Rocky Roost by Andreas Roschal


In ROCKY ROOST you play as a small bird hatchling trying to protect your yet unhatched siblings from imminent dangers.
Controls
- WASD: Move
- Left Mouse Button: Peck Attack
- Right Mouse Button: Grab / Throw eggs (While mouse hovering over nearby eggs)
- Space: Jump while grounded / Stomp attack while airborne
Gameplay
You are fighting in a bird nest to protect the remaining unhatched eggs. The nest is very unstable and will tilt easily. Correct relocation of center of mass is crucial for you and the eggs to not fall over the border. You can grab and throw eggs around to balance things out.
Wind forces that get more frequent and stronger over time will require you to react fast if you want to succeed. Tipp: Use your airborne stomp attack to create a big impact and turn things around for a moment.
There are predators that are out to get their paws on your delicious unhatched siblings. Throw those intruders out of the nest before they can manage to steal any eggs.
The goal of the game is to keep at least one egg unharmed for as long as possible. You lose once all eggs have fallen out of the nest or have been stolen. You will see how long you managed to survive on the game over screen.
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|Grab and throw eggs to avoid them falling off and shift the center of mass.|
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|Use your stomp attack while airborne to add a large impact on the nest.|
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|With your quick peck attack you can defend against predators.|
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|While it might be risky, you can also use your stomp attack on enemies.|
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Assets and Resources
All assets and resources have been created ourselves.

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| Link | https://andreasroschal.itch.io/rocky-roost |
| Link | https://andreasroschal.itch.io/rocky-roost |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/rocky-roost |
Ratings
| Overall | 124th | 4.052⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 234th | 3.897⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 518th | 3.534⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 124th | 4.241⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 73th | 4.517⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 467th | 3.537⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 326th | 3.625⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 330th | 3.804⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 32🗨️ |
Balancing feels good! Nice graphics! Flying racoon makes me laugh!
This game feels awesome! Controls are good, graphics is cute, music is funny even if a bit monotonous.
I like the game a lot, this is just really funny.
It's just missing a bit of a tutorial window when you start the game.
I'm sorry for the others but for me this is the best game so far!
I like the graphics and the situation in the game
Super cute, stylish and well executed game!
Not sure I agree with the other comments about it being too easy early on, though - I think it feels about right as is, it's good to have a bit of time to just get the hang of the controls. (Though maybe I just feel that way because I'm playing on a laptop, so swapping between mouse/trackpad and keyboard controls is a little trickier?)