Poached egg is a game where you play as a hungry fox trying to gather eggs to eat. Though there is no free meal for this fox, when you grab an egg the chickens will come after you to get it back.

These chickens are too aggressive for this fox and must be kited around in order to grab these eggs and go.

This was made by a two man team, with only experience in coding. This was a fun project and we learned a lot of things. We would like to continue to work on this if people show interest in this being fleshed out.

I am now considering the game to be an alpha as I have continued to work on and update it past the Mini Jam this was originally made for. If you enjoy it or at least see potential in it please comment or vote as it really helps motivate me to continue.

Controls:
WASD to move
Space to dash
Mouse Sensitivity can be changed by pressing Esc.

Please join my Discord if you enjoyed the game or wish to contact me!

Originally created within 72 hours for the Mini Jam 99: Birds.

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, HTML5
Rating
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
AuthorsAmethySlime, SchmidtGit
GenreSurvival
Made withAdobe Photoshop, Unity, Blender
Tags3D, Casual, First-Person, High Score, html5, kiting, Low-poly, Short, Singleplayer, Unity
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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Don't know if this was the update you were talking about but you're still able to get OOB in a few different areas

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Yeah, sorry about the delay. I took a short break from the game. The new version is officially out now!

Great! thanks, be sure to check it out

You're still able to get out of the map using one of the older methods. You fixed a lot of the old issues though :). However there is now a new bug. You can launch yourself really high by dashing into slopes. You can do this easily if you dash into the barn side of the triple hay stack. I don't know if this was in the game before but i noticed that the chickens don't chase you now if you have no eggs which i think is a really fun touch :). i also saw a little viking helmet which was cute :). Keep it up!

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Do you think you could add a dash timer setting so we can change it back to the original settings?  It made for a better speedrunning experience!

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I agree, the original dash timer made the movement very fun, maybe we could get an optional setting or something?

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What do you mean exactly? The dash on normal difficulty is still the same as it was, it's just slightly shorter on easy and longer on hard.

I'd like to make the experience better. Especially for speed running. I've been thinking about adding specific movement tech and a seeded mode so it's always the same to compare speeds to.

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maybe a custom setting is possible? where you control the dash speed, number of eggs, and amount of chickens that spawn?

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I think the dash timer is still longer on easy compared to the original timer, as you used to be able to make 2 dashes out of the barn window, which made for some fun air dodges.

You can clip out of bounds in multiple places

as well as get into some areas the chickens can't get you

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I've been working on that, it's better than it used to be but still needs work.

Thank you for the feedback.

EDIT: I have completely reworked the physics/movement so this should no longer be an issue in the next update.

I'll be sure to check it out    (b *  - *)b

too hard

Well, the game was just updated. One of which is difficulty options so it shouldn't be too hard for you now. :)

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Nice concept, simple but fun.  However I found it frustrating how the later game depends a lot on where the eggs appear.  Some locations like the barn corner are basically unwinnable when there are a large number of chickens on the map.

Also I couldn't figure out how to reset the game, so I kept having to reload the page to start over.

I managed to get to 12 eggs but was not able to escape.

Thank you for the feedback! With this latest update I hope the game is a lot less frustrating (or more if you choose for it to be). Though the pesky corner egg is still there, some options have been added to make it easier to play.

A pause menu has also been added so that you can restart the game without refreshing plus a couple of other things.

Also the chickens no longer instant spawn when you grab your last egg so it shouldn't have a major difficulty spike at the last second.

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Cool, the pause menu sounds like a great improvement!  I finally managed to beat the game the day after commenting.

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Great game! We only got to 7. Those chickens are ruthless. They kicked us out of the farm too which made for a fun ending.

Well I am glad you enjoyed breaking the game. It's super cool that you guys did this.
I did get a lot of feedback on difficulty so in the latest update difficulty options is one of the new features so hopefully it can be a lot more fun and a lot less frustrating.

Keep on keeping on! :)