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The Great Return

By attala

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1543.8579
Fun723.9780
Innovation3083.5581
Theme524.2280
Graphics3023.7380
Audio2673.4678
Humor573.9078
Mood2723.5373

Comments

adjo 2020-04-20 07:42

Nice twist on a classic style of game! I also like how the game continues if the farmer dies, it's all about the chicken :sweat_smile:

plopmenz 2020-04-20 07:44

Nice game! :) I still hear the farmer saying "Ho" in my head XD. As a small quality of life feature, I would turn off tutorial after you completed the tutorial. After I died, I wanted to click play again (which is a good thing :D), but forgot to turn off tutorial for the first 4 runs (so i had to click through a bunch of pop-ups). Not that big of the deal though. Overall loved it! :)

lamasaurus 2020-04-20 07:46

I made it while my farmer died. It was hilarious to watch how the chicken did better without me 😅 Well done!

rsim 2020-04-20 07:47

wow. Just wow. Great work - the graphics, animations, audio, gameplay - everything is top-notch!

The only issue I had was I got the chicken home... and nothing. I was just hanging out at the edge of the map for a while, then thought I'd try herding it through the gate directly, as the first time the chicken and farmer walked through the fence as it has no collisions. That worked for completing the game.

saeedprez 2020-04-20 08:08

Hi there.

Great twist on a classic. Was fun to watch the chicken run when the farmer got hit by a car :) I wish there was some how to force stop the chicken, but I guess that just takes a bit getting used to.

Fun game :) Good job.

uppitydonkey57 2020-04-20 21:02

Really fun! I really enjoyed chasing the chicken. Sound effects where nice. A bit to difficult for me though

binroot 2020-04-20 21:09

If Frogger wasn't hard enough... :laughing: I had to scale down the difficulty, but finally beat it!

lorne 2020-04-20 21:17

Cool game! It's a nice twist on a frogger type game. :) Who knew herding chickens would be so hard!

voidsay 2020-04-20 21:43

Nice game.

My first victory was when the chicken managed to cross the last road with the farmer already dead. That was funny.

a-312 2020-04-20 22:17

:sob: I have never seen so many roads! Do you know why chicken are dying ? Because they can't fly, flying is the saftest transport !

[The progressbar isn't complete :scream:](https://static.jam.vg/raw/3a3/c2/z/2ea76.png)

emperor-eagle 2020-04-20 23:11

Great game! You feel very in control of the chicken making the game constantly fun. The difficulty levels is a great addition meaning more people can enjoy the game for longer. Somehow, I never get annoyed when I lose, so I guess that's another thing that makes this game great and replayable! It also has great graphics and sound effects.

beanslasher 2020-04-21 03:39

This was quite difficult for me, maybe I am just bad haha. This was really fun to play, frogger to the next level. I love the way you took this game! Keep up the good work!

larryv 2020-04-21 04:08

Fun little time killer. nice twist on the game, it make it more challenging in a good way. good job.

aditya-kumar 2020-04-21 04:11

I love this twist on Frogger, plus the "why did the chicken cross the road" joke. I had difficulty getting the chicken to go where I wanted, but I suppose that is the point. The chicken also went straight home on its own when the farmer committed suicide.

kent-reese 2020-04-21 04:13

A nice frogger twist of a game with an interesting mechanic, took some getting used to but I got it! Nice work.

fizzyapple12 2020-04-21 04:18

This is an awesome twist on the frogger concept with great graphics. I love it!

cannedveg 2020-04-21 04:22

Love the controls on this it handles really well! Nice sound effects too!

snory 2020-04-21 06:27

Thank you for your entry.

This is a beautiful piece what you did there. Took me some time to get used to how to control my chicken, but it was worth to invest the time. :)

andidebob 2020-04-21 08:26

Such a cool twist on Frogger! Really well done!

lazzydev72 2020-04-21 08:45

WOW its a cool twist i love the movements of the player and the chicken. nice idea and great exicution. love it. Keep it up and Goodluck

gamesplusjames 2020-04-21 15:57

This was great :D Such a unique idea to manage the chicken across the road. I love the effects when the chicken gets squished too :D Great work!

lucidus 2020-04-21 15:58

Felt like come back to crossy raod xD Like the graphics and gameplay!

grizzliusmaximus 2020-04-21 15:59

10 stars on Humor. This game is so entertaining I have to say. The ending was super satisfying. Enjoyed every second!

un-ornithorynque-dans-la-piscine 2020-04-21 21:01

It was funny xD

dreamcastgh0st 2020-04-22 08:05

I liked it! A lot of these games where you have to protect a creature feel sloppy, since you don't understand how the creature works and you don't have full control of it. In this game, though, it is clearly lined out _how_ the chicken moves, and you are in control of it completely, albeit indirectly. The animation and sound of the clicking is snappy, which makes it feel good too. A little short and simple, but the execution is very good!

