Chicken Dinner by Brusi

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made by Brusi for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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You play a chicken in a coop, trying to escape the hungry farmer. Will you be able to delay the inevitable?

Control with the arrow keys/WASD

Credits: - Programming: Ido Adler - Programming and Art: Ori Brusilovsky - Music and SFX: Shaked Lotan - Font by somepx@

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Ratings

Overall 235th 3.903⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 123th 3.986⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 385th 3.597⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 68th 4.292⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 294th 4.139⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 80th 4.125⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 57th 4.243⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 368th 3.792⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 237945
04. Apr 2022 · 16:37 UTC
From visuals to sound design to innovative idea and mechanics - this was great!
LDJam user 278918
04. Apr 2022 · 16:44 UTC
Great job! The music and sounds really fit the game, which has a good concept.
AdroitConceptions
05. Apr 2022 · 00:42 UTC
- would have been really interesting to be able to tire out the farmer on the last day by keeping him running for a long time... but eventually nothing happens and it get boring... and we just let it happen.
- gameplay was interesting
- gameplay worked well for a jam gam
- graphics, music, sfx were all coherent and worked well.
esayitch
05. Apr 2022 · 15:19 UTC
Great work as usual, guys, loved it!
arqitech
05. Apr 2022 · 16:07 UTC
Fun game! The graphics are funny and the way the farmer chases the chickens is hilarious :laughing:
Guy Girmonsky
05. Apr 2022 · 18:16 UTC
Fun take on the theme, glad to see some GameIs representation!

First time caught me off guard, good thing I'm no chicken.

The art is well done in my opinion, only thing I'd say is I expected the environment to interact more - I did some ankle breakers around the rocks, until I noticed we can actually go through them.

But overall a fun game and a great submission, well done!
🎤 Brusi
05. Apr 2022 · 18:26 UTC
@guy-girmonsky At first we intended the rocks to be obstacles but it caused a bunch of problems, both chickens and farmer would hit it awkwardly, especially the ones that are near the edges of the fence. So we decided to keep them as visual only.
bodCodes
05. Apr 2022 · 22:16 UTC
Hilarious game - from the farmer's outstretched arms to the chicken clucks to the excellent music. Having kited the farmer around quite a lot I do believe he really is hungry so the outcome is not so bad.
LDJam user 261538
06. Apr 2022 · 01:53 UTC
Nice work! This was funny and cute. It took me a while to realize the trick to avoiding the farmer was to change directions a lot. But I made it in the end! Till the last day..
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BadPiggy
06. Apr 2022 · 13:10 UTC
Great little arcade game. I wasn't too sure why excatly my chicken slowed down a bit ( stamina maybe ? ) and I thought the dust clouds under his legs meant that the farmer was interested in him. I liked that there weren't any indicators to show who the farmer was chasing though ( maybe the dust clouds were the indicator, but I'm still not sure ). This actually kept a nice amount of tension in the game ( kinda made it a horror game in a few ways when the tension got a little high lol ). Cool little arcade entry
She Wrote
07. Apr 2022 · 00:14 UTC
Clever idea, and the game is hilarious. Well done!
ImmanentDeath
07. Apr 2022 · 02:54 UTC
Very well polished and intuitive. I found myself directing the farmer to my poultry brethren to save myself. The hardest choices require the strongest wills.
JoeShanahan
07. Apr 2022 · 19:21 UTC
How do you outrun a farmer? You don't, you outrun the chicken next to you :wink:

Really polished entry here, and a pretty original idea too - enjoyed this entry!
Jake G
08. Apr 2022 · 02:39 UTC
I thought this was so fun and hilarious, it definitely had me laughing. I became the chicken dinner 😭🍗
Cary Stanley
08. Apr 2022 · 02:54 UTC
Really Great Game!! Graphics and Music fit really well.

I love how it connects with the theme and has a natural difficulty progression as each day passes.

