The Harvest Sparrows by Kazura

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made by Kazura for LD31 (COMPO)
A french play on words from the movie "Le Silence des Agneaux", to "La Vendange des Moineaux"

In this game, you control a sparrow with the mouse pad and you need to make points by harvesting farmers'crops.
These men are not happy and they hunt you to the death !
You must complete objective to go to the next level and finish the game.
There are only 3 levels in the games, due to time but I can the say that the last is pretty hard :D

I use C2 for a month now, this Jam was a bigger session than all the hours I passed on it.
I had some difficulty on concept, that's why I chose an idea that I wrote a few months ago.

At first, this game was thought to be better for a smartphone or tablet use, but I would firstly experiment it on computer.

Ratings

Coolness 24% 2112
Overall 2.61 1068
Audio 4.00 22
Fun 3.06 581
Innovation 2.89 735
Mood 2.82 664
Theme 3.39 816

Feedback

GameQuester
08. Dec 2014 路 18:27 UTC
I liked the music a lot. I still dont get the idea how to to get the full score out of the crops. There also are some issues with the readability of the blue font. But I still had fun with the game.
馃帳 Kazura
09. Dec 2014 路 22:54 UTC
Thanks for your answer, I'm glad you enjoyed it and specially the music !
About score question, it forces to have a good strategy for taking a maximum of points on the crops.
There are a good few issues you're right, I finished the game at the last moment, it was also my first created.
Lynx
10. Dec 2014 路 02:49 UTC
I wish I could hear the music (something went wrong and it was silent for me)

Fun little concept, good instructions (take it from someone who's instructions page failed miserably!) I might make it appear on the screen a bit longer though
Mokosha
10. Dec 2014 路 03:00 UTC
Overall pretty good. It even worked on my tablet. There was one bug where turning the music off didn't keep the off though
karlipoppins
11. Dec 2014 路 09:00 UTC
One of the best music of this LD by far! Great song, goes perfectly with the bird game. The game is fairly simple, catchy and fun. I see how it could definetely be adapted to a tablet/phone. A couple of things could be improved: the font for score comes out really weird. Also a way to pause or read the instructions without having the game play would be a huge plus :) Great job
LeReveur
11. Dec 2014 路 23:30 UTC
How do you get to 300 ? O_o If I stay on the same place I don't get more point than if I move around...
Anyways, fun idea and good graphics/music. :)
馃帳 Kazura
12. Dec 2014 路 23:32 UTC
I can't thank you enough for your all pleasant comments, it's really cool and motivating for me ! :)

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01101101
14. Dec 2014 路 15:41 UTC
There is potential here for sure, but right now I find the game lacks consistency. Did you actually create all of these assets (and music) yourself?
On another note, congrats for finding the time to add instructions, a mute button and an end screen. It makes the game feels more complete.
xaedes
19. Dec 2014 路 19:14 UTC
I like the bird movement. Really felt like the bird was flying. It was lots of fun to be a little bird and life its life - lol. Good Game!
Xanjos
19. Dec 2014 路 21:21 UTC
Pretty good concept plus I liked the music a lot.
Chaoseed
19. Dec 2014 路 23:01 UTC
Neat! Difficult, though. I played a few times, but I still don't quite know how close you have to be to the plants, or whether you have to stay still...Also, I was waiting for the "Level 1 Start" text to disappear, but while I was waiting I got game over. :P That was a little unexpected, to say the least. Still, all in all it's a good effort. ;)
5k0d
29. Dec 2014 路 13:08 UTC
neat game...spend some time to figure out the controls but after that it was funny to play
Valeour
29. Dec 2014 路 13:21 UTC
Struggled with it for a bit. Difficulty is a bit high. Great music though. Instructions and buttons tended to overlap at times. Got to level 2 and died instantly which was annoying. Nice concept though!