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Farm Fury

By iron-leonem

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Theme4953.38
Fun5223.05
Innovation5243.08
Overall6243.09
Humor6852.51
Mood7902.66

Comments

morgondag 2015-04-20 06:05

The music was a little loud

ironleonem 2015-04-20 06:07

Thank you for the feedback! It was one of the last things I added, and I didn't playtest it as much as I would have liked.

jk5000 2015-04-20 06:12

I could not Fire a fruit

ironleonem 2015-04-20 06:30

JK, did you grow the fruits first?

lyxilion 2015-04-20 06:44

Music a bit loud but amazing game !!! It's was realy fun !

ironleonem 2015-04-20 06:50

Thank you, Lyxilion!

akokich 2015-04-20 08:02

"I have one heart and no strawberries".. yeah it's that kind of game. Awesome!

ironleonem 2015-04-20 08:12

Bitterdeath, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Did you get a chance to try any of the other crops than strawberries? They unlock over time!

ildfuglen 2015-04-20 08:45

Overall that was pretty fun, but the control scheme was horrible. Great idea, awesome :D

ironleonem 2015-04-20 09:23

Ildfuglen, can you elaborate on what was frustrating about the control scheme? Which part of the game's controls were challenging? I'm sorry if the execution didn't live up to the idea, but thank you for trying it!

mrdave 2015-04-20 10:27

I enjoyed playing this far more than I would have thought. While simple it is bags of fun.

ironleonem 2015-04-20 10:37

MrDave, thank you so much for the comments!

zo0mer 2015-04-20 11:55

Quiet hard game. I really don't understand what am i doing wrong

jagang 2015-04-20 12:06

Welp, shouldn't have spammed all my ammo into the box right before all the enemies spawn D: nice resource management game. great balance between extra points and ammo :D

ironleonem 2015-04-20 12:16

Jagang, you nailed what I wass looking for :) zo0MER, part of that is my fault. After going to my friends for a bit of playtesting, I think I made the enemies a little too strong. The skeleton, for one, moves a little too fast.

mrvanderpants 2015-04-20 12:23

Really enjoyed the game, but the music was a tad loud.

mjaawa 2015-04-20 12:25

Nice game mechanics, it was really fun to come up with different tactics of which seeds to plant and when to use the ammo to get more stuff from the chest!

strong99 2015-04-20 12:25

Funny and addictive game! Well done :)

dusho 2015-04-20 12:27

really fun game.. amazing work

ironleonem 2015-04-20 12:43

I'm really glad you guys enjoyed! I'm headed to bed for the morning. Thanks for the feedback!

shivur 2015-04-21 05:45

A little bit overwhelming at the start to master the different mechanics, but good concept.

esayitch 2015-04-21 06:23

Pretty nice plant/grow/kill/repeat gameplay cycle... Enemies moved smartly most of the time. Was there a difference between the different fruit? I used carrots twice and didn't notice any difference so I stuck with strawberries afterwards until I died xD

Good luck!

ironleonem 2015-04-21 06:46

Shivur, Thank you for the feedback! @esayitch, It does have different effects for different food. Carrots pierce through enemies, and cherries explode like bombs!

pillbrain 2015-04-21 06:58

I liked it, most fun I've had farming.

archonthewizard 2015-04-21 08:30

Awesome idea, I really enjoyed it. The difficulty ramped up pretty quickly, but it's almost entirely skill based, which makes it fun to learn

buzzwerd 2015-04-21 09:18

This is fun! Music might be a little to loud compared to everything. Could use some in game explanation of the controls. Well done.

wg_phancock 2015-04-21 09:19

Really liked the mechanics of the game...it's fun having to kite enemies around while waiting for plants to grow.

iapc 2015-04-21 10:04

Fastpaced, fun little game. Neat!

druid 2015-04-21 10:38

First time i really don't know what to do, but at the end, i spend more than half hour with this game :D Nice one!

joe40001 2015-04-21 10:39

I enjoyed this game a lot. Like a lot of LD games it could use a little polish, but the core game is solid and fun.

jukimv1986 2015-04-21 13:00

Very difficult, would be good to have tutorial levels and increase the difficulty gradually from there. Good job and nice take on the theme!

dkoding 2015-04-21 17:17

Meh... Not my cup of tea.

