Chicken Debt Master

by mj12

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.08

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.27

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.78

You are a nano-augmented chicken in the most troublesome county in the US. Your goal is to collect debt from every household while avoiding getting cooked and eaten.

For now works on itch.io, need to figure out how to run it here. (built with phaser.js)

Credits:
* RareOnion (main tileset)
* gamebetweenthelines.itch.io (characters)
* Craftpix (Houses)
* FreeGroove (Jazzy-jazz theme)
* Sounds sourced from well-fed chickens
* Phaser.js + Box2d v3

Tags: #casual, #pixel art, #roguelite, #top-down

Genres: action

Tools: Box2D, Phaser

Comments31

Maytch6 Oct 2025, 21:42

Asburd humor! Quite challenging too, I like that instead of just getting a full gameover, you can improve and go again.

Accardo6 Oct 2025, 21:48

Who would have thought play as a chicken and get chased by a million people would be so much fun! Anyway, I really like the concept, it's a really fun little game.

I do have one question though: is there ANYONE in this game that would willingly pay their debt?

hugohil6 Oct 2025, 22:08

what a cool chicken. great job!

MJ12author7 Oct 2025, 05:26

@accardo nope, the payments are just too steep for them :(

Sharky31887 Oct 2025, 07:54

Surprisingly fun game, there was more strategy involved than i expected there to be. The upgrades are a nice touch and all the dialogue popups were pretty hilarious.

Tamino Laub7 Oct 2025, 08:05

Great idea! Really loved the execution and how hard it got once you have people from 5 or more houses looking for you. Had a lot of fun.

marcherin7 Oct 2025, 08:26

So funny! Debt collectors usually scary but you make a fun concept using the idea of it.
I like that I keep trying again and again despite of the short experience. The way you put upgrades in the end is also increasing the replayability. The artwork is really effective and charming too (love the 16bit chicken!)

Great job!

MJ12author7 Oct 2025, 08:44

@marcherin Thank you! The art is 99% RareOnion's. When you look at it up close, you start to understand how much work pixel artists put in.

Truedat7 Oct 2025, 12:20

wonderful :) i mean bogawkk

HansFlyingTurtle7 Oct 2025, 13:28

Nice, fun challenge. With a good sense of humor.

Yorsh7 Oct 2025, 18:21

It's really fun! It's simple but works well. Difficulty feels well balanced as well. Well done!

BorodaOlen7 Oct 2025, 20:47

It's nice to play, but I couldn't get through, after opening 8 houses there are too many people.
The graphics are nice, it feels like I'm back in Stardew Valley)

ehtd8 Oct 2025, 02:57

Ruthless haha Make soup out of that chicken. Nice art. Did get too difficult too fast

breadstick8 Oct 2025, 03:28

I love how hilarious this game is from the very core of its design all the way up to the small details like the chicken's ridiculous cowboy hat.

I got all 10, allowing me to finally live out my anti-stardew dream of closing down a peaceful american city with only the power of anti-consumer financial practices :)

MJ12author8 Oct 2025, 05:34

@borodaolen @breadstick yep, like Stardew Valley but cursed :)

MJ12author8 Oct 2025, 05:36

@ehtd there was supposed to be a roasted chicken on a fire on the upgrades screen, but had no time left

TheParticularPixel8 Oct 2025, 10:24

fun and funny. was a good challenge. came for the artwork, stayed for the dialogue lol. nice jam

Salvation8 Oct 2025, 10:37

Fun game just had to finish it 10/10. Topic is a bit grim but then again it happens.

azahara8 Oct 2025, 10:55

I love to see games made with Phaser! Such a funny game, I enjoyed it so much. Congrats for the work! I just hope a chicken never comes to my house to collect debts!

MJ12author8 Oct 2025, 13:27

@salvation Thank you! I was thinking should I finish it or not coz it's kinda dark.

MJ12author8 Oct 2025, 13:29

@azahara Thank you, phaser is a blast to work with. You have so much freedom. No worries, Mr. Cluck is already cooked!

Cez4re8 Oct 2025, 15:44

cute absurdity, enjoyable visual style

Pigeonic8 Oct 2025, 18:58

Any game with birds in them is an instant win for me. Loved the idea, maybe too much power for a chicken but then again, I like chicken.

BananaBobBert8 Oct 2025, 21:07

my favourite game sofar, i was already sold on the theme but then i was able to upgrade the chicken! I guess you reap what you sow when you create so many homeless people but managed it nonetheless :D

MJ12author9 Oct 2025, 05:13

@bananabobbert Thank you so much! Yep, that was the idea ;)

Iriska9 Oct 2025, 18:44

THIS GAME IS AWESOME! I absolutely loved the graphics and humor! Definitely one of the best this time!💜 ⭐ 💜

Nef1k9 Oct 2025, 18:50

This is so simple yet so enjoyable. I had a lot of fun running from those homeless heads.
Nice work

Jully Greenleaf9 Oct 2025, 18:56

So, now we know, why does the chicken cross the road. That's awesome! Aggressive chicken in Stardew Valley is really fun! I've found myself trying to collect debts again and again. That was a really cool discovery, that it's rogue-like, by the way.
Great job!

naru9 Oct 2025, 20:00

Awesome game idea! Love to collect taxes)

HolySparks11 Oct 2025, 12:53

Funny crazy twist on the theme! I did it after a couple of tries but I dunno what the upgrades other than Speed do

LDJam user 28018912 Oct 2025, 12:17

This was really funny, I managed to beat it on my first try :D

Awesome game!