Shifty Shape Challenge by howardcs

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made by howardcs for LD35 (JAM)
Fly a bird through a maze without getting killed. Left click to fly left, right click to fly right.

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.55 1099
Fun(Jam) 2.72 860

Feedback

Hankenstien
19. Apr 2016 路 02:51 UTC
Looks nice, but a bit frustrating to play.
PeachTreeOath
19. Apr 2016 路 03:05 UTC
Tough game but good idea!
OU GDA
19. Apr 2016 路 03:07 UTC
Fun game, but very difficult to play with a trackpad.
馃帳 howardcs
19. Apr 2016 路 03:17 UTC
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately there was only 3 minutes remaining when I uploaded it. With a little more time, it could have started easy and got more difficult later.
fin_nolimit
19. Apr 2016 路 04:04 UTC
You should have a voting button for the music!!!! I enjoyed it!! My daughter calls these types of games, RAGE GAMES! LOL because you have to keep playing it! Lots of fun and simple game play though very challenging to get through
ayewyn
19. Apr 2016 路 04:19 UTC
Not bad, good iteration on the tappy bird model.
Rabbits...
19. Apr 2016 路 04:41 UTC
The controls are a bit wonky at times, I was flying all over the place, but I enjoy the wing flapping animation.
ginger9
19. Apr 2016 路 04:48 UTC
The bird bounds and bounds and .. difficult game.
Roan Contreras
19. Apr 2016 路 05:07 UTC
This is really hard, yet I am having fun with it.
StaNov
19. Apr 2016 路 07:04 UTC
I like the graphics. The camera could be positioned better - the first obstacle is imposible to beat with skill! So I randomly tried it and succeeded for fifth time or such.

Next time try to polish the controls before adding graphics. Good luck :)
Quantum Cupcake
19. Apr 2016 路 15:42 UTC
Good idea, but I don't like the way mechanics works. However, good job!
muumeroinen
19. Apr 2016 路 16:22 UTC
Cool concept. That challenge was too much for me.
Le_Sarus
19. Apr 2016 路 16:22 UTC
Tough game, very flappy bird inspired
pixel_maniacs
19. Apr 2016 路 16:26 UTC
Oh yeah i remember throwing my phone on the floor playing a game similar to this. You had me with this entry! Nice game!
justacookie
20. Apr 2016 路 17:42 UTC
The game was hard to control, the first tries were easier, because for some reason the bird keeps its speed after death and then starts bouncing all over the place. i even got stuck in the wall texture and one time i bounced around outside the level itself. it took many reloads to finish the level, but i couldnt get enough of the death animation of that poor bird, that was quite entertaining and well done. Overall i enjoyed it. Thank you for the entry :) i hope you had an awesome time and learned something on the way
馃帳 howardcs
09. May 2016 路 15:14 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback and good luck to you!

Regarding the various bugs, the main excuse is time. During development I found a fundamental problem with the engine that would prevent it from working for the original, more complex idea. At 5pm on the last day, the game was in a hopeless state so I shifted (see what I did there?) focus to a simpler idea using the existing code. This is my third attempt at LD and only the first one that I've managed to finish on time so I'm happy just to get something entered.

There's a whiteboard full of additional mazes and puzzles waiting to be played. If everything goes as planned, this will become a full game.