Tilted Chicken Game

by rac-games

co-authored: @cptn-b, @hybitous, @konrad

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Having withheld its powers for very long, the mighty Checken is confronted with a difficult conundrum and is now forced to let loose. Those filthy humans have stolen all its precious children and put them up for sale!

Now the Checken marches towards the supermarket. Stack as many of those eggs as you can and reclaim your rightful property!

(Warning: More eggs might make your tower a bit more shaky)

Controls:

(Controller recommended)

Left Stick / WASD - Move

A Button / Space - TAKE BACK WHAT'S YOURS

We uploaded a post-jam version with three small changes:

(5. October 2021)
- Performance improvements (added occlusion culling)
- Bug fixes (fixed an issue where agents would catch you from a distance)

(11. October 2021)
- Fixed control issues at low/inconsistent frame rates (Yes, we forgot a line of deltaTime because we are absolute idiots)

Tags: #chicken, #vegan

Genres: adventure

Tools: Unity

Comments18

ADerpyChickenStudios5 Oct 2021, 00:37

I love the art style and the humor is spot on, especially the chicken swearing when it drops its eggs. I think have a control explanation would go miles to easily understanding how to play the game cause it took me a bit to figure out. Also im not sure how you would feel about this idea but I feel like it would be funny if instead of trying to save the eggs you have to destroy as many as you can. Cause right now I seem to only be able to save about 3-4 max without it tipping over too much and collapsing.

Tyler Miller5 Oct 2021, 00:45

I was laughing with this one :laughing: Once I figured out where the exit was I just started treating it like a speed run and swerving out of there as fast as I could. lol had fun playing, good game!

Almagor5 Oct 2021, 00:53

Nice game. The art style and the humor were really good.
A suggestion: You could add a minimum amount of eggs required to finish the level.

Carmeval5 Oct 2021, 22:37

Loved the humor, the swearing chicken was a nice touch!XD Was a bit confused that some of the people didn't have the light effect to highlight where they're looking at, maybe you could add that to every human in the future? But really had fun with this one, good job!c:

SciDev5 Oct 2021, 22:44

The backstory of this humor with the juxtaposition of a what would be sad with the fact that it's a chicken that swears when you drop eggs (nice touch btw, absolutely hilarious). It would be better though if you made it more clear how to pick up eggs, because it took me several levels to figure out how to pick up eggs. Very funny game idea, good luck in judging!

Paulsams5 Oct 2021, 22:45

Fun physics, of course). It would be ideal if it was possible to crawl under the racks with two eggs, as it seems to me. But of course it was fun to throw everything and deceive people).

LDJam user 2508255 Oct 2021, 22:46

Had a good laugh with this one :D Neat way to balance the game by making it easier to complete levels with less eggs!

ache games5 Oct 2021, 22:50

Very creative story. I've noticed that the chicken walk movement shows after the key was pressed. I think that can be improved. I have enjoyed playing this game. Well done!!

DestroyerTech5 Oct 2021, 22:51

Great premise and execution, keyboard controls definitely make no sense (kept getting stuck against things and going in weird directions haha) but sadly I don't have a controller handy. Graphics are great, I expect it would be very fun with the proper controls. Definitely on theme, and as others have said, very funny. Good job!

memoryFloater6 Oct 2021, 18:04

Really liked this game. The visuals in the intro were amazing. The fixed camera angle makes things a little hard to tell sometimes. Balancing more than 4 eggs is impossible without a controller (especially considering your speed loss) and on top of that you can not use any shortcuts making things ridiculously hard. Overall: Nice! :chicken: :hatching_chick:

ryjcio11 Oct 2021, 20:09

Fun concept. Yeah, I find it hard to balance more then 2 eggs with my crappy controller =( I guess It's time to invest in some good quality game pad to save all those mighty chickens, shouldn't I? :D

Also I really like graphics. Chicken looks gorgeous!

Nobleboy11 Oct 2021, 20:27

Great game, with one glaring flaw of constantly writing the word "Chiken" wrong.

bbaf11 Oct 2021, 21:14

Very funny game with nice art!
Had some difficulties to keep more than 3 eggs :smile: . I guess the momentum calculation is too sensitive. Also, in terms of level design quite a lot "egg places" is reachable only when you have 2 or less eggs in total, which makes it is impossible to gather all of them in one piece.
But game is enjoyable anyway! It was the very first time when I heard hen's swearing. :chicken: :rofl:

LDJam user 13966811 Oct 2021, 21:44

the moment I dropped a few eggs and mum checken swored I laughed. Really cute graphics and idea. The only problem is with a bit unnatural controlling, but I can get used to it

TAKE BACK WHAT’S YOURS

Szkocka12 Oct 2021, 00:15

Nice idea, funny theme. Sadly I couldnt figure out how to keep the eggs on the back. Otherwise solid entry and I learned something about chickens in the wild. Thanks :D

rodel7712 Oct 2021, 02:09

"Usually it is all fun and games in Ludum-Dare-Land. But today's topic is not a laughing matter. We pReSeEnT tO yOu: tHe ChECkeN"

Rhoka12 Oct 2021, 03:36

Quite funny entry. Not sure if I was missing something, but it felt nigh on impossible to carry more than 2 eggs for any amount of time. you just accelerate too quickly and they go flying no matter what. It was also a bit strange to me that you teach the player to go under shelves but that knocks eggs off. other than that some good fun. I think I hit a crash though after the third level. I got a level end screen but it didn't give a score and I couldn't click the next arrow