Duckling by Veralos
A simple platformer where you play as a duckling that has been left behind by it's mother, and is now all ALONE. Yeah, not the most deep, creative, or interesting use of the theme, but it works.
Here are the controls, even though most are mentioned in the game:
Move: Left/Right
Jump: Up
Flap (can be done three times per jump): Up (in the air)
Swim: Up/Down/Left/Right
Restart Screen: R
Quit: Escape
This is my first LD entry so I didn't try for anything too complex. I hope you like it, anyway.
Find the secret kitten!
The results are in, and I got in the top 100 overall (#89). Cool! Plus, I got #20 in fun. Wow, that's amazing! Thanks so much to everyone who played, rated, and commented on this game!
Here are the controls, even though most are mentioned in the game:
Move: Left/Right
Jump: Up
Flap (can be done three times per jump): Up (in the air)
Swim: Up/Down/Left/Right
Restart Screen: R
Quit: Escape
This is my first LD entry so I didn't try for anything too complex. I hope you like it, anyway.
Find the secret kitten!
The results are in, and I got in the top 100 overall (#89). Cool! Plus, I got #20 in fun. Wow, that's amazing! Thanks so much to everyone who played, rated, and commented on this game!
| Windows | http://www.mediafire.com/?4iwsq9c27zu0u9q |
| Gameplay Video | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5rlREz6VxI |
| Christmas Edition | http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2011/12/24/duckling-christmas-edition/ |
| Source | http://www.mediafire.com/?krcw1tc7wp0njj3 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=8132 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 77% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.32 | 89 |
| Audio | 2.35 | 306 |
| Community | 2.61 | 294 |
| Fun | 3.54 | 20 |
| Graphics | 3.04 | 207 |
| Humor | 2.50 | 142 |
| Innovation | 2.57 | 294 |
| Mood | 2.68 | 234 |
| Theme | 3.25 | 155 |
How the heck did the mother duck get past all of this crazy dangerous stuff without losing any ducklings? I'd hate to finally find her, just to find out there was some sort of peaceful, completely-safe route that she took that I completely neglected to notice just because I hatched late.
@Lusmu I'm glad you liked the difficulty curve. I tried to make the game gradually go from "just walk to right" to "time your flaps precisely to get over the spikes".
@EvilDemonCreature Yeah, I actually thought about that while making the game. I assume that there was a safe path just a few steps into the screen that the duckling can't reach due to the 2D nature of the game.
@jonathanasdf You didn't find the game hard, yet you died 134 times... Maybe I should have made the default "least deaths" higher. Also, sorry about that appearance of the kitten. I'm not exactly an artist.
@ericdpitts Woah, that's some seriously high praise! I wouldn't this game is THAT amazing, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Sorry for the late replies, I was away on holiday for a while.
If it can trigger simple emotions like that your doing something right
One frustrating thing is that most of the difficulty comes from timing the jumps exactly right... if I press the jump button too early, nothing happens, but too late and I miss the jump. It makes me feel like I'm fighting the controls more than the game. The S-shape of feathers is a good example of this, the only thing that makes it challenging is the finicky controls.
Still, it feels pretty complete and the art is decent, so I'd say this is a pretty good entry.
Good work!
Brilliant game though!
With the amount of testing I've done on this game I've grown used to the timing of the flapping, but I can definitely see where you're coming from. In hindsight maybe I should have made it so that you can flap again when your in the middle of one. That might've been a little overpowered, but I should've though about how tricky the timing can be to new players.
@wbobeirne Yeah, I was sort of going for a "quick respawns/infinite lives/short levels, but challenging despite that" feel. It's a shame you gave up there, since that was the second to last screen.
I laughed my ass off the first time I died
One of my best ratings so far
Good game though.