Ludum Dare #29compo

Stroppy Swan

by bazld

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.87

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.16

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Stroppy swan wants ALL the food! Simply click to swoosh to a new location, eating food along the way, whilst dodging the other swans. Getting combos in one movement will score bonus points.

Thanks for playing, I really enjoyed making it. I'll write a short post-mortem, check the journal entries.

Tools: MonkeyX (+Congo), Gimp, Inkscape, cfxr, Audacity.
Platform: HTML5/browser. Tested on Windows and Mac versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. IE not supported.

Comments28

mess11028 Apr 2014, 09:12

this is so insanely cool. good job. you manage to make a really fun experience with good graphics. even the audio is fun

Mincemeat28 Apr 2014, 09:12

For some reason i found this game to be hilarious and im not really sure why haha. Pretty fun, those other swans are jerks, taking all my hard earned food D:

darkflamejam28 Apr 2014, 09:13

Great fun! Love the art work, Bloody swans!

Lars Faust28 Apr 2014, 09:13

Haha, loving it.
Very slick look, very responsive and i really like the fact you added combo-functionality.

My best score is 370.

Lerc28 Apr 2014, 09:20

Nice, I think the resolution is a little low, It mostly works but sometimes you can mistake a Beak for a bit of food.

Would make a good Phone/Tablet Game.

kbm28 Apr 2014, 10:55

Really liked it! Great visuals, unusual style and gameplay! But it's tough as nails.. I was so bad at this..

donan28 Apr 2014, 10:55

Hahaha. Good game. At first i thought it was easy, but i enjoyed how hard it is after a while if you try to make combos :D

bazldauthor28 Apr 2014, 10:56

Thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated :)

@Mincemeat Yeah, having the other birds also eat food was the very last thing on my list, but its kind of funny to line up a combo then lose it :D
@Lerc - agreed, the art got so low res that it can be confusing, esp similar colors.

madhoe28 Apr 2014, 10:58

This is actually pretty fun! Love the polish and the aesthetics, as well as the overall "feel" of the game. However I feel it's not very inclined towards the theme?

bazldauthor28 Apr 2014, 11:13

@madhoe - agreed, I could have items/creatures breaking thru the surface or something.

vilya28 Apr 2014, 11:44

Nice simple concept and really well executed. Great stuff!

pawegio28 Apr 2014, 18:25

Perfect! I really like it... Think about android version!

local minimum28 Apr 2014, 19:13

440 was my best. Took a little while to get used to the swan-control but it was surprisingly fun once I figured it out.

I would guess if something be added it would be soundtrack and giving the foods graphics a bit more love, water surface rippling effects so food doesn't simply appear out of nowhere, some shakes and the general stuff to spice it up even some more.

There's nothing like an on-line leader board either to get peoples attention.