BIRDS! is a tranquil, light game where you have influence over a gathering of birds. You can lightly disturb the birds, force them to move around, or if you're not careful, scare them away entirely. The game starts in "Chill" mode, and is open-ended. You can switch on the power, and enter "Shock" mode where you must protect the birds from electrical surges before too many birds get fried.
Controls:
Influence Birds - Mouse Change Mode - Click (on switch)
The game experience is best on the desktop, but the Web Link is playable.
We will have builds for: --Web (Available now!) --Windows (Available now!) --Mac (Available now!) --Linux (Available now!) --Android (Dev Build: http://roaringcatgames.com/games/birds/birds.apk)
I love the look and feel of this game so much, I can just fire up chill mode let some birds accumulate and play with them a bit. If I want a real challenge I can turn it to shock mode and try my best to save these guys, it gets pretty challenging! Great work!
I like the mysteriousness of this game. Shock mode is fun and because I like the birds I am motivated to save them even though I have caused the danger, Its a good exercise for us both.
It's like a psychology experiment - how long will we stay chill until we flip the switch and roast all the birds!! At least, that's what I expected when I hit the switch. I was looking for electricity to surge thru all the wires . . . but maybe that just says something about me. In any case, beautiful art and a wonderfully creative idea. All my birds flew away at once after two of them go roasted - oops!
Thanks for your comment on our game! I'm the colleague mentioned above, and I do love the work you achieved with your game. It's both original and well implemented. Congrats.
Nice art, though this game wouldnt really work for me. I included it in part 40 of my IndiesVsPewdiepie compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/dFVnkTjSN10
* I Included it in part 7 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/bpNoFf0QyBM Sorry bout that! XD
First I thought this was a game about frying birds.. then I read the instructions... I am glad it was not a game about frying birds :) Really great overall look and audio feel, and the gameplay felt new and relaxing. Thnaks!
Kinda cool! Background art was super nice, but the animation on the birds wasn't all that great. I was expecting more ways to manipulate the birds, such as tugging on the wires or something with the mouse, and for them to fly over to the other side when scared off sometimes instead of just flying up. The audio was very fitting, and the mood was set perfectly though. Can't say I had fun, but that's not really the point. :P
Kind of cool atmosphere due to both sound and graphics. But my wires ended up with tons of birds on them. Why is it the player who decides when to send electrical surges? I don't want to be nasty...
Shock mode was actually pretty addictive. I had a lot of fun stopping birds from getting shocked (although it was pretty funny seeing them become roast meat) plus the graphics and audio contributed a lot to the mood. Also the web version seems to crash on my pc (both Firefox and Chrome) and I ended up having to play on the desktop version.
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Sorry bout that! XD
Really great overall look and audio feel, and the gameplay felt new and relaxing. Thnaks!
Seems to be a good idea, but something is missing to be really fun, I don't know what exactly, sorry...
Clouds in the background, birds animation and voices are well made!
Nice entry!