The Spark

# The Spark

**A classic Flappy Bird experience with a relaxed, lofi twist!**

The Spark brings the same addictive gameplay you know and love, but with a chill, lofi aesthetic. Navigate a paper plane through obstacles while listening to a laid-back lofi soundtrack. Can you survive the longest?

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## Features

- **Single-player & Two-player modes:** Play solo or team up with a friend in local multiplayer mode.  

- **Relaxing Lofi soundtrack:** Enjoy calming music as you dodge obstacles and rack up points.  

- **Dynamic difficulty increase:** The more you play, the harder it gets! Each time you pass 3 obstacles, the game speeds up, spaces the obstacles closer, and increases the spawn rate.

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## Gameplay

- **Objective:** Avoid obstacles and survive as long as possible while collecting points.  

- **Controls:**  

  - *Single-player:* Press `SPACE` to jump.  

  - *Two-player:* Player 1 uses `W` and Player 2 uses the Up Arrow key to jump.

  

The difficulty gradually increases as you pass more obstacles:

1. **Speed:** Every 3 obstacles passed, the speed increases by 10%.

2. **Obstacle Spacing:** Every 3 obstacles passed, the space between obstacles decreases by 10%.

3. **Spawn Rate:** Every 3 obstacles passed, the spawn rate of new obstacles increases by 10%.

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## Instructions

1. **Download and Install:** Simply download the .zip, decompress and run the executable. 

3. **Controls:**  

   - *Single-player:* Use `SPACE` to jump.  

   - *Two-player:* Player 1 uses `W`, and Player 2 uses the Up Arrow to jump.  

   - * Menu navigation:* Mouse & Left Click

4. **Game Over:** Try to survive as long as possible! Each time you pass 3 obstacles, the difficulty will increase.

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## Installation clarifications

To play the game, download the game files from [Itch.io](https://itch.io) and extract them to a folder of your choice. Run the executable to start playing. (All the folders need to be inside the folder).

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## Development & Credits

**Developer:** Lucio Piccioni  

**Music:**  

- Purrple Cat - "Breathtaking"  

- Harris Cole - "Louie's Lullaby"  

- Jen - "Quiet Nights"  

- Cgman - "Wind VFX"  

- Chiptone - "Sound Effects"  

- Waters - "City Background Parallax"  

- Pixeleart - "Paper Plane with Pixel Art Style"

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## Contact

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions! You can contact me through my [Itch.io page](https://kapnack.itch.io) or via [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kapnack_/). 
Also you can check my [GitHub](https://github.com/LucioPiccioni).

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## License

This game is free to play, and you can share it with your friends. However, please do not redistribute or sell the game without permission from the developer.

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Enjoy the game and the relaxing vibes of The Spark!

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