Pigeon Ascent

by delta-key

co-authored: @sklaiser

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.12

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.74

PIGEON ASCENT

In Pigeon Ascent, take care of your own pigeon as they fight increasingly stronger foes, and then facing the legendary Pigeon God at the end... can you keep death far from your bird?

Inspired by games such as *La Brute*, *Tamagochi* and a little bit of *Pokémon*, Pigeon Ascent is our game for Ludum Dare #46. I admit that we strayed a bit from the theme, but since we had tons of fun developing this game, we're quite happy with the result :)

Gameplay and controls:

The mouse is used for everything. The pigeons fight by themselves, but you can choose the attribute points and which enemies your pigeon will fight.

Credits:

Big thanks to Daniel Linssen, Joeb Rogers, and Nimble Beasts for the text fonts we used in this game.

#### Software used:
Engine: Godot Engine 3.2;
Art: Aseprite;
Sound effects: JXFR, Audacity;
Music: Deflemask.

#### Roles:
Delta-key: Coding, music, design, sound effects;
Sklaiser: Art, design, playtesting.

#### Changelog:
In the links below, you will find a version of the game where we fixed most bugs that were pointed in the comments. Thanks a lot to everyone for their feedback on the first version! It helped us a lot, and it was great to see so many comments.

The changes for this version are:

- Fixed Hatoshi being the default evolution for the speed build;
- Fixed hit particles spawning at wrong spot;
- Fixed buying items not spending any gold;
- Fixed the retry button not showing up;
- Fixed the enemies level not reseting when trying again;
- Fixed the buffs not doing anything. Sorry about that!

Still, if you are interested in playing the first version uploaded, even with all its problems, you can do that here!

Tags: #2d, #fantasy, #funny, #godot, #open source, #pixel art, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: adventure, role playing

Tools: Aseprite, Audacity, Deflemask, Godot

Comments35

tinhocaa21 Apr 2020, 16:22

Very nice game! Absolutely loved the art and interface, the music was fun and playign it made me happy. It just took a little getting used to it, a tutorial would be nice

Crawl23 Apr 2020, 13:34

Excellent Art!!! Just wow. One suggestion would be to have some more sounds in the fights. And maybe a little bigger ui (also in the fights). Other than that, great job!

TeiNRee23 Apr 2020, 13:37

haha, really cool, i enjoyed it very much :D by the way, dont forget to rate other games to get your own in the top! it deserves

X-c23 Apr 2020, 13:39

Great game) Give me a lot of fun)

prepparedheathen23 Apr 2020, 13:39

Gameplay was fun and I liked the idea behind the game. I had an issue with the HTML version where buying items from the store wouldn't lower my money. I was able to buy infinite supplies from the shop.

Black Flag23 Apr 2020, 13:41

Great gameplay! The turn based combat felt very refined and polished! I couldn't tell if my money was going down or not, might have just been a visual bug! The audio was also very good! The attack log was also a very helpful feature! Overall, this is an amazing jam entry!

doomshmuck23 Apr 2020, 13:43

I liked it! I don't know if I quite understood how the mechanics worked though, like, the stats didn't really make too much sense in context to how the fight ended up. It also seemed like there was a bug with the shop, where I could just buy infinite amounts of whatever I wanted, and my total money never went down? So I just spammed the all stats up item (I got it up to like +15 or something)... but then the part that the stats didn't make sense was that I picked a dude that had far less stats than I did, and still ended up getting destroyed, so idk.

LurkerRIP23 Apr 2020, 13:44

This is a fantastic submission! Very much enjoyed it! Graphics and polish where exceptional.

Lou Trillot23 Apr 2020, 13:45

Great looking game! Being an old fan of La Brute this reminded me of pleasant memories! I especially like the variations you did on the pigeons, that was a lot of fun! Congratulations

Random Thoughts23 Apr 2020, 13:47

So um... potentially found 2 bugs in the game. First is that all the items in the shop are kind of "free", it doesn't actually charge me anything, so I kept buying boosts till what is seem above. 2nd is that even with all those stats I somehow got one-shot killed, which leads me to suspect that the bonus stats aren't taken into account too?
Aside from that though, really good game. Barely fits the theme of the jam, but I'd gladly play a full release of this game if it ever comes out :smile:

Shugor23 Apr 2020, 13:50

Hey this game is actually really awesome. I normally don't stick around too long playing other people's Ludum Dare entries, but the art is great and it's such a funny idea. I think I'm going to try a few more times and see how much variety is offered between evolutions, but this is really great.

One bug(?) I encountered, my first pigeon reached the level 4/5 fights and then died, and when I went to make a new pigeon back at base stats it was still being put up against level 4 and 5 opponents. I had to refresh to actually start back at the beginning.

NiKKrope23 Apr 2020, 13:57

This game looks and feels great and first glance, but the actual game is incredibly buggy, I hope you guys can fix this, cause I don't wanna keep buying free items that don't really do anything. Sorry guys, but the game is gonna get a bad rating from me.

Gnocchi23 Apr 2020, 14:07

Your game is really good ! Eveything from the graphics, sound design to the jokes work for a great mood ! The GUI art is beautiful and its design make it really easy to comprehend. The game is fun with no overdoing it.

The dev work too is impressive! I am a dev myself and I wouldn't dare to imagine implementing all those features in one game jam. I found one single bug. Only *one* ! When your pigeon dies and you restart with another one, the level of the opposing pigeons is not reset to start at 1.

