Birds Birds Birds by Versatile Box

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made by Versatile Box for LD 40 (JAM)

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They're everywhere! My car's gonna fall! Throw your leftover popcorn at them, that'll teach'em!

BEWARE THE MIGHTY CHIMANGO

Balance the car with doves. They follow the popcorn!

CONTROLS

Click to throw popcorn

Aim with the mouse

Have fun!

Original music for the LD40 by Moon Moon Moon https://themoonmoonmoon.bandcamp.com

Ratings

Overall 371th 3.633⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Fun 560th 3.328⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 184th 3.68⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Theme 142th 4.023⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 212th 4.114⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Audio 207th 3.639⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Humor 255th 3.532⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Mood 301th 3.613⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

kraftkar
04. Dec 2017 · 21:41 UTC
Beautiful game, great music, funny. Good job overall!
ElFippo
04. Dec 2017 · 21:42 UTC
Loved the looks. Cozy music! Had a little bit of a hard time understanding what to do with the bigger birds. Good job!
Mathiouza
04. Dec 2017 · 21:43 UTC
Cool game, neat graphism, cool music (but I think I already listen to it), but I do not understand how to get rid of the big birds ... Maybe I missed something ? But anyway, the game is really cool !

Keep coding :)
CocaPasteque
04. Dec 2017 · 21:45 UTC
Haha good fun with this one, it is quite difficult but enjoyed it, cool concept :)
🎤 Versatile Box
04. Dec 2017 · 21:56 UTC
Sorry guys, forgot to mention the music was NOT developed for the jam. THERE IS CUSTOM MUSIC BEING CREATED, but not just yet. Uploaded with this music to make sure we entered the jam.

Regarding the big birds, you can't make them go. They'll leave when they want to! The thing is those are much heavier than the small ones., so keep that in mind!
jlreymendez
04. Dec 2017 · 22:00 UTC
Neat art and fun game as expected from the such a versatile team ;) Congrats!
gamepopper
04. Dec 2017 · 22:14 UTC
Hilarious idea, poor guy in the car. Aiming felt a bit awkward, sometimes I couldn't the bird food I threw kept arching over the bird.
🎤 Versatile Box
05. Dec 2017 · 03:06 UTC
Thanks everyone for your kind comments! We updated the game (just in time) to include music made by Moon Moon Moon for Ludum Dare 40!
blinry
05. Dec 2017 · 15:12 UTC
Surprisingly hard, I tried a lot of times, and I didn't manage to balance the car for longer 30 seconds or so. Very pretty graphics style. It's also a hilarious concept, I wonder how the person ended up in that situation...? Maybe some story would have added to the humor! :)
🎤 Versatile Box
05. Dec 2017 · 16:22 UTC
A pixel art story was being drawn! Sadly it wasn't finished in time. We'll add it to the postjam version!
Seanbeans
06. Dec 2017 · 03:39 UTC
A curious and funny idea! The mood setled by its graphics and music its relaxing. A nice little game.
06. Dec 2017 · 05:00 UTC
I assume the objective is to make the birds move by throwing the popcorn? doesn't seem to work though.
Chartman
06. Dec 2017 · 05:13 UTC
I liked the graphics style of this game. I wanted to enjoy it, but I thought the game started off too difficult or I just didn't know how to throw the popcorn well enough. Maybe a preview of the throwing arc would've helped me get into this game more easily.
sorlok
06. Dec 2017 · 05:23 UTC
That was a really cool concept for the theme & a game in general. I found it hard to effectively balance the car, but that was part of the fun. Two minor points: I wish the music didn't restart when you start the game over, and I wish the "game over" animation of the car falling off the mountain wasn't blurred ---because some of the "falling" animations were hilarious!
SraBatata
06. Dec 2017 · 06:18 UTC
I liked it a lot, my score is 742 points. I liked that different birds have different weights. Good job :)
🎤 Versatile Box
06. Dec 2017 · 07:41 UTC
Thanks, everyone!
We're taking note. Removed the blur (I wasn't sure, it was a 50-50 decision and it was kept) and the music now starts in the menu and loops until the game is closed. This is important because the song is much longer than an average game duration -also Moon Moon Moon actually made it with perfect loop in mind-.
Lyrcaxis
06. Dec 2017 · 09:33 UTC
960 points~ until 2 hawks came from the right in the same second and birds stopped spawning from the left :D
nice and fun little game
Yngvarr
06. Dec 2017 · 11:15 UTC
Can't stop playing. Cool graphics and music, you really made the atmosphere! I would like to see some kind of timer on a screen just to know how far I am from a highscore.
KingofWhaWha
06. Dec 2017 · 13:03 UTC
The graphics and audio are amazing! One thing that could be improved is that you could make the clouds oscillate up and down. The game might look a littl bit too "static" with only the bids moving in the scene. Great game!
Dudum Lare
06. Dec 2017 · 15:16 UTC
I think this is my highest rated game so far! Everything is just so beautiful. I have played for a long time now.

