Ludum Dare #53compo

Flipping Finches

by aeveis

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.47

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Description

You are bird known as the flip master. You always flip when turning in the air. You need to deliver a parcel. Hopefully you can deliver it intact!

Thanks for playing! I did not have a lot of time this weekend so I took the time mostly to experiment with controls.

Updates

- I got embed working by deleting the if check for `image.crossOrigin = "Anonymous";`
- Fix camera cropping/display scale bug

Controls

- [Arrow Keys] to Move
- [Space] or [UP] to Jump
- [Turn in the air] to Flip
- [R] to restart
- [Z] to chirp constantly
- Gamepad theoretically supported

Tools

- Art: Gimp
- Library: HaxeFlixel
- IDE: VS Code

Tags: #bird, #cute, #pixel art

Genres: platformer

Tools: GIMP, HaxeFlixel, OpenFL

Comments20

jclardy1 May 2023, 09:25

Nicely polished! I did end up getting my parcel stuck in the wall in the cloud section. The "flipping" controls take a bit of getting used to but seems like a fun mechanic.

zundou1 May 2023, 09:39

Glide through the air at high speeds while maintaining velocity and flipping feels really good! The controls are incredibly addictive and enjoyable.
And the pixel art characters and objects are very cute as well.

pauvictor1 May 2023, 12:08

I really enjoyed the game. Ended up delivering the package on the first attempt with only 8% left.

Keep up the good work!

blobo1 May 2023, 14:45

I always enjoy your games! The option to chirp is always adorable, and the art is lovely. The player physics take some getting used to (and I never *quite* mastered it) but it's a lot of fun! I recorded myself playing the game to provide maximum feedback. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6upxLucZj3k

JAsonsumm11 May 2023, 21:46

I enjoyed this. Cool art style. I did manage to forever lose the package in a tree :(. But still had fun getting to the top :)

MateusBoga2 May 2023, 14:06

Another great entry once again! These controls were a mess to figure out though. I like the mechanic where your delivery gets more and more damaged the more times it falls. Some text on the dialoque was cropped weird though, and it just said my package had "%" left.

Nice work!

LDJam user 2805652 May 2023, 15:42

Great pixel art and polish! Couldn't quite get the hang of the controls but still managed to get the top nonetheless.

DominikaM333 May 2023, 15:09

Cute art! But didn't manage to reach the top without destroying the parcel ^^"

foolmoron4 May 2023, 01:57

I looove it! The mechanics was totally confusing but it had a QWOP feel to it so it was kinda fun

ComicSans4 May 2023, 14:30

10% on my first try, and I'm pretty sure that I lost more health trying to pick up tape than I gained. :smile: Also, I'm an idiot and thought that "X" meant I couldn't interact with someone, but @100th-coin's video saved me. I would have enjoyed an additional horizontal level so I could glide more and feel the wind beneath my wings...

LucDeligne6 May 2023, 00:07

Very clever and well executed concept!
You have no idea how good it feels to finally see an entry with clean and pure pixel art.
I forgot to use the glide mechanic in my first run. I wonder if there would be a clever way to force the player to use it...

Digx76 May 2023, 00:08

1% on my first try 😅 I immediately fell in love with how smooth the flight feels, I'm so curious how this game would feel if, instead of narrow quarters, it's a more expansive sky where players can have fun with the controls!

Congrats on finishing compo! (the pixel art is bonkers beautiful.)

WetBurritoSupreme6 May 2023, 00:09

3% on my first try!:0 This ones tough, but definitely mechanics you could learn. I love the little pixel birds too! Nicely done:)

Shane Gadsby9 May 2023, 09:24

Oh man, the controls for this entry are fantastic! I'm in love with how cute the birds are!

I did manage to squiggle the package into the wall here a couple times, haha

LeReveur10 May 2023, 22:53

As cute as always! It was difficult to master this flip-thing, but I manage to finish (even if it was with a poor 44% :sweat_smile:)
And for my first try, I don't know how, but I managed to stuck the package in a tree, I had to restart :laughing:

Good job anyways!

LDJam user 25082510 May 2023, 23:38

Interesting controls, superb work on the effects, it's very satisfying to flip around! I also encountered the box-stuck-in-tree other commenters have but I think I got it deepest so far :D

Braveskin11 May 2023, 05:48

Nice graphical style and quite unique controls. I didn't do very well, but did manage to deliver the package with 2% integrity remaining... Some of the jumps where you had to avoid hitting the package against the ceiling were quite difficult.

LDJam user 25910311 May 2023, 07:44

I love the art style. I found the game to be very difficult (I finished with only 9%), and the controls were quite unintuitive to figure out, especially once I picked up the package. The closed-in sections in particular were a bit irritating to get through.

astonedf11 May 2023, 10:56

Nice! The air flip is hard to master, but feels really good otherwise and I like the fact you can finish the game even if the package is destroyed x) ! Fun lil birb game :)

Euler Moises17 May 2023, 15:08

A cute game. At first I felt a little confused by the mechanics, but I got used to it over time. This game makes me think that it would be very good with its phase system and as you progress it will get more difficult. And background music wouldn't be bad either. A little music is missing.

Congratulations.

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