Stroppy Swan by bazld

made by bazld for LD29 (COMPO)

Stroppy swan wants ALL the food! Simply click to swoosh to a new location, eating food along the way, whilst dodging the other swans. Getting combos in one movement will score bonus points.

Thanks for playing, I really enjoyed making it. I'll write a short post-mortem, check the journal entries.

Tools: MonkeyX (+Congo), Gimp, Inkscape, cfxr, Audacity.
Platform: HTML5/browser. Tested on Windows and Mac versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. IE not supported.

Web	http://goodreactions.com/stroppy/
Source	http://goodreactions.com/stroppy/SourceArchive.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=36950

Ratings

Coolness	100%	1
Overall	3.34	388

Audio	2.71	590
Fun	3.42	248
Graphics	3.56	319
Humor	2.71	382
Innovation	2.87	699
Mood	3.18	385
Theme	2.16	1167

Feedback

Mincemeat

28. Apr 2014 · 09:07 UTC

For some reason i found this game to be hilarious and im not really sure why haha. Pretty fun, those other swans are jerks, taking all my hard earned food D:

mess110

28. Apr 2014 · 09:07 UTC

this is so insanely cool. good job. you manage to make a really fun experience with good graphics. even the audio is fun

Lars Faust

28. Apr 2014 · 09:08 UTC

Haha, loving it.
Very slick look, very responsive and i really like the fact you added combo-functionality.

My best score is 370.

darkflamejam

28. Apr 2014 · 09:08 UTC

Great fun! Love the art work, Bloody swans!

Lerc

28. Apr 2014 · 09:15 UTC

Nice, I think the resolution is a little low, It mostly works but sometimes you can mistake a Beak for a bit of food.

Would make a good Phone/Tablet Game.

kbm

28. Apr 2014 · 10:50 UTC

Really liked it! Great visuals, unusual style and gameplay! But it's tough as nails.. I was so bad at this..

donan

28. Apr 2014 · 10:50 UTC

Hahaha. Good game. At first i thought it was easy, but i enjoyed how hard it is after a while if you try to make combos :D

🎤 bazld

28. Apr 2014 · 10:51 UTC

Thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated :)

@Mincemeat Yeah, having the other birds also eat food was the very last thing on my list, but its kind of funny to line up a combo then lose it :D
@Lerc - agreed, the art got so low res that it can be confusing, esp similar colors.

madhoe

28. Apr 2014 · 10:53 UTC

This is actually pretty fun! Love the polish and the aesthetics, as well as the overall "feel" of the game. However I feel it's not very inclined towards the theme?

🎤 bazld

28. Apr 2014 · 11:08 UTC

@madhoe - agreed, I could have items/creatures breaking thru the surface or something.

vilya

28. Apr 2014 · 11:39 UTC

Nice simple concept and really well executed. Great stuff!

pawegio

28. Apr 2014 · 18:20 UTC

Perfect! I really like it... Think about android version!

local minimum

28. Apr 2014 · 19:08 UTC

440 was my best. Took a little while to get used to the swan-control but it was surprisingly fun once I figured it out.

I would guess if something be added it would be soundtrack and giving the foods graphics a bit more love, water surface rippling effects so food doesn't simply appear out of nowhere, some shakes and the general stuff to spice it up even some more.

There's nothing like an on-line leader board either to get peoples attention.

micdoodle8

28. Apr 2014 · 19:42 UTC

Nice job, I like the visual style. Simple but still fun.

icereci

28. Apr 2014 · 20:21 UTC

so simple yet so enjoyable. good work.

terraco

28. Apr 2014 · 23:34 UTC

Sawns are dicks! Good game. Perfectly modelled swan behaviour.

omgnoseat

29. Apr 2014 · 02:17 UTC

I don't think you can get pixely swans to look any better than this :p