You need to feed you nestlings. Fly down, grab cars and people, and then drop them on your nest.
A and D to aim your falcon
W to flap its wings
Mouse to aim and grab with its talons (hold mouse to hold onto prey)
Space bar to do a quick turn
Tips:
It's probably easier with a mouse than a trackpad (for aiming your talon).
Your falcon has limited stamina so you can't just flap your wings constantly - you'll need to glide whenever possible.
Picking up people is harder than picking up cars, but your nestlings like them better.
If you play in full screen, choose your native resolution (otherwise there is a mouse aiming bug in Unity).
Story:
When humanity colonized the planet Falco IV, they hunted the death falcon to near extinction. Fortunately, laws have been enacted - protecting the death falcon and forbidding anyone from interfering with its natural feeding behaviours.
Tools:
Unity 5
Puppet2D Unity (for 2D skeletal)
TextMeshPRO Unity (for fonts)
Photoshop + cheap Monoprice tablet
Sound effects recorded with Blue Snowball, edited in Audacity
Wow, that was great. Took a while to master the flying and being mindful of the talons, but that was really neat. Towards the end I was swooping down without flapping, scooping up a car and that had a nice graceful feel to it. Yeah its needs some refinement, but for 48 hours Compo, awesome work. And the music was gravy, really set the mood.
I really enjoyed the flying mechanic, it feels pretty good to master the flying and swooping, though something about it is a bit under-tuned... But that's okay, it's great for 48 hours!
The music fit the eagle thing well too :)
It was just a bit strange that you can pick up a car easier than people :P
An interesting idea with a similar (but better) control scheme than what I did. The handpainted vector graphics looked cool, I especially liked the animation of the bird. The gameplay is challenging but rewarding, though it's easy to abuse the ground by landing softly and recharge stamina. The music doesn't seem to fit and I cant figure out how the theme applies here (at all). All in all, very good.
Awesome! The flying mechanics were really grating on me at on point but I eventually figured out how to be a little more efficient with my flaps. Might be interesting to have people with umbrellas or using lightpoles etc to 'hook' yourself on things as you skim by instead of having to pinpoint close your talons on a person.
hahaha. This was pretty intersting. Your background music was really nice. did you compose it yourself? I think the game rocks and has potetial to be massive. It reminded me of QWOP. Congrats on submitting your game!!!
Wow, that was really good! Its a great idea I'd love to see it go further the gameplay felt really good apart from the quick turing, that could maybe use a little work but overall its awesome
Thanks for comments! I agree that controls could be better - I got them "good enough" and went on with the rest of game. Once you get used to them they aren't too bad, it's kind of fun to glide around, managing wing flaps, I think. If I worked on it more, the first thing I would try changing would be to eliminate the mouse aim talon grab (things too small/moving too fast for it work well).
@Mizipzor Theme applies because you are a giant bird who eats people... I didn't go any deeper than that ("the monster" vs. "a monster") @kidando Yes, I did music myself. I recorded myself playing tin whistle for 10 minutes, cut out the worst 98% of it and added reverb.
I really really like the controls in this. They feel quite realistic, especially how the bird takes speed when floating. they are hard to control but they are not too hard to get used to. Very well designed.
This is my highest voted game until now. It's just so beautiful! The controls were great, I really felt the freedom of movement like a predator bird, and the wind carrying me under my wings. And the flute joining it was great. Congratulations on the great game!
@Zccc Thanks, I fixed my profile page (I had never made a post on the main page of Ludum Dare - I made a new post about my game, and that seemed to force my profile page into existence)
fun stuff! not easy to control at first, but the swooping death runs are very satisfying when you succeed! charming graphics and cute bird noises. great work!
Great game. Swooping down and capturing food for my young is satisfying. The music seems appropriate, like it's from a nature show. The setting is pretty neato too.
Well, that's one way to be a monster, I guess. Love the hilariously absurd premise. The serene music provides a nice ironic contrast to the morbid action going on.
The controls are pretty wacky, and the gliding took a while to get a good grasp of. I think those areas could be greatly improved.
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The music fit the eagle thing well too :)
It was just a bit strange that you can pick up a car easier than people :P
Good work :)
Couldn't play for too long though, the music is just nasty D:
Great game & really innovative concept. Lovely music too!
I felt the music really set the mood.
@Mizipzor Theme applies because you are a giant bird who eats people... I didn't go any deeper than that ("the monster" vs. "a monster")
@kidando Yes, I did music myself. I recorded myself playing tin whistle for 10 minutes, cut out the worst 98% of it and added reverb.
I feel thet seing someone play skillfully at this game must be an acrobatic spectacle.
I love to see innovative games, which are not easily classified into the usual genres. 5 stars in innovation!
The controls are pretty wacky, and the gliding took a while to get a good grasp of. I think those areas could be greatly improved.