The Raven Job by MeowMeowLitClub

made by MeowMeowLitClub for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Sometimes, the smartest DETECTIVE is also the sneakiest THIEF.

In this quiet little town, you are a clever raven, snatching shiny treasures and uncovering human secrets.

The bell tolls... The market is about to close!

How much can you collect before time runs out?

The Raven Job is a short role-playing game where you play as a cunning raven with a taste for shiny objects.
Within a limited time, swoop across the town square and snatch as many glittering treasures as you can from passersby — before they notice and fight back!

The Raven Job is a short role-playing game where you play as a cunning raven with a taste for shiny objects.

Within a limited time, swoop across the town square and snatch as many glittering treasures as you can from passersby — before they notice and fight back.

CONTROLS: * WASD / Arrow Keys: Move & Explore * F: Grab shiny things (steal from unsuspecting passersby!) * Hold SHIFT: Dash away before they get angry!

FEATURES: ✨ * 6 Unique Items to discover! * 3 Different Endings to unlock! * Endless fun with your raven persona!

Have fun with Raven!! 🥺

Link	https://meowmeowliteraryclub.itch.io/the-raven-job
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/the-raven-job

Ratings

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14🗨️

Feedback

Threeli

Oct 06th · 19:56 UTC

FYI, and maybe it's just me, but I'm getting a 404:

"If you're seeing this error, it means I can't find your index.html file.

This usually means you created your .zip file by zipping the entire folder, and index.html is somewhere like MyGame/index.html. If you recreate your .zip with index.html file in the root, this error should go away.

See the embedding guide for more details. ludumdare.com/resources/guides/embedding/

404 Not Found"

Hopefully it is just needing to rename it?

thingus

Oct 06th · 21:32 UTC

It's a little funky on the embedded player; it's better on Itch, but you might want to make the game window a bit bigger in your Itch page settings. Nice effort, though!

Kamilah

Oct 06th · 21:36 UTC

This is a fun simple game! Love the art style and the music is really good too.

gold.daniel

Oct 06th · 21:37 UTC

Nice job! Lots of people on this one. I liked the art and audio of the game it was fun, animations were simple. I had a hard time telling if I was doing a good job or not? It felt like there was not enough player feedback. Good entry!

DolaLuffy

Oct 07th · 02:02 UTC

Great Art and Great Game !

🎤 MeowMeowLitClub

Oct 07th · 02:42 UTC

@threeli hallo dear！ thanks for the feedback, yesterday we fighted until last second to fix this problem,would like to invite you try our new version! It would be grateful if you enjoy it!

🎤 MeowMeowLitClub

Oct 07th · 02:44 UTC

@thingus Thanks for your feedback! we already update a new version, feel free comment and have fun!

Adrien Tremblay

Oct 07th · 02:59 UTC

The art is great. The perspective is a bit weird though

haka

Oct 07th · 03:03 UTC

The art style is breathtaking! This is so polished for a jam game. The sense of design is amazing, from the UI to the itch page itself. The motion design is fantastic and the BGM is a perfect match! My only small piece of feedback would be to maybe tighten up the game feel. But it's an amazing game nonetheless!

GuyInGrey

Oct 07th · 03:09 UTC

This was quite fun! I got a divide by zero error that broke the game on the collection page when hitting the right-side arrow, but beyond that it was great

Threeli

Oct 07th · 04:14 UTC

I played it, great work! I agree with @haka and @gold-daniel, a minor issue with player feedback feeling a little nebulous but honestly this feels close to a professional design. Pretty blown away by the amount of work on display here. Are you and the team considering working on it further?

LDJam user 243322

Oct 07th · 05:05 UTC

I love the art, music, and how it all comes together! The raven is adorable and I enjoyed all the little touches of personality. I agree with other commenters that the lack of feedback makes it hard to tell how well I'm doing. Awesome stuff overall :)

Sharky3188

Oct 07th · 06:43 UTC

The art and music are really standout here, the whole thing has a lot of character. It would be nice if there was a touch more feedback on some of the interactions. Would love a meta game with the items you steal.
Really nice UI work.

