Asshole Ducks by thatwhichis

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made by thatwhichis for LD28 (COMPO)
A soothing game about feeding ducks except you hate some of them arbitrarily and if they take more than one food while there are still starving ducks out there you probably hate them too maybe. YOU ONLY GET ONE, DUCKS. Also there's a scoreboard.

Chrome recommended! Mother approved. (NSFW language.) Actually plays pretty decently in Safari on an iPhone 5S (but not on my desktop? loool), so take it with you to the terlet and play while you poop! Or don't. Or do, but please don't tell us about it. (Or DO. o_O) (Don't.)

-thatwhichis

"Well, animals are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life, or have been mistreated; but, like people, some of them are just jerks."

IOMPORTANT Edit: Added post-compo version with slightly reworked launch numbers; should be easier to launch shorter ranges. Still recommend compo version! :-D

Edit: Now with more blog post!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/12/15/a-hole-ducks/

Edit: Now with MORE more blog post!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/12/16/faq-and-post-mortem/

Also, if you like the song and would like a copy, you could download un .wav version here:
http://www.thatwhichismedia.com/LD28/media/assholeducks.wav

Ratings

Coolness 74% 3
Overall 2.67 766
Audio 2.54 490
Fun 2.83 524
Graphics 2.30 789
Humor 3.79 43
Innovation 2.57 709
Mood 2.58 626
Theme 2.82 521

Feedback

davidjsushil
16. Dec 2013 路 01:25 UTC
Yup. This is the entry to beat, right here. Gosh darn you, ThatWhichIs, how come you such great games make?!1
馃帳 thatwhichis
16. Dec 2013 路 01:36 UTC
is the way. *serious FACE.* :-D
Somfunambulist
16. Dec 2013 路 03:44 UTC
Loved this game! At first the controls were unintuitive but then they became very satisfying.
zconnelly13
16. Dec 2013 路 03:46 UTC
Bahaha, funny! Also the sound was great.
JoeProgram
16. Dec 2013 路 03:51 UTC
The controls were great! I liked the way you could shoot the food directly down the duck's gullet - sort of a foie gras simulator. I didn't like it when I ran out of white ducks - I ended up having to feed an asshole duck. Maybe it was because two good ducks ate the same food.
y2bd
16. Dec 2013 路 04:02 UTC
I have to say, this is the best game featuring asshole ducks that I've ever played.
馃帳 thatwhichis
16. Dec 2013 路 04:02 UTC
Thanks, dawgs, glad you liked it!
馃帳 thatwhichis
16. Dec 2013 路 04:04 UTC
JoeProgram: It was an issue of which I was aware, so I added some extra white ducks. They do wander, though! I sometimes spend a minute or two waiting for a white duck to make his way back to me, all, "yo, I want food." I try to use to time for to reach enlightenment. :-D
Zolmeister
16. Dec 2013 路 05:29 UTC
Ducks! Quite a hilarious game. Why are they not in a pond?
馃帳 thatwhichis
16. Dec 2013 路 05:49 UTC
Because they don't deserve a pond. >:-O

LET THEM GLIDE GRACEFULLY ACROSS THE GRASS, THEIR WADDLES FORGOTTEN IN THE WINDS OF TIME I SAY!

Zolmeister: passing out for the night but I'll check your entry out tomorry!
leafo
16. Dec 2013 路 07:59 UTC
those ducks are nuts
Linus Lindberg
16. Dec 2013 路 12:37 UTC
Haha that was surprisingly fun XD
Tanner
16. Dec 2013 路 17:01 UTC
Nice music ;)
Broxxar
16. Dec 2013 路 20:41 UTC
Hilarious all around.
01010111
16. Dec 2013 路 22:25 UTC
Really epic OST to this game
馃帳 thatwhichis
16. Dec 2013 路 22:49 UTC
Do you guys want the song? I guess I could make it available for DL somewhere...
馃帳 thatwhichis
17. Dec 2013 路 00:07 UTC
Song location added to notes, if'n anybody wants. :-)
GagaPete
17. Dec 2013 路 11:28 UTC
Nice music, very simple graphics but a fun as hell gameplay. And the most creative take on the theme I've seen yet. Well done, sir!
finefin
17. Dec 2013 路 19:28 UTC
hehehe that was fun. not really sticking to the theme, but who cares?
馃帳 thatwhichis
17. Dec 2013 路 20:20 UTC
Whaaaaaat? But the ducks they only gets one! I say to them, "You only get one, ducks!" Like IRL!

lol, thanks for playing everybody! I am immensely enjoying all of your games.
DaanVanYperen
17. Dec 2013 路 20:59 UTC
I could've used this launch mechanic in my game. Why didn't you tell me!
BrothersT
18. Dec 2013 路 00:11 UTC
That wasn't relaxing in the slightest... Great game!!
chardish
18. Dec 2013 路 08:32 UTC
I love subtle interpretations of the theme like this.
Daniel X. Moore
18. Dec 2013 路 18:18 UTC
The controls seemed a little hard for me to get

The music was intense.

The scoring mechanic was pretty cool.

Pretty good!
GingerMess
18. Dec 2013 路 18:33 UTC
GOD DAMNIT ASSHOLE DUCKS, STOP EATING IT ALL
馃帳 thatwhichis
18. Dec 2013 路 20:22 UTC
IS WHAT I'M SAYING, RIGHT??!
JohnnySix
18. Dec 2013 路 22:04 UTC
Asshole ducks should move a bit slower for every piece of ill gotten bread they consume, the bastards.
JohnnySix
18. Dec 2013 路 22:05 UTC
Liked the organ music, represented the general mood and sentiment of duck feeding.
Idovoodoo
19. Dec 2013 路 21:47 UTC
Haha, awesome! :)
Reverend Speed
19. Dec 2013 路 23:08 UTC
Awesome instructions are awesome. Those ducks are clearly assholes.
deathray
20. Dec 2013 路 03:33 UTC
Ha! High points for humor and the game works well. Only thing: I wish i could throw the food underhand so it's slower, rather than firing it out like a bullet.
(BTW: My game should be playable now.)
馃帳 thatwhichis
20. Dec 2013 路 04:08 UTC
Right, talking at people!

JohhnySix: A friend of mine recommended the same thing! He also suggested the assholes gain weight over time, which also seems interesting, but he suggested that while I was in the middle of working on the leaderboard integration and I was all like, "eh, whatevskies, I'll fix it in post." Conversely, I thought about making the unfed ducks get slower and lose weight from round to round. As of right now, the asshole ducks get a.... +20? ish? Modifier to their speed randomization with every successive round, and even that is working okay but not 'xactly as I wanted it to so, y'know, ::shrugs::!

deathray: You can throw a little slower but you gotsta get closer to yourself (uhh...) than I would like; is tweakable, but don't want to mess with anything while voting goes on. :-)

THANK YOU ALL FOR PLAYING AND FOR FEEDBACK(NO PUN INTENDED). LD is bestust!
csanyk
21. Dec 2013 路 05:51 UTC
Great entry.
Jupiter_Hadley
26. Dec 2013 路 18:26 UTC
Simple, fun, great entry. I included it in my Ludum Dare Compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look http://youtu.be/mLdQN8xdVMY
馃帳 thatwhichis
27. Dec 2013 路 01:48 UTC
Hey thanks, both!

Jupiter_Hadley: You played my team's submission last LD; keep rockin'!
atombrot
28. Dec 2013 路 22:13 UTC
Took a while 'til I got how to use the controls. Was short but funny :)
Piat
29. Dec 2013 路 08:24 UTC
interesting to say the least, asshole ducks keep getting at my food, assholes.