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Egg Mother - Keep It Alive!

By barrier

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3343.6233
Fun1943.7233
Innovation7533.0133
Theme1834.0333
Graphics4843.5033
Audio2893.4133
Humor1073.7133

Comments

wikers 2020-04-20 19:24

Very nice, its funny and easy to understand, maybe just the audio of the bird is some strange xD Nice Work

rens-jan 2020-04-20 19:25

Love the simple control scheme, it get's quite diffecult in trhe end. It was a really nice twitst on the theme.

khopa 2020-04-20 19:26

Wait... do cats lays eggs now ?

Nice game, the birds are fun and hard to deal with. Good Job !

(And it's super cute !)

schwarcraft 2020-04-20 19:27

Good job, simple, rewarding, and fun gameplay! The addition of 'i' honestly was a great idea. Glad you thought of everyone who may want to experience your full game :)

tomd1013 2020-04-20 19:29

Simple yet satisfying controls!

airwaffle 2020-04-20 19:32

Easily the most fun game I played so far! Felt well balanced (a good challange without beeing too hard). Fun sound effects and a neat gameplay mechanic.

furfel 2020-04-20 19:33

A cat with its egg... Has science gone too far? The gameplay is very cool and challenging, the graphics are pretty

markopolodev 2020-04-20 19:33

* The color coded bugs are cool - it's neat that you know what they'll do based on their color, and they change color when you scare them off. * The birds turn very quickly, I got chomped just by dashing into theirs backs sometimes. * I like the sound effects: the way birds laugh as they sneak up on the egg and their beak sounds are nice. * It would be nice to be able to predict when the birds were going to dash. Some visual or audio indicator there would help. * The little flip turning animation is great.

soarendev 2020-04-20 19:34

Incredible sound design!

Funny game, the difficulty is well balanced, that's cute and nice! Good job :)

timetravelhamster 2020-04-20 19:41

Love the art and sound. Very good difficulty curve.

galgris 2020-04-20 19:44

Another fresh take on an asteroids game. I like the controls for fighting the bugs. Feels like smearing them out with that delayed cat motion. Distracting the bird on the other hand, I never fully mastered... :smirk:

Refreshing new take, with a twist. I like! :thumbsup:

thedashdude 2020-04-20 21:05

Funny, the enemies were neat. I liked the juggling you had to do between stomping bugs and making sure the birds weren't aimed at the egg. To improve it, I think you just need a few more levels + enemy types. Nice work.

adam-clayden 2020-04-20 21:30

Nice game which really feels like the makings of a hypercasual game or something. The bird was quite hard to deal with, and I'm not sure if hitting the beak vs its back did much the first time. But it was simple to play and fun because of that, so good job!

I feel like squashing the bugs could turn into some sort of combo system somehow. Like killing one allows you to leap to another nearby or something to rack up some sort of score multiplier. Something to think about!

binaryprinciple 2020-04-20 21:33

Everything was fine until I mess with the wrong bird. The sound crack me up. It was very fun, maybe check the controls and make them a bit smoother. I like it so much that I didn't mind getting reminded of the cats movie.

ironygames 2020-04-20 21:43

That was very cute :) the enemy amount progression feels smooth and challenging, and the game is just long enough to be fresh. I think you would benefit from some music and some more animations like the cat dash.

pomo 2020-04-20 21:46

The most fun game I've played this Ludum dare yet!!! Missed some music and a cooldown indicator for the dash but otherwise, really fun!!! Kinda cute as well.

flying-dog-fish 2020-04-20 22:37

Simple but fun and kind of pretty, as always. By the way, I started hating bluebirds after playing this game.

solweak 2020-04-21 11:07

Funny game, a feedback for the dash cooldown is a little bit missing though ! Nice job =)

lalada 2020-04-21 14:17

I saw the kitty(or the cat in egg? )!! The style of graphics is very my favorite type

thepelranthean 2020-04-22 01:10

As the others have been saying, this is a good cute game. It does a good job ramping up and the invulnerability button is a nice touch for those of us who are really annoyed by the birds but really want to see baby egg-cats. :slight_smile:

Also, I appreciated how the bug color indicated each bug's intent. It was a good way to signal which bugs were a threat and which weren't. Though, even when they weren't being aggressive, I was always suspicious they might turn. (Innocent little green bugs... I'm looking at you.)

The scale of difficulty between the bird (who you could do nothing about but distract) and the other bugs was a bit stark. It may have been fun to have an enemy that you could still squash, but you had to approach from a certain angle, like the bird. That really isn't essential though.

Overall, good game. Thanks for sharing

runrajrun 2020-04-22 20:23

Player movement and squashing those bugs are super satisfying! I love the bird mechanics too. Great game.

sky-fighter 2020-04-24 12:33

First off love the derpy sound and visuals. It adds a lot of character I hate that damn bird tho (but in a fun way)

remco 2020-04-25 22:50

I haven't seen this kind of control scheme in a while :slight_smile:

I like the funny sound effects ... except that the 'agitated bird creature' one plays _constantly_.

This has already been mentioned, but still: Also props for putting an accessibility feature ('i') in a jam game!

barrier 2020-04-27 14:46

@Everyone Thanks for playing and for feedback! :)

I see it was a good idea to include the invincibility cheat.

And yes this "cat" lays eggs!

It's technically not a cat, its an alien cat like creature from a different planet, but there was not enough time to explore the whole setting ;)