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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		ScolonDev's comment
Jan 9 17:10:23		Hartifacts	♥ 1	Well, this is quite embarrassing, but I got stuck on the 2nd level! I honestly have no idea what I'm supposed to do here and have been stuck here for 15 minutes. However, the game is quite well-made overall! I don't think it fits very well with the theme of harvest, but I see what you were going for.
Jan 9 17:20:41	10m 18s	Swfarming infestation	♥ 1	Just finished playing, unfortunately, I am a noob farmer :(. This is a pretty cool game, using crops to gather resources for constructing towers and then protecting them from incoming threats is something that has potential! My only real complaint is that there isn't much to do after you construct your main defense and plant all your crops, something to keep actively doing or micromanaging tasks would take this experience to the next level.
Jan 9 17:47:31	26m 50s	The Soul Harvester	♥ 1	softlocked.png Sadly, I got softlocked on my first run of the game, so I had to restart from the beginning and do another run through fellthroughtheworld.png Then I got stuck in this section of the game, I was unable to get out of this hole and then I fell through the floor when trying to dash out, so I think my playthrough will end here. Overall though, the concept is sound. A fairly good interpretation of the theme, that isn't just a farming simulator. The game only needs a lot of polish, more things to do, and it would be a pretty good experience!
Jan 9 17:59:02	11m 31s	Thrown Harvest (for LD52)	♥ 1	iwonletsgo.png It took a while, but I won! This is a pretty cool small game, it took me a while to realize that you could hold multiple balls at once. So, I was only doing 1 ball at a time for the majority of my run. After I realized that fact, the gameplay sped up a bit. The bird constantly coming in and removing my progress was kind of annoying though. This seems like the type of game where the goal would be to accomplish the objective as fast as possible, or as stylish as possible, so a timer or something similar would be nice. This would fit well as a small arcade game. Overall, good job!
Jan 9 18:04:08	5m 06s	Harvest Skin	♥ 1	Whoaaaaa, this is a weird game, I'm getting creepy-pasta energy from this. I'm going to have nightmares everyday about Abigail harvesting my skin 😱 . Good job writing up backstories/personalities for all of the fish!
Jan 9 18:16:47	12m 39s	Fruit of Life	♥ 0	I was a bit confused at what I was supposed to be doing, and the camera seems to be VERY zoomed in. However, I eventually got to the core gameplay when I reached the top of the tower. I do wish that this section of the game happened a lot sooner, or it started from that segment. Unfortunately, I died shortly afterwards and the game just immediately shutdown. There was no audio either, but maybe you didn't have time to create any. I see what you were going for with this idea, and the art style is quite cool and unique. Overall, not bad!
Jan 9 18:50:54	34m 07s	Inside	♥ 1	First game that genuinely made me laugh LOL, I accidentally restarted the game halfway through by pressing escape trying to cancel an action. I'd recommend changing that. Otherwise, fairly solid experience, I can't wait to reach detective heaven!
Jan 9 19:42:39	51m 45s	The Amazing Web-Harveting (Ludum Dare 52 edition)	♥ 0	err.png The game doesn't launch :(, I assume you already know this.
Jan 9 20:04:12	21m 33s	Midnight Harvest	♥ 1	This is a pretty good game! My only issue with it is that it ramps up in difficulty quite harshly, I didn't have that much time to get used to the mechanics before I already had to memorize numerous details.
Jan 9 21:13:05	1h 08m	Mimi's Challenge	♥ 1	burnnig_alive.png HELP, I'm literally going to burn alive! Jokes aside, this was really fun, good job! My only complaint is the delay when you press an input to move.
Jan 9 21:52:14	39m 09s	Seven Favors	♥ 3	Whoa, this is surprisingly very well polished, good job! This feels like the type of game that would have/has multiple different endings, I could see potential in this being fleshed out/expanded more. Gameplay feels very smooth and it's fun to move around and do things. My only complaint is that the content itself gets a bit repetitive, maybe extra level variety could help with that!
Jan 9 22:02:27	10m 13s	Harbinger's Harvest	♥ 2	I got a score of 2077, your use of the theme is more of a story/general thematics one than that integral to the game mechanics. Your game seems to be a basic shooter survival game other than that. Not bad! In terms of the gameplay, the controls feel a little slippery and that makes it very hard to dodge the large arrays for bullets. Improvements to the movement mechanics should make it a lot easier (and funner) to play! Overall, good game :)
Jan 9 22:20:55	18m 28s	A Farmer's nightmare	♥ 2	Cool game! Harvesting crops with the scythe was surprisingly satisfying, which I did not expect. Some additional gameplay variety would be nice though.
