When AI takes controls and sends robot to seize chickens from a free range farm, it's time to show to the world what chickens can do. Take control of the roosters and fight back in this classic shoot'em up style game.
The game was developed for the Construct Jam 2026 with the theme "Chickens", using Construct 3 as game engine.
As personal challenge, I wanted to create the game within the limit of the free version of Construct 3, this to show that it's still possible to create a little game even with only 50 game events, without using JavaScript or Type Script to overcome the limitations.
The current game runs with only 40 events, and while the code is not written in an easy way to read, it's however very compressed to be able to overcome what a beginner user could see as huge limitations.
The source code of the game in its Game Jam version, is available for sale as template to show how it was made, however, since the audio files are third parties, the audio files are NOT included, but the code to call those files is present. So you can simply add your audio files naming them as in the code and you can have your own version of the game with your custom sound and voices.
Of the 40 events in the code 13 are used as players' input (4 directions + attack), leaving only 27 lines to manage the whole game from the start to the end, including the final cut scene.
13 lines are needed because the game supports 2 players with both keyboard and gamepad input, otherwise if it was 1 player with keyboard input only, one line would have been enough, leaving 12 more lines for the code.
Total worked hours: 40 hours and 37 minutes (including setting up initial itch,io page for the game).
CREDITS:
Game Design:
Simone Tropea
Programming:
Simone Tropea
Art:
Simone Tropea
Audio - Voices:
Epic Stock Media
Audio - Music:
Andrew Goodwin
AndySV
Audio - SFXs:
GameBurp
AI was NOT used to create any part of this game, as all other Biim Games' products.
All Art elements were created withing the image editor of C3 only.
BUY THE GAME TEMPLATE
The template of Chickens: Free Range! was made with Construct 3 and is available for sale!
construct.net/en/game-assets/game-templates/chickens-free-range-game-5318
You don't need a license of Construct 3 to open the project files, however you need to be registered in order to modify the code, images and audio. If you are not registered to Construct 3, you can only see the code and run it, but not modify it.
In every case, to open the template and run it, you need to access to Construct 3.
Please note that the template does NOT come with audio files.