Around the Cluck

by brutten
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.62
My Ludum Dare 47 submission. See what it's like going through the life cycle of a chicken. Maybe there's a way out? If you get confused, see how the items interact with the things around you.

Comments18

Iluvatar
Iluvatar5 Oct 2020, 08:54
I really liked the art as well as sound effects (especially BARK BARK :D ). But I will be honest with you, I was not sure what I was suppose to do. Can you maybe write some description of the gameplay on this page? :)
DonMartin5 Oct 2020, 22:53
WOW I LOVE, AND I MEAN LOVE THE MUSIC. IT REMINDS ME OF PAPERS, PLEASE! AND PAPER PLEASE REMINDS ME OF MY HOME, AND FOR THAT I LOVE THIS GAME.THE ARTWORK IS ABSOULUTELY AMAZING, REMINDS ME OF CHICKEN LITTLE.

gameplay kinda boring, but thats aight :/
eyusufatik5 Oct 2020, 23:13
I loled when the owner took my chicken after it got too fat. this is a fantastic mini game with great artwork and short but fun quests and gags.
walpolea6 Oct 2020, 03:18
This was a lot of fun, with great art and fun sounds!
snowinn7 Oct 2020, 00:54
This was really fun and I loved the music and especially the sounds effects, mmm nice and plumpy and BARK BARK ! I loved the pixel art chickens as well and the super fat chicken. It was a great puzzle, like an adventure game. Great work!
LetterAfterZ
LetterAfterZ7 Oct 2020, 00:59
Fun little game, couldn't work out what to do with the bee but did enjoy getting plumpy.
digital bacon
digital bacon7 Oct 2020, 09:41
Loved the art work, though a bit tricky finding what I was supposed to be doing. Didn't seem to have a big play area, could only move around a narrow strip of grass.

Bonus points for the "Mmmm, nice and plumpy!" v/o when you die -- lol'd to that.
AVAVT
AVAVT7 Oct 2020, 10:15
What I like:

- That ending was totally worth the effort, lol
- Passive humor and references

What I think could be improved:
- I don't like how the camera always stuck with you at the bottom of the screen. It forced me to always move at the bottom or else I can't see a thing.
- The hit zone of item usage is a bit hard to use. The item is grabbed on your peak, but you have to stand exactly on the spot to use it, which is quite hard to correctly get.
- Probably add some kind of story at the beginning? Just one dialog of the owner about getting a fat chicken or something could ease the "getting acquainted" step a lot
Angelee
Angelee7 Oct 2020, 13:49
Aw that ending tho - but I enjoyed the game. Was pretty funny, especially the sound effects. Dog busting into the yard scared the crap out of me.
Macmist
Macmist7 Oct 2020, 21:43
Really nice puzzle, loved the graphics and the music as well. Did not expect to be able to eat too much. Nicely made!
BroReNata8 Oct 2020, 22:34
Ending made me laugh more than it probably should've. Nice work!
pixelgroover12 Oct 2020, 01:26
Like most of life: the dog is best part, haha. Funky concept, but i hate to eat chicken feed and become a nugget ngl
Trypants13 Oct 2020, 00:25
Made laugh ! haha Interesting concept!
Tygrak
Tygrak13 Oct 2020, 14:26
That was great! The ending was so sad :(... all that and it ends like this. The sound effects were great - especially "bark bark". Also some pretty nice looking pixel art graphics - just a good game over all. A bit short, but it's a LD :). Great job making the game - one of my favorites so far this LD :).
WilloXs
WilloXs13 Oct 2020, 15:40
Charming pixelart but a thing that i don't like about your graphics is the incoherent pixel size. Its better to have them all the same resolution and to not scale them differently.

The puzzle itself was short and fun and the sound effects were just great xD

I don't know if the eating mechanic was necessary but i was too fat and got eaten once so that was a good laugh.

In my personal interpretation of the ending the chicken causes a massive crash that eventually leads to the downfall of humanity and the rise of the chicken empire (chicken number 0 survives obviously)
Yword
Yword13 Oct 2020, 16:14
Yeah, I just made it out! Really interesting and unexpected idea! ^_^
MikoziQ
MikoziQ13 Oct 2020, 19:56
My god this chicken is so adorable. Finished nuggets and Good(??) ending. On stream I was almost dying from laughing, you can check it out Using this Twitch link

Good job!
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