Special Delivery! by cobrajs
As a soldier in the bird army, you are tasked with pooping on the heads of target humans.
Press UP to flap, which gains height and speed. Press DOWN to dive and go into a landing. You can land on the floor or on the tops of buildings. Land next to hats to wear them! Press LEFT or RIGHT to switch directions, or to glide if you are heading in that direction. Gliding will convert your downward momentum to forward momentum.
Enjoy!


| P8 file gist | https://gist.github.com/cobrajs/6f367f6e3f7bc538b7fa65335ba3c544 |
| Itch.io | https://cobrajs.itch.io/special-delivery |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/special-delivery-2 |
Ratings
| Overall | 188th | 3.583⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 165th | 3.521⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 85th | 3.75⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 298th | 3.521⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 192th | 3.604⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 235th | 3.109⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 26th | 4.083⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 228th | 3.174⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
@joaosilva22 Thanks! Yeah... I had to come up with something very simple for this LD, because I didn't have a ton of time to work on it. I had hoped to add some depth with like different birds with different abilities (like cluster poops, other things, I don't know), but most of it was a last minute scramble because I spent too long adding hats :laughing:
@remus Thanks! I had higher hopes for the music, but I pared it down because I ran out of time haha! I think the flapping still needs some tweaking... overall though it's roughly what I had in my head for an approximation of bird flight, without actually learning how flight works haha
@bayousoftware Thanks!! That was my goal going in, just make something in Pico8, because Pico8 is awesome! Glad I spent extra time making the hats: probably should have spent extra time on like the gameplay part, but like how could I not get distracted by making birds wear little top hats haha
Funny thing is that whenever I thought about delivery, my second though were pooping birds. 1st world's problems right?
- Pico entry is always cool
- Really dig the design, especially that the bird is quite detailed!
- A music in compo entry is always a +
- Cool, fun and quick with more than 1 objective
A bit confusing controls at first (especially the gravity), but I enjoyed it overall. Good pooping job!
I got caught with the controls whenever I was testing as well, but I think for me that's part of the appeal, like it feels a little more like I think a bird would fly. I had this flight mechanic in my head for a long time, so when you hit the left/right to glide you would fly faster if you are falling faster because you put your wings out to catch the air. I'm not sure if it actually makes sense though, and I think I need to expand it in a game that is more about exploration than targeting, because I think gaining a lot of speed and then blasting through an interesting city would be awesome.
Glad you like the bird!! Definitely what I spent the most time on haha!
@serialkamikaze Haha thanks!
@thomas-bringer Thanks! Pico-8 makes it really easy to get cohesive 8-bit audio/visual/feel (mostly really easy anyway haha)!
@frogman Stacking hats!! I'm definitely adding that, that's brilliant! The airborne hats are definitely a bug, potentially only in the web build as I don't think I saw it when I was testing locally. Thanks!
@gonzo13 Thanks!
@wouter52 Definitely aimed to keep it simple this time, since I didn't have a lot of time! Yeah, different cities would be great! Thanks!
Well done !