Duckling Evolution

Duckling Evolution is a short, skill-based pixel game where you avoid hazards, collect seeds, and fill up your skill bar, all while beating a timer across a meadow, desert, sky, and volcano in order to reach the lake and evolve into a swan!

Notes:

• Estimated playtime: 9-10 minutes
• Best on desktop with a keyboard(touch not supported yet)
• Built with p5.js

Gameplay:

• Dodge hazards while collecting seeds to fill the skill bar before the timer runs out
• Advance to the next level by completely filling up the skill bar(blue)
• Game over if health bar(green) hits 0 or the timer reaches 0 before the skill bar is full

Controls:

• A - move left
• D - move right
• W - glide up
• S - glide down
• Hold S and A - move diagonally left
• Hold S and D  - roll diagonally right

Stages and Hazards:

• Meadow: falling rocks
• Desert: cacti that chase you (spin wildly at random intervals and deal continuous damage)
• Sky: fast flying birds (randomly whirl across screen after collision)
• Volcano: dangerous fireballs that bounce in every direction
• Lake: congratulations, you passed all the stages and are now a full fledged swan :D

HUD

• Health bar - decreases when hit by obstacles
• Skill bar - fills up as seeds are collected
• Timer - set to 55, will result in Game Over if it hits 0

Credits: Game design and programming by Betsy. Sprites made through Piskel by Betsy. Background music from Freesound. Sound effects from Faith - used with permission. Backgrounds from Rawpixel, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, VectorStock.