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Crow Wing by elliottd

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made by elliottd for LD34 (COMPO)
Move left and right to operate the puzzle

arrow keys
or A/D
or gamepad left analog stick / d-pad

please leave some feedback and check out the time lapse I made
Thanks!

BUGFIX
In the spirit of bug-fixing, I am making new builds with 5 changes:
1: some platforms were marked that you could hang form them incorrectly
2: repositioned a camera that cut off some of its level
3: moved one of the items so you don't start on top of it without collecting it
4: reduced the build sizes by shortening the music
5: hide the cursor on start

A couple people have experienced models showing completely black in some parts of the game. I'm not sure what is causing that, and it seems to happen only with Windows builds so far. I've just updated the windows build with DirectX11 disabled, though I'm not sure that will solve the problem.
Windows/ http://kenruze.itch.io/crow-wing
Mac/Linux http://kenruze.itch.io/crow-wing
Timelapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAarrQgtJJ8&feature=youtu.be
Source http://kenruze.itch.io/crow-wing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=27074

Ratings

Coolness 63% 3
Overall 3.55 244
Audio 3.13 256
Fun 3.26 400
Graphics 3.81 165
Humor 2.03 626
Innovation 3.72 155
Mood 3.47 175
Theme 4.06 193

Feedback

misteak
14. Dec 2015 · 12:27 UTC
nice! I liked how the character changed to reflect the items you got. also: stomping buttons <3
XenosNS
15. Dec 2015 · 02:10 UTC
cool idea!
internetpaulicy
15. Dec 2015 · 15:25 UTC
This is briliant! Nice work elliotd. After I completed the game I kept playing and Iw as able to kill the straw men with my claws. Super cool. I was amazed at how many different things you got the character to do. Its a bit disorienting at the very beginning but after you understand whats going on its fast and fun to play.
buddhaman
15. Dec 2015 · 17:50 UTC
Very cool how you can do so much with only two buttons. It was very intuitive.
MemoryLeek
15. Dec 2015 · 18:01 UTC
Creepy music and nice graphics, makes for a nice mood :)
Was a bit hard to grasp in the beginning, but once you understand the controls it's fun.
I had some graphical artifacts on Linux, looked like some glitching polygons, but nothing too major.
StitchesMagoo
15. Dec 2015 · 18:06 UTC
Love the art, really do! Nice attention to details all these add to the creepy atmosphere. Nice work.
ripatti
15. Dec 2015 · 18:09 UTC
Interesting mechanics. I like performing actions in two steps and the action that it will be depends on which button is pressed on the second step. Nice models too!
DrTeaSpoon
15. Dec 2015 · 18:37 UTC
Some parts of the level didn't show on smaller resolutions. (the very last bit with long flight)
Innovative puzzle controls. The items being reflected on character was good touch.
SSJMetroid
15. Dec 2015 · 21:17 UTC
Very solid entry. I am personally not really into puzzle games but I played through this one.
Chewie
15. Dec 2015 · 21:25 UTC
Great game! Movement mechanics, items that give you additional abilities, everything is great. It's one of the best puzzle's on this LD I think. Overall flow is just right. Great job ;)
RevelBase
15. Dec 2015 · 23:21 UTC
Quite a Jack of all trades :) very nice entry, loved the timelapse!
nodens
16. Dec 2015 · 04:03 UTC
This is a really cool game. Enjoyed seeing the character changing (or growing as part of the theme). Would love to see more from this.
OnlySlightly
16. Dec 2015 · 04:05 UTC
Loved the mechanic. The puzzle were interesting without being frustrating. Getting the crows feet and the wings felt really cool. The low poly aesthetic was lovely,along with the music it gave it a surreal quality
rogueNoodle
16. Dec 2015 · 12:14 UTC
Really nice work! Nice visuals, unique puzzles, and the level design did a great job of making the various mechanics clear without needing a tutorial. Would love to see this expanded on, actually
Tuism
16. Dec 2015 · 12:56 UTC
Hmmmmmm.

The mechanics feel completely arbitrary, and sometimes doesn't quite follow its internal set of logic. Sometimes I would walk along flat stuff and become a ledge grab.

It feels like a sokoban game, which is a good thing, but I feel like the internal logic needs to be stronger for it to become a puzzle to solve rather than a thing to try everything to see what works. The saving grace was that "everything" was two buttons and things happened really quickly so it was easy to try everything quickly.
🎤 elliottd
16. Dec 2015 · 14:49 UTC
thanks @Tuism, I'm going to try to address that with a bug fix. there are a couple platforms that were set up incorrectly. Also fixing the camera cropping @DrTeaSpoon
local minimum
16. Dec 2015 · 15:57 UTC
Interesting way to build up a puzzle and make the most out of two buttons. The stomping/heavy drop was really nice. Great work on models in general. I didn't really get if the game was meant to look a bit glitchy on some tiles or if it was a technical issue. I'm all for glitch though, but the game didn't look like a glitch game. A way to exit the game would have been nice too. Interesting start for a puzzle-type platformer, it'd be nice to see where you take it if you decide to continue dev on it.
Tapehead
16. Dec 2015 · 20:36 UTC
a bit confusing but very interesting and cool implementation of control! good job! :)
Farelle
16. Dec 2015 · 21:06 UTC
Very nice, it's a bit hard to get into it though, regarding the changes of characters behaviour with only 2 buttons and for some reason the later lvls had textures replaced with pure black (from other comments I would say it's the resolutions fault) overall, the atmosphere was nice and the character visual changes including the skill changes were really interesting :) and I like shapeshifting :D
Tony Coculuzzi
16. Dec 2015 · 21:10 UTC
I loved seeing this progress, it turned out really awesome!
jackolondon
16. Dec 2015 · 21:15 UTC
cool idea! I don't know if it's a bug or something, but some platform are displaying black, whitout texture.
Great job by the way!
keanerie
17. Dec 2015 · 05:45 UTC
Great stuff!! I loved the progression of the character and the puzzles.
Jishenaz
17. Dec 2015 · 06:06 UTC
Lovely game! Art and controls were great. The music was quite interesting; it was atmospheric, but also a tad bit eerie. I saw the timelapse; a ton of stuff was done!
dx0ne
17. Dec 2015 · 16:27 UTC
Almost everything about this is great. Perfect use of two buttons vs lots of mechanics. Love the winged clawed hero - you must do more with this one.

Subbed on itch.io for post LD update.
Oddly Shaped Pixels
17. Dec 2015 · 17:09 UTC
Original use of the 2 buttons theme!
BTW you can get rid of those pdb files in the archive, so that the zip file doesn't weight that much :)
publicidadeba
18. Dec 2015 · 13:19 UTC
Had a blast with. I liked the transformation of the main character!
Anshul Goyal
22. Dec 2015 · 18:34 UTC
Cool idea. I like the puzzles a lot.
oparisy
03. Jan 2016 · 22:17 UTC
Pleasing to play with, elegant and minimalistic mechanics. Very nice modeling, your shading is a bit strange (normals?). The "alternate" passages were a nice touch, I replayed this some times expecting a secret passage somewhere :-)