LDJam user 382819

Oct 07th · 07:53 UTC

I was drawn in by the cover art and am truly amazed by the level of artistic detail, which I really adore. What surprised me was that even the mouse cursor icon was customized—it's absolutely adorable, and I love it so much. However, the art style feels quite inconsistent once you enter the game. Especially when stealing items, a square image suddenly pops up, which really breaks the immersion. This could have been executed better.

Tamino Laub

Oct 07th · 09:04 UTC

Very cute game! Loved the sound and the graphics.

ersanshan23

Oct 07th · 10:00 UTC

This is incredibly cute!! Can't wait to explore more content – I'm hooked! 🥰

OldDog

Oct 07th · 15:28 UTC

The visuals and music are absolutely fantastic! The gameplay is simple yet unique, and the characters are incredibly cute.

Yling2003

Oct 07th · 16:48 UTC

Art is so gooood, and raven is cute, glad to see such a unique creature in the game!

roumo1025

Oct 07th · 17:12 UTC

love this game!!!

LDJam user 277851

Oct 07th · 19:42 UTC

![t0.png](///raw/b5d/34/z/6ebba.png)
# Just a random doodle for your cute crow

Slurp

Oct 08th · 06:26 UTC

风格非常可爱！但是向上键似乎失灵了，这让操作变得困难。

santen

Oct 09th · 01:56 UTC

@slurp非常感谢你的反馈！这对我们来说非常宝贵，我们会将这个问题记录下来

SkySakura2005

Oct 09th · 08:32 UTC

Such a cuteeeee raven. I like this thief simulatior hahaha!!!

Welcome to play and rate our itabag game!!!

peggy404

Oct 09th · 16:34 UTC

好玩爱玩！！！玩了好几遍哈哈哈哈，可惜最高分也就9000多，一开始就被老师们的美术吸引了，真的很喜欢这种风格，如果开头新手教程放得慢一点就更好了

santen

Oct 10th · 01:28 UTC

@peggy404哇！感谢老师的反馈！🥰

santen

Oct 10th · 01:31 UTC

(@skysakura2005感谢评论！我去玩了你们做的游戏，怎么这么有趣😍！

sakuraya

Oct 10th · 09:49 UTC

太可爱了！！！之前就看到了游戏的宣发！！！超级可爱，我是一只小乌鸦我偷偷偷偷！不过小建议是玩下来感觉不是很清楚到底需要怎么样才可以过关（有点缺少目标性？？？），但是真的很萌很萌的小游戏！！！

UMC049

Oct 10th · 16:35 UTC

感觉玩的有点懵，各种意义上的……操作上有时候在人旁边显示能偷有时候又不能，有时候显示能偷但按了偷东西也还是偷不到，可能是判定框有点怪？另外不知道是怎样才算过关（也可能是写了但我没太仔细读错过了），我已经偷完了场上所有人的东西但倒计时仍然没结束，另外游戏内查看背包也能看到物品描述带有些不知道是什么意思的数字。除玩法外，美术画风还是不错的，音乐也还行虽然曲子旋律律动比较单调一直单曲重复播放可能连续玩两三次就容易觉得会有点点烦噪。音乐音效上似乎有个bug，倒计时结束后返回至主界面时游戏中钟表滴答声仍然不会停止

santen

Oct 11th · 00:45 UTC

@sakuraya！非常感谢你的建议！

santen

Oct 11th · 01:07 UTC

@umc049超级感谢你！！提出了我们目前做的不足的地方，这对我们来说很有帮助。有闪光的特效表示是可以偷的，超过时限人会发现乌鸦然后生气，这个情况下是偷不了的，偷完但倒计时没结束确实是我们没有考虑到的点。关卡只有1个但可以根据结果的不同达成3种不同的成就。不知道背包的物品描述出现数字具体是指左边提示框里的描述出现数字吗？还是指下面那个收集数量的数字？倒计时结束返回至主界面游戏钟表仍然不停止这个可能是个别出现的bug，我去反馈记录一下。

santen

Oct 11th · 01:34 UTC

@adrien-tremblay Thank you for your suggestion—it's been very helpful! Could you clarify what exactly you mean by “perspective”? Are you referring to the window size in which the game runs, or the perspective of the game's background visuals?

