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Captain Chicken and his N.O.T.H.In.G.

By igoreshka

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1863.5537
Fun913.6737
Innovation2733.1537
Theme4352.7237
Graphics1013.8137
Audio1503.3837
Humor323.7736
Mood1933.3035

Comments

cooperjknapp 2019-10-07 01:40

Love the addition of being able to run around for a short time after death

stefanie-leitch 2019-10-07 01:40

Interesting game! Got to a point where I needed a bomb but had used all of them already -- couldn't find a way to get past that, but it was pretty fun still!

patvanmackelberg 2019-10-07 01:41

Very cool! The cat heads (I think it's a cat hahaha) they were a great touch!

thechemist 2019-10-07 01:48

Really liked the base gameplay. I ended up running out of bombs to solve the map which was a bit frustrating but otherwise this was A+!

s-a-m 2019-10-07 01:48

I like the 'mechanic' when the chicken dies, very creative. The controls are a bit hard to understand but I liked it overall.

igoreshka 2019-10-07 01:58

@stefanie-leitch You can --produce bombs-- in --building-- near by the --lamp--, just drop --metal crap-- on red box with bomb image on front side :smile:

norris-eldridge 2019-10-07 03:35

Nicely done! I really like your take on the theme and I love the pixel chicken!

cirno 2019-10-07 04:22

I like the bot grabbing objects for the chicken. The feeling is different from the chicken grabbing items itself.

igoreshka 2019-10-07 04:36

@norris-eldridge, thank you so much) Since all the images used in this project were painted by me yesterday :smile:, then as a gift - you, or any other person, can use it wherever (I would be glad to see this chicken in other projects :wink:)

igoreshka 2019-10-07 05:01

@s-a-m, which means it's still good that no one knows that 3 more keys were used in the pre-release version. :sweat_smile: Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to overcome my little internal octopus.

maksim-chugunov 2019-10-07 17:21

the link doesn't seem to work

100th-coin 2019-10-07 17:24

haha! I love how when you die you run around without a head! Great work.

igoreshka 2019-10-07 17:40

@maksim-chugunov, the problem will be resolved in a couple of minutes. Be patient :smiley:

mutuware 2019-10-07 17:43

I liked when he goes beserker at then end!

igoreshka 2019-10-07 18:06

@maksim-chugunov, problem is determinated. Have a good game :wink:

dvlv 2019-10-07 18:54

The art work is super cute. Nice job

igoreshka 2019-10-07 19:08

@dvlv, thank you so much) I hope you enjoyed :smile:

robowarrior1982 2019-10-07 19:58

Classic maybe ! But fun is here ! A chicken, traps and more bombs cool stuff ! I like the music theme too, a nice entry ! Good job !

igoreshka 2019-10-07 20:03

@robowarrior1982, music theme was made using [BeepBox](https://www.beepbox.co) stuff) Thanks for feedback :wink:

igoreshka 2019-10-07 20:03

cybikitty 2019-10-07 20:04

This was super fun to play! The artwork of the chicken is so adorable too :smile:

dumivid 2019-10-07 20:11

Don't trust the pixel art, this game is the creepiest one on this Ludum Dare (thx, now I have a nightmare after chicken decapitation :cry: ). Joke aside the game is nice and smooth to play, can't you give much advice, it's just solid. Maybe by adding some guffy dialogs, you can actually have a very high score on humor (if you plan to develop further ofc). Overall, a good job.

kekkodude 2019-10-07 20:16

Weeeha! Neat haha, took some time hauling the bags back and forth but hey, liked the asthetics! Really wanted to use the heads to hold down the buttons haha.

igoreshka 2019-10-07 20:34

@cybikitty, thanks) Now chicken spritesheet (and .ase file) pined to this page (look at the links) ;)

igoreshka 2019-10-07 20:38

@dumivid, huh) you think it's worthy of a sequel (or dev into full game)?

igoreshka 2019-10-07 20:42

@kekkodude, weeehaaa! Officially, you the first player, who fully comlete this game :smile: Congratulations, captain)

maximbegunov 2019-10-07 21:05

This is one of the best overall games I've played so far. Liked it for clever level design and pretty art. But I wish the bombs were infinite, because I failed with them so I had to start all over a couple times. Also I sometimes get stuck while on the ladder.

