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Birdfish by Dramentiaras

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made by Dramentiaras for LD29 (COMPO)
This is my entry for the 29:th Ludum Dare.
I was only able to work on Saturday since I was busy the entirety of Sunday. Oh well, I hope you enjoy!

The game is about you, the Birdfish. You're the last of your
race and have to survive for as long as possible, while taking down as many enemies that you can.
Keep an eye out on your water and oxygen!
Windows (.EXE) http://www.mediafire.com/download/uxd74an5sm4zces/birdfish.exe
OS/X | Linux | Windows (.JAR) http://www.mediafire.com/download/qfuhf9k44h8k4hd/birdfish.jar
Source https://github.com/Dramentiaras/Birdfish
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=29135

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1359
Overall 3.50 258
Fun 3.67 119
Graphics 3.21 525
Humor 3.33 136
Innovation 3.69 163
Mood 3.32 292
Theme 3.78 143

Feedback

馃帳 Dramentiaras
26. Apr 2014 路 23:12 UTC
Forgot to mention that there was a lot I didn't have time to do. Audio and polishing, for example.
Balloonsfor600
28. Apr 2014 路 02:21 UTC
I really like the core mechanic of this one. The animation on the birdfish is cool and I like the super attack bit (though the super attack should probably drain some more oxygen/water).
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2014 路 15:11 UTC
When I saw the title of your game, I thought : "Oh no, a Flappy-Bird-like", but in reality I had a lot of fun !I love the mecanics and the use of the theme. (I'm french, sorry for the english mistakes in English ^^)
Rahazan
28. Apr 2014 路 16:13 UTC
Well done! I too was expecting a flappy bird game, and it was different from that, reminded me of the game I created for this game :). The mechanic is well thought out.
smikulcik
28. Apr 2014 路 17:06 UTC
Great idea. I like the flying fish. Pretty fun game.
pinion
28. Apr 2014 路 18:02 UTC
Liked alternating between animal forms and shooting different bullets.
Covenant
28. Apr 2014 路 18:46 UTC
Very nice! With a bit more polish, this could be an excelente game (although it might have some issues with controls on that platform)
DesignerNap
28. Apr 2014 路 19:20 UTC
Hi, would like to play this but the windows.exe crashes on open. Are you able to fix this?
Diptoman
29. Apr 2014 路 05:06 UTC
Wow, that was a really clever mechanic! I had trouble managing so many things at once, though. Keeping a lookout for the water and oxygen and shooting and dodging. Mainly used the x attack, z was kinda pointless. But it was fun!
馃帳 Dramentiaras
29. Apr 2014 路 05:52 UTC
DesignerNap: Do you have Java installed? And if you do, which version are you using?
Jeffalisk
30. Apr 2014 路 12:46 UTC
For some reason the water didn't display for me (running the JAR on OSX) so I found it a bit confusing. Soon got the hang of it though. Cool idea, nice take on the theme.
javierecf
30. Apr 2014 路 22:38 UTC
This is pretty funny, you can do a lot of comedy things with the idea of a form shifting animal, the graphics are nice and clean, the animation is short and accurate, maybe the gravity force between water and air could change, that would make things more interesting.

Such a weird and funny game, i liked it.
blockbot
01. May 2014 路 17:31 UTC
This game should definitely be made for mobile platforms, totally weird concept that works. Nice job!
Lucariatias
01. May 2014 路 19:43 UTC
A very interesting mechanic.
Audio would have been nice, it adds a lot to a game.
Water didn't seem to render on OS X?
It became repetitive after a while, perhaps some sort of upgrade mechanic could have worked.
Jupiter_Hadley
02. May 2014 路 16:14 UTC
Loved this game!! Great concept! I included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series! http://youtu.be/0CjJInaKTls
zzForrest
04. May 2014 路 12:02 UTC
Really nice for 1 day! I like the idea of balancing the oxygen and water. It feels like the bird and fish sprites were flipped, but that might be intentional. It's a bit primitive and lacks sound and particles, but this can just be attributed to a lack of time. Very nice!
MintArcade
05. May 2014 路 10:22 UTC
Nice mechanistic, great use of surface theme.