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Greedy Pigeon by jmborden

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made by jmborden for LD 38 (JAM)

The Greedy Pigeon takes the tips and leaves a mess in this Q*bert clone. Control the Greedy Pigeon with the WASD or Arrow Keys. Beware the sweeping broom and the boot of doom in 10 levels of gameplay!

HTML5 Game

Jam Version : https://jborden.github.io/ld38/

Post-Jam Version: https://jborden.github.io/ld38_postjam/ Now with leaderboard!

Works best in Chrome

Note: Initial load takes time so you'll be stuck on the title screen for a few moments initially. Sorry, no loading status bar.. coming in Post-Jam version!

Original Version is fully playable, however Post-Jam has a flatter difficulty curve and minor UI changes. As part of an ongoing process, I will be adding all of the great assets and animations created by Hassan into the game that there just wasn't time for in the jam!

Audio and Graphics - Hassan Estakhrian

Code - James Borden

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/greedy-pigeon

Ratings

Overall 707th 2.69⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 506th 2.931⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 659th 2.5⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 774th 1.8⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 667th 2.567⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 111th 3.767⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 73th 3.733⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 665th 2.593⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

🎤 jmborden
25. Apr 2017 · 01:28 UTC
Play game here: https://jborden.github.io/ld38/

Takes some time to load initially
Giardi
25. Apr 2017 · 23:28 UTC
Great adaptation of Q'Bert :D
Veralos
26. Apr 2017 · 11:20 UTC
I absolutely love the a capella soundtrack. The game over sound is really nice too. The graphics are also good, but they could use some more animation. The gameplay isn't amazingly fun, but it's functional and is enjoyable enough. I think you could probably explain it a bit more for people who haven't played Q'Bert, though.
Dragojt
26. Apr 2017 · 17:17 UTC
Nice QBert xD. I enjoyed the music! So funny game
davda
27. Apr 2017 · 13:37 UTC
The music is just awesome!
🎤 jmborden
27. Apr 2017 · 22:16 UTC
Thank you all for the feedback, I can't believe people are already finding this game!

Hassan is a brilliant musician, producer, audio engineer and digital artist. I am happy to see that you all enjoy his music and sound effects!

@veralos - I would appreciate any feedback to better explain gameplay. The original Q*bert used interlude animations for exposition. Hard to top that in the time allotted, but I would appreciate any kind of supplementary text that you think would help players. Thanks!
thiagowaw
28. Apr 2017 · 16:24 UTC
Hahaha​ funny game!
I Love the music :)

This is my compo game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/space-honey-the-adventure-of-little-bee
Matt Fabius
30. Apr 2017 · 04:34 UTC
I like the idea of using all A Capella music, and the gameplay is fun, although the buttons aren't very intuitive in my opinion.
slimabob
01. May 2017 · 01:41 UTC
Ahahaha nice. Very strange concept, but you managed to pull it off! I liked the music, though the controls were a bit tough to get used to. Great job! :)
JayTord
01. May 2017 · 07:08 UTC
That broom is always camping 2-3 bottom right tables and it's hard to step on them without being hit >_<

Game is simple, but nice, audio is definitely the best part. It's pretty good overall, but probably doesn't suit theme much.
OccultOne
01. May 2017 · 08:30 UTC
I played this on Livestream a Few Days Ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiOC3F43xF0

Solid base game, I found it pretty funny and I'm not easy to make laugh. "OH NO!" - I lost my crap at that far too often.
blaster391
01. May 2017 · 08:50 UTC
I loved the soundtrack, and audio in general. Graphics were nice and flashy (like I feel like they should be). The game itself feels very complete and polished, my only problems were that I struggled with hitting the right buttons to go in the direction I wanted, although this may be just because I have never played QBert!
sawtan
01. May 2017 · 17:38 UTC
The audio felt smooth and nice, I had some problems getting along with the controllers really, It's pretty obvious what to press when you look at the manual, but when in the game it didn't feel natural, other than that it felt complete and nice! Great job!
dayvidmoreira7
01. May 2017 · 20:11 UTC
The game have a good audio but miss game design!
imdigitaljim
01. May 2017 · 21:00 UTC
It's like Q-Bert! I think this is fantastic. Well done!
Epicsoft
01. May 2017 · 22:49 UTC
Good idea. Hahaha, so greedy
Brainy_Beard
02. May 2017 · 08:24 UTC
Pretty good, interesting music, fun gameplay could do with more levels / more enemy types, pretty challenging. Nice job.
La mecanique du plastique
11. May 2017 · 14:09 UTC
Soundtrack made me think of Bill Wurtz's music style, loved it ! I had some troubles with the controls, very tough to get used to but your game is based on a fun idea. Nice work !