Bard's Lesson
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
About
Bard's Lesson is a platform game in which you help a bard fox in his journey to become a maestro by mastering music notation. Rowan, the fox, plays a piccolo and want to learn how to play it through the whistles of the birbs of the florest.
Core Mechanics
To complete each level you must find and match every note of the staff using the time measure to deduce how many are yet to be found, birds sometimes are hidden, so you'll have to match'em all!
Controls
To play the piccolo you can use Z, X and C for different pitches.
Support
This project is currently, and will mostly be, under development, the version 1.0.0 is a part of the #1GAM challenge, so it was made in less then one month!
As an open source project by Pigdev Studio, if you are a game developer you can make a contribution to the project! Remember, the assets are also free to use as is the code, so you can fork the game and make your own version, you can even sell it if you want.
But you don't need to be an expert game developer to make this project grow better and improve the game experience. Here are some ways you can contribute to this project:
- Found any issues? Report them at the issue tracker
- Are you a
backseatergame designer? Suggest features and improvements - Are you an artist(both for graphics or audio)? How about add your art to the project and canonize it?
- Also you can tip the project here on itch to speed up the roadmap
And remember, we from Pigdev Studio are making games and tutorials on Patreon, consider support our next game through patronage <3 check out the awesome rewards we offer to our amazing patrons!
Also, check out Staircase Studios responsible for the background music! Thank you guys <3
That's it, keep developing and until the next time!
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, Linux |
Release date | Mar 05, 2018 |
Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (6 total ratings) |
Authors | Pigdev, Henrique Campos |
Genre | Platformer |
Made with | Inkscape, Kenney Studio, Godot, GIMP |
Tags | flat-shading, godot-engine, Instrument, Non violent, Open Source, Side Scroller, Singleplayer |
Code license | MIT License |
Asset license | Creative Commons Attribution v4.0 International |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard |
Accessibility | Interactive tutorial |
Links | Source code, Patreon, Twitter/X |
Download
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Development log
- Tutorial - Level DesignApr 02, 2018
- Tutorial - Pitch ShiftingMar 26, 2018
- Tutorial - Cutout AnimationMar 20, 2018
- Tutorial - Ingame keybindingMar 13, 2018
- Inclusiveness Maintenance!Mar 09, 2018
- It's Alive!Mar 05, 2018
Comments
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This is adorable! Love the character design, love the giant hand that gives our foxy hero his hat and piccolo, (mostly) love the platforming aspect of it and love having to find all the wee birds on each level before moving on!
If this becomes a full-on project I'd love to see some story woven into the mechanics between each level, perhaps some challenges aside from bird hunting and maybe some not quite as torturous jumps haha!
All in all a cracking start to what could be a cracking game! Keep up the awesome work! =)
Thank you so much for the feedback, I laughed a lot with the video I really didn't think the platform mechanics were so...dumbly implemented LOL.
I also took notes of some improvements you suggested, such as the ducking to lower the camera so you could see what's below the character's foot.
Man, it's awesome to actually watch someone playing it! There are lots of insights now, thank you for that. I wish you success, and stay tuned, there will be lots of improvements to the game
WOW its feels so well polished, awesome job! and makes really fun
Heyo! Thank you so much for the feedback. Also, the game is not finished yet! We are planning a bunch of features to implement. You can see what's coming next in the official roadmap. I can't look forward to implement the play along feature in particular. This game is a part of a one game a month challenge, so currently it lacks the most awesome features we planned. But follow still, the best is yet to come .
I love the artstyle! It's soooo cute ^-^
Thank you! If you like vector art I made a very basic intro on how I did the fox. It is also available to download and use freely at this repo <3