Birbs Chat by SpaghettiCupcake
Chat with other players at The Seeds Restaurant!
PLEASE DON'T PLAY THIS IF YOU'RE UNDER 13 because this game is NOT actively moderated!
You don't know how much I've been looking for an excuse to make an online multiplayer game for Ludum Dare! When I saw the "Tiny Creatures" theme I imagined a bunch of, well, tiny creatures together. I decided that those tiny creatures would be birds and that it would be online multiplayer!
This is not a competitive game. Just chat with the tiny birds! If the server is not down, of course.
How To Play:
To move click anywhere on the game's screen.
To chat click on the chat textbox, press Enter to send.
The game will probably be empty most of the time, but you could tell some friends to play it with you!
Also, the server might be down sometimes.
I probably should also clarify that to make this I used an online multiplayer base I made much before this game jam. That's why I didn't submit this for Compo. For the jam I basically just removed unfinished logic, swapped textures, modified and added a tiny bit of code, and had to figure out how to host it! (Actually, the hosting part took the most amount of time.) Also, I had never tested this on multiple computers so I didn't know whether it would even work!
| Link | https://spaghetticupcakegames.itch.io/birbs-online |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/birbs-online |
Ratings
| Overall | 988th | 2.938⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 962th | 2.78⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 819th | 2.942⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1027th | 2.635⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 902th | 2.88⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 756th | 2.62⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 982th | 2.78⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 0🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
I added this clarification to the game's description now!
the graphics make a really cozy and also troubling mood for the restaurant, I love it!
I had fun talking to other devs :)
Should keep a server up and, like, create a "After Ludum-Dare Cafe" where exhausted dev come to say "hi" :3
Nice job, a bit far from the theme though

Multiplayer on game jam are tricky if no one shows up when you are there to rate them.
Maybe have some sort of replay of previous players, repeating what they said before (that would probably lead to hilarious conversation) Trying to guess if you are alone in the room, if other are real birds (or drone by the gov :D )
thanks
I wish there was some more interaction - maybe chequers or something (Ambitious in the time frame i know)
Felt like a nice little break

Unfortunately I didn't finish my game in time so I can't rate, sorry, just wanted to appreciate the work!
Thank you for having wanted to try it!
Thank you for playing it and for the rating it!!!