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It sounds fun, and changing colors in order to get high reminds me of Catholic school football games spent under the bleachers in high school, but I am too tired to install Unity right this moment. I want to try it, though.

You don't have to install anything. Just let the browser use the plugin. Simple!

I just want someone to try my game :D

I think I got up to a score of 30 but it's hard to say when pushing the space bar also resets the game immediately after you miss one. It took me a few minutes to figure out just what to do. I thought changing the bird's color was just an aesthetic thing and not a gameplay mechanic. I tried to flap it's wings with arrow keys, AWSD and the mouse. Then I got it.

What's Frothy about it, I wonder?

Yeah, the score clearing at the end is one of th etop three things I want to change in this thing. Sorry you were confused, but I'm glad you got it. Just like Flappy!

He has frothing demand!!

I was surprised to hear how hard Flappy Bird is. You would think that would turn off a lot of people, but no, people are addicted to it already.

wow Travis, this is great, I didn't know u did stuff like this!  I've messed around with Unity myself and it's a lot of fun, but I've never accomplished anything. 

This game is tricky though with the different speeds of the dots. 

I've been trying. It's been hard to fit it in, but I'm trying to scale it up a bit. I really enjoyed seeing you do some development stuff a while back. You probably forgot, but I mentioned before that I had used one of your Pattern Rider songs in the main 3D project I've been working on. Those are some great tracks! Thanks for playing! 

Ha, awesome! I just played a little bit (at work, so couldn't play too much), but it kind of reminds me of a Bit.Trip game - sweet work, man!

Thanks!

Ikaruga with a bird... hahaha it's simple, but given your level of expertise I would say to keep at it. That means it's fine, not as in "oh gawd what a piece of shit" fine. Why is the sound in mono?

Thanks, Joa! The sounds are mono because they are 8-bit, and more importantly free! I think they fit with the style I had to go with to get things done on time. 

I thought about doing this but then feared I'd simply populate the internet with another Flappy-clone in a sky already swarming with thousands! 

Still, I imagine it's a good way to keep your skills sharp as a game-maker. 

Well, since there are nearly 800 entries in that jam right now, your restraint is unusual! Thanks for playing!

I like the mechanic you used Travis, neat Flappy Jam idea. It's interesting you're able to do something like this in Unity, its reputation for flexibility precedes it. In the game programming degree I'm planning to sign up for this year at university, they use the Unity engine a lot so I'd be getting a lot of experience with it I'd assume.

Thanks, Mikey! Although I'm a total Unity noob, I can definitely see everything it's capable of and it is impressive. I'm looking forward to starting another small project soon... after I clean up my top three irritants with this one, most likely. I just had to get it out by today so I went with it as-is.

I read your blog about game school and haven't commented yet. I will just tell you that you should definitely feel confident about getting started. You have the passion and have put in time on your own to teach yourself a lot already. I wouldn't worry about the school's prestige or reputation much either. I have worked side-by-side with people from Ivy League and local universities... and we all got the same job and the reputations of the schools we went to didn't mean anything about what kind of work we could do. Just prove yourself through your work and you'll do great.

Thank you for the encouragment Travis

What are the top three issues you have with your game at the moment? What kind of idea are you kicking around for your next project?

1. Title screen - which I have since made less bad, but might make better.

2. Show your final score at the "start screen" since it's very easy to hit space one last time after you die and clear to start. Also might as well show your high score -- like Flappy Bird.

3. Make in-game font match everywhere. I almost got this resolved but got stuck and ran out of time. An anal thing, but I want it all to have the same oversized pixel look.

4. Add solution to case where pellets are nearly on top of each other near the bird's beak. Would rather not have an impossible situation crop up like that, but maybe that's not too bad... So it's number four.

Not sure what I'm going to do next. Something else small and simple probably.I have too many ideas and need to narrow it down.

oh no! the Flappy got you too! When will this madness end! *runs screaming in terror*

Glad I don't tablet game.....much..