FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD49 → F%$#IN BIRDS!

F%$#IN BIRDS!

By enver-arco, strangeryann, Botyto, SpartaCouscous, MrHippo, substain, obrunomarques, Colbymakesgames, macpheetus, azuldev and Team Choo Choo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2573.9066
Fun1993.9366
Innovation234.3166
Theme904.3066
Graphics9113.4366
Audio4223.5864
Humor764.1466
Mood4783.6464

Comments

brhinier 2021-10-04 22:29

Really unique game. My friends loved me playing this while in the discoord call.

azuldev 2021-10-04 22:36

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wyl-team 2021-10-05 07:27

Very funny game! Sound "ehhh" is the best for all gamedev! xD My record 28 ft. Using microphone is interacting idea.

arturogcdev 2021-10-05 09:11

I got this same idea in the brainstorming phase!

But the use of microphone as the input is crazy! Nice job :)

alina-baybulatova 2021-10-05 09:20

Omg!!!! Sooo cool game!! Great idea, graphic and mood! I really have fun to play this game)) thank you))

lukeoco1234 2021-10-05 09:31

Hahaha what a fantastic submission!!! This is definitely the funniest game I've played yet and executed super well. Catch me in my room alone bleating into my mic :joy:

stoffe 2021-10-05 09:34

Great idea to use the voice as input, though all the shouting makes it a bit exhausting to play for to long. ;-)

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voodinator 2021-10-05 10:17

really funny game and great idead to use the microphone for the balancing. I had lot of fun playing it. At somepoint i just burst into laughter because i was making soooo weird noises :D my neighbours think iam crazy now. I hope you don't record the audio, haha

yarin 2021-10-05 11:45

F@(^ing b*rds ruining my balance! Really like the concept, very funny.

yohsk13 2021-10-05 12:20

I'm out of breath now (^w^'). Interesting use of the mic (^w^)

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yogurtthehorse 2021-10-05 13:35

Oh, saw a [very similar game](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unicycle-balancing) a while ago, you should check it. I laughed with the title, concept anyway good and corresponds to theme

electricstalin 2021-10-05 13:40

Very nice!

avareii 2021-10-05 13:56

The sound effects are pure gold xD

terabyte 2021-10-05 15:14

Very fun!! I am within 20 minutes say "AAAaaaAAAaaaa". Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Good job!

michael-grieshofer 2021-10-05 16:35

I have been playing this for like 15 minutes and my head hurts from blowing into the mic. My highscore is 47.

And F%$K those birds.

curleysam 2021-10-05 17:40

hahaha fun game. Got some strange looks from my wife whilst playing this! Cute art and sound too. Fun entry :) good job

memoryfloater 2021-10-05 18:00

OOOOoOOOoooooohhh!! AAAAAhhh!!! ..... Oh! Oh! Oh! Ooooohooooo! :microphone: :laughing: I'm dying.

marin0104 2021-10-05 18:30

This is so great. Thank you for that experience. Had a blast. But after 32ft my journey was over :smile: What a gem!

mandy858 2021-10-05 18:59

I LOVE the concept. Great job !!!! Really hard!

proxy-games 2021-10-05 19:54

This game is hilarious, both from the concept and from the fact that I know I look like an idiot blowing air into my microphone from an inch away. I kept giving up and laughing at around 10 feet into it, and just watched the poor gymnast fall to his death.

3lstmsinatrenchcoat 2021-10-05 22:43

Very unique. I feel like blowing into the microphone used to be a common mechanic in Nintendo DS games, but not on other platforms (I guess because most platforms besides Desktop don't have a microphone?). Anyways, it does kinda feel like you really are blowing on the character. Maybe the feeling would be enhanced a bit if the direction matched (i.e. if the gymnast was tipping towards you)? But that would be less visually clear gameplay-wise, so maybe just ignore me.

jammygunns 2021-10-06 01:56

I'm so glad I got a new microphone so I didn't have to use the inbuilt one on the top of my laptop's monitor.

