During World War II, the allies needed a guidance system that could target enemy warships. Professor B.F. Skinner devised a system that used trained pigeons to guide missiles.
Hehe, I really like the idea! I find it confusing that you sometimes don't seem to have enough peckable balls of the right color to train the pidgeons properly and I'm not sure where to position my pidgeon to perfectly hit my peck. But I really like how the result is played out. Overall a really nice game. I'm definitely gonna tell my friends about it :)
This concept was a barrel of laughs. I had a lot of problems pecking the balls, but then again, you wouldn't want it to be too easy, right? The bombing scene made me grin.
Thanks a lot for the comments! We are really happy that you like it. :D
Yes, making the pecking a bit tricky was intentional, we didn't want it to be too easy -after all, is the only thing you have to do-. :D And even so, after two or three attemps, you get quite good at it.
The shortage of balls is intentional too; you get some extra balls when you ask for a new pigeon, and in that way you can decide in which objectives you should focus first, depending on which colors you have available at the moment.
Our favourite part is the bombing scene too. :D Perhaps it would have been good to introduced more elements in the balls scene, dedicating more time to it, but making the bombing was actually a lot of fun. :)
Fun game. Really goes well with the theme! My criticisms would be it was a little confusing on which colors to peck at, also some sort cross-hair or something to help tell if you're in pecking range would have been nice.
Great idea but the really good part is how it has been adapted as a videogame. Particularly moodish the soundtrack of the real attacks... ufff it´s a strange mix of feelings
Man, I LOVE this game! Great idea, fun and interesting gameplay, all 5/5! I think, you should only make it a bit harder, because for now it's too easy to catch balls.
Nice way to hook me in! I did not know that fact nor choose to question it because that is way too funny if true. The gameplay was a bit of a challenge at first and I think the player gets stuck if you run out of a certain colors ball... 4 blue ships and 2 balls = 0 accuracy :(
Well this was... interesting. Chasing the colored balls around was a bit frustrating and I'm sure you could have found a more easily reachable key than N for choosing the next pigeon.
I felt very proud of my pigeons... and then very sad for them :) Great concept and execution. Oh, I also liked how the camera pitched down like a pigeon would when walking, nice touch.
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Yes, making the pecking a bit tricky was intentional, we didn't want it to be too easy -after all, is the only thing you have to do-. :D And even so, after two or three attemps, you get quite good at it.
The shortage of balls is intentional too; you get some extra balls when you ask for a new pigeon, and in that way you can decide in which objectives you should focus first, depending on which colors you have available at the moment.
Our favourite part is the bombing scene too. :D Perhaps it would have been good to introduced more elements in the balls scene, dedicating more time to it, but making the bombing was actually a lot of fun. :)
Sounds are also nice
My criticisms would be it was a little confusing on which colors to peck at, also some sort cross-hair or something to help tell if you're in pecking range would have been nice.
hurrr gurrr, you nazi bastards!
I read about pigeon missiles before, and all my votes going for idea and theme.
And humor... and mood.
Exellent game!
I think, you should only make it a bit harder, because for now it's too easy to catch balls.