Sneaky Beaks

1998 DOS C game · ported to JavaScript and canvas

Sneaky Beaks

Drop a coin. The ducks race for it, buy sweets at the shop, and kick each other to steal them, even a sweet right out of another duck's mouth. A duck that goes too long without a sweet starves.

Ducks

    What's happening

      How it works

      • Space (or M, as in the original) drops a coin somewhere random. Click or tap the field to drop it exactly where you want.
      • Hungry ducks race to the coin. The winner pecks it up and walks it to the shop, where it buys a bag of sweets.
      • Hungry ducks chase any duck carrying a coin or a bag, or one that has just got a sweet, and kick it. The victim may drop the coin, sweets may fly out of the bag, or the sweet may get knocked right out of its mouth.
      • Ducks with sweets keep away from the others and eat one whenever they get peckish. A sweet on the ground gets pecked up and eaten straight away.
      • The bar over each duck is its hunger. When it runs out, the duck dies.

      Sprites are read straight from the original BEAK.SPR (WGT sprite format). Open the sprite viewer to see all 115 frames.