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A jam submission

ChickaBoomView game page

Launch your brave chicken from a barrel and soar through tricky levels!
Submitted by KingsWill — 2 days, 15 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#1983.3573.357
Presentation#3213.2143.214
Originality#5002.7142.714
Theme#5942.2862.286

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
Pow(d)er Barrels launch a Chicken through the air!

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Comments

Submitted

Cool game, definitely Donkey Kong vibes. I got stuck on level 14 though and was unable to pass the first barrel. I tried ~120 times and still no luck after getting past it 5 times in a row initially. I like the amount of levels and ability to relaunch the game with my progress saved! Fun game for sure

Developer

Thanks for playing and for your feedback! For level 14 the timing of the shots from the slime barrels is a bit weird, i might have to re-tune it for the next release after the Game Jam is over.

Submitted

Really cool play on taking the donkey kong barrels and making a level based puzzle game out of them!  I will say there were some levels that I thought the spinning cycles were really weird and I'd have to wait many rotations before I was able to shoot into the automatic shooting barrels that seemed to be on a slightly faster/slower rotation (unless I'm seeing these things wrong).  Very fun game!

Developer

Thanks for playing! The spinning cycles are intentionally like this to prevent an accidential soft lock :)
I might have to re-tune some levels once the Game Jam is over. Appreciate the feedback!

Submitted (1 edit)

Interesting expansion on the Donkey Kong barrel mechanic. It could benefit from clearer tutorial levels (I got stuck at the slime barrels).

A preview of the trajectory could be useful, I think the challenge (and fun) of this game comes more from timing your shot rather than visualizing its path.

By the way, Windows defender was detecting Behavior:Win32/DefenseEvasion.A!ml in your exe.

Submitted

No control over movement, and fires with uncontrolled targeting.

Submitted(+1)

My years of playing Donkey Kong Country prepared me for this moment. Really addictive (and fun) game. It has that "Just one more" feeling to it. The art and sound really fit the vibe well. Nice work!

Submitted(+1)

This is so cute and fun! I love it!

Submitted(+1)

Some levels were tricky, but it was satisfying getting to the end. And the soundtrack was chill! I enjoyed playing.

Submitted(+1)

Fun game with a nice relaxing soundtrack! I thought a lot of the level design and difficulty ramp was well done. My one piece of criticism is that there were a few levels where you have to do the same maneuver a couple of times, when I was struggling to get through even the first one lol. So maybe just one or two times would suffice for those levels. Fun entry!

Developer

Thank you for your constructive feedback! Level balance was a challange given the short time but i'm glad you enjoyed it overall :)

Submitted(+1)

Sound and artwork were really solid.  Gameplay was fun, clean, and just right in terms of difficulty.  Interesting play on the theme.  It would work really well as a mobile game.

Submitted(+1)

Love the classic DK barrel mechanic! Soundtrack is so chill. fun game!

Developer

Glad you enjoyed it! Always loved the DK barrel mechanic and wanted to build on it :)

Submitted(+1)

Love the classic DK barrel mechanic! Soundtrack is so chill. fun game!

Submitted(+1)

Loving the game so far! The gameplay is fun and really makes you think about timing and planning ahead. I absolutely loved the chicken sound effects and ended up playing longer than I initially intended!

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for playing! ❤️

I actually put quite some effort into the chicken sound, especially the pitch variations, glad it's appreciated 😄