Fly Away Home by Valeour

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made by Valeour for LD22 (JAM)
No KNOWN bugs.
Intro is skippable via Enter.
Really enjoyed making this.
May possibly need some Microsoft C++ Distro. (MAYBE.)
Enjoy :D
Oh, and there ARE kittens.
Try and beat the top high score too! (No editting the highscore table either...)

Ratings

Coolness 22% 533
Overall(Jam) 2.79 67
Audio(Jam) 1.00 141
Community 2.70 251
Fun(Jam) 2.93 32
Graphics(Jam) 3.00 74
Humor(Jam) 1.80 82
Innovation(Jam) 2.14 101
Mood(Jam) 2.00 97
Theme(Jam) 2.40 84

Feedback

jsjwooowooo
19. Dec 2011 路 18:07 UTC
Quite fun! Difficulty increase through game progression is well done.
Terra
20. Dec 2011 路 05:05 UTC
Yes, quite fun indeed. Controls are smooth and easy to get to grips with.

The perspective thing kind of confused me, with the bird getting smaller as you go higher up.

I liked the look of the ocean though, and the bird sprite is nice too :>
sirius_black9999
20. Dec 2011 路 15:52 UTC
i thought it was strange that the water effect on the bird seemed to suggest the bird was coming from the horizon, while shrinking as it came lower(if you know what i mean by that), apart from that this reminds me of the rocket level things in DKCR :D now to go for an actually high score :P
i also like how you take going off the screen into account the way you did, 1 small bug though: if you get a score of , i think 100-200, it says "sorry, no scores were beaten" while it's definitely above the kittens' score of 100 :(
馃帳 Valeour
20. Dec 2011 路 16:32 UTC
Ah! Good find. I'll see if I can go fix that. Probably just a typo with the numbers.

The perspective thing doesn't make sense; you're right, but I kept it in simply because I was showing off and I liked it. But it's cool to see how people can notice such small things. I honestly thought no one would really notice. I'll keep it in mind for other games!

Thanks for the feed back guys!
Ralkarin
21. Dec 2011 路 02:49 UTC
I loved the perspective change, cool touch. Glad you mixed up the projectiles a bit, otherwise it could have been too dry. Some power ups or flying birds in the sky could add a bit of fun too, but then you wouldn't be so alone would you. :D
magicrat
21. Dec 2011 路 06:01 UTC
fun little game, nice controls and difficulty.
Skullduggery_sa
21. Dec 2011 路 14:45 UTC
Very nice little game.
Zed
22. Dec 2011 路 23:01 UTC
..Was that dude in a boat throwing eggs at me? Because, as a bird, I'd find that quite ironic.

It's very fun. Reminds me of a Mega Drive intro sequence, but playable. Well done!
dr_soda
26. Dec 2011 路 00:23 UTC
Sadly this did not run. No worries, I didn't leave a rating.
馃帳 Valeour
26. Dec 2011 路 14:40 UTC
Any reason why it didn't run? If it was a missing .dll, you'll need to find Microsoft Redist C++ 2010.
DDRKirby(ISQ)
07. Jan 2012 路 15:15 UTC
Nice job on the sega-style-ish graphics! Would have liked to see some sounds/music, even if it was bad music ;P
Dan C
07. Jan 2012 路 15:16 UTC
Although the graphics aren't amazingly well drawn, this game is so full of lovely graphical touches (such as the parallax effects, and splashes as you skim the water) that I can't help but rate the graphics highly.

The game is let down a bit by the collision detection.