Arcane Beak
This game was made for VimJam #5 by Róger Goulart. The Jam's focus was RACING and the theme was ESCAPE, with the following optional challenges: 4 color palette, only animal characters and mouse only. I couldn't do everything I wanted, but the game was fun and challenging.
You control Akari, a witchy chicken on a quest to find an ancient artifact. She ends up in the hands of a witchy fox who traps her in a maze of portals. Akari must feed the portals with the energy of their guardians before time runs out, or she will be trapped forever.
CONTROLS:
MOUSE ONLY
- MOVE: Hold Right Mouse Button;
- SHOT: Hold Left Mouse Button;
MOUSE + KEYBOARD
- MOVE: W, A, S, D
- SHOT: Hold Left Mouse Button;
Game by Róger Goulart
Music by Ansimuz
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Development log
- First update after jam!21 days ago
Comments
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I loved the game but you add some new monsters and increase the number of stages
Made a video
Nice game man!
Reminds me of my childhood of SNES games and arcade games XD
Hehe, thank you!
loved the colors!
Thanx a lot! :)
AHH THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING EVER
I'm glad you liked it, thanx! :D
I love this game! You pulled off the 4-color palette really well, and playing through the game left me hungry for even more levels.
Thanx for the feedback! I'm glad you liked it! :)
I loved it, cool art and great gameplay. Not so hard nor so easy. I also liked the music 10/10
Thanx for the feedback! :)
it's FUCCING impressive !!! woaw !!
I'm glad you liked it, thanx! :)
Really nice and fun game =D
Thanx a lot! :D
Funny and well drawn!
Thanx a lot! :)
The art is great! Fun game! Do you participate in many game jams? I would love to try my hand at making a soundtrack for your next game.Loved all the stuff on your page.
Thank you very much! It would be great to have help with the soundtrack for an upcoming game jam! :)
Great! Feel free to reach out when the time comes around. You can message me on Discord, username: multi_type , or on Instagram, link on my profile page. I also have a demo reel on my profile for you to listen to.
This is so fun. Found myself coming back and playing between breaks.
I'm glad you liked it. Thanx for the feedback! :D
Very beatiful and cool game
Thanx a lot! :)
I Love the graphics! But I just can't get the music to play :(
Strange that the music doesn't appear, but thanks for playing. :)
Dude this game is fun asf holy good job man. I was just on this site for some sprite frames to put into Godot and saw this and thought y not give it a try. Glad I did!
I'm glad you liked it! :D
The game is really good. Love the art, music and style. The pacing stresses me out, though, and not in a good way. At first I didn't understand why my shots were stopping since in the instructions it said "hold left mouse button". The very fast shots and long time waiting between recharging is a real turn down. I think having slower shots would help with that. Maybe less time between chargin also, so the player isn't idle for as long.
I also really like that you gave the option of moving with mouse or keyboard (:
I agree! Stage one for instance felt very sluggish because it wasn't too difficult and it was taking kinda long to kill the basic enemies.
fun game, I liked it a lot!
Thanx! :D
Well, the ending hints at a secret ending that may not have been implemented - though dev hasn't responded to the question about secret endings, so maybe there is something?
If there is a secret, you don't get it by having a zero-damage run (just tried that), or by shooting the walls (tried) or, it seems, by having the enemies run into the walls.
what a fun game. lovely color scheme. very relaxing. just not that good with mouse only twinstick shmups lol.
Thanx for the feedback! :D
Me encanta el juego lastima que es muy corto pero lo entiendo ya que era para una GameJam ;(
Gracias! :)
Amazing game ! Completed it and want more
Thank you! \o/
You are on steam?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2811200/Machick/
Damn! I didn't know this game! Good thing my chicken is anthropomorphized, hehe.
É brasileiro tb da um salve e la...
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/NSG/
Lo he jugado por poco tiempo pero me encanta por ese estilo retro y su simple pero adictiva jugabilidad me encantaría que se pudiera descargar aunque sea solo para Windows :D
Muchas gracias. Quizás esta semana publique una versión descargable del juego. :)
This is a pretty neat game. I felt like the default gun the player uses was not very satisfying. Also, the player has too much health, which dilutes the game's tension. Otherwise, I had fun.
great game design love it
can I find it also on indiexpo website?
I didn't know about Indiexpo, I'm going to find out more about this site.
It is like itch but for free games only
Short n sweet 10/10! 🐥
Thanx a lot! :D
love it!
Thanx! :)
Nice game. Congrats.
I'm glad you liked it, thanx!
Great game about firing magical energy at animals to defeat them and collect energy from them to power the torches. Not to mention, there are power-ups to boost your gameplay, such as magnets and health potions!
The pixel art is great and i think this game is amazing!
Thank you! :)
Step 1: done Step 2: get a mouse that works
haha this is something special, I would love to see a fuller version of this!! good work
Crazy that this game was made by only one guy in like 10 days. Great job!
Epic
Mandou bem irmão!
Como sempre, você traz orgulho para o seu povo!
Heheheh! Muito obrigado! o/
These color palettes are sick!
Super fun! Really great animations and sound effects I like it a lot so cute :)