A Murder of Crows (SelfMadeGames)

A Murder of Crows is a 2D platformer inspired by Unfair Mario (2011). The game was developed in 5 days and submitted to a private rapid ideation event, the theme being, 'A Crow Priest' (Dixit Card).

OBJECTIVES

Get the 'Crow Priest' (player) to the end of the map with minimum casualties. Use crows to scout the map and overcome frustrating obstacles.

CONTROLS

• Use the arrow keys or W, A, S, D to move
• Press 'E' to release and play as a crow
• Press 'R' to load the last checkpoint
• Press 'ESC' to pause the game
• Press 'spacebar' to jump (hold for longer jumps)
• MB1 - Interact with buttons

Work Times

The jam lasted for two weeks. Week 1 was for planning, and week 2, was for production. Below are my production days during week 2.

DayDate1 23rd Feb2 25th Feb3 26th Feb4 27th Feb
528th Feb

Assets

The art is outsourced (with the exception of the player sprite), and the sounds were obtained from either 'freesound.org' or YouTube (Copyright free). Under the game jam rules, I have credited the owners below.  

Asset Font/Art/SoundOwner Link Platformer Set
ArtSzadi Art.https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/environments/platformer-set-150023 Free Street Animal Pixel Art Asset Pack
ArtCraftPixhttps://craftpix.net/freebies/free-street-animal-pixel-art-asset-pack/UA Squared
FontUnauthorized Type
https://www.1001fonts.com/ua-squared-font.htmlToss a Coin to your Witcher - (8-Bit NES Cover by mattRlive) - The WitcherSoundmattRlive Hurt_C_05Soundcabled_messhttps://freesound.org/people/cabled_mess/sounds/350919/8bit jumpSoundplasterbrainhttps://freesound.org/people/plasterbrain/sounds/399095/Wooden HoverSoundBenjaminNelanhttps://freesound.org/people/BenjaminNelan/sounds/321082/

Message from the Developer!

Thanks very much for downloading my game! Any comments and or feedback will be greatly appreciated. This is only a demo to show off mechanics, and therefore it is a short game. P.S - Sorry if the music gets annoying... again... 

Known Bugs

• Player can scale up walls
• Crows can get lost in walls
• Crow sprite flips