Concerning the graphics it looks so incredibly awesome! I can’t believe how beautiful you can make something look with that simple graphics.

Concerning the audio, the music is so relaxing. It felt like I was sitting in the car eating popcorns myself! Wow, I’m impressed as you can tell.

Overall I like this game so flipping much. I had an amazing time playing it. I’ll definitely come back and play some more, even though it was kind of frustrating and hard sometimes. Thank you so much for this experience and good luck in the future! Have an awesome day, and I hope to see you in the next jam!

Here’s my highscore btw:

![Namnlös6.png](///raw/0fa/9/z/df32.png)

// Isak from @liquidbrain
wdelvi
06. Dec 2017 · 19:20 UTC
What a lovely little concept and what a lovely inclusion of the theme! I wish there were more depth, but it looks fantastic and made me smile. Well done
talisra22
06. Dec 2017 · 19:32 UTC
nice one, but how do i feed the red birds?!
🎤 Versatile Box
06. Dec 2017 · 19:36 UTC
Thanks for the amazing comments, people!
The big birds are called Chimangos, they're an Argentinian bird, similar to a hawk.
They currently dislike popcorn, but will eventually fly away if you survive long enough :)
Good Luck!
Meneer Guus
06. Dec 2017 · 19:41 UTC
The theme is nicely executed, has nice graphics to boot which makes this a funny timekilling experience which I think would be perfect for mobile phone users. The difficulty is a bit too random for my taste, because of the delay in which birds respond to your popcorn while there are already 2+ birds coming from the other side. This together with a slightly awkward throwing makes it a bit too hard. If you tweaked around with the delay I think this game could be a huge hit on mobile!
roNtz
06. Dec 2017 · 19:47 UTC
Nice game! It's a simple, funny idea (i wonder about the story on how the car got stuck up there :D) and you have a nice, clear drawing style. I like it! One thing though: You could have put some space between the birds on one side, so you can count them. This would make it easier to predict how you can balance the big birds.
Well done!
mollekake
06. Dec 2017 · 21:39 UTC
Cool little game! Like the art and music. Very calming. The birds however felt very random, and once 2 or 3 came in from the wron side, it was pretty much game over. Good job though!
Renan Prates
06. Dec 2017 · 23:13 UTC
I made 2160 I think, really, really, really impressive, graphics, mechanics and creativite, this game is awesome, I take a long time trying to get better pontuation
icxon
07. Dec 2017 · 00:22 UTC
At first I thought player should "lure" and balance the birdies on the car, not shoo them. But then I got it :smiley:

It was fun to play, thank you!

![2017_12_07_03_17_52_.png](///raw/2e1/z/e163.png)
Tiberiusuciu
07. Dec 2017 · 01:36 UTC
DAMN THOSE BIG BIRDS :O

besides those annoying brown birds. Eveything else was well executed :) I have no remark whatsoever. Perhaps that at first I thought you needed to place pop corn on your car in order to attract birds on a specific side in order to balance things out. But this works as well!

