GMTK Game Jam 2023

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A jam submission

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Flappy birds - but you control the pipes!

Submitted by da Finnci — 2 hours, 48 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Enjoyment	#3313	2.582	2.667
Presentation	#3871	2.582	2.667
Overall	#4045	2.517	2.600
Creativity	#4740	2.388	2.467

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
It reverses the role in Flappy Bird, so that you control the pipes instead

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

DeMaLawSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

That is the best flappy bird take I have seen in the jam yet. It might not be fully flushed out but dang its got some Petench! good job.

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Kyle PrudencioSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice work on this one! It does play itself for the most part, so I wonder if a better way of doing it would be to not have the pipes move randomly but rather arrange them in such a way that the birds don't clear the course unless you change things. As another commenter said, I usually only lost birds when I moved the pipes.

Another possible upgrade would be the ability to see the birds' flight path to know if it is safe or not. This would allow you to make the game much more difficult I think.

Even as it is however, this is pleasant to look at and I still had fun watching the birds go.

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da FinnciDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks, I totally agree with you. The concept sounded good on paper and it was fun to implement the bird AI. But the gameplay just isn't as interactive or fair as you'd expect. No better way to try new mechanics out than doing game jams though, so I'm happy :)

JoneyJSSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Salute to your dedication.

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ChronocleSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Fun game! Though I probably killed more birds by moving the pipes rather than helping them :p

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Will EvesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This is basically my game but the other way around. Well done!

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Alex_D05Submitted1 year ago

It loaded up for me and was a pretty fun little flappy bird parody. Sorry the initial release didn't go as planned.

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da FinnciDeveloper1 year ago

Looks like they finally fixed it, loads for me up as well. Thanks for the kind words :)

mechPenSketchSubmitted1 year ago

Sad that your submission went horribly wrong.

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da FinnciDeveloper1 year ago

Sometimes things are just out of your own control I guess. But now the problem is fixed if you want to give it a try :)

Pinhead71Submitted1 year ago

I can't get it to load in my browser.

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da FinnciDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit)

Everybody had that problem, it was a server-side issue by itch. But it has been fixed now, if you want to give it another try!