Asshole Ducks

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.58
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★74%
A soothing game about feeding ducks except you hate some of them arbitrarily and if they take more than one food while there are still starving ducks out there you probably hate them too maybe. YOU ONLY GET ONE, DUCKS. Also there's a scoreboard.

Chrome recommended! Mother approved. (NSFW language.) Actually plays pretty decently in Safari on an iPhone 5S (but not on my desktop? loool), so take it with you to the terlet and play while you poop! Or don't. Or do, but please don't tell us about it. (Or DO. o_O) (Don't.)

-thatwhichis

"Well, animals are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life, or have been mistreated; but, like people, some of them are just jerks."

IOMPORTANT Edit: Added post-compo version with slightly reworked launch numbers; should be easier to launch shorter ranges. Still recommend compo version! :-D

Edit: Now with more blog post!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/12/15/a-hole-ducks/

Edit: Now with MORE more blog post!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/12/16/faq-and-post-mortem/

Also, if you like the song and would like a copy, you could download un .wav version here:
http://www.thatwhichismedia.com/LD28/media/assholeducks.wav

screenshot

Comments37

davidjsushil
davidjsushil16 Dec 2013, 01:30
Yup. This is the entry to beat, right here. Gosh darn you, ThatWhichIs, how come you such great games make?!1
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor16 Dec 2013, 01:41
is the way. *serious FACE.* :-D
Somfunambulist16 Dec 2013, 03:49
Loved this game! At first the controls were unintuitive but then they became very satisfying.
zconnelly13
zconnelly1316 Dec 2013, 03:51
Bahaha, funny! Also the sound was great.
JoeProgram16 Dec 2013, 03:56
The controls were great! I liked the way you could shoot the food directly down the duck's gullet - sort of a foie gras simulator. I didn't like it when I ran out of white ducks - I ended up having to feed an asshole duck. Maybe it was because two good ducks ate the same food.
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor16 Dec 2013, 04:07
Thanks, dawgs, glad you liked it!
y2bd
y2bd16 Dec 2013, 04:07
I have to say, this is the best game featuring asshole ducks that I've ever played.
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor16 Dec 2013, 04:09
JoeProgram: It was an issue of which I was aware, so I added some extra white ducks. They do wander, though! I sometimes spend a minute or two waiting for a white duck to make his way back to me, all, "yo, I want food." I try to use to time for to reach enlightenment. :-D
Zolmeister
Zolmeister16 Dec 2013, 05:34
Ducks! Quite a hilarious game. Why are they not in a pond?
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor16 Dec 2013, 05:54
Because they don't deserve a pond. >:-O

LET THEM GLIDE GRACEFULLY ACROSS THE GRASS, THEIR WADDLES FORGOTTEN IN THE WINDS OF TIME I SAY!

Zolmeister: passing out for the night but I'll check your entry out tomorry!
leafo
leafo16 Dec 2013, 08:04
those ducks are nuts
Tanner16 Dec 2013, 17:06
Nice music ;)
Broxxar
Broxxar16 Dec 2013, 20:46
Hilarious all around.
01010111
0101011116 Dec 2013, 22:30
Really epic OST to this game
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor16 Dec 2013, 22:54
Do you guys want the song? I guess I could make it available for DL somewhere...
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor17 Dec 2013, 00:12
Song location added to notes, if'n anybody wants. :-)
GagaPete
GagaPete17 Dec 2013, 11:33
Nice music, very simple graphics but a fun as hell gameplay. And the most creative take on the theme I've seen yet. Well done, sir!
finefin
finefin17 Dec 2013, 19:33
hehehe that was fun. not really sticking to the theme, but who cares?
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor17 Dec 2013, 20:25
Whaaaaaat? But the ducks they only gets one! I say to them, "You only get one, ducks!" Like IRL!

lol, thanks for playing everybody! I am immensely enjoying all of your games.
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperen17 Dec 2013, 21:04
I could've used this launch mechanic in my game. Why didn't you tell me!
BrothersT
BrothersT18 Dec 2013, 00:16
That wasn't relaxing in the slightest... Great game!!
chardish
chardish18 Dec 2013, 08:37
I love subtle interpretations of the theme like this.
Daniel X. Moore18 Dec 2013, 18:23
The controls seemed a little hard for me to get

The music was intense.

The scoring mechanic was pretty cool.

Pretty good!
GingerMess18 Dec 2013, 18:38
GOD DAMNIT ASSHOLE DUCKS, STOP EATING IT ALL
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor18 Dec 2013, 20:27
IS WHAT I'M SAYING, RIGHT??!
JohnnySix
JohnnySix18 Dec 2013, 22:09
Asshole ducks should move a bit slower for every piece of ill gotten bread they consume, the bastards.
JohnnySix
JohnnySix18 Dec 2013, 22:10
Liked the organ music, represented the general mood and sentiment of duck feeding.
Reverend Speed19 Dec 2013, 23:13
Awesome instructions are awesome. Those ducks are clearly assholes.
deathray
deathray20 Dec 2013, 03:38
Ha! High points for humor and the game works well. Only thing: I wish i could throw the food underhand so it's slower, rather than firing it out like a bullet.
(BTW: My game should be playable now.)
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor20 Dec 2013, 04:13
Right, talking at people!

JohhnySix: A friend of mine recommended the same thing! He also suggested the assholes gain weight over time, which also seems interesting, but he suggested that while I was in the middle of working on the leaderboard integration and I was all like, "eh, whatevskies, I'll fix it in post." Conversely, I thought about making the unfed ducks get slower and lose weight from round to round. As of right now, the asshole ducks get a.... +20? ish? Modifier to their speed randomization with every successive round, and even that is working okay but not 'xactly as I wanted it to so, y'know, ::shrugs::!

deathray: You can throw a little slower but you gotsta get closer to yourself (uhh...) than I would like; is tweakable, but don't want to mess with anything while voting goes on. :-)

THANK YOU ALL FOR PLAYING AND FOR FEEDBACK(NO PUN INTENDED). LD is bestust!
csanyk
csanyk21 Dec 2013, 05:56
Great entry.
thatwhichis
thatwhichisauthor27 Dec 2013, 01:53
Hey thanks, both!

Jupiter_Hadley: You played my team's submission last LD; keep rockin'!
atombrot
atombrot28 Dec 2013, 22:18
Took a while 'til I got how to use the controls. Was short but funny :)
Piat
Piat29 Dec 2013, 08:29
interesting to say the least, asshole ducks keep getting at my food, assholes.

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