Play game
Nobody Expects Exploding Immortal Pigeon's itch.io pageJudge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous.
- Lol this game is awesome. The music is really really good and I appreciate the 8bit remix on the title. The artwork is also great, and it has a really humorous theme. I really like the solid snake phone calls mixed with the absurd bird mechanics haha. Given how the controls are laid out, I used the arrow keys for movement on the ground but then found it difficult to switch to A/D while aiming my missile in the air. Just a small thing. Another piece of feedback is that I wish I got to do something a bit more fun or creative than blow guys up. I understand that theres a lot of time constraints but with how funny and well put together everything was, it felt a bit like a let down that my main mechanic was pretty straight forward. However the dialogue was really funny and it made it fun to look for the little dudes to blow them up. Overall I think its a great entry! I really enjoyed playing it and think it definitely has alot of potential!
Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1otOE-SvUjqqUxVww0uDjEdgheCHfRxkm0bTCWF_o8X0/edit?usp=sharing
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
YES
Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
YES
Summarise your game!
You are a pigeon that will do anything for a slice of that sweet sweet bread
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
The pigeon explodes, you are the weapon
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
Cute game! I torpedoed as far as I could and may have softlocked myself at the x5 bread gate, not really sure how to progress from there. Really nice job tho!
Just from the bread alone this is the best game so far.
The music and sound effects were great, and the art was amazing!
The game felt really complete, though I would have liked more levels, but as it is, it is an amazing prototype.
There was a bug, or maybe something that was intended that I found. When I was at the gate that required 5 bread, and I was sitting at 3, I tried to fly up the building and realised it reached the top, then torpedoed down to the ground. Upon landing head first on the ground, I teleport back to one of the earlier telephone poles, which had a completed quest. I’m not too sure if this was intended.
I loved all the little details that was added in the game, though I was a little sad at the bakery being blown up. The game is super well polished and the mechanics were great!
Only thing I would like to see would be a settings menu to turn up/down the music and sound effects.
Game balancing wise, torpedo seems way better than the explosion, unless you’re breaking a window. Not sure if it is because of the cost of the explosion, the chargeup, or the fact that you don’t move, but it seems a little underwhelming compared to being a flying missile.
Thank you for the amazing bread! An wonderful game jam entry! Amazing job!
Thank you for the kind words, Breadpan!
Glad you enjoyed the bread!
We will try to look into the bugs and audio in the future when we get the chance. Coo coo~
Incredible. What a fun experience. I especially love to LEG after exploding someone.
Just altogether a great game, I would just add that volume slider and probably change the rotate while torpedo to up and down keys rather than left and right, would make more sense to me at least ;3
COOOOOOOBOOOOM
Hey kharmachaos!
What a fantastic way to assert dominance, LEG over your enemies!
after the jam is done I would will be adding in rebindable controls - which should fix this up for you
Glad you had fun with it regardless!!
Coo~~
Holy moly! I think the best part was the Metal Gear Solid Reference. So many funny little details and references. Sountrack inspired by Heartbound? Great work!
Hey GamedevGoblin!
I really want to add more MGS references 😂
The soundtrack was actually inspired by the game 'ultimate chicken horse' you will hear it immediately haha
Thanks!
The music art art are fun. The controls got kind of weird when I started answering the telephone
Thanks TLSAxt!
Glad you enjoyed!
Care to explain about the controls so I can check it out in future builds?
Pretty much it was that before the bread door the air dash quit working as far as I remember.
This was an awesome game. I though the controls were a little awkward at times but once I got used to them it was very fun. I'd love to see an expanded version of this but this was perfect for the jam. Great art, music, and gameplay!
Hey DrillSoft!
Glad you enjoyed the game! Hopefully we get the chance to work on this more in the future :)
This game was too fun that I played it twice, all the little abilities that the pigeon had made it worthwhile. Awesome game!!
Thanks Mewt!
I'm glad you enjoyed yourself with it! (twice haha)
wow that was really fun , nice abilities and jokes :D also ending was super cool
Thanks bake12345678!
This is super polished. The art and extra pigeon details like the leg stretch are perfect. The music is charming. I found the steering tricky, especially in the tight spaces between buildings. As a result I ended up softlocked where I was stuck between buildings I couldn't get through on the ground and out of bread.
Hey caudiciform!
Thanks for the kind words!
I'm not too sure what you mean about soft locked and getting stuck between buildings.I think you might have missed the tutorial at the start saying E to interact on the trash bin - as they give infinite crumbs so you can always top up on charge!
