Give Birth

I knew the instant the theme was revealed somebody would make this, and I'm not disappointed

Really like the visual style

It is really difficult.
I haven't made it yet.I killed all the babies=..=
Great art~
Keep going~

This is something :D I agree, difficulty is hard)

I like your art! I find the game incredibly difficult though! I initially expected to have to tap really quickly based on the instruction, but after realizing it was more of a "pulse" control I still couldn't manage to keep the meter on the target. It felt incredibly sensitive. Poor babies :(

Love the visual style!
Delivery a baby so hard, haven't succeed for once yet..

Haha, somebody had to do it. Nice job.

You know what they say about great minds... This was harder than catching a catfish on a rainy day with fishing level 3 though!

Hey thanks for the feedback so far. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I accidentally gave instructions to "mash" the space/mouse button when you're supposed to HOLD it. It's a pulse-based mechanic, so don't actually try to click as fast as you can.

Audio and Visuals work really well for the game. I wasn't able to beat it, but great submission regardless!

This game is painfully difficult. Literally. The sheer control one needs to balance the meter is next level. Love the presentation though!

Cool visuals and neat minigame, but it's really impossibly hard. The instructions that said "mash" even though you need to hold the key did not help lol.

> This gameplay was inspired by the fishing in Stardew Valley

Fishing in that game gave me contractions too. :T

EDIT: Ok, now that I've actually played it... here are my thoughts. It's way too difficult for me to even come close to winning. But I'm choosing to believe this was an intentional design decision, as a social commentary on post-partum fatalities before modern medicine... that's what you were going for, right? 😉

10/10 for the concept though. Somebody had to go there. Congrats for being original. Made me nostalgic for Newgrounds Flash games. 😁

FYI: This runs fine on an M1 Macbook via CrossOver.

@bobbie Really? You anticipated this? This submission came as a total surprise to me. 😅

Like everyone said, it's so difficult! (Even though I do have a lot of hours on Stardew Valley too :p)
I do liked the art and everything!
Going with delivering baby also crossed my mind, so it's great to see it out there! Good job!

Now I know how difficult it is to be a mother. Thank you for teaching me something. Great game and one I hoped to see at theme annoucment!

i've always wondered what it's like to be a mother... now i know. now i know. awesome game!!

bro itsfeels tuff to control the bar

Loved the style and the fishing gameloop, but the key were VERY sensitive. Never won, killed some babies, had some fun. 10/10 👍

Is it offensive at some point? F* it!)) There's a wicked humor to fun drawings. Very "in your face", but gets involved.

I don't know if this works slower on some computers and is actually possible to play, but for me the control felt too sensitive and the bar went too fast for my reflexes to tap the mouse to hold in position. Also the progress goes down faster than up, so its very punishing when you've already tried so hard and got so far and in the end it doesn't... yeah you get the gist.

Nice drawings though. Also, when I saw the theme I thought that at least one developer must be feeling clever and make a game about giving birth :smile:

I'm not okay, I have blood on my hands D: I managed to give birth after only 37 dead babies ;-;
Fishing in Stardew Valley has never been so difficult xD I liked the game, it's simple and efficient, both the music and the artistic style pleased me. I'm not sure if it was intentional or if it's just my controller, but I found the movement too sensitive, which made the game quite challenging. Anyway, it's a great game to pass the time :D

Haha this is hard :joy:

Really fun concept, but the difficulty is maybe a little too hard. I couldn't deliver a baby successfully after half a dozen tries.

Finally! Whenever I fish in Stardew Valley I find myself thinking, "Man, I really wish I was giving birth right about now!" Thanks for making my dreams a reality, although I sadly could not successfully give birth.

How many of them did I kill, 20 ? 30 ? But I did it all for the "pwah pwah" sound at the end ! The gameplay is simple but works well with the topic you chose haha, good work !

Amazing work, 5/5 on theme interpretation, humour, etc, but one of the first things I did in Stardew Valley was install a mod to reduce the difficulty of the fishing game. I am just not equipped for this challenge.