Sky Rats by JemSmith

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made by JemSmith for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

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Take to the skies in Sky Rats, a totally realistic seagull simulator.

Scavenge, steal, and squawk your way around Bowerboy's Pier, grabbing junk food and popping balloons at perilous speeds! Collect items in quick succession to build combos and score high before time runs out!

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Controls:

  • Move: Mouse
  • Flap: Left Click
  • Invert Mouse: Y

Team:

  • Daniel Lochner: Programming and Design
  • Dean Bowerman: Art and Level Design
  • Jem Smith: Programming and Design
  • Jason Sutherland: Sound and Music
  • Anja "Nanna" Venter: Logo and Graphic Design

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Ratings

Overall 5th 4.469⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2th 4.563⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 128th 3.875⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 448th 3.797⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 53th 4.531⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 70th 4.078⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 7th 4.484⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 68th 4.219⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 68🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

brygpo
07. Oct 2024 · 22:49 UTC
the game made me smile and say out loud 'this rules' moments after starting it, so i think you rly knocked it out of the park! really nailed the energy of being a nuisance at the pier
Wispeh
07. Oct 2024 · 22:53 UTC
So much detail was packed into this! I love how frenetic and chaotic the gameplay is. I was able to do a few loops of the place and get some items from the jet ski as well as under the pier, before eventually figuring out how not die so often. I wasn't expecting a full-boown scoreboard! The design of the models, music and the way the flying feels is excellent! Bloody good stuff!
![score.jpg](///raw/5e9/1/z/6770c.jpg)
Kluvenlaroplan
07. Oct 2024 · 22:57 UTC
Loved It!
It was extremely satisfying stealing burgers from peoples hands, and you have just nailed the general game feel here! this was awesome - The concept and theme is just awesome!
W.E.Rue
07. Oct 2024 · 22:57 UTC
oh to be a sky rat
SteD
07. Oct 2024 · 22:59 UTC
I love this game. So fun to play. Sound, Art, Gameplay, everything is as it should be. Great job!
LDJam user 320773
07. Oct 2024 · 23:24 UTC
ARE YOU A RAT WITH WINGS?!

A good game that demands replays. Easy recommend!
LDJam user 233347
08. Oct 2024 · 10:49 UTC
Take a dump on everything :laughing: Awesome entry!
DanoKa
08. Oct 2024 · 12:07 UTC
![Capture d'écran 2024-10-08 140657.png](///raw/453/e5/z/67df2.png)
omg one of my favorites you guys did a wonderful job the music is fire , the gameplay is fire , the art is fire CONGRATS !!!
Tom Holt
08. Oct 2024 · 12:52 UTC
Loved the game, graphics are great and it was fun to just keep replaying. Love the overall leaderboard on it too.
Malte Hedenstrom
08. Oct 2024 · 17:54 UTC
What a fun game this was, never thought I would actually enjoy seagulls but you've convinced me otherwise. You all should be proud of what you've made
SeiRan
08. Oct 2024 · 17:59 UTC
Very fun game(sad my crappy pc couldnt run it smoothly).
llikdowk
09. Oct 2024 · 11:19 UTC
Really polished entry. Quite impressed at how nice flying feels, the controls are great, and the art and level design is solid. There are a lot of tiny challenges within the world and I had a lot of fun trying to steal everything I could find.

Personally, I don't like scores very much and I'd have been playing for longer if there wasn't a time up, because I enjoyed flying around causing as much trouble as possible. When I really got into the seagull mindset and started to enjoy terrorising everyone like all seagulls do, the game pulled me out with the end screen. On the other side, I udnerstand it's better for the townsfolk to only have one minute of seagull terror at a time.
captainzo
09. Oct 2024 · 11:19 UTC
Very fun game ! It’s incredible that you managed to produce this game in such a short time! The only small issue I found is that you have to use Alt+F4 to quit... But otherwise, great work! :smile:
HardyTryer
09. Oct 2024 · 11:20 UTC
haha. That was really funny. A very well polished game!
steel465
09. Oct 2024 · 11:22 UTC
Really well made, incredible game, I'm incredibly impressed
Gaudy
09. Oct 2024 · 11:22 UTC
a very cool game in everything, music, controls, gameplay, lvl design, idea, it's all just gorgeous
Chocolat-Endive
09. Oct 2024 · 12:27 UTC
A fun game with a leaderboard! I'm in! I'd love is a longer version. I've not spotted real issues with collision, and that's something hard in this kind of game! It would be nice to have a more elaborate scoring system, with ways to extend the duration of the session. Loved all the details and things placed in weird places. That's one of my favorite entries for LD56!

![skyrat.jpg](///raw/477/91/z/68433.jpg)

Almost 20k! (i'm Zhao on the screenshot)
block97
09. Oct 2024 · 12:38 UTC
My first crash was into a bag of trash, and then the death screen said trashed very fitting, had a blast playing!
thatcher roehl
09. Oct 2024 · 12:39 UTC
this is incredibly well made, i may be bad at it but it's a ton of fun
Guiik
09. Oct 2024 · 17:15 UTC
Wow this is amazing ! So many details in the map, definitely the best game I played for now
beanboi
09. Oct 2024 · 19:28 UTC
Loved this game the controls were very intuitive and the environment was great. I would have liked a volume control but other than that its great!
NickHellquist
09. Oct 2024 · 19:31 UTC
Very nice entry, great fly mechanic, and movement overall. It's hard to pull off! Nice, solid, art-style, easy to see the objective items, and solid sfx. Great job :)
Ategon
12. Oct 2024 · 07:52 UTC
Hey, im the host for Score Chasers this year and wanted to ask if youre fine with me using gameplay from the game in this LDs [score chasers tournament](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/$405421/ludum-dare-score-chasers-qualification-begins) intermission video. (Would play in the breaks of the tournament on my stream). Last LD for reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuddhZScWxo
🎤 JemSmith
12. Oct 2024 · 14:24 UTC
Hi @ategon, you're totally welcome to, yeah. Thanks!
Rohun
16. Oct 2024 · 18:31 UTC
Sky Rats is the next ESport game! I need to get on the highscore board but everyone is too good
Emsea
19. Oct 2024 · 22:13 UTC
The music is a little over powering. I would have appreciated a settings menu (or some kind of pause menu in general) that allowed me to adjust the volume a bit. But that's not a biggie cause you guys obviously put time in to the things that mattered. The art style and audio are cohesive and I found the control to be intuitive and not as unforgiving as some streamers have demonstrated.

Playing this game was possibly the only time in my life where I have enjoyed Seagulls.
Gerrit
31. Oct 2024 · 10:30 UTC
What a cool idea :D Great execution!
NBumgardner
06. Nov 2024 · 02:19 UTC
It captures a soaring feeling really well. I don't know how hard it is too add a pause on death, but that might help users recognize when they crash and what they could have ran into.

Building combos is hard but grabbing pickups is intuitive with the outlines and not too difficult to learn. Restarts are quick, sometimes too quick because I will press a Windows key or click the game to gain focus, and we are off to the races!

I like the whimsey of the art direction and good reuse of sprites in a believable setting.