Ah, you are right. I did miss that.
all good!
it seems that's our biggest feedback item at the moment. I have addressed this already in a future build to really show that the bins are a thing you can interact with - rather then just being a item in the scene :)
there is a hidden mech where you can roll around a bit to charge - its not very much but it was more in the case of if you needed just that little bit more but cbf walking to the nearest bin to get more crumbs haha
If I had a nickel for every exploding bird submission to this game jam, I'd have at least 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that there are multiple.
suddenly I have 2 nickels, which is very weird because I am Australian tf am I going to do with these? help?
Hope you enjoyed my exploding bird. I happened to enjoy your exploding bird <3
Thanks!
I speedran the game for the time of 2.5 minutes. Resetting the game so often made me appreciate all those main menu screens (love the one where the pigeons stares into your soul)!
"HOW?" Incredible journey. Loved all the little interactions the pigeon has from the exploding to flipping around after blowing up against a wall. Just a wonderful game. The ending was just unhinged. Presentation is great.
Great work!
Hey qtipbluedog!
Thanks for playing - really glad you enjoyed yourself!
The flips are my favourite haha - hopefully we get the chance to turn this into a full game so we can add more mechanics and fun animations 😜 I also wanna have more appearances of that guy too hehe
Coo~
Beat the whole than, man that was a lot of fun. The sheer amount of polish that got put into this game, in two weeks, is incredible. Solid controls, lovely animations, amazing audio.
Criticism would be to better inform players rolling recharges energy, if there was a tutorial I missed it. Also some more interestingly designed targets, some felt repetitive and game is really easy.
Impressive work!
Thanks LowPolyFreak!
Rolling isn't the intended way of getting more charge, there is a tutorial at the start saying E to interact on the trash bin but I feel that hasn't been obvious enough. I have added in the speech bubble that I will add in after the jam to make it more clearer :)
And yes! In the future there will be more ways to interact with the environment with the explosions - the intention was to make a playable vertical slice, rather than a full game from start to finish
Thanks for the feedback though, it's super appreciated ☺️
This is so fun! Love this little game! Wish the game is a bit longer though. The graphic is good, the controls feels smooth and nice, the pacing is sweet, and is very entertaining too! Good job!
I didn't know that rolling recharge your bread until the end and just felt a bit sad not fully utilising the pigeon. Wish it was told in the game earlier. The game also ended quite abruptly, likely due to time concerns since 2 weeks is not exactly long when considering the amount of work you've put in.
Anyway, I am looking forward to how this game evolves and I am certain it will be a blast! Well done you guys!
Thanks for the kind words KelvinHM!
rolling for charge wasn't supposed to be the main mechanism for regaining charge - it was pressing E to interact with the green trash bins that give you unlimited crumbs. There is a tutorial for this but it looks like we need to make it more obvious :)
We wanted to ensure that we didn't scope creep so the game itself it pretty short but we made sure that everything else we did made up for it haha. There's also how much time in the day we can set aside for this (I work full time, and am a dad) so I only really had a few hours a night to work on this.
After the jam the game will get updated with a few QOL things that we have noticed and hopefully we can add more content
Thanks again!
This was pretty fun! Loved the pigeon rocket and rolling to recharge.
Thanks swufy! Glad you enjoyed yourself :) !
Haha, the title alone made me click on this!
Okay, haha! The mechanics are awesome! I mean, the music, the art, everything. This deserves to be a full game :D Great job!
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much Kuntern!
Personally I want to turn it into a full game - this just might happen
The graphics and music are on point. I love the flight mechanic. Everything looks so polished. I got stuck because I ran out of bread.
Thanks bytron! Appreciate the kind words!
You can get infinite crumbs from pressing E on the green trash bin, I will be making this tutorial clearer in the future 🙂
I loved this game! It's very short but very fun, and there are so many subtle secrets that I ended up playing it 3 times in a row. Nice one!
Such kind words ; ; thank you again!
Yeah we had to keep it quiet short just so we could stay on track with our already insane idea haha.
After the jam there's some QOL I will be fixing up right away. The team and I are considering adding more content at the moment too (hopefully in the near future)
We are all a bit coo coo bird brained ATM haha
Awesome. I'm following you, so be sure to announce the update when that happens so I can check it out :). I was just thinking the only issue I had with the game was that I wanted more of it.
Will do!!
This was probably my favorite entry! Crazy visuals, music, sound effects, tutorial, everything is very nicely wrapped up into a very neat package. Well done!
Thanks irony!
I am glad you liked it!
This was an amazing game. Great tutorial and great job teaching the player how to play. S tier for sure!
Thanks FailCow!
I appreciate the kind words, Glad you enjoyed yourself!
This is so deranged and stupidly fun, great job :)
My only complaint is I couldn’t sit on a telephone wire I always wanted to sit on a telephone wire.
Thank you das_zol!
Very valid complaint and the team and I are taking this very seriously. This will be tended to post haste
(glad you enjoyed yourself, despite our shortcomings!)