Amazing job, really :star2:

Juice Lizard23 Apr 2020, 14:08

Very nice. I like the pixel art and the pigeons as fighters. The text is sometimes to small and during fights, the pigeons are to small and the fighting area too big.

Delunado23 Apr 2020, 14:16

Really good game, I have liked it a lot. Despite of some bugs with the money and buffs, all worked correctly and was really fun. Maybe more objects would have be a good idea. Keep working on it!

Mordechai23 Apr 2020, 15:55

Great game idea, althought poor theme relevance. I had fun playing it, despite of few bugs without which the game would be much better. I also appreciate polishing - all of these simple ui animations and sound effects that are satisfying. Overall, nice job.

sndr23 Apr 2020, 17:00

Oh I liiiiike!!!!

I do see the theme there, keeping it alive... while you make it fight to death! It's a cool take, and I gotta love the assets.
Some of the UI was tiny, whereas the other one was decently sized, so that would be a thing to improve, but I did like it quite a lot.

For some reason my pigeon evolved into one that looked like it had a platypus beak? Dunno, but I liked the guy. He was smashing.. until it got smashed.

LeGoLaZ23 Apr 2020, 17:26

Nice art! The idea is interesting, but I don't figure out how the shop is working. (I tried to buy something,but the money wasn’t taken away.)
Good job!

Tattomoosa24 Apr 2020, 02:41

This was very nice! Pombo 4eva!! Killed the pigeon god in 2 hits. Btw I liked the feature where if your Pombo was Pombo enough the shop stopped charging you for purchases... and my Pombo was the Pombo-est of them all. Long may he reign!! (But actually it was probably a bug, still had a great time tho)

dodormeur24 Apr 2020, 13:46

Apparently the game does not like hdpi screen very much ^^

dodormeur24 Apr 2020, 13:48

Even when trying to zoom in with the web version, the font just shrinks and stay small :/
I must admit I don't have enough motivation to change the resolution of my screen to play the game, even if I wanted to play a pigeon fighting game :'(

Puzmak24 Apr 2020, 13:57

AMAZING!!! I had so much fun, Leonardo the VI is now a pigeon god!!! oh yeah!
Great graphics, I adored the pixel art and the silly pigeon names! It reminded me of pokemon! The music gets a bit repetitive, but otherwise, this is a great game! Good job!

Sklaiser24 Apr 2020, 14:09

@dodormeur oh my god haha We'll check this soon, sorry!! :(

Rexagon24 Apr 2020, 15:02

When people are quarantined indoors, there is no one else to feed the pigeons. However, all protein in abandoned stores belongs to them... Great pixel art and there are some bugs that make this game even more fun!)

Trexxak25 Apr 2020, 05:39

okay?! This is epic?!

Had a lot of fun with it! The evolution-aspect is definitely what kept me interested after dying the first time around and the Food mechanic is such a neat concept and makes stall builds actually work!

DeathBySnail25 Apr 2020, 21:37

Love the pigeon variations, clearly had a lot of fun making them. Got cocky and got trashed when I was underleveled. Great flex on the theme, well executed.

MartianSteve26 Apr 2020, 11:39

Nice game, I enjoyed that! Shop was working ok for me, and although I couldn't read a lot of the text it was easy enough to figure out what to do. I found it a bit easy, I didn't really think much just bought new stuff and upped random stats and always seemed to win. Great idea though.

dimesto5226 Apr 2020, 11:47

this game made me laugh a lot

johnnysix27 Apr 2020, 02:38

Che Guano became a Pigeon God!

Loved the graphics, and all the variations of pigeon. I was impressed when my pigeon evolved arms, but I was sad I didn't get to play as the pigeon god. :frowning:

Great job!

saucygames28 Apr 2020, 06:44

favorite jam game in forever. good job!!!!

joemag28 Apr 2020, 07:15

Very fun, love the whole vibe of it! Would have liked something to do during the fights that could have helped my pigeon. Also I felt like I never got to a point where I would benefit from challenging myself against a harder foe, it felt like it was always better to take the weakest opponent. Graphics were amazing!

Nathalia Hohl29 Apr 2020, 03:53

Looooooooved the idea and most of the execution. = ]
It's impossible not to keep the name Pombo when you're brazillian :p
Loved all the jokes and the art was great! The Pokemon-style evolution was very well made and pigeon evolutions are very fun.
I felt it was becoming too difficult after a few levels but maybe it was just me (and sometimes I'd try to tackle a foe that was too strong). Maybe we could have more beatable options per level.

Let me just leave an obscure ptbr reference here:

Rinha de galo SIM
Apostar todo o dindin
Um galo matando o outro

Um galo matando o outro~ :musical_note:

jusw8529 Apr 2020, 15:28

I loved the game! Really good pixel art and mood. Gameplay wise, it felt like speed was quite useless, and it was easiest to just spam strength and some defence, then reroll enemies until you face a low strength enemy. Also, I wasn't sure what the ice, wyvernwing, and sword items were for. Regardless, great entry overall!

Thibaud Ligneul8 May 2020, 16:19

Cool game! Really liked the different kind of pigeons :joy:

neontropics10 May 2020, 14:01

Very funny concept and execution! The attack animations are just really funny.

The graphics are sometime scaled a bit weirdly with some really small text and inconsistent sprite sizing - standardising this and adding some more flair to the battle screen would be great. Some sound effects of the pigeons attacking would up the humor as well.

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