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Then Came A Stork
Then Came A Stork
By bonkibot and
View on ldjam.com
Comments
jk5000
2023-05-22 21:01
I overall like this game very much. The visuals is good, and the sounds is well used. I would have preferred a voice acted narrator, because reading while playing is a bit difficult, and I sadly missed some of the story. I was also not able to get to the end, because I missed some information. I believe I should push a button or some thing like that, but I was not sure exactly what I was suppose to do. Anyway, this is a very well made little game, and I hope you will find a way to make people play this game, because it really deserves to be played. Well done.
bonkibot
2023-05-23 17:28
@jk5000 thank you for playing and for your kind feedback! We are aware that reading and flying simultaneously is quite annoying and hopefully we can figure out a way to fix it (for example voice narration) I'm so sorry you weren't able to reach the end. If you ever happen to replay, the button would be the space bar (same as the baby drop) :-)
ovidios
2023-10-01 22:08
This was really neat! Visually pretty (except for the flickering of the player stork, which was a little irritating), and the soundscape was nice and eerie! Just some very strong vibes all around!
(And I didn't mind the reading and flying simultaneously either, personally!)
Love it!!! The easy mechanics is my jam... and the aesthestics is on point!!! Laughed several times after crashing... so much fun!!!
I'm not sure if it's just me, but web build doesn't run for me :(
Enjoyed this one a lot! A good twist on the theme. Found the art and sound to work well together and it honestly just looks really nice! Accidentally crashed during mission 1 as I didn't take into account the baby weighting the front of me down. The player controller felt solid as well. Good job!
kyleah
2023-10-03 03:47
This game is really fantastic! It looks great and has a great and creative narrative! Good job!
lovewerk
2023-10-03 03:48
This blew me away. Multiple objectives, fleshed out flying mechanics, a second flying mode. Then the music kicked in and the story started getting juicy. And finally, the way it ended. Just wow.
t-c
2023-10-03 04:45
Great entry, super atmospheric! Only downside was some pacing issues while backtracking, but fun, great checkpoint system, and very good delivery. Nice work!
It was playable on itch, but on LD I got: Error The following features required to run Godot projects on the Web are missing: Cross Origin Isolation - Check web server configuration (send correct headers) SharedArrayBuffer - Check web server configuration (send correct headers)
The white text is hard to read when the BG color gets bright. With an outline or something it would be easy to read on both dark and light colors. The text is pretty far away from the character you're controlling too so I missed some of it.
The aesthetics and sound were well done. Like the explosion when you lose too.
jozgames
2023-10-03 15:26
https://prnt.sc/Y_F8RKUOZRSR
hilkojj
2023-10-03 18:20
Loved the ending
jagman
2023-10-04 10:51
Oh my god... its really nice and great game. Sounds, lighting effect, idea... have really good feeling about that. Good job guys!!!
fizzbark
2023-10-08 10:00
Beautiful and interesting, although it crashed during the ending reveal. Lots of clever details - the text/voices syncing up with not just the words but actual syllables is an impressive trick. You also mixed up the theme - delivery was the last one 🙃.
shaggy
2023-10-11 17:58
Nicely done! Surprisingly intense mood!
knexator
2023-10-12 15:40
Art/story/sound/polish are top notch, but the gameplay is waaay too slow
This game was extremely adorable. I absolutely loved the concept, story, and theme, and felt as if they all fit together really well. I was very immersed during the entire experience. I also really appreciated the debug slider, that was a nice touch. I wish the gameplay was more dynamic, and provided more player agency. It was really only a left and right button, and turning into the helicopter with space was the most exciting part. It would take away from the calmness of the game, but I could see a dash being exciting, especially with the wackiness of controlling the bird. Otherwise though, good job!
I agree about the gameplay being too slow. Most of the dialogue is finished shortly after you reach the objective so there's no point in it being this long, for what I feel is not the best payoff. I realise it's a game jam but if the empty space was filled with a bit more something it would justify the length.
Loved the mood here, it felt almost like it's an intro sequence to a larger adventure game. Nice job. :)
dedos
2024-04-15 19:03
Very interesting idea, had a lot of fun driving the stork.
karln
2024-04-15 22:57
Wow, this is really impressive. Beautiful (visually and feels-wise) and crammed with content.
vary
2024-04-16 03:28
Ohh this was a vibe. The visuals are wonderful and I LOVE the dialogue audio, you really get a feel for the different personalities even though not a single word is spoken. The long stretches of flying were made calming with the visuals and the audio working together so perfectly. I really like the last bit too, I didn't expect the camera and player change, that really elevated this entry for me. Great job!
Beautiful graphics and sense of atmosphere, and the sound effects are very interesting. Overall it takes constant practice to master the controls and is worth playing over and over again!
kyunru
2024-04-16 20:51
Oh no, I think I just accidentally killed a baby oO I really liked the game, the music fits well. Initially, I was killed by the wall and thought that was the end. It wasn't clear that I had to go upwards, but I managed to overcome it ^^
I really like the overall aesthetic. The angular design works a lot better than I would have expected! Good sound design, too. And the control scheme is odd and awkward, but clearly intentionally so -- it's charming and it fits what you're doing.
