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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #81 | 3.780 | 4.083 |
| Fun | #391 | 3.240 | 3.500 |
| Graphics | #497 | 3.395 | 3.667 |
| Overall | #682 | 2.906 | 3.139 |
| Game Design | #880 | 2.623 | 2.833 |
| Audio | #929 | 2.315 | 2.500 |
| Theme | #1157 | 2.083 | 2.250 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
Originally supposed to be a game of a bird in a simulation. Constraints resulted in a main world where you collect until you enter the virtual one for a race.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote all the code myself. The visual assets I used are listed.
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Hi! Great concept and great graphics. This is a really original approach to the gamejam.
Regarding the game, I found the head of the bird appearing in front of the screen to be a bit distracting and the controls could be improved (maybe you just needed a bit more time :)).
If you can, take a look at our game as well. I'd be glad to get your feedback.
Thanks for feedback o7.
I got all 13 cups. Game was cool and I like flying really high, but it was really hard to land where I wanted because I couldn't change my horizontal momentum without flapping.
Thanks for playing! And yeah you're right, all the control tuning was done in the last day and it's not perfect. I should have upped the strafe value. Adding a different landing key bind was something I considered too, something to just kill your momentum.
Good job on making a mechanic that is easy to use and hard to master. I have only complain I have is that I managed to clip through wall during the challenge levels. Everything else was perfect
Thank you. Sorry about that, was still working on that level into the last day :(.
Really amazing concept, love it!
I just rated your game, maybe you can do the same on mine ^_^
Thanks, I'll rate yours too.
I love the concept but I was terrible at controlling the bird flight which was frustrating. Some polish and tweaks to really nail down that mechanic will go a long way.
Sorry you got frustrated. I should have left more time for testing and tuning the controls, I'll keep it in mind in the future.
Don't be sorry. It might have just been me and I just couldn't figure it out.
Flying is a marvellous experience. I do wish I was better at it in this game. Good thing my RAF flight instructor isn't here to critique my form.
Glad you liked it, thanks for playing o7. Goofy instructor dialogue was planned but I never got to it lol.
This is a pretty interesting concept for a game. Bird flight could definitely use some polishing, but that's to be expected. Nice work overall -- I'd definitely consider playing a game from a bird's eye POV when you're actually the bird :D
Thanks.
Really cool concept
<3 ty
The flying mechanics were really clean and fun to play around with, would love to see more done with this
I think the concept merits a revisit as well, thanks for playing.
Hey! Interesting game, fine mechanics once you get used to it! (kinda got lost in the skybox hahaha)
I personally enjoy a bit more audio but good job with coding everything!
I'll keep that in mind, certain parts were pretty hacked together haha
its a lot of fun to fly around and look at the houses from birds perspective :)
the controls were wonky at first, but after i got the hang of it, i went to the virtual world and my PB is 42.9
Id suggest making the interactable penguin and bear a bit more obvious, i almost missed that i can talk to both of them.
Good idea on the animals, never got to polishing them much. Controls are a big jacked, but I think they can be reworked into a fun low-button high-precision game in the future if it's made less difficult. o7
Here's some gifs since I didn't get around to videos last night: