This is the first Ludum Dare that the three in our group have taken place in, so hold tight!
We encorporated the theme Shapeshift into the gameplay by having our character change forms to aquire different abilities. We took design inspiration from our homeland New Zealand, using different native birds for the different forms. We felt this would create a unique adventure-platform experience. Thus Manu was born.
This game is far from complete, but we were quite surprised how much the three of us we were able to create in 72 hours. There are many other features we would have like to have completed within the time limit, but will have to be added afterwards instead... actually, not even the physics works properly.
Great job Keith, who did 99% of the scripting by himself, and to Sean who made those brilliant sprites.
Controls: - [left and right arrow-keys] to move - [space] to jump as kiwi - [l shift] and [z] to toggle form
Caution: there may be traces of gameplay within the bugs ;)
Obviously the controls are a bit broken. Sometimes the flying birds would fly with reversed controls and sometimes they wouldn't. As the kiwi, jumping stopped sideways motion so it was hard to jump right, and there was a delay on motion in the Kiwi.
Despite all that, I love the art style and the map. I think with a bit more time this could be great game. Well done for the time you had ;P
Graphics are nice, but the penguin can fly and the kiwi can barely walk. Very difficult to play as intended. Could have done with some music or sound effects, but the control issues are more of a problem. Congrats on your first LD game though guys, keep it up!
Nice idea! And +1 for the kiwi fauna. I miss this country so much! The game is obviously not polished, but it's quite à good first entry for beginners :) Well played!
Despite all that, I love the art style and the map. I think with a bit more time this could be great game. Well done for the time you had ;P