Jeremias 2015-04-21 19:40

Very fun and addictive game. Played several rounds and planting new ammo and using it is hectic in an entertaining way. Regarding balancing, the strawberries are far too powerful as they grow too fast respectively make enough damage against heavier enemies. Or the higher fruits just grow too long ;D Very good job!

goblin 2015-04-21 21:14

Quite Hard but great game.
Check ours too http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367

dorgam 2015-04-21 22:39

One of the most fun games I played. It has a big replayability value. Keep up the good job!

steboots 2015-04-22 00:41

Oh snap this was fantastic! The controls were hard to figure out at first, but once I did it got real fun, nice mix of action and management game play. Don't know if I've run into that combo before, well done!

peterkirk 2015-04-22 11:19

I was too busy trying to defend myself to really care about what fruit I was planting or what they each did. It was only after I gained immortality some how that I slowed down to look at the game.

zak-amana 2015-04-22 12:49

Good, but I find the progression a bit slow. Nice job.

cgmorton 2015-04-22 13:17

This game is pretty great.

One thought - when you throw a fruit and you're close enough that it hits instantly, there's no indication that it got thrown at all. Some more feedback there would be nice.

natalye 2015-04-22 17:44

It was definitely a bit hard, but I did improve from one try to the next. It was fun but could have been more so.

Using both the mouse to plant/attack and WASD to move plus more Q/E to rotate options, felt like a bit too much.
This game would probably be much better with a tutorial, learning the basic planting mechanic first before there's any threat, etc. But I do think you should try some different control schemes and see if another one is easier to use.
For a post-compo version a tutorial would be much better than text instructions. Also, the text was a bit hard to read, due to font/color.
At first it wasn't clear why some crops were marked with an X, I actually thought you were supposed to plant on them because of that.
I couldn't figure out if it was better to attack monsters with my fruit or just throw it at the chest. Both options gave me money (which I don't think there was a way to use - was there?), so really the point in shipping the crops was unclear. I like the idea that crops would have a multiple use, so maybe if monsters didn't drop gold it would help the decision feel more strategic.
Would be nice if there was a way to replenish life (even if it's rare).
Music was nice, the tempo fit the pace of the game, and the art was cute.

triplevisiongames 2015-04-23 09:45

Cool idea growing your ammo!

martiangames 2015-04-24 04:07

I love the combining of genres! ( I always strive to make games that belong in all categories and no categories simultaneously. ;)

generic_ghost 2015-04-24 04:38

Great job! This game was a lot of fun. I'd love to see a version of this that is a relaxing game as I really liked the mechanic and wanted to grow more fruit and vegetables!

prowler 2015-04-24 12:54

Nice game! And the music was ... :D

kirbytails7 2015-04-25 07:19

Fruuuuit! Nice idea. I like the intense music.

leom 2015-04-26 14:53

I did a farmer game too, but in mine you have to keep the carrots. ;)

fenix 2015-04-26 15:59

Nice game. I like the idea that you have to grow your ammo.

There is one annoying thing - movement controls. I expect the character to change direction when I press one key while still holding another one. It works when you move left or right and decide to go up or down, but the opposite does not work. And holding left and right or up and down together stops the character - I would love to use this to fast direction change to the direction connected with last pressed key.

Despite that that a good game, well done. :)

garethiw 2015-04-26 15:59

From one farm game to another, that was pretty cool!

coban31 2015-04-27 21:59

Here is a nice little game! Good idea to grow plants although I prefer the strawberry. The music is good ! Good job!

pixel_3 2015-04-28 09:09

The hitboxes felt a little large so I felt like I was taking damage I shouldn't have and the fruit/seed controls were pretty hard to use mostly due to how hectic it gets later on. It is a fun game though and a bit addictive. I didn't seem to notice much difference in the fruit though, the strawberries grow in large patches and are fast, and carrots shoot through enemies but oranges just seem to be harder hitting, slower growing strawberries. I did unlock the grapes but died before using them, hopefully they were a AoE thing. I'll give this a few plays later to see if I can unlock more fruit.

12pechasofsouls 2015-04-29 22:43

Very funny and interesting mechanics, great job!

speirceol 2015-05-03 03:05

It confused me at first but i got the hang of it, neat game, works well and i can see this being quite addictive. i only got to unlock Cherrys though

frc_ol 2015-05-03 07:11

Good!Nice Game!:)

bulletsarepeopletoo 2015-05-03 19:37

I love this concept. The controls are very stiff, which is a frustrating source of difficulty. I would love to see this idea developed further and polished.