Beak

by garlicgamessoft

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.84

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%

A platform game with the mechanics that you can change the increase jump or run of the character biting the grey floors.

The game was developed with Unreal Engine 4.

Instructions:
AD: move right and left.
W/space: jump.
1: select green power (jump).
2: select blue power (run).
E: bite the floor.

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Mechanics explanation
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You can bite all grey grounds or conveyors belt (only the greys) to transform it in green or blue colors. To be able to bite, the chicken should be inside the platform.

When some platform changed the color to blue or green, when the chicken is on the platform, he will get the extra power.

Push jump to re-spawn when you are dead.

Thanks for the feedback!
In the update that you can get following the link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/siqqkki2996ksui/Beak1.1.zip?dl=0

We added extra keys mapping:
Arrows Right and Left: move
Z: select blue power
X: select green power
C: bite the floor.

Enjoy!

Comments18

Xanderzoo21 Apr 2015, 17:47

I tried to play it, but I got this error:

Fatal error!

LD32-Win32-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00000000022ff550) = 0 bytes
[UnknownFile:0]

Junber21 Apr 2015, 18:01

Intressting main mechanic and cute graphics. I found 1 and 2 for changing the colors a bit hard to reach without being completly helpless for a moment also the death animation sometimes just showed the first frame. Still very fun.

boateye21 Apr 2015, 18:06

Great concept! I would say work on teaching it to the player better. i did not get that i had to change my light bulb and THEN peck then ground to apply the power. Also, make the grey floors stand out more. it' was hard to tell which floors i could color and which ones i couldn't.

Lastly, add some sound! it would really help this game to have some sound. it felt sorta lifeless without it. But, I do like the art style. keep up the good work!

conniejoern21 Apr 2015, 18:11

frist of all, i think it's to diffict. i died a million times at the first two axe/saw things. so i didn't see much of the game :(
but from what i can tell: the graficstyle is awesome. the death animation is a bit messy but every thing else looks very professional.
to sad that I can't see more of the game. the mechanic with the helmet seems to be an interessting concept.

Qui21 Apr 2015, 18:13

Simple concept and complex gameplay. I love it! But I don't see the connection with the theme.

timtipgames21 Apr 2015, 18:36

Nice graphics and concept. I think at some point I just didn't choose enough blue and wasn't able to complete the game without restarting it.

Sunsheen21 Apr 2015, 18:40

Unrelentingly difficult. Having fun trying to beat this but only because I like a challenge. This is FAR too difficult, even by game jam standards.

Would love if the controls were a bit tighter (aerial control, quicker acceleration/deceleration).

Sytech21 Apr 2015, 18:45

Good graphics and animation! Interesting game mechanics. It became too frustrating after a while though.

monkeedude121221 Apr 2015, 18:48

The jump didn't seem to be powerful enough to reach the first platform, as a result I couldn't seem to make it very far in the game. Art was good for the time limit, though.

TeamCalcium21 Apr 2015, 18:51

Nice Concept, some parts were really hard, but the Game still very enjoyable.

Novodantis21 Apr 2015, 19:02

Very cool concept; I found the first section very tough though.

muromets22 Apr 2015, 01:36

The art is very nice, i loved the concept but it was difficult at some point of the game.

Tanser23 Apr 2015, 16:18

Nice concept and graphics!

SuperPokeunicorn24 Apr 2015, 01:57

Cool to see a UE4 game in Ludum Dare. Neat concept, though it took me a while to realize that I could dye the conveyor belts as well.

kabutakogames24 Apr 2015, 03:19

Cool graphics and concept - though the game running had some issues :(

KhaoTom25 Apr 2015, 22:12

I like the art a lot. Very clean and simple, yet effective. Who would experiment on poor chicken like this?

PlasmaErnst26 Apr 2015, 23:30

Interesting idea and looks nice. Sadly i didn´t get too far.

pixelballoon4 May 2015, 10:24

Interesting idea, but I just could not get past that last bit with the two wide platforms. Couldn't work out where to go!

I think adding some air control would have made it a lot easier, not being able to move until after you've landed made avoiding the saws next to impossible.

Overall though, I liked it!