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Bring Back The Chick

By nicolas-diniz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall16933.2830
Fun13613.2530
Innovation18352.9630
Theme16363.4630
Graphics16853.2630
Mood13533.3230

Comments

syo 2020-04-20 09:04

Listened to the soundtrack in the beginning - 5 stars) Feelings from the game are very pleasant. I would like more lives during one game session.

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-20 09:24

@syo I forgot to put the credit for the soundtrack, it's fixed now !

Well since the game is short, I was afraid that more lives would make it to easy

ohmyguigui 2020-04-20 10:19

Nice game ! The music and the visuals are very cool ! I really like the concept :)

kjscott 2020-04-20 10:34

Sound track was nice, calming and pleasant to listen to. One of the few I haven't had to turn off part way through. It was a good pick for it.

The graphics could be a little jerky under certain situations when swapping from one state to another, particularly the bird. I felt that it's flapping movement could have been done a little smoother than the sudden jerking up in the air.

I loved the concept of holding the bird and it escaping from the hands every so often, added a whole new challenge to the game.

The collision detection felt a little off, like I was getting killed even though I felt I hadn't quite touched anything.

The big text at the start "Bring back the chick" got in the way of the environment to begin with, could have been better putting it up in the "sky" where there was more empty space where it wouldn't interfere.

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-20 10:54

@kjscott Thank's for the feedback !

Yeah my sprite management and collision detection are really bad, and I agree the chick movement is not good. That's one of the things I couldn't get right

At the time, I thought the text was cool, but yeah it's an awful design. I should have place it in a place with no environment !

prackli 2020-04-20 11:41

That damned birdie always flew away in the worst time... Nice work, enjoyed it.

iluvatar 2020-04-20 12:24

Haha, the chick likes to make it harder for you. Not a bad game for your first game at all. The physics were smooth, graphics very nice, sound adds a nice mood to the game. Overall nice and fun entry.

majadroid 2020-04-20 12:26

Cute bird always slipt me through my fingers ;-). Nice litte game with nice calm music.

maqo12 2020-04-20 13:34

Nice and a bit hard game, liked it!

mehrdadsh 2020-04-20 13:34

good experience

seagull 2020-04-20 13:43

Liked the fact birdie can fly away. Stupid chick! :joy:

You can hit the ceiling. Feels a bit off. Also, colliders on enemies and walls are a bit too big.

Still, good job for your first LD, and congrats on finishing it!

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-20 14:11

@seagull Thank's a lot ! Yeah, I need to work on my collision boxes.

locksmitharmy 2020-04-20 18:52

Ha, that was silly fun. kinda hard, but quite enjoyable :)

cjgammon 2020-04-20 19:24

i like it. man, that chick will not stay put! really well done fun game.

suchista 2020-04-20 21:22

Nice idea and really good execution for a first game ever! I liked it, especially the chick floating away, it was original. The hitboxes seemed too big, it was frustrating at times. But yeah, good job!

designernap 2020-04-20 21:41

Nicely done and great audio too. Tough getting killed a lot and restarting but it's that kinda game so I think it's okay here. Great work!

runuchok 2020-04-21 12:18

There was one issue - randomly losing a chick is frustrating) I think it should be more predictable, may be lose it on hit, and try to save like yoshi in mario. Or some sort of indicator when it will happen. But overall awesome game, music was very suiting!

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-21 14:19

@runuchok Thank's for the feedback ! You're definitly right, a tell for when the chick is about to fly away would be less fustrating.

whomakeworse 2020-04-21 21:03

Very nice first game, good luck for the futur. The graphics are beautiful;)

maximeg 2020-04-21 22:21

This is awesome to finish your first game on limited amount of time and to have this result !

nikita-demidov 2020-04-21 22:42

I can confirm that the Mac version works. I had a lot of fun playing this game. It was pretty upsetting that there was no winning condition and your whole reward for saving that bird is a 'good job'. Still pretty good game tho.

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-21 23:16

@nikita-demidov thanks for playing ! What do you mean about " there was no winning condition" ?

Yeah I could have done a little more on the reward side.

nikita-demidov 2020-04-21 23:35

@nicolas-diniz Well, I could be totally wrong but here goes nothing: Let's look at Minecraft. The ender-dragon is something like the 'bad guy'. But if you defeat him, you don't stop playing the game, because the game is about building, not the ender-dragon. Your game lets the Player still play after the chicken was saved. But in your game, saving the chicken IS the goal. What I'm trying to say is: Something like a "winning-screen" could be appropriate. Something which tells you that you won and lets you return to the title-screen/quit. It just would feel completer. You game is still amazing tho and it's one of my favourites!

nicolas-diniz 2020-04-21 23:45

@nikita-demidov Ok I see it now ! And I agree with you ! Since there is nothing else to do, there is no sense to keep the game running.

Thanks for the feedback !

ovid 2020-05-06 17:48

Hey. I like the graphics. The music adds mood to the game. The level design is difficult.

Well made game!

nihushu 2020-05-10 19:12

I've had like 50 attempts and finally I gave up, really cute graphics, the enemy box colider seems to be a bit off because sometimes I was killed without touching anything.

nicolas-diniz 2020-05-12 17:26

@ovid and @nihushu thanks for the feedback !

Yeah the hitbox are way too big, something I will try to fix next time !