Blow the Hen Down by NickZangus

Arrg these damn hens, they do nothing but multiply!
Of course, it was a bad idea to load them on board.
Ahoy jim lad, ye get rid of them before they make us running out of space and make us feed the fishes!

Controls:
- WASD - move around
- Mouse - rotate the view
- Left Mouse Button - Pick up and throw objects
Credits:
All the contents were created during the 72h except for the followings:
- Song "Silver Spear" by Slainte
- Sound Effects by Soniss
- Chicken model by Kednar
- Font "Black Pearl" by JoannaVu
Social
| Windows | https://nickzangus.itch.io/blow-the-hen-down |
| macOS | https://nickzangus.itch.io/blow-the-hen-down |
| Linux | https://nickzangus.itch.io/blow-the-hen-down |
| Other (document) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4apRa4xGno |
| Other (document) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfhhnIZdzw |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/blow-the-hen-down |
Ratings
| Overall | 10th | 4.337⭐ | 88🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1th | 4.43⭐ | 88🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 11th | 4.192⭐ | 88🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 28th | 4.36⭐ | 88🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 4th | 4.563⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 24th | 4.223⭐ | 85🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 105🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
Good job !
It kind of Chickenpocalypse now with pirates.
Nice easter egg ;)
Thanks.
"Chicken in the hole!!!"
That feeling when I first managed to clean out the lower deck just to go up and find houndreds of more chickens.
And then the moment I finally realised I can just drop the bombs.
Graphics and music match the feeling as well. I'm really impressed!
The best game I've played this jam so far. Everything is perfect! 5*
It's incredibly funny to try to get rid of these hen, only to find out there's like a thousand of them in a place you haven't been before. Anyway, great job!
Good and short storytelling, the objective of the game was very clear.
I loved how you could shoot chicken in the cannons (for no real good reason :p).
Only bug I found was some chickens were glitched behind the captain, and seemd to respawn everytime i threw them overboard.
I did manage to kill them with a bomb and finish the game tho.
Very good job!
The only problem: movement is not very responsive. Good game, good work!
My first try went catastrophically, but the second time around I knew exactly what to do and won pretty much instantly. The trick is to quickly load up all cannons and spam bombs right away so exponential growth doesn't kick in.
I could totally see this working as a minigame in a fully fleshed-out whimsical pirate game.
Great work getting this down in the time available!
Great game!
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream. It was close to the end.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299357576?t=06h20m10s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfhhnIZdzw
But, even bigger thanks for making this game, oh my gosh this is wonderful hahaha. Perfect fun execution, I love it. The "speed run" video is great too!
Also, props on being one of the only Unity games that both lets me select a resolution AND has a UI that properly fits different aspect ratios. That's way more rare on LD than it should be, haha.

Funniest game I have played in a while