Airborne Ally (A HELPFUL CROW)

Asset ID

796868462830062

Inspiration

One of our favorite games features a delightfully satisfying mechanic: a friendly crow helping players cross obstacles. It’s designed and optimized for mobile play - and it never fails to put a smile on our faces. Now, this helpful little crow is ready to bring that same charm to your players too!

What it does

When players run into a seemingly impossible obstacle, they’ll spot a clever crow perched nearby, ready to lend a wing. Just grab him, and off you go - soaring through the air as he lifts you up and over. Fly past boulders, glide onto new platforms, or see just how far this feathered friend will carry you. And the best part? You decide how long the crow will fly before gently setting players back down.

How we built it

Many TypeScript hours and testing went into creating this asset.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge? Building an asset that’s powerful enough to be genuinely useful, yet so easy that even creators with zero TypeScript experience can drop it in effortlessly. Honestly, it sometimes felt like we were juggling two projects at once: one to make the asset look amazing, and another to make it actually easy to use. We’re pretty proud of how we managed to pull off both—and have fun doing it!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are especially proud of how easy this asset is to implement even for beginner creators who have no TypeScript experience. The helpful crow mechanic is super easy to use—even if you don’t know TypeScript. Just drop the asset into your world, read the handy README, and you’re ready to fly. Zero coding required. Customizing is just as easy. Click on the crow and open the Properties window. Here you can decide how long the crow carries players (measured in seconds) or even adjust the strength of its lift. And for extra flavor, you can plug in your own sound effects - flapping wings, squawking caws, or whatever bird noises make you smile.

What we learned

Publishing an asset for the Public Asset Library was a first for us. We are very impressed with that feature and hope to use it more in the future.

What's next for Airborne Ally (A HELPFUL CROW)

We’re looking forward to seeing how this asset will be received by the community. If we see a demand for updates, we’ll certainly provide them. There is a lot more that can be done with this asset: toggle bird design styles, toggle voice types, pitch, etc.

Built With

• horizonworlds
• typescript