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[tyranus]

Hi everybody! My name is Alejandro Adrian Iglesias (Tyranus on the web). Here I bring to you a game called "A pajarito's life", In few words is a sad, melancholic and short game.
I did it for the contest of ADVA 100x100px.

Play it!

I hope you like it!

Greetings!

[increpare]

You posted this in the wrong forum - should have been announcements or feedback.  Mods will probably move it before long.

Anyway - welcome!  It's always great to see people from ADVA call over here (I've haven't been around there in a while).

- spoilers follow -

I feel i've scene the starting scene (egg hatching) before but don't remember the rest of the game.  I personally really liked figuring out how to fly - it fitted in well.  However, I personally would not have had the game actually loop - I'd have ended it rather than have it loop endlessly.  But I'm not too pushed about that - I thought it was ace : )

The music works well - it felt a little repetitious eventually for me, but several minutes after playing I find myself a affected by it still.

[moi]

pajarito = small bird

[tyranus]

  I am a idiot. Sorry for the mistake.

Thanks for the coment increpare, and we hope you will back in a future contest!

Few word's man moi  , thanks for the traductions, I forget explain it.

Can anybody report this post, i cant report my own post.

[neon]

i feel like it would be good if only flying and moving wasn't so maddening.  i see how it adds difficulty to the game but i had to stop playing after the "fly away" part just because i'm on a laptop and it's so damn hard to stay afloat.  so far, it was pretty good, though.

[Eraser]

Heh, I can see how this would be annoying trying to play on a laptop It was indeed a nice little game. I probably died 10 times or so, but what can you do. Darn competition for food and failing to win love without bribery.

[deathtotheweird]

I thought the flying controls were pretty neat, aside from accidentally moving the mouse away from the game and it not registering. I think I had the most trouble on the building a nest part, I had to do it over a few more times compared to the rest of the game.

It is a very nice game though.

[tyranus]

Thanks for comment!

I known it's quite dificult play with a touchpad (on netbook, notebook whatever), i've tried and it's hard. But i have my reason,and basicly are two:
- One: Inmersion in the character.
- Two: Frustration, to make you feel depressive in conjunction with the music and grays graphics.

I hope make you fell sad with this game  muahaha

Thanks again!

[AndroidScholar1]

Thanks for comment!

I known it's quite dificult play with a touchpad (on netbook, notebook whatever), i've tried and it's hard. But i have my reason,and basicly are two:
- One: Inmersion in the character.
- Two: Frustration, to make you feel depressive in conjunction with the music and grays graphics.

I hope make you fell sad with this game  muahaha

Thanks again!

You seem to be mistaking "depression" with being "annoyed" - more people will probably get frustrated at a difficult control scheme than sad, which can break immersion in the game and thus get the opposite effect of what you're looking for.

No biggy, a lot of people tend to do stuff like this, but it's easily sorted, and I'm sure the game's great anyway gotta love games with atmosphere. I'll give it a go as soon as I get a chance.

[agj]

Quite liked this, in particular the controls. Reminded me a bit of Coil, in that aspect.

[AndroidScholar1]

Just played through it, and it's quite nice Loved the background music, it fitted rather well with the overall theme. I think the health could be made to last longer though, because after just a short while flying I need to go down and get food - I'm not sure if this was intended or not, but it was a tad frustrating.

The art style, though 2D, fitted nicely as well. Overall, you did a great job

[tyranus]

You seem to be mistaking "depression" with being "annoyed" - more people will probably get frustrated at a difficult control scheme than sad, which can break immersion in the game and thus get the opposite effect of what you're looking for.

It's not so annoying (i think ), just it's quite dificult without a mouse. However, it's true that you say: Unmeasured frustrating, is not depressed, is disturbing; the game experience it's different with the touchpad.

No biggy, a lot of people tend to do stuff like this, but it's easily sorted, and I'm sure the game's great anyway gotta love games with atmosphere. I'll give it a go as soon as I get a chance.

I will be waiting you! 

Quite liked this, in particular the controls. Reminded me a bit of Coil, in that aspect.

Good! Thanks.
Coil?... Wow,I did not know this game, looks very interesting (funny, I am doing a similar game right now (only the first level))

Just played through it, and it's quite nice Loved the background music, it fitted rather well with the overall theme.

The music It's beautiful! Roald Strauss have the credit here (this music it's free, my work has been choose it)

I think the health could be made to last longer though, because after just a short while flying I need to go down and get food - I'm not sure if this was intended or not, but it was a tad frustrating.

Maybe, but i want the player feel like hard work to build a nest, Not Only carry branches.

The art style, though 2D, fitted nicely as well. Overall, you did a great job

Thanks!

[Eraser]

Yes, building the nest was hard work. I was overly cautious and went back for food quite a few times .

[Rob Lach]

I like it.

[PsySal]

Really like it, kind of makes me feel sympathy for my bird. However, I couldn't get past eat. It was just too hard for me to fly over to the food and eat it, or maybe I didn't know what I was supposed to do. However this game works well even if you don't make it too far.

[saint11]

That a very beautiful and fantastic game! Congratulations! :] It really touched me.

[superflat]

I found this very beautiful. Thanks so much for the experience.  I have no real negative criticism.  It took me a while to figure out the controls, but I liked that.

[Loren Schmidt]

This is a good idea for a game.

It took me a little while to realize that I had to click to eat. I thought it was broken at first, because my bird wouldn't pick up food when I landed by it.

I was definitely affected by it. I think the nest building part was my favorite.

[Rumrusher]

is it wrong that one could take this game and make a meta-game out of it? like the 'fastest bird course' aka "Pakarito's Rally"

-race your friends on seeing who can out live the other.
-reaching the egg stage counts as a point.
-dying means losing a point.
-each player has ten minutes to rack up as many life cycles before the ten minute mark reaches. 

The players has to record their play through of the game and dump it on Youtube for all to see.

Other than that it was a fun simulator, but depressing isn't the word I would say for a game based on life. If so then the board game 'Life' is the most depressing game ever made.