Feather & Son

by carduus
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.46
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.52
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★36%
My very first game \o/ Achievment, it'is still far from perfect, but it is almost playable :)

I'll post an extended version if my work let me some time.

In Feather & Son : you control a father and his son who are bound by sadness : Mother has desapeared.
Son and father act the same, but not exactly.

Help them to find their way to the woman before the sadness makes them hopeless.

Each time Father&son find a feather, they regain hapiness to continue their journey.
If one of them fall or exit the scene, they die.

You have 10 sec to rich a feather to refill your hapiness.
Controls with Arrow Keys.

Control : Arrow keys.

I'll post source as soon as i know how to share Stencyl sources.

screenshot

Comments51

Tipyx
Tipyx26 Aug 2013, 02:32
But the question is : What's happen to Momy... ?
Good GD and Level Design :)
Steve
Steve26 Aug 2013, 08:17
Nicely executed idea which also fits perfectly with the plot. Got stuck on one level though, it's pretty tough. But it's good! Nice art style. Too bad there's no sound.
Cory Martin
Cory Martin26 Aug 2013, 14:01
To share a Stencyl game, export a .stencyl file. File > Export Game
kill0u
kill0u27 Aug 2013, 01:59
Mommy wake up!
Unept
Unept27 Aug 2013, 02:12
I like the clever way you control both characters differently, very cool. Love the art too. It did escalate in difficulty pretty quickly, but still fun.
Colapsydo
Colapsydo27 Aug 2013, 08:21
Wow, sadness overload!
I really enjoyed the double controls and how you used it to design the levels.
The ambience is also well done, it just lacks some music.
0110110127 Aug 2013, 10:51
Really cool gameplay idea and well executed! Some levels are really challenging... I love the sad story and the mood.
Graphics are great as usual ;)
PixlWalkr
PixlWalkr27 Aug 2013, 10:51
Good level design and characters
rezoner
rezoner27 Aug 2013, 22:51
Oh my!... I want to make music for this. Poke me. Graphics 6/5
Photon28 Aug 2013, 05:05
Pretty cool concept, but I really struggled with the controls. They didn't want to seem to behave right all the time. Otherwise, solid entry.
Valandre
Valandre28 Aug 2013, 11:25
Great graphic technics.....I'm so proud of you
Zap
Zap28 Aug 2013, 11:55
Pretty! And a great concept- I especially like the f(e)ather& son and sad-vibes
It plays really well, but gets very difficult very quickly.
An awesome, awesome effort for your first game by yourself
rogueNoodle
rogueNoodle28 Aug 2013, 15:17
Excellent art and character design - tricky but clever level design too. Great job!
deepnight
deepnight28 Aug 2013, 21:31
Woooohooo first game achievement!!
Well done :) Love all the details in the animations, good job dude
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla31 Aug 2013, 19:26
Love the character and level designs. Beautiful mood. :) Very impressive job for a first game.
Joror
Joror1 Sep 2013, 12:39
Sweet dual control mechanics, and excellent graphics. Only missing piece was sound. :)
LegacyCrono1 Sep 2013, 12:51
Wonderful graphics. You nailed the atmosphere, even though it doesn't have any audio. The level design was pretty great too! Congrats on your first game, and well done!
mrspeaker
mrspeaker1 Sep 2013, 12:58
Really great entry, but I feel like the "10 seconds" part of it does not help it - feels forced compared to the gameplay and aesthetics: sometimes it feels stressy to try and get a feather that should be easy to get. Then you get a "too late"... which... is weird. Too late for what ;) The core mechanic of big-and-little is really cool and I'd love to see that expanded on.
LegacyCrono1 Sep 2013, 13:00
Also, you need to put a download link for the game source code, as per the competition rules. Please do so ASAP. :)
spitfire871 Sep 2013, 13:07
Really original idea and well executed controls. Its pretty hard to manage both the father and son when they start spliting ways. +Fun +Graphics +Innovation !
rfgpfeiffer1 Sep 2013, 13:29
The puzzles were great, but the time limit makes them really frustrating
psychomonster
psychomonster1 Sep 2013, 13:31
Very clever designed levels... cool platformer. Love it... nice graphics animation!
Carduusauthor1 Sep 2013, 13:31
Hey !
Source are now aviable, bu you need stencyl to open it i guess.
Feathers gives you extra time, just catch'em at the right time :)
Zccc
Zccc1 Sep 2013, 13:37
Excellent, I love the graphics, but the platforming could be better.
zatyka
zatyka1 Sep 2013, 13:40
I enjoyed playing this. Very nice level design, and beautiful graphics. It feels like its missing a few thing (story, music, sound), but I'm happy to hear you're continuing with it. I'm looking forward to a more complete version. Congrats on your first game!
Ithildin
Ithildin1 Sep 2013, 13:46
Beautiful graphics and clever level design. Mood would have improved a lot with sounds and music. Despite this, it's an awesome job for your first entry. Congratulations!! :D
GFM
GFM1 Sep 2013, 14:16
Almost playable? This is great! The controls feels great (though I had a little trouble with some platforming) and the level design is awesome!
The graphics are also great!! :D
Ludipe
Ludipe1 Sep 2013, 14:37
Awesome game, it's a great first entry. Well done!

