Pigeon by RIBOUT Horace
Eat crumbles. More crumbles.



| HTML5 (web) | https://horaceribout.itch.io/pigeon |
| Source code | https://horaceribout.itch.io/pigeon |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/pigeon |
Ratings
| Overall | 207th | 3.62⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 296th | 3.38⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 238th | 3.38⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 480th | 3.1⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 130th | 3.86⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 75th | 3.652⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 54th | 3.761⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 22🗨️ |
The fact you did it all by yourself blows my mind.
I had the game in 1 of my tabs that stayed on for hours [I forgot about it and just tester it now like 10 mins ago ^^#] and I was lik where does this come from? I think it fouled the cat into thinkin there are likr birds in the house too hahaha
The only negative thing I'll say is that I don't know you're punished enough when you eat too much (to go with the theme).
In my playthrough I played 4 days in a row but dinn do any more.
Aldo the level 2 is bugged maybe - it was super short (like 10 or 20 seconds only).
But that aside... it's a really good game. Made in 48 hours by just 1 person I can't believe - but I do 'cause I know you and that you can do anything... as this game proves :D Good job man, honestly :D
Thanks a lot for your feedback ! Your allegeances for the lord of all bird will grant you lot of crumbles in the afterworld !
@toboggan
Thanks ! I'm not an artist as start, more a programmer, so it touch me a lot !
@strangeryann
Who are you awesome stranger ?
For the level 2 , it's made to be short (there is special day : a short one, a duel day, and a raining of food day) all in cycle of just 7 days ! (Initially, they would be an end with the raven. But like in all games, choices have to be made). And yeah, I should reajust the punishing of eating too much and the effect of previous days on your current speed is absolutely not visible unfortunatly... Thanks for your comeback !
Thanks !
@jjjjason :
Your comment make me shivering. Thanks you so much ! It mean a lot to me !
@mambojambo :
I aggree with everything you said, I want to make the other pigeon bounce, but then, it make the game to "arcade" and not in the mood, so I tried other thing , but it didn't work. The main good idea I have, I didn't make it in time (everything in the code was ready for it) and it involve the crow from end of day, and a cinematic.
And thanks for you comment overall ! It's helpful !
@louis-denizet :
Yeah, it was made by choice, but the dialogue who hint it ("Short day doesn't seem to bother you") was mess up and place in the wrong day. It was the "special day" who can trigger, like the duel with the speed bird, and the raining crumbs day. I should have fixed this...
@xephrys :
If you eat a lot, the bird become slower (and the total of crumbs eat everyday influence too, making you even slower everyday) but due to very bad choice of value from me, you have to eat more than 100 to start feeling it and the other day, you didn't feel it at all exepect if you eat like 170 in one day...
Simple enough, but once I learned how to eat crumbles like a pro, the other birds couldn't even TOUCH me.
And is there any reasoning as to how long a given day is, or is it just one more random variable, like the number of rival birds or crumble density?
Graphically quite nice. Very relaxing sounds as well. This idea has a lot of potential in terms of varying up the types of birds and giving them different behaviors and/or attitudes. I would love to see a fuller game made from this. Congrats on a very nice entry, and I hope you have a great LD! :)
In the beginning I thought there was some sort of progression (and maybe a story) but I guess it's just a "random" level being loaded each time? I think it would really serve the game a lot if there was some sort of closure.
All in all it's really interesting. Congrat's!
Thanks you very much ! You're comment are pure good vibes !
@sgadrat
Thanks you ! I really try hard to make it the most clear and simple game I can ! I'm glad it work !
@logan
It was some special day who are very short, but I didn't come to my "end" (with that darn crow !) and there was special day where other bird was mean to be really quicker and better, to challenge the one really good and make feel bad the other (in a volunteer way), but it didn't work well...
But thanks for all your constructif critik !
@alexfalkenberg
Yes, I still have this little bug of text on bad day... I was too short in time and only see this afterward...
And, well, if I have time, I will try a more full game
@axoona
Yes, I really mean to make an end to the game at 7 days (the crow, some crumbs and a shoot em up surprise gameplay) where all lead to this. I wanted to make it on the Monday but my computer just update and take away 3hours and with my other work, I didn't succeed to find the time to make it (but everything in the code is prepare !)