Novel idea using the microphone for the control. I only got a PB of 27ft, after all the attempts to get even that far I'm too light headed to continue. I'll see about getting a new PB later.

cabjhegas 2021-10-06 04:44

Nice title! haha Man, I would never came up with an idea that uses the mic as input! Very creative!

d3kryption 2021-10-06 06:38

I put my mic in but I don't know if its just something I'm doing wrong or my setup but I couldn't get the mic part to work. But based on what I have seen it does look an interesting game and it did make me laugh when he fell off hahaha

tomasaquistapace 2021-10-06 15:20

Really Fun game! i play with a friend and we laugh really loud jajaj. Good work!

easyluckygem 2021-10-06 17:01

Great idea! So much fun to play. "No no no no, F%$#in Bird!" and next try=)

xpoho 2021-10-06 17:50

Эх, если бы этот гимнаст мог стать программистом. Ему не пришлось бы рисковать своей жизнью ради тренировок. И не нужно было выступать в цирке. Но жизнь гимнаста - не жизнь программиста. Приходится идти на риск.

Спасибо!

itzemii 2021-10-06 18:51

This is fun! Cool idea and very well implemented. My neighbours now think I am crazy. Little thing for extended version: The guy falls to the left and shouting brings him to the right. Feels a bit asymmetric, any idea how to make it more symmetric?

pat-cleaver 2021-10-06 20:11

very fun and addicitve! Games that use shouting into a microphone as mechanic just never get old!

substain 2021-10-06 22:18

thanks for you feedback everyone!

@d3kryption there should be a warning visible in the instruction screen if no microphone was found - if a microphone is found when the game starts, you can also hear yourself & see visual feedback. otherwise, you might want to check your systems settings for the microphone

@itzemii thanks! the initial idea was to use different pitches of the voice to go left/right, but it was too difficult to use, so we simplified it. (I could think of 1-2 other possibilities, but you can only do so much in a gamejam)

witchhat 2021-10-07 11:06

Haha funny birb game! No seriously, this is a top notch humor game.

xinera 2021-10-07 14:54

Hahah very fun little game, enjoyed it. Although if I didn't move my mic closer to my mouth my neighbors probably wouldn't have liked it as much

michael-feldman 2021-10-07 15:01

A mic-input sensitivity slider would be nice. The limiting factor in my high score was running out of breath and getting light headed.

lunacyecho 2021-10-07 16:18

Wow, this is SUCH a unique mechanic! The vibe of the game is funky and cute, and it's goofy enough to justify the concept but still solid enough to be invested in what's going on. One thing I'd suggest: perhaps have some kind of visual on screen to give some more concrete visual feedback as to how much noise the mic is actually picking up? You know, like one of those "how strong are you" carnival game things that gives you a better sense off the bat of how much you need to adjust. Very interesting and enjoyable game, regardless!

cozygamepals 2021-10-07 17:36

Such a fun concept! The microphone controls are a great take to make it feel more unstable. My dog went crazy from all the sounds I made haha!

bamberga 2021-10-07 17:58

I like the aesthetic a lot, it was full of character.

shea-kelly 2021-10-07 18:00

very cool game. I liked the sounds and graphics. good job

rein 2021-10-08 05:59

I'm not sure if the game wasn't recognizing my mic or something, but nothing I did seemed to have an effect :\ It looks like a really unique idea though.

kukurammus 2021-10-09 19:39

Good idea, but didn't play for a long time, because I'm afraid that neighbors might come :D

jpatchz 2021-10-10 05:43

The idea was cool, but it's not so well executed. I think with more time you guys can improve it very much.

ribout-horace 2021-10-10 11:17

Strange but innovative! It was buggy for me but because I have a bad mic

irwatts 2021-10-12 04:26

Cool concept and funny audio! Constantly yelling and blowing into the mic got exhausting but I am happy to have experienced this.