Check out Construct 2, it's another software to make games, like stencyl, it doesn't requiere any programming at all, but it's more powerful.
Tifu
Tifu1 Sep 2013, 15:10
Really like the idea, got as far as the last level (I assume, judging by... the thing that was there) - but it was too hard to get to because of the controls, they didn't seem to want to jump every time I pressed jump =/
iterative deepening
iterative deepening1 Sep 2013, 15:42
Nice graphics, and really good concept and Level Design. They still have a problem when you catch the small crystal near the end of coutdown, you lose anyway.
loxo1 Sep 2013, 15:54
Great graphics and an interesting concept with the two simultaneously played characters. Only audio is missing. And the game didn't reload after death.
withoutpillow
withoutpillow1 Sep 2013, 16:17
interesting and beautiful, but very hard later on.
papercaves
papercaves1 Sep 2013, 16:25
Wonderful art direction, unique and engaging gameplay. Sound would have been great but the effort on level design and art makes it less of an issue. My favourite of the comp so far.
Neil
Neil1 Sep 2013, 18:18
Fantastic entry, great controls and nice puzzles. The art really tell the story! Very impressed!
Delca1 Sep 2013, 20:36
Levels were very well designed. Graphics were amazing, you totally nailed the sad atmosphere even without sounds. For a first game, it is more than excellent. looking forward to the enhanced version!
klianc091 Sep 2013, 20:42
The pixel art is really well done. This game makes me sad, although the question is, how did momy end up like that?
oxysoft
oxysoft1 Sep 2013, 21:38
Awesome graphics, very hard game
Volute
Volute1 Sep 2013, 21:51
Awesome pixel-art !
iiechapman
iiechapman2 Sep 2013, 17:55
Amazing art, great play on the theme, extremely hard haha
Purplescape
Purplescape4 Sep 2013, 03:06
So sad, but a sweet story! The levels were designed well. It's challenging but fun to play. Love the graphics
Capro
Capro4 Sep 2013, 11:32
Nice and sad game. Good job! :)
fdevant6 Sep 2013, 00:00
This is just genius!
manuq
manuq6 Sep 2013, 16:35
This game shows how innovative mechanics can be discovered by just tweaking the conventional ones. You found a great inbetween platform and puzzle. Your pixelart in the characters is great too!
SecondDimension
SecondDimension7 Sep 2013, 12:19
This was great, very clever idea. Also looked very good.
urth8 Sep 2013, 02:05
Best innovation in control that transform a game from a simple platformer to a puzzle platformer.
Cosr
Cosr10 Sep 2013, 15:45
Game looks amazing; great art. I how having both characters control slightly differently made the dual platforming more interesting.
Cosr
Cosr10 Sep 2013, 15:46
*I liked how having...

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