Good job!
Alex bezuska
07. Dec 2017 · 01:41 UTC
I watched it on a stream because I don't have Windows. Great art, I love the color choices. Music reminds me of Night in the Woods :heart:
Roaring Cat Games
07. Dec 2017 · 01:48 UTC
Pretty fun game. It's reallly hard. I couldn't find a way to disperse the brown birds, so when they came in, it was pretty much just game over. It would be great to have some kind of indicator of what is coming up on either side (like a tetris preview).

Solid game though. Loops well, plays quick, and looks/sounds great.
🎤 Versatile Box
07. Dec 2017 · 01:51 UTC
Pop corn lures birds!
You need to attract them to balance the car correctly. It's challenging, I know, I'm pretty bad at it myself.
We'll port the game to Android as well, so stay tuned!
Jiayjo
07. Dec 2017 · 08:53 UTC
greqt
Jiayjo
07. Dec 2017 · 08:53 UTC
great
bitsandcrafts
08. Dec 2017 · 19:49 UTC
awesome. very fun gameplay. music and mood are great.
jk5000
08. Dec 2017 · 21:57 UTC
A very fun and a very well made game.
Potti
09. Dec 2017 · 19:49 UTC
This looks and feels really polished. The art style is very nice. On thing though: While there's no big bird, you can easily deal with everything by just throwing popcorn out of one side and easily get to about 4000 points.

A very good game.
LeReveur
10. Dec 2017 · 18:42 UTC
Easy to play, hard to master! I'm not really good, I hardly reached 488 points. Good arts too, well done!
paulhocker
13. Dec 2017 · 03:49 UTC
such an interesting idea - far to hard at first - it really needed a few levels to learn how to use the popcorn properly - still - good game
Hisfantor
16. Dec 2017 · 14:06 UTC
very cool idea everything feels so friendly the music, the cute birds, but some seconds later they fuck you up
sommerlilie
18. Dec 2017 · 09:49 UTC
I love your art style. The game was fun!
Jupiter_Hadley
26. Dec 2017 · 18:34 UTC
Simple but fun game!! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26D5qtoYgoQ
sirJupitron
27. Dec 2017 · 03:13 UTC
Mi estilo de juego favorito! zarpado arte y mood en general, me gusta como esta balanceado(jugue la version ld). Quiero jugar lo proximo que hagas, avisame!
Racso
27. Dec 2017 · 22:22 UTC
La estética del juego es fantástica, tanto en arte como en audio. El detalle del brazo que se mueve hace que todo se vea muy pulido. Es un juego muy agradable, en general.

La jugabilidad en sí está bien para sesiones cortas. Creería que en sesiones largas se puede poner repetitivo. Me parece que el juego está equilibrado gracias a los pájaros grandes: sin ellos, sería fácil espantar a todos los pájaros pequeños y mantenerse equilibrado, pero una vez aparece un ave grande es necesario dejar algunas pequeñas para mantener el equilibrio. Mi única sugerencia quizá tiene que ver con la aleatoriedad de las aves: en varias partidas me pasó que aparecieron aves solamente por un lado del auto, y fue imposible equilibrarme en esos casos. Creería que garantizar que las aves aparezcan de manera más o menos uniforme (¡no simétrica, claro!) en ambos lados maximizaría la habilidad requerida y minimizaría la sensación de azar.

¡Muy buen trabajo!
nax_89
28. Dec 2017 · 12:27 UTC
Coincido con los usuarios de arriba, en estética general, lo hicieron MUUUUY bien, se siente genial, y es agradable a la vista. El gameplay no se queda atras, si bien los pajaros gordos te hacen renegar son la parte que te hace jugar con el equilibrio, logrando que no sea solo un jueguito "de disparos" Felicitaciones!