Bird Open Season

Bird Open Season

A regular java 2D desktop game. Simply made by java’s internal libraries. Hope You enjoy it!
Feel free to give any type of feedback :wink:

Link to the game:
[left]https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xpp353q89nz122/BOS.exe?dl=0

Some screenshots:

http://s32.postimg.org/ddsnssslx/Pic_1.png

http://s32.postimg.org/fqj19cyqd/Pic_2.png

http://s32.postimg.org/ghq03qm6t/Pic_3.png

Hi Omar,

the game looks quite solid to me so far. I like your graphics and sound effects.
The menu works good, even though I had to search for a way to get back to the
main menu.

I found a “bug” in “Instructions”. It seems like you use a higher resolution than me
(i got 1920x1080) and the text at the bottom is missing. Also i would recommend
to put a half-transparent white background image behind the text (or something similar)
since the background makes it hard to read the text.

Also I recommend adding a “Back”-Button to the settings and the instructions since
I had a moment of trouble to find a way to get back.

Ingame the bow feels awkward, because if you draw it all the way to the very bottom
you can’t actually shoot. Unless that’s intended it’s quite annyoing.

Greetings
Amryu

Hey Amryu,

Thanks for your valuable feedback. I made it easier now to return to the main menu, a simple button would
do the trick :smiley: (You can also just press Escape)

As for the instructions, i guess my computer was on high brightness so i did not notice the text being dull. And
hopefully you can see the full text now :wink:

As for the bow, it was actually intentional not to make the rectangle go till the end, but apparently its not a good
idea, so i extended it. It should be easier now to shoot the arrows.

Omar

Hi Omar,

works really nicely now. Maybe you could fix the main menu:

If you hover over an entry it brightens. If you now point somewhere
else where no other entry is the last menu item you selected is
still brightened. You may want to fix this.

Greetings
Amryu

Hey Amryu,

For the main menu, it is actually intentional to keep the entry brightful even after you hover outside of it.
This is because you can also toggle between entries with the keyboard “Up” and “Down” arrows, and it allows
the user to know at which entry he/she is at the current moment.

Omar

Hi Omar,

guess thats ok but who would ever use this feature?
No one knows it exists and this game requires the mouse
anyways so I think it’s unnecessary. Well it’s your game,
I’m just trying to help you :slight_smile:

Greetings
Amryu