The plot chickens by JPiolho

Welcome to the small but lively village of Cooptown. Visit the fair and meet unique colorful characters and listen to their stories. Go "deeper and deeper" and unveil a secret within the village.
Cocow!
Meet Cooptown:

Meet the cast:

Meet a fun and colourful cast with over 10 characters (people and animals)
The game:


Credits:
JPiolho - Programming
Ru_mey - Story and text
SaraFilipa - Art, modelling & UI
Thank you for playing! We hope you like the game! :D
Changelog:
27.04.2021 - Fixed a somewhat game-breaking bug in which some important dialog was not being triggered.
| HTML5 (Web) on Itch.io | https://jpiolho.itch.io/the-plot-chickens |
| Itch.io | https://jpiolho.itch.io/the-plot-chickens |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/the-plot-chickens |
Ratings
| Overall | 89th | 4.167⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 348th | 3.761⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 770th | 3.33⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1608th | 2.966⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 6th | 4.778⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 52th | 4.233⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 96th | 4.289⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 41🗳️ | 51🗨️ |
Just loading it up and seeing the title screen and hearing the music made me smile.
It was a bit hard to know what to do at times, though.
Fantastic job team!
For anyone getting stuck on the "something sweet" bit, there's a hint in what the churro guy says.
It's so pretty, well coded and especially damn good storytelling level ! Good Job ! Love your game <3
I loved the game!
Overall, Miss Pumpkin is the best! :smile_cat:
Anyway! Super-cute looking. Good though that you've added character portraits, because for a bit I was sure that I'm playing for a red-bearded guy. :)
Also, small nit on the controls, it would be nice to be able to hit E or whatever to advance conversation rather than having to use the mouse. Seemed natural but didnt work.
Otherwise, nice job!
The controls were easy to understand and follow, and the only glitch-esque issue I noticed was briefly trading places with the chicken man during his dialogue. The puzzle was also good to follow - I never felt like I didn't know what I was trying to do, even if like a few other players I struggled to get something sweet for Gertrude. This was mostly difficult because I checked the center garbage can and got a notice that nothing was there - it wasn't immediately apparent that the garbage cans weren't all different checks, so potentially some dialogue like 'There doesn't appear to be anything of interest in *this* trashcan' would go a long way to helping that confusion.
Ultimately - great work, and a delightful story! I can't wait for Miss Pumpkin starring in the hit sequel 'Slightly Faster but still just not Furious Enough'. ☆☆☆☆☆
Great job!
Amazing work!
Hey, I promised to play your game so here I go.
So first of all, that title !
The plot chickens !
That's a high-tier pun ! Love it !
Second, Miss Pumkin is gorgeous ! Vin Petrol is so lucky to have acted alongside her ! To think they where an item at some point... What a lucky chad !
The game was funny, cute, and beautiful. I like how the road wraps around the voxel and I love the blinking traffic lights.
A full adventure written and put together in a game jam, that's impressive.
Lots of good puns too.
Now for some criticism :
If you can use "i" to open the inventory, it would be cool to also be able to close it by pushing "i". That was my very "eye-opening" critic... (get it?)
I got stuck at the "something fresh" like lots of people. I checked the middle trashcan (blue I think) but found nothing at first. I only thought of checking the green trashcan because I read a comment talking about it.
Finally, it would be a good idea to put invisible walls between the stands, since I slid in between two of them more than once.
Overall, very few minor issues.
Apart from that, it was really fun and fresh (not like some churros I know about) and I had a blast.