Implemented the bird enemy in #OpenCrystalCaves
This is no simple enemy - it drops eggs on you, which normally break open and leave a hazard on the ground, but 10% of the time it hatches into a little bird! So the effort was 4x normal (bird+egg+spill+birdlet).
That 10% chance is a doozy - most players won’t expect it because the first few times they come across the bird it will never happen. This game loves surprises!
#GameDev #OpenSource #CrystalCaves #RetroGames #DOS #ScreenshotSaturday
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