Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows Demo

Survival is a pretty hot genre at the moment, especially when it comes to indie developers. Granted, it’s a pretty wide genre and a lot can be done with it if the designers are not constrained by budgets and technological barriers. On the other hand, simplicity is a good thing as well under the right conditions, especially since it’s pretty difficult to innovate every element in a game.

Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows is a 2D survival game with platformer gameplay mechanics and a unique visual style, in which your goal is to both survive and navigate tough 2D levels at the same time. It may sound confusing, but the mix of flavors is actually quite engaging and entertaining in this case, although it may take you a while to get accustomed to the experience.

The story talks about a strange world in which an evil alchemist decided to unleash chaos and end everyone’s life with a race of mutant fishcrow. Your role as the main character is to stop the alchemist and survive the mutant invasion in the meantime. In fact, each day you travel is added to the overall statistics, and the game gets harder the more days you take to reach the alchemist.

At the beginning of the game you have the option to customize your character, although you shouldn’t expect anything too complex. There are only three important features you have to keep an eye on, such as stamina, health and strength. They each provide you with certain bonuses, whether it's longer sprinting times or higher resistance to damage.

As for the graphics, the game features a pretty interesting visual style, one that aims to remind you of the good-old times. The landscapes may be pixelated, but at least they seem pretty moody and original, which is always great to see in an indie production. However, the background art gets a tad repetitive after a while, although you should be more busy watching out for enemies and obstacles in the road.

All things considered, Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows might just be the kind of game that leaves its imprint on the industry, but it’s not quite there yet. In order to help the developer speed things up and improve the quality of the game, you can back the Kickstarter project and even receive special rewards.