these busy birds will eat almost anything that falls into their gullet -- what will you feed them? they have their preferences, but people food beats bird food any day of the week!
a difficult, chaotic arcade game. now with local multiplayer support!
controls:
left / right: movex / up: grabenter: pause menu (select "options" entry for volume controls)ESDF: movement keys for player 2features
4 difficulty modes: "easy", medium, hard, and practice3 different control schemes:sololocal multiplayertwo-handed singleplayer 4 challenging maps for 4 different flavors of gameplay
Recommended play order
The game modes combine into a whole mess of different options; here's a recommended playthrough order:Play through practice modeCheck out the recipe book if you want to see the recipesTry COOKS:1 MAP:NEST LEVEL:EASYTry COOKS:2 MAP:NEST LEVEL:EASY -- play with one hand on the arrow keys and one hand on ESDFTry each of the 4 maps with whichever COOKS and LEVEL settings you preferTry to beat MAP:CANON LEVEL:MEDIUM!
#ChainLetterJam
this was made for the #ChainLetterJam! Patrick nominated me; I had fun playing Arithmetic Bounce (my high score on hard mode is 24!), so I decided to try making a game that would feel similarly chaotic.I took inspiration from the fact that none of the target numbers in Arithmetic Bounce were inherently good or bad; their value changed depending on the current goal. This became the ingredient/recipe idea in linecook: specific ingredients are sometimes good and sometimes bad, depending on the current recipe. I also liked the chaos and time pressure caused by gravity in Arithmetic Bounce; I've gone for a slightly different but still chaotic spin by giving the player two grabber-claws that are tricky to aim.
the continuation of this chain is: The Witch's Almanac
blog
I wrote about this game's design here. tl;dr: if you allow your game systems to play out as physical processes in the game world, there's a lot more opportunities for the player to interrupt and cause surprising interactions
thanks for playing!
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Uri Guri |
Genre | Visual Novel, Educational |
Tags | Creepy, Dark, Horror, Psychological Horror, Ren'Py, Singleplayer, Surreal, Text based |
Development log
- WelcomeMar 03, 2023