Reminds me of that story about the chasing wild bear: "I don't need to outrun the bear, just outrun you"

:runner:
Stalemeat
08. Apr 2022 · 07:44 UTC
Cool, I got to the end I guess. The last chicken standing! Don't know if it was strategy or a bug but circling the farmer will never get you caught. Overall a nice entry. The art was really good with the animations of the chicken and the dust. The music really set the farm mood too. Good work!
csLupius
08. Apr 2022 · 07:48 UTC
Awesome, very well done, I don't really have any bad reviews
Trev3lyan
08. Apr 2022 · 08:00 UTC
This got a laugh out of me. Great art and audio, nicely polished.
Debone
08. Apr 2022 · 08:01 UTC
Day 7: I guess I will die ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Great game!
mmisspelling
08. Apr 2022 · 08:05 UTC
very cute and polished, perfect idea for a gamejam. good job on the pathfinding by the farmer too, it all feels very smooth.
Stefan Funke
08. Apr 2022 · 08:18 UTC
This was amazing :)

It is however possible to survive forever on the last day by just walking in a small cirlce around the farmer. It seems the exhaustion is reset after some time, although I'm still running. Which might be a bug?

Cool entry! Good job :)
CocaPasteque
08. Apr 2022 · 08:39 UTC
Nice little game there, the music is fun and the art is on point :)
Good job!
Diccuric_Sigeon
08. Apr 2022 · 08:40 UTC
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
LDJam user 263516
08. Apr 2022 · 08:46 UTC
cute, FUNNY, simple, and polished. good work. for something so simple, this is genuinely enjoyable. you nailed the handling on the chicken; manoeuvring around the farmer to sacrifice the other chickens instead is tense and skill-based.
neowhoru
08. Apr 2022 · 09:13 UTC
a really funny small game - managed to get to the last day haha.
But then i had nothing left to do as die haha.

Really funny game with cute graphics and perfect matching soundtrack.
sdelay
08. Apr 2022 · 09:59 UTC
wow this is briliant : beautiful art, funny music, funny theme! great!
Gonzo13
08. Apr 2022 · 10:20 UTC
Cool art and sound! Gameplay is very fun! Great entry!
cloudinksk
08. Apr 2022 · 10:54 UTC
Well, the end was quite predictable... Great game, I liked playing it. The graphics is great, and country music adds much to the overall atmosphere!
Theo Clarke
08. Apr 2022 · 16:59 UTC
Really great game. Love the graphics and audio. It's super simple but it does everything it needs to do in order to be fun!
LDJam user 234567
08. Apr 2022 · 18:52 UTC
Simple but very funny! I reached day 7 and after 5 min of turning around I decided to let the farmer catch me :cry: It's unevitable!
F1Krazy
08. Apr 2022 · 19:51 UTC
I enjoyed this, especially how the number of chickens gets gradually whittled down over time and it naturally becomes harder and harder to get the farmer to snatch one of them instead of you. The graphics and sound give it a pleasantly light-hearted tone, considering this is a game where you're tricking your friends into being killed and eaten in your place.

I don't know whether this is an intentional feature or not, but your movement speed seems to really vary. You'll be running away from the farmer and all of a sudden you'll slow to a crawl. It's still possible to avoid him if you know what you're doing, but I found it rather annoying and would prefer if your movement was more consistent. That's my only real gripe, though. Good job overall!
Supersonic
09. Apr 2022 · 10:16 UTC
fun game, cool play and funny audio as well, great job!
ArcticMattekar
09. Apr 2022 · 11:58 UTC
I love the idea! The game is polished and the animations are really funny!
Nice job :thumbsup: :hatching_chick:
_for_science
09. Apr 2022 · 12:00 UTC
Clever idea, fun gameplay and a neat and clear visual style! :thumbsup:
jusw85
12. Apr 2022 · 12:29 UTC
The pixel art was great, and the music really matched the aesthetic! I loved how the gameplay matched the theme as well, I got to the end and it was truly delaying the inevitable.