Jan 12 15:03:39	64h 42m	The Unidentified Flying Cat Burglars!	♥ 1	The movement controls are really slippery! This is a pretty cool game but I am having some issues running it, I could just be having a normal run and then the game just randomly force quits on me. It has happened four times now so I haven't been able to get a run that lasts that long :/. This game would be a lot better with just a bit of extra polish and those issues fixed!
Jan 12 15:21:48	18m 09s	Social Mediæty	♥ 1	Hey this game is pretty good, the biggest killer for me is the lack of sound effects and how long the game dragged on. I also seemed to be playing the game wrong and accumulated a huge disadvantage against the tentacle guy. The story and presentation is quite funny though, good job overall! I'd recommend possibly making the game shorter or otherwise improving the pacing. It becomes quite tedious after a while.
Jan 12 15:29:54	8m 06s	My mother told me...	♥ 1	Hey! This is a pretty decent game, good job on submitting! I have a few issues with the overall game design though. For one this seems to be more of a, oddly enough, action game than a puzzle game. Perhaps this could would work better as like a platformer or something that's a bit a more fast-paced? Secondly, the hidden spikes got annoying very quickly, I think it would be a good idea to add some sort of faint indicator that they're there. You can reward the player for paying attention to the level design. Instead, I'm forced to move through every area very slowly after they're introduced to progress through the game.
Jan 12 15:38:56	9m 02s	Grim Phantom	♥ 2	I am God god.png This is a good game! I see a lot of potential in this. It does become extremely easy after getting upgrades like the bone barrage, all this game really needs is map variety and a harder difficulty curve with enemy variations. It's quite well polished and satisfying to playthrough, good job!
Jan 12 17:03:40	1h 24m	Carrot Season	♥ 1	I did it! I harvested all the carrots, I'm now ascending to carrot heaven!!!! Oh wait, I mean farmer's heaven, LOL! carrot.png Nice little game, I could see this being expanded into something more, possibly a mobile game due to the way it's structured. With just a little more polish and other things to actively do and manage it could be nice relaxing game. However, it did take me a while to figure out the controls and an optimal route to progress in the game. Fixing both that and pacing issues should improve the experience by a lot. Good job overall!
Jan 13 16:44:09	23h 40m	Five Finger Copper Shopper	♥ 1	XD cope.png I ended up doing 4 runs of the game. I was very confused at first and kept getting the "you didn't steal anything ending," that's when I realized I was supposed to throw the copper inside of the shopping cart. After I realized that I realized how exactly the game worked. Unfortunately, my ability to pick up items seemed to have stop working after I threw one item in? That's how I ended up with this result, lol! This was a good game, well-made all around. The controls/movement could use a bit of work I think, it feels a bit floaty sometimes. I could definitely see this being expanded into something more, good work!
Jan 14 18:51:40	26h 07m	Not Mushroom for Error	♥ 2	I think I did pretty well! mushroom.png This is a pretty well made and solid game! I was able to get quite far by mentally dividing the groups of edible mushrooms into their own categories. There was a period of time where every red mushroom and every white mushroom was edible, so I just rejected everything that did not meet those criteria. As time went on though, the memorization got quite tough. The visuals are expertly made and fit the game's simplistic nature very well, nicely done!
Jan 14 19:01:15	9m 35s	Encryption Harvester	♥ 1	Ah, I think I spent a bit too much time banging my head against the wall trying to figure out the words. Is there a way to refer back to the story you just read to get hints on what words might be? A feature such as this would make it a lot more enjoyable for casuals such as myself! This is a solid entry though, good job! I love how this is different from the other entries submitted to this Jam, which immediately jumped onto farming themed games. With a bit more polishing I could see this being a lot more fun :D!
Jan 14 19:06:55	5m 40s	Speedy Harvest	♥ 1	I harvested everything, let's goooooo! i win.png Solid game, it was satisfying to just cut through all the wheat. The controls are slippery but I do believe that's an intended part of the difficulty. However, I'm not sure if the game does have any real difficulty since there is no lose condition. The level progression was a bit lacking though. I was expecting some sort of twist to the gameplay instead of just increasing the number of actors and the amount of wheat to be harvested. Overall, good job though!
Jan 14 19:09:29	2m 34s	Last Harvest	♥ 0	I can't run your game :/, I'm not sure what to do. Can't run your game.png
Jan 14 19:14:58	5m 29s	Agricultural Ascension	♥ 2	I got stuck on level 8, haha! This is a tough one. levle 8.png Overall, good game. Solid presentation, the game is very simple to understand and once you figure out how everything works it becomes an excellent puzzler. Unfortunately the game got very laggy for me in the later levels, and it became much harder to play the game. Other than that, good work!