Borjomi - the Broken Bat

by mackain
co-authored: @discjokk, @jonasolsson
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88

📖 LORE 📖

Borjomi the Bat got hit in the head by a wind turbine (thanks, Obama) and now his echo-location only works when he flaps his wings!
Help him navigate his way through life with this unfortunate condition.

🎮 HOW TO PLAY 🎮

SPACEBAR or CLICK or TAP SCREEN to flap Borjomi's wings, you know how to play this game... but perhaps not with faulty sonar!

🍻 CREDITS 🍻

A game by Jonas & Markus & Joachim

⚠️ PHOTOSENSITIVE WARNING ⚠️

This game contains flashing lights, that may be triggering for people with photosensitive epilepsy
Genres: puzzle

Comments15

debugman1819 Apr 2026, 19:29
Flappy bird with echolocation. Really creative.
Shiyuue
Shiyuue20 Apr 2026, 22:33
The game is fun to play, but I hope there are more new mechanics other than the flappy bird itself
bellicapelli
bellicapelli22 Apr 2026, 17:55
Fun idea! Good flappy bird clone that fits with the theme very well!
BeastPanda22 Apr 2026, 18:02
Cute!

The main mechanic is visually interesting. I did find myself playing around with the doppler effects a bit. That said, I’m not sure it really adds much to the core Flappy Bird style gameplay. I could see mainly because the game forces you to jump, not because I was choosing to use the mechanic, so the visibility ended up feeling more like a side effect than something I was actively using.
anete ainjärv
anete ainjärv22 Apr 2026, 18:06
the death animation and sound are so funny xd Hope I didn't bonk his head too hard. I was wondering how did the bat end up getting named Borjomi and is it any way connected to the mineral wwater..
LDJam user 42864622 Apr 2026, 18:21
I like the idea, and the art for the lil bat guy, but it feels like it's missing a lot of what made Flappy Bird fun. It gets you addicted to chasing new high-scores because the rounds start out difficult and only get more difficult, which means you're never bored and the rounds are usually short enough that they get you wanting to give it another go.
For this game though, I felt like it was more of an endurance test for my wrist to keep clicking. The jump was maybe a little too small. It signaled so often that the limited vision didn't have much of an impact besides giving me a bit of a headache haha. I still enjoyed it!! But I didn't feel that drive to play another round.
JonasOlsson22 Apr 2026, 19:01
@anete-ainjarv You are spot on! We got drunk in the sauna and named the poor little guy after our favorite mineral water. Still waiting for sponsorship though.
Ansible
Ansible23 Apr 2026, 17:53
this is such a trippy inversion of a game that i was already bad at XD Art is beaut and so is sfx and music. The sonar pulse works really well. Loved the game over transition too!
Soul Grinder
Soul Grinder23 Apr 2026, 20:42
Cool signal idea with sonar flappy bat game. Actually quite fun, after a few goes this was my top score. I think I need more practise :smile:
Dylan Shumway24 Apr 2026, 01:40
I can't believe you made me kill Borjomi :cry:
summerfield
summerfield26 Apr 2026, 15:06
Big fan of the art and the audio, the game itself is a bit too easy tho
daniel
daniel26 Apr 2026, 19:21
Cute! Implementing the theme into a familiar gameplay loop is a good idea. I think you could expand on the idea even more with the echo location aspect to add new mechanics over the core flappy bird gameplay.
LDJam user 28018928 Apr 2026, 15:56
cute bat art! I like the experimentation with the base flappy bird mechanic, this added a nice touch to it
very dark lord
very dark lord29 Apr 2026, 19:07
I'm proud of my accomplishment! Funny idea. :)

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