Further Than Ever

[adam a]

This is a game I made during a couple of game jams earlier in the year. It's about catching birds in a net and also about the complex social dilemmas that birds face. I recently fixed some spelling errors and other small bugs so I thought I might show it off.

http://adam-a.co.uk/bins/further_than_ever.love

Big props and everything to those kind Love devs too. It's fun to make games

[The Burrito]

Pretty neat, I like the abstract style of it a lot.

[Robin]

Neato! The bird-catcher thing is a bit hard to control though.

[Cantide]

Cool! I actually liked the way the net was controlled. If it were easier the game wouldn't be challenging.
Also... are you sure it's about birds and not people? :p

[nevon]

I love this. It was beautifully made, it both caught and held my interest the whole time, and I think the underlying metaphor hit the sweet-spot - being intentionally obvious, but still not cheesy.

Great work. Quite possibly my favorite of the things I've seen posted here.

[Boolsheet]

I love this. It was beautifully made, it both caught and held my interest the whole time

I feel the same.
Thanks for sharing the game!

[T-Bone]

Cool game. It does run very slowly on my netbook, but that's not all that strange (although my netbook does run most LÖVE games very well).

[Taehl]

Very nice. I like the music, the graphics (they may be simple, but at least they were unique), and the text. I found that the most optimal way to catch the birds with a long net was to line your net close to the left side of the screen, then move quickly to jerk the net down into the birds right after they spawn.

[adam a]

What a nice response! I'm glad everyone seems to like it.

@Cantide: Yeah I tried making the net faster. Some people I showed it too thought it would be more interesting like that, but my physics for the net is a bit special and it goes a bit wonky if you make it much faster. I liked the slow pace in the end. It makes it more thoughtful, you have to plan your moves a little, plus it gives you time to read the text.

@T-Bone: Sorry, I know the performance is not great on my old laptop either. I'm redrawing the whole screen each time and there are 40x20 triangles so it's quite a lot. That said, the net movement is supposed to be fairly slow and the game should be frame-rate independent, so unless you are seeing a lot of jerky pauses then it's probably fine.