That was hilarious! For some reason I kept thinking I could ride that ostrisch! Nice art, especially the birds.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #4 | 4.471 | 4.471 |
| Overall | #8 | 3.912 | 3.912 |
| Enjoyment | #21 | 3.706 | 3.706 |
| Concept | #21 | 3.941 | 3.941 |
| Use of the Limitation | #55 | 3.529 | 3.529 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
ZK and Nuyhij
Software used
Unity and Procreate
Use of the limitation
The birds you are trying to rescue can't stop moving because they're panicking. You can use this to your advantage by yelling at them, which scares the birds into running faster. With some practice, you can guide them back to the zoo.
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Baked and ate 6 chocolate chip cookies.
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3 years ago(+1)
Thanks so much! If we weren't limited by the jam timer then maybe we could have added ostrich riding! Sounds like fun!
Very comedic approach and loved the 2.5D style.... The art and music were very fitting for the type of game. I have some feedback / comments for you!!
1) The sound effects can get a bit jarring when yelling at multiple birds at once. But it could easily avoided by only yelling at a few lol
2) It's kind of hard to tell if the animals went through the door. It's almost as if im watching a billiards ball almost miss the hole and then suddenly the animal would walk itself in. Maybe a SFX or some sort of indication would be great!!
3) The day and night cycle. Wow. When those lights flick on at 5PM. Dat immersion though
4) The music for the start up seems a little muffled but I am not sure if that was intentional to simulate being inside somewhere. It feels like someone rolled off all the high frequencies on an equalizer or something.
Again, great entry and thank you for such a great experience! Unfortunately, my zookeeper got fired..
Wow, thanks for taking the time to give such detailed and helpful feedback! We did want to give some sort of indication when the birds went through the zoo gate (something flashing on the screen like "1 takahe saved!" or "2 ostriches saved!"), but we simply ran out of time. We're not sure what you mean about the muffled music in the beginning; we tested the sound on all our machines, and we didn't notice anything, but we'll keep looking into it. Anyway, thanks again, and we're really happy you had fun!
Thank you so much! I feel really bad that you spent so much time playing and didn't get all the birds, but I'm glad you had fun. When play-testing, I always had trouble with the last few birds, especially the penguins because they're so small and accelerate very fast when startled. Some people have had better luck with the downloaded version because the web build can be a bit choppy. In any case, thank you for playing and for your valuable feedback!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I had a lot of fun drawing the goofy expressions on the zookeeper and birds. We were a little worried about the difficulty; we didn't want to make it too easy, but now it seems like it's hard to capture 100% of the birds. Some people had better luck in the downloaded version because it runs a little more smoothly. In any case, thanks again for playing and for your feedback!
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