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HOOT WIRELESS HOOT WIRELESS","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1192666,"author_name":"LDJam user 233659","author_uid":"233659","epoch":1776712486,"text":"@pres2300 It 100% is! I was in a call with my testing crew, \"HOOT WIRELESS\" is like a vocal tick with us, and with the whole bird theme I *had* to add it to the game lol.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1193447,"author_name":"Paroxysmal","author_uid":"paroxysmal","epoch":1776727596,"text":"Loved this. Has a very rhythm game feel. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1197519,"author_name":"Wouter52","author_uid":"wouter52","epoch":1776777642,"text":"The sound design was just :ok_hand: So well done! I loved this game, it did not really require my brain if you know what I mean :)\nI did not understand the DAB function, is it just for funsies? Or do some birds react to it? I couldn't figure that out yet\n\nThe birds are so cute btw! :blue_heart: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1197726,"author_name":"LDJam user 233659","author_uid":"233659","epoch":1776779137,"text":"@wouter52 hey thanks for checking out my game! (just checked out yours actually heh)\n\nThe dab feature was one of many \"just for fun\" parts that ended up in the game. You can blame my testers (and me as well). :laughing:","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201771,"author_name":"LDJam user 179040","author_uid":"179040","epoch":1776809518,"text":"I played a lot of NES games as a kid, and let me tell you something: This would have been right at home alongside \"Paperboy\" and the like. Had a lot of fun playing crossing guard to birds and eggs, even if I'm a bit dubious about the size of some of those houses. (Must be egg houses.) The music is fantastic, and the visuals are also very good. Excellent work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203634,"author_name":"Aannnnman","author_uid":"aannnnman","epoch":1776844362,"text":"This game gives me nostalgia for the Sega era, even though I was born in 2006. I love pixel art.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1208089,"author_name":"braktheman","author_uid":"braktheman","epoch":1776913234,"text":"We love a good fidgety dab button. Really fun and nostalgic game. Loved the music and the vibes.\n\nDid have a few times on the later stages where eggs seemed to spawn very frequently early on and then none spawned for the second half of the stage - not sure if that was just bad luck or a bug.\n\nGreat work! Had a fun time!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1208211,"author_name":"zakchaos","author_uid":"zakchaos","epoch":1776919082,"text":"Great job!\nreally enjoyed thoroughly, my favorite was the pacing before sounds with the footseps sound effect, and end stage effect. really great feedback made it feel really polished and enjoyable. \nlook forward to seeing your other games!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1209853,"author_name":"Frib","author_uid":"frib","epoch":1776961286,"text":"That was pretty neat! I played until stage 6, I have no idea how many stages there are but other than the difficulty increases I think I've seen everything. The gameplay loop works pretty well, while it may seem simple, it gets tricky later on when birds are approaching close to each other and eggs are rolling everywhere. Also, love the small details and the dab bar :D\n\nGood job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213553,"author_name":"William Corrin","author_uid":"william-corrin","epoch":1777080683,"text":"This is such a cute game. I really love almost all aspects of it, the game has a surprising level of polish with animations on text, background sprites, good music and SFX, its really a great entry.\n\nThe one thing is the gameplay controls are a bit awkward, I feel like the pointing kind of works in the opposite way i would expect, or maybe there needs to be some more visual indicators on what arrows are allowing which streets to cross and which ones are blocked.\n\nGreat stuff ovearll!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213840,"author_name":"Roroto Sic","author_uid":"roroto-sic","epoch":1777105404,"text":"First of all : musics are absolute master piece !\nit was a fun arcade game in a cute and tricky world !\n\n\nim a mayor yeepeeee\n\n\n![Capture d\u2019\u00e9cran 2026-04-25 102303.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/d93\/94\/z\/72a94.jpg)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1217359,"author_name":"VenomousMouse","author_uid":"venomousmouse","epoch":1777297757,"text":"Very lovely animals and very cute game. I like the mechanic.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1217375,"author_name":"LDJam user 243193","author_uid":"243193","epoch":1777299440,"text":" I got collision of bird vs egg before any of them reached intersection.\nBut anyways, nice traffic control game. Turns out I had to wait for birds to reach intersection before I could give signal to them.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1217456,"author_name":"GeraldFIngBurke","author_uid":"geraldfingburke","epoch":1777302886,"text":"Phenomenal entry! Loved the music, super cute art. I did hit an issue where a bird rear ended another and it caused a fail state, but that's a small problem.\n\n![Screenshot 2026-04-27 111305.png](\/\/\/raw\/4a9\/8\/z\/72ce6.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1220223,"author_name":"shores","author_uid":"shores","epoch":1777653715,"text":"Had a lot of fun dancing in between regulating the traffic! Perhaps if the delays between animations were shorter dancing would've looked even better than it already does! The game itself is nice, and the music was really enjoyable too! Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224060,"author_name":"Ringarune","author_uid":"ringarune","epoch":1778205281,"text":"Really fun game! Loved the take on the theme, the aesthetics, and music. The gameplay was also a fun little loop to play through :>","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224326,"author_name":"DontGiveUpBoy","author_uid":"dontgiveupboy","epoch":1778251246,"text":"I loved music so much! I have fealing of NES 8-bit. This is my childnes.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224730,"author_name":"DontGiveUpBoy","author_uid":"dontgiveupboy","epoch":1778302326,"text":"I rate 5 in all categories. Beautiful music, good pacing, good arts, and wonderfull idea. I hope all my collisions was super gentle.))","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224731,"author_name":"DontGiveUpBoy","author_uid":"dontgiveupboy","epoch":1778302838,"text":"I really liked Numbus. He looks like Michael Jackson to me. For a second, I thought he was dancing. 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There's only so long to wait before the birds gotta fly.\n\nLook out for the eggs! They just go (can't see, only move forward)!\n\n![Screenshot from 2026-04-19 17-47-34.png](\/\/\/raw\/bb0\/93\/z\/704d7.png)\n\n### Standard LD Addendums and Disclaimers:\n\nAs is the rules for Ludum Dare, my game's source is available as the zipped GameMaker project format on the itch page. There is very little in the way of comments and I would not suggest you borrow most of the practices you see.\n\nI will also take a moment to note that no so-called \"generative AI\" or any AI tools for that matter, were used in the making of this game. Everything was handmade with my actual imagination at the helm and various tools I've acquired over the years.\n\nThe following tools were \n- Proton Compatibility Layer\n- GameMaker LTS\n- Beepbox\n- Reaper\n- Aseprite\n- Samson USB Microphone\n- A little help from my friends for testing and sanity checks","title":"Numbus Crossing","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20260411040150","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/425375+425335+425295+425276+425187+425183+425177+425133+425126+425121?author&parent&superparent","source":"global-node-catalog"}}