Clive's Flight by Ben Newington

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made by Ben Newington for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

A game about protecting your baby birds

We are continuing to work on the game after the jam, if you wish to play the most updated version that we have spent more than 72 hours on you can do so here: https://clivethebird.itch.io/clives-flight

Programming: Ben Newington, TheMightyTrout, UnidentifiedBody

Art: gil1999, TheMightyTrout, Ben Newington

Music: Sammo2929

Ratings

Overall 2268th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2239th 2.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1500th 3.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1852th 3.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1510th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 696th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1833th 3⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Andret0701
21. Apr 2020 · 13:11 UTC
Looked cool, but sadly i didnt get it to work...
Snowirbis
21. Apr 2020 · 13:23 UTC
It looked like you had a great idea, dounds and graphics are good, but there was hundreds of errors in the console, and the only thing I could do was fly around :slight_smile:
Keep up !
🎤 Ben Newington
21. Apr 2020 · 14:34 UTC
Thank you everyone for your very kind feedback! This was our first jam (and first game) ever. We were very rushed to finished it and published it in a very buggy state. Nevertheless we're still very happy with how it turned out and are continuing to work on it. If anyone wants to play a less buggy version that runs in browser you can do that here: https://clivethebird.itch.io/clives-flight


We will continue to update the project on that page
John Snyder
21. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
Presentation was very solid. Graphics look great and the audio was on point. I wasn't able to do much other than fly around when it looked like I could do more. I couldn't interact with the other birds that were attacking my nest and I couldn't gather food. Also the pause button on the top right corner did not seem to work. I hope you continue working and improving!
Nazorus
22. Apr 2020 · 09:58 UTC
I really like the simplicity of the gameplay and the visuals are very cute. The bird sound effects and the soft guitar track (which I assume is homemade :smile: ) are nice and relaxing.

Indeed there seems to be an issue with cherries because I couldn't see any while testing, I will probably try the updated version later out of curiosity.

Good job on this jam :v:
Gao Ming
22. Apr 2020 · 10:08 UTC
Good!
Maaya
22. Apr 2020 · 12:27 UTC
What a cute game, I really like the art! Couldn't pick up cherries, unfortunately. But I like the idea a lot :)
🎤 Ben Newington
22. Apr 2020 · 14:00 UTC
@nazorus @maaya

Thank you for your kind reviews :)

You need to hover near cherries for a while before you collect them

They should wiggle when you are close enough :)
Black Flag
23. Apr 2020 · 17:00 UTC
Really liked the graphics and the peaceful atmosphere! I didn't really get anywhere apart from flying around, but the controls felt really smooth! The concept was also great, and for a first jam this was a really good game!
JonasMumm
23. Apr 2020 · 17:40 UTC
Congrats on finishing your first game, and good job for creating all the assets yourselves! I liked the vivid colors, soothing music and zoomy bird controls :)
fabula_rasa
24. Apr 2020 · 09:34 UTC
Greetings fellow Godoters :). Yes, Godot is indeed the best!

I loved the color palette you have chosen and the music very great, very relaxing. Concept is great and unique! Really nice idea.

The gameplay itself could still really use some work.
It was sadly very unclear to me what exactly I am supposed to feed my little birds and how to do that. First, I was searching around for some warms and stuff. But, failing to find any, I figured the only source of food is the trees. So I was frantically flying around the trees but nothing seemed to be happening. I managed to feed the babies once, but how - I still have no idea.

What I'm laboriously getting at here ;) is - some feedback for the player would be nice! Some UI element showing you that you picked up some food. Or just make those food items more obvious in the world, so the player can clearly see that they picked up something when they disappear.

Chasing away the other birds worked just fine though :).

I also experienced some hitches. Pretty regular even. No matter if flying in the air, near the ground or in the tree coronas - the game would just periodically freeze up for like half a second.
SP3sheep
24. Apr 2020 · 09:38 UTC
Well done on your first game, still needs some polishing but overall a very nice game
TheMightyTrout
24. Apr 2020 · 16:37 UTC
@fabula-rasa. thank you for your feedback, its much appreciated.

one of the things that i realise we need to do is some tweaks to how hard it is to pick up the fruit as well as some other things.
im not sure why their were some glitches of freezing and will also look into that.

im really glad you like the colours concept and peaceful environment and hopefully you will come back and test and updated version soon
Beard or Die
24. Apr 2020 · 17:11 UTC
The music was very enjoyable and the artwork quite lovely. Keep jamming! (Reciprocal ratings always appreciated)
SAVVU
25. Apr 2020 · 08:57 UTC
That one was an awesome experience! I love being able to fly around and explore and of course I tried flyong as high as possible haha! Was great to see the stars and that the backround changed! Well done nice game.
HadB
25. Apr 2020 · 11:12 UTC
I really enjoyed being able to play a bird, it's unusual. The atmosphere is very relaxing

I don't know if it's normal, but once the timer's over, the game freezes. I just have this in the console.
![capture_clives.PNG](///raw/6e5/d2/z/332d0.png)

Other than that, great job! :D
TheMightyTrout
25. Apr 2020 · 13:54 UTC
really appreciate the feedback, we are still yet to implement an end game screen which means the current freeze at the end is normal and we are still working on it to improve it (outside the jam)
Sebeee
26. Apr 2020 · 17:47 UTC
The graphics are really good.