A downloadable mouse game for Windows

on the therapeutic properties of talking to birds

no HTML version for now, it really didn't like my multiple viewports set up :(

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
AuthorTuniks

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rato-windows-fs.zip 11 MB
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rato-windows-nonfs.zip 11 MB

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I love love love the art in this game! And the little tasks are so fun and engaging. I especially loved sweeping away the trash :) 

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i hate this game (affectionate)

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the bit with the phone was really affective, i was not expecting that at all! i also like how the conversation at the end kind of just keeps going on an on, really subverted my expectations

a few suggestions that I think would make the game more effective now that (I think?) I understand your intentions more:

- I thought it was funny that the teeth would immediately go brown and the other tasks piling up over and over again, but now that the game has a more grounded setting it doesn't make as much sense. I do like them repeating really fast to signify the protagonist sort of progressively losing their mind, so maybe have the tasks start off as getting completed in one go but then they slowly start undoing themselves faster and faster? Like at first u brush the teeth and they stay clean but after 30 seconds they start to deteriorate and then u clean them and then they deteriorate faster etc.

- the phone bit was imo the best part of the game especially with how it contrasted with the other tasks. I would push that contrast more by making the phone window linger more and not disappear when you touch them, and I would either keep it to one single window (because it's sort of a passive thing... but also it's always on your mind) OR push the multiplying thing further and have it completely take over the screen before cutting to the beach


Great job :)

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I got WarioWare vibes from doing all of the mini-tasks in the beginning. I definitely got into a flow state for a moment there, handling all of the things that needed to get done. The depth of the pigeon conversation that I eavesdropped on was a strange but welcome surprise. I think it's a nice short game and the art is clean and effective.