🎤 MeowMeowLitClub

Oct 11th · 04:37 UTC

![微信图片_20251011123426_81_78.png](///raw/662/53/z/6f3e1.png)
@thyoi I finally have time to turn your back!! Your art job is so AMAZING!! We all group love this soooo much and we are so moved! Thank you!!

David Yee

Oct 11th · 05:50 UTC

@umc049 感恩你宝贵的建议对于音乐，音乐确实只做了几个bar 所以会导致重复的听感，我会考虑优化让音乐发展更丰富不让loop感过于明显。

Amiuke

Oct 11th · 15:41 UTC

很可爱的小乌鸦！！萌之萌之！bgm也喜欢

Adrien Tremblay

Oct 11th · 16:08 UTC

@santen. Like the world appears to be from the top-down perspective ie. Camera looking straight down. But the characters are drawn as if from a side view (camera looking at them from the side). So it jsut feels a bit wonky

YibiRabbit007

Oct 13th · 04:25 UTC

Interesting, a bird transformed into a thief. Using 'Ya Lei Ya Lei' as the cover is so cool haha.

- The theft takes a very short time and seems to have very inaccurate collision detection.

- The introduction in the beginning was very quick. At first, I could only move, then got expelled. Well, that's all for now.

Good luck for your team! Attached are my feelings and experiences from my kitten's playtime.

![ThanksCAT.gif](///raw/afd/36/z/6f578.gif)

Ciphereo

Oct 13th · 08:03 UTC

非常可爱的游戏！一个小建议感觉反馈和判定有点弱，很多时候我都不知道自己到底偷没偷到东西，希望能进一步优化！小乌鸦太萌啦，好会设计！！很有趣的游戏，bgm也很好听！

Frau Blut-Kranz

Oct 13th · 11:58 UTC

Very pretty game. Nice music too. Love the premise. I tried so hard to steal as much as I could! The little crow sounds were so cute. And the objects he stole were very shiny too. Very well put together. Perfect for the jam.

santen

Oct 13th · 15:16 UTC

@amiuke感动！感谢反馈和喜欢！！

santen

Oct 13th · 15:20 UTC

@adrien-tremblay Oh, I see! Thank you for your suggestion. We hadn't realized this issue existed before, but we'll make a note of it and try to make adjustments in the future. We're very happy to receive your feedback—thank you so much!

santen

Oct 13th · 15:24 UTC

@yibirabbit007 非常感谢你的反馈！！（我喜欢这个小猫动画，好可爱

5757

Oct 13th · 15:24 UTC

好萌好萌，感觉ui以及整体画面都很成熟，就是有的时候不知道哪里是生气了，但是好精致，画面音效以及ui都很棒！！！

santen

Oct 13th · 15:56 UTC

@5757 谢谢老师的喜欢和反馈！

ljol3

Oct 14th · 01:23 UTC

Super cute style, premise, and theme!

thegrottman

Oct 21st · 17:52 UTC

It's so adorable, oh my goodness... My heart cannot contain it <3 It's such a perfect little game, great job <3

Jcourt

Oct 21st · 23:48 UTC

As others have said, the art is really good! I feel like the gameplay could be improved in some areas, with some obstacles like furniture or buildings to avoid, or humans with different behaviors - anything that would add some variety. Also, small detail, but I appreciated the settings menu.