clemonades 2019-10-07 21:26

I never knew I needed a chicken escape game but, I do! This was great, I love how the head sticks around afterwards when you die/respawn. Great job :)

oceanm 2019-10-07 21:31

I really enjoyed the art in this game. I could tell there was a lot of attention to detail when it came to the chicken. I was unable to complete the game due to running out of bombs, but I still enjoyed it. I think maybe some way to regenerate the bombs could help a lot when it comes to preventing soft locks.

igoreshka 2019-10-07 21:36

@maximbegunov, realy glad you liked it, thanks for your feedback) As for the ladders.. maybe I should have added the ability to suicide :sweat_smile:

igoreshka 2019-10-07 21:43

@clemonades, thank you so much) I think you also liked the ability to carry a second head with N.O.T.H.I.N.G. :wink:

igoreshka 2019-10-07 21:49

@oceanm, love for gamedev sometimes allows you to do such miracles :smile: Thanks for your feedback)

purpledartfrog 2019-10-07 22:30

This was a fun entry - congrats :thumbsup_tone1:

:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:

philarmon 2019-10-08 00:06

Lovely! I wish I could do something of this quality in 48 hours :)

igoreshka 2019-10-08 04:59

@philarmon, no, of course you can) Just spend enough time for creating different games on one platform :wink:

hcursino 2019-10-08 05:41

The bgm gave me Metal Gear vibes it was interesting. The game have a lot of potential and I had a lot of fun while playing it. I didn't manage to get too far tho, because the controls kept bugging then I had to restart all the time and that just frustrated me too much. For times the robot would stop picking up stuff, some times the chicken would stop going up or down the stairs, sometimes K would stop interacting with stuff, then I would just get stuck. No idea what is causing this, I didn't manage to reproduce properly, it seems to be quite random, but most of the times after I died. Let me know if you get this fixed so I can play the game again :D

igoreshka 2019-10-08 05:51

@hcursino, thank you so much for feedback! I have some idea, why it have randomly bugs on some devices :sweat_smile: What kind of browser you use? (feedback, please) I recommend use Chrome or Fiefox for better compability.

hcursino 2019-10-08 05:54

@igoreshka I played on firefox. I will try it on chrome then.

igoreshka 2019-10-08 06:00

@purpledartfrog, thanks) I hope you enjoyed :wink:

igoreshka 2019-10-08 06:08

@hcursino, let me know if this does not solve the problem. (or solve, I've been waiting your feedback :))

hcursino 2019-10-08 06:22

@igoreshka In Chrome everything seems to be working fine :D

igoreshka 2019-10-08 06:31

@hcursino, giant thanks for your help :wink:

dumivid 2019-10-08 16:47

@igoreshka It's hard to tell if is worth as a commercial game (good platformers are very hard to make) but if you like the idea you could give it a try.

barrier 2019-10-08 17:07

Headless chicken run is a nice touch! Great game! :>

igoreshka 2019-10-08 18:58

@dumivid, if this project goes beyond ludum, you will be the first to know about it :smiley:

igoreshka 2019-10-08 18:59

@barrier, glad you liked it ;)

dumivid 2019-10-08 19:12

@igoreshka As long as you don't get attached to high expectations and have fun during the process, you are good to go. If you really are going to do something beyond Ludum, you can find me on FB or/and Itch.io (i have the same nick as here). GL HF.

gerugames 2019-10-08 20:48

This was actually really fun, nice graphics and sound design. The mechanics were pretty unique too. I think I have found some debug controls though. I was using the arrow keys at one point and suddenly all of the pickupable objects were moving around the screen lol.

igoreshka 2019-10-09 01:51

@gerugames, hooray, you are the first who noticed this Easter egg) thanks for your feedback :smile:

navrcl 2019-10-10 11:31

Fun, nice art and sound. Good job!

igoreshka 2019-10-10 16:59

@navrcl, thanks for your feedback ;)

minibobbo 2019-10-15 02:56

I really liked the chicken head falling off and you getting time to run around out of control before respawning. That was a great touch! Music and sound worked well. Graphics were nice although the default screen size is pretty small. Playing full screen worked fine though.

I also ran out of bombs and was unable to complete the map, which was a little disappointing.

igoreshka 2019-10-15 06:43

@minibobbo, thank you for playing :smile: That game have an ending and I'm sure you can reach it if you will try again. I hope you enjoyed :wink: