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Birdmail by publicidadeba

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made by publicidadeba for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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:dove: Welcome to Bird Mail! In this game, you are the owner of a delivery business and your mission is to retrieve all your escaped birds and packages using a limited amount of turrets and hunter birds. There's only one level, but it's a doozy! You'll need to use your skills and strategy to score as many points as possible within the time limit. :dove:

  • GOAL :trophy:
    • Kill all the birds and retrieve as many packages as you can with the limited weapons and tools.
  • CONTROLS :video_game:
    • Click and drag to move the camera.
    • Grab turrets and predator birds from the right of the screen and place them in the world.
    • Move the turrets in the level using the mouse button.
  • CREDITS :hammer:
  • CHANGELOG
    • 1.0.1:
      • Fixed Division by 0 when you kill all the birds.
      • Made the birds wrap on edges.

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Link https://simeonradivoev.itch.io/bird-mail
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/birdmail

Ratings

Overall 716th 3.459⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 402th 3.622⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 518th 3.444⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 899th 3.528⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 664th 3.583⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 422th 3.464⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 295th 3.588⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 846th 3.243⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 202408
01. May 2023 · 23:20 UTC
this is a fun game, the gameplay could use some more polish but it's pretty decent for a jam-game, I love the effort you took to add a back story to the game, a really good story too which is surprising since most people don't even have a backstory for their games, the art style is really beautiful and I wouldn't mind using something similar to the page background as a wallpaper to be honest lol, I think you did an overall good job with this game, well done everyone!
Roomy
02. May 2023 · 00:14 UTC
The splash is super eye-catching and well-drawn, especially over such a short period. I had to stop scrolling and click. Like others have said, the gameplay itself is slightly lacking, but art makes up for it tenfold! Very funny concept, also.
LDJam user 306235
02. May 2023 · 01:26 UTC
I loved the narration and intro scenes! Great take on the theme.
Maakole
02. May 2023 · 19:59 UTC
Managed to wipe out all the birds, and got this error: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/664297773046300691/1103047960272580709/error.png
Games got really nice style.
skitefall
02. May 2023 · 20:11 UTC
I laughed so hard 😂 It's short, it's simple, and it's satisfying.
I like the sound choice. Very, epic and fits with the scene of killing spree.
makuck95
02. May 2023 · 20:18 UTC
Great job with intro screen. I don't supposed to play the game with narration :) Tt's a nice surprise. Gameplay was very satisfied. I have some problem with drag and drop. When my cursor was on the icon and I try to drag and drop my camera move. Graphic style look good and clear.
Simeon Radivoev
02. May 2023 · 20:21 UTC
@maakole lol we never got all the birds ourselves. Division by zero.
pazzi
03. May 2023 · 01:32 UTC
Truly a tragedy...but it must be done...
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BmanStudio
03. May 2023 · 21:07 UTC
Very cool game, I would add more kinds of buildings and abilities :)
Rjdrag
03. May 2023 · 21:07 UTC
Fun take on a tower defense with the movable towers. I also really liked the elaborate intro. I would have liked to see more levels, towers, and general strategy. For example, maybe some birds spawn other birds or can only be damaged by a specific tower type. Anyway, nice work.
Branquelo
04. May 2023 · 06:05 UTC
Interesting Tower Defense, and i liked that i coul move my towers after i placed them. It would be nice to make this in a bigger game with different towers or powers!
Tayteus
04. May 2023 · 06:46 UTC
There are some good ideas in this game and I liked its humor. But on my computer, the cursor was lagy and I had a hard time understanding what the game wanted from me.
Purrseus
04. May 2023 · 19:22 UTC
It's almost a tower offense game :D I love the idea behind this, looking at the machanics only it seems pretty plain, but combined with that backstory it's really whacky in the best way. Great choice of music too!
Simeon Radivoev
04. May 2023 · 21:08 UTC
@tayteus It's the webgl, you can try the windows build that is multithreaded.
Stanislav Pustynkin
05. May 2023 · 04:55 UTC
This is a lot of fun, thanks. There was a small problem in order to figure out how to put new towers and crows, but when I read the description, I immediately figured it out.
Tvorojok
05. May 2023 · 05:06 UTC
omg, my old pc so slowed down a litle, but i like this gameplay and atmosphere! wallpaper on your page is realy cool
Ruby Mayrio
05. May 2023 · 05:29 UTC
Very cool game, which reminds me 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.It feels very good to see a buch of birds disappeared and the area cleared. As Tvorojok said, it's a little lagging when all birds moving. Art is also very good. Nice game!
Erlioniel
05. May 2023 · 08:09 UTC
Hi there!

A interesting approach for tower defense without tower as such and possibility to move defense turrets. The only issue is performance and that fact that everything is spawned at once, which is overloading browser & user as well. I would say that some increase of load might release the problem.

Huge respect for voiceover story - it does make a difference!
longv
05. May 2023 · 13:38 UTC
Great adoption of Tower Defense into the theme. It did give a satisfaction of playing. However, I'd expect more challenge baked into the game, like some strategic factor which the building will get destroy if you aren't fast enough :smile:.
Papaver
09. May 2023 · 14:15 UTC
Original take on the theme! It is fun to play and then play again to try to improve your highscore. It took me quite a while before I saw the cooldown countdown in the turrets and predator birds. I got to 1349 (with a trackpad). :bird:

I like the graphics, especially the background and the title screen. It would be nice to have some highlights when you hover over an object that you can interact.

Nice choice of music! :musical_note: Since you didn't compose it yourself, you could consider opting out for audio.


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Edit: with a mouse I got 1358 :) I didn't like so much that the world didn't fit in the screen, and that I often moved the screen around in stead of an object. But it's addicting!
MihRea
10. May 2023 · 11:10 UTC
very nice game, really enjoyed it
SneakyFox
11. May 2023 · 20:45 UTC
Very nice micro management game, It seems like spawn at the end can be more, and defenetly need more items and faster cooldown for more micro-managment nightmare xD

Also fullscreen version don't update properly

I guess I made the best score so far?)

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Jin9310
12. May 2023 · 07:02 UTC
The gameplay in a combination with the clasic music is really nice and fun. Sometimes I had an issue where I tried to pick the turret or birds and instead I was dragging the screen, but that is just a minor thing and probably just my fault :D Overall very nice entry. Good job
Jonathan Lorenz
12. May 2023 · 14:07 UTC
Very simple but effective tower defense where you must shoot pigeons! I always fail at around 1350 packages. Is it possible to complete the first level? Seems to me that at the end there are always 2 or 3 birds still alive. Good work!