Though I will caution you: The stork-summoning ritual is broadly considered NSFW. ;)
Wow, I didn't expect such quality from a game jam game. You've achieved wonderful sound design and music, and even the plot turned out completely differently than I expected. Great job, 5/5!
Wow, that's a really cool game and concept! It felt a little bit scary and the end, so you really achieved this sense of atmosphere! And the controls are balanced between easy and hard perfectly! Love the sound design and the graphics too!
cshep99
2024-04-20 15:03
that was really nice! i loved the flying mechanics, and it even had a story!
Loved the sound design! Also couldn't find my way and felt a bit frustrated dying repeatedly at the start.
2024-10-08 02:24
ok i genuinely almost cried the story and the mechanics go hard
wzjo
2024-10-09 08:53
the graphic is delicate, good experience.
vindicta
2024-10-09 13:32
Cool. I like it!
When when the game start, intriguing just after, then it become moody and more intriguing, and even deep at the end. Everything wrapped in a game with perfectly balanced controls (with just enough twists in the gameplay), suberb pace management, fitting graphics, etc.
If I had to say anything less good about this game (and believe me, it's hard), it's that some of the voice are a little less great than the others (I'm not sure about the voice of the professor for example).
I want 2 or 3 hours of this game.
anekich
2024-10-10 21:13
wow, great idea and gameplay! though I didn't immediately understand that I needed to grab the basket and just flew forward for a long time haha
p0l4r
2024-10-11 18:46
Very well made, the VTOL got me. The story and graphics were great, but the gameplay was a bit boring. Also the stork seemed to have a stuttering issue when flying. But overall a really strong game.
allenw
2024-10-14 02:37
I dig the vibes! The background is so simple but so beautiful to look at. The package I was supposed to pick up using VTOL was a little easy to miss, I ended up flying past it for a long time before turning back to find it.
derllie
2025-04-08 13:50
the gameplay is incredibly smooth and engaging! I can’t put it down! also graphics is awesome!
Loved the ending
houmgaor
2025-04-09 21:36
The story unrolls itself really well, all the surprising elements are well arranged, and the story is simple, yet effective. The graphics are excellent. The phase between two delivery is a bit long though, maybe adding a distance to next target could make it less long.
nice game!
Gameplay experience was fun, love it!
Wow, the polish here is really high. Loved the treatment you gave to the voices. The story is delivered in a simple yet effective way, and the gameplay, while not particularly deep, serves as a nice vehicle to deliver it with.
Nice work!
This brings back memories. During the rate and review my little brother got stuck playing this game and couldn't put it down. And now he's gone. I mean, not gone gone-he's in Texas-but we used to hang out all the time, and I haven't seen him in months.
This was so cute. The first time I wrecked my stork with a baby in tow, I barked out the biggest laugh, I was NOT expecting to literally explode! The controls were a little finnicky but excellent sound design and polish, I loved the little storytelling bits while I was flying. Also I didn't realize this was so old! It came up as the top option for playing and rating for me, oops! Still good though!
I liked it. It was minimal and moody.
The art style and feel of the game was very great for it being a jam game! I thought that dialogue was pretty funny and I just liked flying around as a bird! Well done!
cool
ntimi
2025-10-11 13:32
Thanks for the game! A lot of commenters wrote that they felt that the game was too slow, but I really liked the empty sections where you gave the mood the time to shine. And I feel that you did very well building the atmosphere of the sea. The flat shapes combined with the parallax layers work great - and you built the sound environment masterfully. It felt a bit like a mood-driven, storytelling version of flappy bird - simple controls, enough to lean back and enjoy the story.
The web build did not run for me, unfortunately... (did you modify the index.js file in the web folder, as by the embedding guide?) ... but the windows version worked great.
One small nitpick - I crashed into the ground a few times - Thanks for adding checkpoints to restart where I left off, they helped me - I was just taken aback every time I was moved back to the game start menu, where I had to select "start game". Having that text change to "continue" would have felt safer. :) Overall, great entry!
I liked the graphics and sounds. It took me a while to figure out the controls, and they seemed a bit complicated at first, but I got the hang of it. The stork's voice acting is cool and funny. Unfortunately, I never really got to the end (my stork just flew under textures) Снимок экрана от 2025-10-13 14-31-37.png
doridie
2026-04-27 21:31
A very humorous and surprisingly deep game. There were so many unexpected delightful moments — the explosions and the second flight mode really got me. From a gameplay perspective, I would have liked a bit more indication of where to fly or drop things. At one point I went too far in the wrong direction and thought, “these distances are huge!” But it’s great that you can skip through the levels and still experience the awesome ending if you get lost.
blinry
2026-04-29 20:07
So many surprises! The VTOL moment and the underground moment were something that I'll think back to! Flying feels really good, and I love the little details like the ship in the background, and some music for a long passage.
Thanks for making this! <3