Sky Rats

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.47
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.56
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.08
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.48
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.22
Take to the skies in Sky Rats, a totally realistic seagull simulator.

Scavenge, steal, and squawk your way around Bowerboy's Pier, grabbing junk food and popping balloons at perilous speeds! Collect items in quick succession to build combos and score high before time runs out!

Controls:

- Move: Mouse
- Flap: Left Click
- Invert Mouse: Y

Team:

- Daniel Lochner: Programming and Design
- Dean Bowerman: Art and Level Design
- Jem Smith: Programming and Design
- Jason Sutherland: Sound and Music
- Anja "Nanna" Venter: Logo and Graphic Design

Comments28

brygpo7 Oct 2024, 22:49
the game made me smile and say out loud 'this rules' moments after starting it, so i think you rly knocked it out of the park! really nailed the energy of being a nuisance at the pier
Wispeh
Wispeh7 Oct 2024, 22:53
So much detail was packed into this! I love how frenetic and chaotic the gameplay is. I was able to do a few loops of the place and get some items from the jet ski as well as under the pier, before eventually figuring out how not die so often. I wasn't expecting a full-boown scoreboard! The design of the models, music and the way the flying feels is excellent! Bloody good stuff!
Kluvenlaroplan7 Oct 2024, 22:57
Loved It!
It was extremely satisfying stealing burgers from peoples hands, and you have just nailed the general game feel here! this was awesome - The concept and theme is just awesome!
W.E.Rue7 Oct 2024, 22:57
oh to be a sky rat
SteD7 Oct 2024, 22:59
I love this game. So fun to play. Sound, Art, Gameplay, everything is as it should be. Great job!
LDJam user 320773
LDJam user 3207737 Oct 2024, 23:24
ARE YOU A RAT WITH WINGS?!

A good game that demands replays. Easy recommend!
LDJam user 2333478 Oct 2024, 10:49
Take a dump on everything :laughing: Awesome entry!
DanoKa8 Oct 2024, 12:07
omg one of my favorites you guys did a wonderful job the music is fire , the gameplay is fire , the art is fire CONGRATS !!!
Tom Holt8 Oct 2024, 12:52
Loved the game, graphics are great and it was fun to just keep replaying. Love the overall leaderboard on it too.
Malte Hedenstrom
Malte Hedenstrom8 Oct 2024, 17:54
What a fun game this was, never thought I would actually enjoy seagulls but you've convinced me otherwise. You all should be proud of what you've made
SeiRan8 Oct 2024, 17:59
Very fun game(sad my crappy pc couldnt run it smoothly).
llikdowk
llikdowk9 Oct 2024, 11:19
Really polished entry. Quite impressed at how nice flying feels, the controls are great, and the art and level design is solid. There are a lot of tiny challenges within the world and I had a lot of fun trying to steal everything I could find.

Personally, I don't like scores very much and I'd have been playing for longer if there wasn't a time up, because I enjoyed flying around causing as much trouble as possible. When I really got into the seagull mindset and started to enjoy terrorising everyone like all seagulls do, the game pulled me out with the end screen. On the other side, I udnerstand it's better for the townsfolk to only have one minute of seagull terror at a time.
captainzo
captainzo9 Oct 2024, 11:19
Very fun game ! It’s incredible that you managed to produce this game in such a short time! The only small issue I found is that you have to use Alt+F4 to quit... But otherwise, great work! :smile:
HardyTryer
HardyTryer9 Oct 2024, 11:20
haha. That was really funny. A very well polished game!
steel4659 Oct 2024, 11:22
Really well made, incredible game, I'm incredibly impressed
Gaudy
Gaudy9 Oct 2024, 11:22
a very cool game in everything, music, controls, gameplay, lvl design, idea, it's all just gorgeous
Chocolat-Endive
Chocolat-Endive9 Oct 2024, 12:27
A fun game with a leaderboard! I'm in! I'd love is a longer version. I've not spotted real issues with collision, and that's something hard in this kind of game! It would be nice to have a more elaborate scoring system, with ways to extend the duration of the session. Loved all the details and things placed in weird places. That's one of my favorite entries for LD56!

Almost 20k! (i'm Zhao on the screenshot)
block97
block979 Oct 2024, 12:38
My first crash was into a bag of trash, and then the death screen said trashed very fitting, had a blast playing!
thatcher roehl9 Oct 2024, 12:39
this is incredibly well made, i may be bad at it but it's a ton of fun
Guiik9 Oct 2024, 17:15
Wow this is amazing ! So many details in the map, definitely the best game I played for now
beanboi9 Oct 2024, 19:28
Loved this game the controls were very intuitive and the environment was great. I would have liked a volume control but other than that its great!
NickHellquist
NickHellquist9 Oct 2024, 19:31
Very nice entry, great fly mechanic, and movement overall. It's hard to pull off! Nice, solid, art-style, easy to see the objective items, and solid sfx. Great job :)
Ategon
Ategon12 Oct 2024, 07:52
Hey, im the host for Score Chasers this year and wanted to ask if youre fine with me using gameplay from the game in this LDs score chasers tournament intermission video. (Would play in the breaks of the tournament on my stream). Last LD for reference
JemSmithauthor12 Oct 2024, 14:24
Hi @ategon, you're totally welcome to, yeah. Thanks!
Rohun
Rohun16 Oct 2024, 18:31
Sky Rats is the next ESport game! I need to get on the highscore board but everyone is too good
Emsea
Emsea19 Oct 2024, 22:13
The music is a little over powering. I would have appreciated a settings menu (or some kind of pause menu in general) that allowed me to adjust the volume a bit. But that's not a biggie cause you guys obviously put time in to the things that mattered. The art style and audio are cohesive and I found the control to be intuitive and not as unforgiving as some streamers have demonstrated.

Playing this game was possibly the only time in my life where I have enjoyed Seagulls.
Gerrit
Gerrit31 Oct 2024, 10:30
What a cool idea :D Great execution!
NBumgardner
NBumgardner6 Nov 2024, 02:19
It captures a soaring feeling really well. I don't know how hard it is too add a pause on death, but that might help users recognize when they crash and what they could have ran into.

Building combos is hard but grabbing pickups is intuitive with the outlines and not too difficult to learn. Restarts are quick, sometimes too quick because I will press a Windows key or click the game to gain focus, and we are off to the races!

I like the whimsey of the art direction and good reuse of sprites in a believable setting.

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