Sky Rats by JemSmith

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!

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

| itch.io | https://daniellochner.itch.io/sky-rats |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/sky-rats |
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🗨️ |

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!
A good game that demands replays. Easy recommend!
omg one of my favorites you guys did a wonderful job the music is fire , the gameplay is fire , the art is fire CONGRATS !!!
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.

Almost 20k! (i'm Zhao on the screenshot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuddhZScWxo
Playing this game was possibly the only time in my life where I have enjoyed Seagulls.
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.