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Drain by aeveis

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made by aeveis for LD33 (COMPO)
A simple puzzle game about yelling birds and picking sides. I was thinking about different perspectives and how that can change someone's viewpoint... and then birds?? Theme-wise you can be a monster in your actions and gameplay. See if you beat it without any birds breaking down! Hope you like the game!

Update 1 8/24/15: There are 20 Rooms. If you finish Room 16, and the door isn't opening, you can press ] to go to next room.

Update 2 8/25/15: I made a post compo version with the bug fixes (you shouldn't get stuck in room 16 anymore).

Update 3 8/26/15: Just a thing- I had a friend playing and was still able to get stuck in room 16 - I have some idea how it can happen (probably if you do it at just the correct time and the counter for opening the gate happens more than once or something like that), but if someone can easily replicate the bug that would be super helpful. Thanks! Otherwise follow what I said in update 1.

Tools used:
IDE: Flash Develop
Library: Haxeflixel
Art: Gimp
Sound/Music: OpenMPT
Level stuff: Ogmo

Controls:
Arrow Keys or WASD to Move
X or Space to Judge
R to Recover/Reset

If you need it: [] for Cheats
Web (Flash) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16325832/ludum_dare33/compo/index.html
Web (Post bugfixes) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16325832/ludum_dare33/bugfixes/index.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16325832/ludum_dare33/ludum_dare33.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=8854

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1415
Overall 3.82 73
Audio 3.82 45
Fun 3.15 375
Graphics 4.18 51
Humor 2.86 404
Innovation 4.00 35
Mood 4.16 17
Theme 3.41 459

Feedback

mklee
24. Aug 2015 · 02:22 UTC
Really enjoyed this, sorta like a bird-bullying simulator. It makes me feel bad when a bird starts crying. One minor complaint is that the bars are sometimes misleading and you can suck energy even when it appears empty. Great job!
kcaze
24. Aug 2015 · 05:34 UTC
This was a really good game. The mechanic works well and I like how you themed it so it's about birds bullying each other. My favorite room was room 16 since it definitely shows off the potential for this as a puzzle game.

The ending screen was interesting too; I was wondering whether or not my choices would affect anything :P

Anyways, amazingly polished game with neat gameplay. You should definitely continue work on this and make it into a full fledged puzzle game :D
Korso
24. Aug 2015 · 05:39 UTC
Best LD33 game I've played so far! Congratulations!
Nice art, music and mood. My only problem is that I can't pass Level 16, and the yellow birds are all full, so I don't know if it's a bug or the final level.
scorched
24. Aug 2015 · 08:38 UTC
Congrats! Worthy one!
lubos
24. Aug 2015 · 08:51 UTC
Very interesting take on the theme, enjoyed it a lot.
frondeus
24. Aug 2015 · 14:40 UTC
Whoah! Deep dude!
Cawrtz
24. Aug 2015 · 19:13 UTC
Awesome! Very very innovative idea. This is my favorite puzzle game so far. The music suits the game very well, and the graphics are simple and beautiful.
Nice job!
Crypto137
24. Aug 2015 · 21:35 UTC
I'm not sure what was going on in this game, but the gameplay was unusual and the graphics were nice.
KhaoTom
25. Aug 2015 · 05:38 UTC
Those birds had it comin'. REDBIRD4LIFE.
tanjent
25. Aug 2015 · 07:57 UTC
Arhggh, I felt really bad making the birds cry. You make me feel like a... yeah not gun' say it :) Really nice. I was a bit unsure on the controls and how the bullying works, sometimes they cry and sometimes they don't and so I got stuck at level 5.
Jani Nykänen
25. Aug 2015 · 17:10 UTC
Music and graphics are wonderful, but I found the gameplay a bit boring. It was still enjoyable, though.
6DownStudios
26. Aug 2015 · 02:56 UTC
Neat mechanic! I quite like the art style and animation; those little birds are quite expressive. Well done!
JoseArias
26. Aug 2015 · 04:53 UTC
I really really enjoyed this game. Very good idea.
psychonull
27. Aug 2015 · 21:19 UTC
Nice one. Good take on the theme. It starts to get juicy after level 14.
xhunterko
28. Aug 2015 · 01:17 UTC
Very neat game play!
LandoSystems
29. Aug 2015 · 00:28 UTC
Great game, very original. I certainly feel like a monster after making birds cry.
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Aug 2015 · 15:43 UTC
Beautiful graphics, interesting puzzle! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/L1fCW_I8xho
01010111
29. Aug 2015 · 17:43 UTC
Really interesting game! I felt like the movement and radius of sadness were a little too analog or something, or like I wish I knew exactly where all the "hitboxes" were so I could do the puzzle more efficiently.

This game feels like twitter sometimes

Awesome work!
wooltech
31. Aug 2015 · 00:37 UTC
Great graphics, and the entire thing feels polished, although there were a few times where the bird just kept moving upwards when I stopped pressing keys, and I couldn't regain control. R to reset worked fine then though.

It took me a little while to figure out what the core mechanic actually was, and from then on there wasn't really any challenge to the game but it was fun and I played to the end.
bombjack
02. Sep 2015 · 16:16 UTC
Nice graphics and audio. I didn't really understood the gameplay mechanic.
RegisFrey
03. Sep 2015 · 03:04 UTC
My only complaint was that the energy trading mechanic was not intuitive at first and the game did little to explain how it worked. Once I got it (after screaming a bunch at a poor bird) the rest made sense and the puzzle design was interesting.
Great art and mood. Making a whole flock of birds cry by shouting at them did make me feel monstrous.
OldPeculier
03. Sep 2015 · 09:39 UTC
This is very promising but I'm definitely confused. I see there are links between the birds and the doors, and it has to do with their "health bars", but the connections are far from obvious. Maybe that's the point, but it doesn't feel like an intended mystique—just confusing.
zatyka
10. Sep 2015 · 00:49 UTC
Interesting mechanic, but I wish there were more complexity. Level 16 was, by far, the best level. Very polished!
sorlok
11. Sep 2015 · 04:15 UTC
Really cool take on the theme; like how the player could take different (nicer/meaner) paths to victory. Some of those crying animations, though, wow. Those birds are mean!
whalebot
12. Sep 2015 · 19:27 UTC
This was great. Well done coming up with a clever puzzle for this jam! I *think* that it was possible to get through each level without making birds cry which was super interesting...
deepnight
14. Sep 2015 · 17:40 UTC
This a really solid and moody entry :)
Excellent idea, fits the theme perfectly and in original & interesting way!

Good job!