The 10 Second Chicken-Plant Curse

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.82

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Carl Chicken wandered into the Cursed Cave and found himself the victim
of a very strange curse. Every 10 seconds his body changes into a plant and
then back to a chicken. It makes traveling difficult, but the plant can absorb
light from the energy stones to activate the Crystal of Curse Curing conveniently
located in the same cave.

This game is made for Ludum Dare 51: Every 10 Seconds. I was working on
another game over the weekend, so I did not get to add much complexity.

Edit: I forgot to add the credits when I submitted so here they are:

Art

Chicken
Author: Pixel Frog
https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/

Crystal and Cavetiles
Author: Wishforge Games
https://www.wishforge.games/

Yellow Gem
Author: Kenney
https://www.kenney.nl/

Sound effect

Shimer-01
Author: Micah Talkiewicz
https://opengameart.org/content/shimer-01

Tags: #2d, #chicken, #fantasy, #magic, #pixel art, #short, #storygame

Genres: platformer, puzzle

Tools: GDevelop

Comments16

SeanSmeedComposer4 Oct 2022, 15:49

hahaha... i like the chicken's face. don't quite understand the game though. i feel like i was walking, turned into a plant, changed back, then beat the game? haha

huskitch4 Oct 2022, 15:50

Cute game

Iancplatt3414 Oct 2022, 15:53

Would've liked more interaction with the light, enjoyed the concept and excellent use of theme!

AndreiSh4 Oct 2022, 15:55

I like your animations

Haotian Chen4 Oct 2022, 15:56

that chiken though

zhelding4 Oct 2022, 15:58

The chicken-sprite is funny/cute haha. Not much in terms of gameplay though; just a single item to collect and then you win.

Diler4 Oct 2022, 16:17

There is kinda little of a "game" in here but the sprites look good and walking animation is fluid and funny. Good luck with your concept. I hope you will work on it because, I'm a beliver in this crazy chicken-plant transformation game.

LDJam user 261037author4 Oct 2022, 16:30

@andreish, @zhelding, @seansmeedcomposer -- I can't take credit for the art. They were creative commons assets that came through my software. Thanks for reminding me I forgot to add the credits. I am putting them on the game page now.

LDJam user 261037author4 Oct 2022, 17:36

@diler I will probably tweak the glow effect on the gem and crystal, though I do not know how much I will do beyond that. If I do decide to make a postgame version with more platforms and crystals, I would probably make the plant transformation last 5 seconds, since ten seconds is a long time to be stuck standing still...

WeeFairyFabi5 Oct 2022, 16:51

This is a super cute game idea and it goes very well with the game! I do hope you decide to work on it outside of the Jam

AugustCoder9 Oct 2022, 01:18

I love the idea, and I think when fleshed out it would be great. Unfortunately it looks like you fell victim to a lack of time. :(

loveapplegames9 Oct 2022, 07:39

Interesting idea, looks promising.

Adam Gallina9 Oct 2022, 19:45

The concept was definitely interesting, would love to see where you go with it! Personally, I didn't mind the waiting, but it would've been nice to have a timer or some kind of indicator to predict it better

LDJam user 261037author10 Oct 2022, 20:31

@adam-gallina I think do recall wishing I had time to research adding a visible timer while making the game. Thank you for reminding me. It is definitely something my game engine is capable of doing.

JesusOnWheels10 Oct 2022, 20:48

I had fun as a chicken. I did not have as much fun as a plant :(. I enjoyed the sound design :)