The Pigeon Post Principle
Anne-Marie is a postal pigeon who delivers letters by flying around in the sky. Help her complete her mail route by flying between curiously-shaped rooftops and pushing giant fans around!
Created in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 53 (theme: "Delivery"); 5th place overall!
How to play
- Use the arrow keys to move Anne-Marie.
- Anne-Marie can fly between roofs if there is a straight, empty path between them.
- Fans create air currents, which will redirect Anne-Marie if her path runs into one.
- Important constraint: If Anne-Marie is already being buffeted by an air current and runs into another air current perpendicular to the one she is currently in, she will turn in the direction of the second current.
- Fans can be pushed around.
- Do not let Anne-Marie get blown offscreen or into a solid object, or you will fail the level.
- Touch all the mailboxes to complete the level.
- There are 15 levels in total.
- Use Z to undo, R to reset, M to mute.
- To delete save data, press X then W then reset the page.
Tools used
- Programming: zucchinibread.js , my JS game engine
- Art: Aseprite
- Level design: Tiled + ulvl
- Sound effects: The noise generator in Audacity, pxtone, and my hand (for the flap sfx)
- Music: Ableton Live (some electric piano preset) + alto saxophone
Comments
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this is easy, but not the boring kind. i love this game. really put ur mind go lock in
Cool game, I like puzzles like this! Stuck at 13 for now)
The undo button is a very nice touch, especially since the last itch game I played didn't have it despite desperately needing one.
Love the music!
Thank you so much for putting together. Love the concept and some really good puzzles! Amazing team-work to get this together in 48 hours.
Thanks!
i'm a terrible friend but i just finally played this! delightful as always, cassowary!
oh, that’s totally fine! thank you for playing it now! I am glad you enjoyed it!
is this game available for purchase to put on my website?
There's some levels near the end that I'd reorder - 15,14,12,13 maybe - but aside from that, it was a clean, fun little puzzle!
Tremendous music, glad to hear it was an original creation!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you liked it! The music was fun to record.
I put some stock footage to the OST because I thought it should be on YT somewhere. Is this okay with you? (It's currently unlisted). I could host the video file for you to grab you'd want to upload it on your own channel.
haha this is fine, go ahead! i like the video
though, did you do something to the audio? not sure if it’s my headphones, but it sounds a little dynamically compressed/echoey. if you want the original audio file you can grab it here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cassowarii/ld53/main/sfx/pigeonjazz.mp3
I recorded a loop by recording the chrome tab in OBS, put it in Resolve and raised the volume bars higher since the initial volume was pretty low.
very cute game! also the music is fantastic
I liked this game. cool concept.
It's funny! A little bit difficult though~
Another Cassowary w.
Level 8's difficulty in comparison to level 7 and 9 was a little much, and similar with 12 and 15 compared to 13 and 14. Other than that, great game. I can't wait to see more ws from you.
The sprites and music matched very well, creating a stylish atmosphere and a very special feeling. The puzzles were also quite difficult in the latter half of the game, with a challenging difficulty level that was enjoyable. But the atmosphere of the game is very nice, so I was able to enjoy the time I spent struggling with the puzzles.
Thanks for the nice piece.
ゲームを遊んでくれてありがとうございます！
*meow*
Great game! Puzzles were really well designed and I loved the music
nice and chill game. I enjoyed this. (Was playing a horror game right before...)
anyways i hope you win
very very good game, with good puzzles and a litle cute postal pigeon :]
Super cute! Took me a couple tries for some of the puzzles, but never enough that I felt frustrated.
The Pigeon Post Principle Walkthrough
Thank you for putting this together!
Very cute game ^^ Loved the puzzles
Very cool! Thanks for playing, glad you liked it! :)
I love this game! Would help the pigeon post any day of the week!
Do wish walking speed was a little faster. Gotta make those posts on time!
Extremely charming and clever! The music a particular highlight; I don't recall anybody doing a recording of their own sax playing like this before, but it created a great mood
Chill puzzle game! I like the way the mechanics of the game were taught! It felt very natural to pick up and it made the puzzle solving experience in later levels very satisfying! There are some good brain teasers! The chill music helps make this a relaxing experience. Overall, I enjoyed this a lot! Great work!
Hey, I’m glad you had a good time! Thanks for playing the game!
Ah this was lovely and relaxing, need more of it.
Really nice puzzle game, clever and charming. Bravo!
Level #13 was super satisfying one I figured it out! Fun game, thanks for sharing :)
Wow thats really fun to play, well done
Good game! Well done!!!
Thank you! :)
Nice game! It felt quite polished; the art as well as the music just OOZES personality. I would rate this 5/5 breadcrumbs!
I will give your breadcrumbs to Anne-Marie, I’m sure she will appreciate it!
The sax is so cool!
Thank you! It’s one of my secret skills…
such a lovely game - I felt I had to record my playthrough
Oh wow, this is so cool, thank you!
Anne-Marie is so cute omg! The art and music is so cute I couldn't help but bob along
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutly great!!! The music is very relaxing and the mecanics and the design are weel done! I am hoping for a full version with a storyline, more puzzles and more of great soundtrackts!
I’m definitely thinking about doing a full version at some point!
Absolutely adorable! I love it. The music is great, I left the tab open to listen to it for a while after playing
Haha, I’m glad the music has been such a hit!
Great game, I'm hoping for a full version. :)
Hey, anything’s possible ;)
Would be great! :)
Oh, and I would definitely love to get a windows build.
The music is so relaxing <3
Thank you, it was fun to record!
Love it!
Thanks for playing!