Kakapo by beta


Kakapo is a game about one of the most endangered species in the world.
If you want to donate or learn more please check:
https://www.doc.govt.nz/kakapo-recovery
Made in 48h for the Ludum Dare 42 Compo by Alberto "_beta" Mellado.
Written in C# on Unity.
Tools:
Unity
Adobe Photoshop
Audacity
Maya
Controls:
Movement -> WASD
Sing -> SpaceBar
If you do not know what to do:
If the cats see you will have to restart that level. Be patient.
When you are inside of the bushes (you turn blue) you are hidden and enemies wont see you.

Contact:
albertomelladoc@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/betadev
This was my 9h Ludum Dare entry and I am quite happy with the result. I wanted to make this game since some time ago and this Ludum's theme was the perfect excuse. I hope this brings some awareness about the Kakapos situation. I know the gameplay is kind of flat but I want this game to be easy to access.
Hope you enjoy it!
| Source Code | https://betadev.itch.io/kakapo |
| HTML5 (web) | https://betadev.itch.io/kakapo |
| Windows | https://betadev.itch.io/kakapo |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/kakapo |
Ratings
| Overall | 296th | 3.475⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 493th | 2.975⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 590th | 2.711⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 488th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 131th | 3.825⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 88th | 3.632⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 57th | 3.722⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 5🗨️ |
I did run into an issue with the first big cat, which just looks up and down. The area below it is navigable, but there's an invisible wall above it that killed me two or three times. I think @simplepotential ran into the same issue.
I don't understand why you chose to use tank controls for your movement. They didn't make the game any worse, they're just a strange design decision to make for a game where you play as a bird hopping along the ground.
The hitboxes were also a little bit hard to work with, both on the cat vision and the foliage. I wouldn't say they were unfair, but I think you could have been a bit more generous on both accounts, maybe making the player hitbox smaller would have helped, or making the visuals of the foliage smaller and cat vision larger than their respective hitboxes.
I did enjoy this, for the setting and atmosphere especially, and the gameplay - if not particularly polished - didn't get in the way.
Great game, Beto, you have a heart of gold :3
(Also, if you clicked the link at the end, page goes south mixing with your itch.io page)
But than nice game. Couldn'T pass the big cat (the first big cat) I let it go after 4 tries.. Because 3 is a must but 4th is enough ... :zap: