when it was drowned out by a bunch of multi-shot birds. Also it seemed the bird type upgrades made the game harder since you started later, with a smaller fleet of birds. The bird count upgrades were great for farming the coins to get to the last level though! At first I thought I had a bird army going up against airplanes, then I read the description and was a bit disappointed. ^_^

:star: Overall excellent job, I really enjoyed playing this!

PS. My highscores each game: 36 330, 13 880, 3 340, 9 360, 2 950, 2 130, 1 190, 830, 2 620, 2 740 (reset) 11 820, 6 460, 15 580, 13 860, 15 940, 17 300 (all upgrades) 55 510