erebus 2020-04-22 10:19

Really great idea! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!

fancyreckless 2020-04-22 17:04

Pros: - Nice take on classical game, that really fits the genre - Nice clean graphics - Challenging

Cons: - Sometimes it feels that difficulty depends on randomness quite a lot

Pretty cool game, it does not have 100 features, but the gameplay and main mechanic is pollished well.

rakowu 2020-04-23 08:15

Wow great work for that shot time :D

tricky-fat-cat 2020-04-23 20:01

I admire how you remade frogger, it fits the theme, plays very funny and I love the sounds!

mateusboga 2020-04-23 22:39

Very nice game! Here's my playthrough of it: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/600641770

aurel300 2020-04-24 19:27

We streamed your game with Danae: [link to Twitch VOD](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/598538752?t=04h16m43s) (approximate timestamp)

Simple, but a lot of fun! The fact that the chicken can make it through after the farmer dies was a very nice touch.

lairinlair 2020-04-24 23:37

What a nice surprise. Loved. Played this over and over, hahah. Had lot of fun. Really liked the sounds too. Wish there was a soundtrack in gameplay. Great work!

amazura 2020-04-25 01:32

my farmer has gone, freedom.. i'm comi- (*hit by car) :laughing:

ursagames 2020-04-25 02:24

Hello! Your game was played during my stream!

If you want to know the timestamp of when your game was played you can see it in this spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/yau8hjzn

And then look in my latest videos and find your game being play (after the current stream ends) https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos

fabrizio-spadaro 2020-04-25 08:04

LMAO this game.. I gave my first 5 stars on "Fun", really funny game, cute art and polished gameplay, good job!

fatsheep 2020-04-25 20:43

Fun an short little game, i enjoyed that you controlled the farmer and not the chicken! Only managed to make it once on medium difficulty though!

notan-lemon 2020-04-27 10:19

This is fun! The concept to move the chicken by chasing it is interesting. Also it is great design-wise to have the ability to speed up the chicken, so you can avoid the cars when you are about to crash. And the farmer's "Ho!" voice is really funny. Good job!

greendinogames 2020-04-27 13:34

Really cool game. I like the concept and artwork. The guy is just fun to play, especially if he scares the chicken :D It's great that you provided a tutorial and the possibility to change the difficulty. Good job!

johnnysix 2020-04-28 22:30

A new twist on the genre! Really liked the art and sound. If you do a post-compo, don't forget to put the music in the level too. Since everyone skips through titles/menus, they don't get to hear the track.

scott-steffes 2020-04-29 16:25

I played another game with a very similar setting and somewhat similar gamemplay: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-path But yours controls much better. I think hearding mechanics like this are inherently frustrating, but I think you pulled it off as well as I've ever seen it done. The fact the chicken stays put when you're not hearding it and the fact that you can speed the chicken up in a pinch make it a lot better to control. Maybe a few other options like throwing feed (a limited resource) which makes the chicken run to a specific location or something like that would be good. Well done!

marcmagus 2020-04-30 17:30

Thanks for bringing your game by my stream to try out! You can watch the highlight again at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/606399385

I found escort-Frogger surprisingly fun, nice entry.

balgorode 2020-05-01 06:12

Amazing, this is one of my favourites!

I'm gonna be honest I clicked on this by accident, but I don't regret it! xD

geckoo1337 2020-05-02 13:53

Nice game which reminds me something :) Gameplay fits with theme and all controls work as expected. You did an interesting game in less than two days. Artwork is fun and really well done. I had fun playing ++

iak 2020-05-07 09:29

Hey, thanks for tuning in to my stream!

Very cool frogger-like game. The gameplay is smooth and we have a solid answer for "why did the chicken cross the road" — I would too if there were an angry farmer running after me. Cool game!

firesplash-entertainment 2020-05-07 19:52

Hi this is the OnYourOwn()-Winner :laughing:

Managed to succeed once - but without a farmer. Very nice feature! I alos liked the art and sound. Cool work!

Thanks for submitting this to our stream.

rik-thunder 2020-05-09 12:39

thisis so bizarre xDD it made me genuinely laugh xD Crazy bastard trying to chase his chicken back to the..farm? yeah. xD

elysiagriffin 2020-05-09 19:01

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615928274?t=4h49m40s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

deathstorm 2020-05-11 09:11

A nice variant of the old Cross the Road Gameplay. The extra scare is very helpfull many times and I like the small things like Turn On/Off the Tutorial and the Difficulty slider.

A cool game, just some music in the background was missing ;)

honest-dan 2020-05-11 18:33

Really simple game but great execution and deceptively engaging mechanics! I had a blast with this. Wish the collision was a little more empathetic... some very long wing mirrors hurt my poor chicken!