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A jam submission

What the Duck?View game page

A game about a real rude duck.
Submitted by Zoolouie — 4 hours, 45 minutes before the deadline
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What the Duck?'s itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#93.5603.560
Overall#143.6003.600
Unexpectedness#213.4803.480
Gameplay Innovation#253.1403.140
Audio#343.1803.180
Visuals#612.9802.980

Ranked from 50 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Please list any pre-made art/music/code/other assets that you used.
Beating Heart by David Renda - Background Music Track

How many members in your team?

Team of 1

List each team member's role, along with their social media / website links!
Zander Louie, Artist, Programmer, Sound Design, etc.

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SavanderSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Haha! Very funny and nice game! It reminds me quake rocket jumping or teeworlds grenade jumping!

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PIZZA nonSENSE
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks a ton for playing! I'm glad you get those vibes, I was definitely inspired by stuff like that :)

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kypelloSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Super fun game

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Clockwork Garden
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you!

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DylanCalafSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Are the first ceiling spikes missing death colliders?

Fun game :)

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Blocks Room
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Oof, you're totally right. Thanks a bunch for playing :)

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PKCatSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really fun, I love the humor here :)

The duck is kinda difficult to control as it comes to complete stop when it bonks it's head on the ceiling (like when you jump over that pilar with spikes on top), but I've had a blast anyway ;)

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Goldberg's Cursed House
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

You don't know how happy that blast pun makes me :). I agree that some of the duck's movements don't feel perfect, I definitely would like to take more time to really nail how it feels. Thank you so much for playing ;)

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AsimSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I had soo much fun playing this game. Although A and D were useless while in airborn which made it kind of hard in certain areas but your checkpoints were well placed to counter that. Only problem I have with the game is that it should be named What The Goose because Goose are Big Ducks if you get what i mean ;)

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Wizard's Life
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Hey, thanks for playing! I had A and D work in the air but I could never find a medium of character control that made the levels hard. I think that if I spent more time messing around with both the level design and the movement I could find something that feels really good. In sake of time though, I figured I would just give the duck physics movement and call it good. (I also totally get what you mean ;) ).

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Lets go to the grindhouseSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

One of my Faves so far cant beat a good duck and bazooka combo

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The Boy in the Dark
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

One of the best combos out there :). Thanks a ton for taking the time to play and review!

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Lets go to the grindhouseSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

No worries and if you like weird games about boys meeting monsters in dark check out my entry haha

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TwoIslandGamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This was such a fun time. Truly unexpected. My entire team took a break from uploading our game just to play through yours!

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Adrift Manor
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks so sweet of you guys, a big thanks to your entire team for taking the time to play <3

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Graphene AISubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Wonderful ! I loved walking through  the map, great level design.

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RVCC
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much!

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Purple DragoonSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

The duck was very cute and I liked the narrative. The colour palette is nice and it made the duck stand out. 

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Temple Thrill
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to review! I'm happy to hear that the color palette worked, I've been trying to consider color theory a lot more in my games.

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FeezenSubmitted3 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Really cool, just finished it - backwards!

I especially loved the pixel art and the cute quack sound (that I spammed way too much). Good job!

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The Legend of Belda
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

It warms my heart to hear that you spammed the quack noise. Thanks for playing it - forward and backwards, I really appreciate it <3

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Danial JumagaliyevSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

What a cute duck! I'd say I was expecting something weird to happen, but damn I didn't expect to get a bazooka. Well done, you got me man.

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Planet Defender
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

I'm really glad you were surprised! Thanks for taking the time to review :)

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Opossum In A JarSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

That was extremely fun and unexpected!

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Court Musician
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks!

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cnewtSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Lol. I was not expecting that. I guess that was your intent though. This game really made me smile. The graphics, gameplay, and music all really work together and are top-notch. Awesome game! Play my game if you get a chance!

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Helmgard
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ZoolouieDeveloper3 years ago

I really appreciate you taking the time to play my game. Thanks for the review :)

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