Snekburd is a Pico-8 demake of Snakebird, by Noumenon Games, with new puzzles and mechanics! Navigate the snakebirds to eat all the fruit and head through the portal to complete the levels on each island. The first island's levels should serve as a quick tutorial to new players or a refresher for returning ones. The game featues about 70 levels, ranging from mostly easy to absurdly hard. Of course, if you haven't played the original Snakebird games, I highly recommend them. Especially Snakebird Primer if you find this demake too difficult.
Controls
- arrow keys : move
- Z/C : undo
- X/V : switch control
- Z/C/X/V : select level
The pause menu contains extra options for enabling a grid, resetting/exiting the level, and disabling just the music.
Testers
- Karoo13
- Tuure
- Pancelor
- Squidlight
- LokiStriker
I've also uploaded the game to itch.io. It has a sweet design as well as an additional option for a more subtle grid.
https://werxzy.itch.io/snekburd
If you're wanting to download the carts, you can download the zip from the itch.io page to get them all at once. If you're downloading them from the bbs, all the carts you will need are:
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OMG I was playing recent carts and i saw this :0 I hope it gets featured! Also very good game :) (I only played 1 level xd)
P.D. Why in the title it's Snakbird instead of Snakebird? it's very curious xdddd
(Real image, im not using photoshop or something similar, just view the title :v)
Very hard puzzle game, but visuals look great though at least.
I thought I would just get stuck and not have that much fun but the first handful of levels I've played have been a blast so far. When I figured out 16 I felt so smart :)
Game's always looked so good great to be out now!
Wow, this game looks great and plays great. I wouldn't have though of a demake of snakebird as being pico-8 friendly, but it just works :)
I have only managed 5 levels and it's so difficult! I have never heard of Snakebird before, but your cart is really lovely. Its really well implemented and maddening, but very rewarding when you finally twig how to complete a level. Looking forward to coming back to this to complete a few more levels. Not sure I'll ever be able to do all 70!
The level of polish on display here is just off the chart!
@phil thank you! I may have overestimated the difficulty of snakebird's mechanics lol. I mostly wanted to provide fresh puzzles and avoid copying the original puzzles.
I was following your progress on mastodon. Glad you were finally able to release it. Great demake! Love all the little touches and got most of the first Island except J. Edit: J and 1st cloud done.. this will keep me busy for awhile :)
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