Chicken Run

Chicken Run is a fast‑paced, stylized arcade shooter where you play as a surprisingly angry chicken with an infinite supply of egg‑ammo. Dodge danger, blast enemies, and try not to question why a chicken is more heavily armed than most action heroes.

About the game

This game was created for The Plug Jam 2026. The jam lasted 10 days, but thanks to a catastrophic project corruption that yeeted everything back to day 1, I only had 1 real day to rebuild the entire thing from scratch.

Despite the chaos, Chicken Run delivers tight gameplay, clean readability, and a bright toon‑shaded world full of tall grass, rolling hills, and geometric enemies that definitely exist (just… not in the screenshot above).

Features

• Egg‑powered combat: Fire eggs with left click or right trigger. Infinite ammo. Zero dignity.
• Stylized visuals: Bright colors, dense grass, simple shapes, and a custom toon shader that makes everything pop.
• Fast arcade gameplay: Short, chaotic survival sessions where you either thrive or explode.
• In‑game tutorial: Learn movement, shooting, and how to accept your new life as a poultry‑based FPS protagonist.
• Jam‑built energy: Designed under extreme time pressure after the universe personally attacked my project files.

Controls

• Move: WASD / Left Stick
• Look: Mouse / Right Stick
• Shoot Eggs: Left Mouse Button / Right Trigger

Performance

Let’s be honest: Chicken Run is not a performance monster. The grass is thick, the shading is chunky, and the chicken is doing its best. On my NVIDIA 5070 laptop, it usually sits around 200 FPS — but your mileage may vary depending on:

• how much your GPU fears foliage
• whether your PC likes stylized shaders
• how many eggs you decide to fire at once

If your framerate dips, just pretend it’s a dramatic slow‑motion effect. Works every time.

Development story

Halfway through development, the entire project corrupted itself into oblivion and reset to day 1. With only a single day left, I rebuilt the core mechanics, visuals, shaders, and game feel from scratch. What you’re playing now is the result of that caffeine‑fueled sprint: focused, chaotic, and unapologetically egg‑based.

Credits

• Music: boji21 – amazing tracks that give the game its energy.
• Visual assets: Environment and character assets sourced from the Unity Asset Store.
• Toon shader: Custom toon shader created specifically for this project.
• Gameplay logic & game design: All mechanics, systems, and design by me.

Known issues

• Balance: Some waves may spike in difficulty because tuning takes time and I had… none.
• Minor bugs: Occasional visual or collision quirks may appear. Consider them “features.”

Final thoughts

Chicken Run is a jam‑born experiment in style, speed, and egg‑splosive chaos. If you enjoy it or have feedback, I’d love to hear how your runs went. Thanks for playing — and may your eggs always fly straight.