bovandenberg 2020-04-19 12:51
pretty fun game i like that it is so random
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Peculiar Farming
By arcus and daniel-michaeloudis
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1908 | 3.18 | 68 | |
| Fun | 1771 | 3.05 | 68 | |
| Innovation | 1928 | 2.90 | 68 | |
| Theme | 2291 | 2.92 | 68 | |
| Graphics | 2075 | 2.80 | 68 | |
| Audio | 1120 | 3.14 | 65 | |
| Humor | 1030 | 3.02 | 64 | |
| Mood | 1977 | 2.89 | 65 |
pretty fun game i like that it is so random
I like it, but I couldn't figure out how to buy seeds
It was interesting. Some sort of feedback from selling items would be nice and if I go to the store while my seeds are growing they just disappear when I return. Also couldn't figure out how to get more seeds.
the game seems pretty good, although, the player could use some more speed, he feels very slow and also the graphics weren't really too cohesive, sine you used different styles for different objects.
I like the eggplants! As others, I did not find a way to buy more seeds.
Interesting, but when i was go to market, my garden become empty
@otisdev, @lazz, @derkuchen, @odeyalko - A new patch has just been uploaded, that should fix a bunch of stuff. Now we're working on quests! (only just got round to it)
The stakes are unclear as are some of the mechanics, but this is super neat! And I like the idea of farming as an intense resource management action game rather than its usual closer-to-reality depiction of being tranquil and requiring patience.
@wilson-taylor I'm glad you like the game :smile: We're currently attempting to add in 5 quests. These are so far normal things (like, collect 50 wheat, 30 eggs, and so on) bar the last one wich has a comedic twist :wink:
Pretty nice, funny and addictive, I hope you can get the quests going, would be nice.
The game is pretty cool and a good entry, but the controls are unclear and sometimes planting doesn't work.
The idea is pretty fun. Also the mix of art styles is neat in its own way. One suggestion is I wish that you could use scroll wheel/mouse to select planting options.
what a music!
Definitely good music. And a nice idea. A faster player character qould have been nice, though.
That music was awesome! Also a very cool interpretation of the theme :)
The player walks a bit too slow, and there's really nothing to do while you wait for your crops to grow. and also the high res plant land and the grass doesn't really fit the player and the crops. other than that, nice idea!
Very fun game ! I really like the music and the eggplants !
I like the graphics, sort of like a collage-style of different textures.
i like it, farmer needs to be faster tho
this was fun to play for awhile.
Like the game. Could use more strategy to farming to make it less grindy though
Chill little farming game, could use more options and some progression.
I like the randomization. Pretty fun!
I have the feeling something's not right here 🤔🤣 I love the music and how random it is! Maybe the buy and sell menu could have been easier to accesse if they were in the ui, don't want to be away from my birds for to long 😉
@lamasaurus - I've just made it so when you click the signs (now with updated sprites) you can teleport to the shops. This saves a bit of time.
@arcus oh! Will have to check that out!
Really fun game. I like how easy it is to figure things out as you go along. Controls are pretty obscure, but maybe I just needed to read the instructions first LOL. Love the idea, and it'd be great to see you expand upon this game after the jam.
You could buy for more money than you had which would result in a negative balance of gold. I was also able to sell land but keep my wheat growing. Art style was strange, but i liked the gameplay. The music seemed pretty intense for a farming game. Shops were nice, don't know why you would need so many sell options, most of the time you want to sell all. Overall not bad, could use some work. **Great game.**
Very fun random game! Awesome to play and nice concept! Also really great music!
Here's some notes on my experience: * Clicking for menus is really at odds with everything else being almost entirely keyboard driven. * The music is kind of loud and very energetic for what is really a farming game where you wait for crops to grow. * Harvesting the crops before they matured would make the soil underneath them disappear * I sold all the wheat from my first harvest and bought eggs, but they didn't show up in my inventory, but the money was still spent, so now I had no seeds and no eggs, so I got soft-locked. Hope this helps! Thanks for making this.
I bought some eggs and wheat, but didn't get the eggs. The game is still nice though, but has some bugs. I like that you are working on fixing them
I like the PixelArt , super sweet <3
@charliegray & @eboatwright - We've updated the player to be faster now. The graphics have been fixed to be more consistant, and there's a cool quest system now :smile:
@charliegray & @eboatwright - We've updated the player to be faster now. The graphics have been fixed to be more consistant, and there's a cool quest system now :smile:
What hapened to them tucans?
I couldn't find out how to plant seeds. I knew what I was supposed to do, but not how to do it
That is the best music I've heard in a game yet, great job!
@sledzik At the end the toucans where to be eaten bt a dragon, but I decided that 'Actualy, I don't want to draw a Toucan-eating dragon'. They just kind of... dissapear...
@basileios Whilst you are standing over a field, press P. You can select a crop using 1, 2, 3, or using the mouse wheel.
@axelrinaldo Thanks,I put a lot of work into it :smile:
Love the music, I think it's fitting the theme of a "fast speed farming sim".
Game is fun.
I feel the controls could be simplified though, maybe use always space to interact? Or always use mouse clicks to be consistent with the buying/selling stuff.
That's not how eggs work :D
Fun game, the quests really give it a feel of progression.
As feedback, I'd try to give more crop variety and allow the farmer to do other things like watering.
@ironygames Ha ha! We thought about it, and decided to hastily add it in. There's not watering! (Thanks for the idea :smile:)
@niklasriewald We have changed the controles a bit so you use the mouse a lot more. Hope this helps!
If you keep working on this maybe it will turn into something
Nice game, but the best UI.
Realy cute farming simulator. Good job!
Much better than the Farming Simulator series and a nice piano track too
Love the game! However, I noticed that eggplant and wheat could be plant on one same land. And after I harvest two lands on the right, I cannot plant on these two lands anymore. Those might be bugs or I did it in a wrong way! In all, great game, love the music! Would like to see more!
Really cool farming game. Has great potential to be expanded on in the future!
Like other memories, it looks like there are some bugs, for example, that some fields stop working after some time or that you can plant many crops in one field. Besides that I like it. Adding quests was a really nice idea.
@xyfeng & @zimny11 - Yeah, those bugs are anoying, and we havn't figured out what's causing them. We kinda just hoped they'd go away after a while. A bug fix may come in a while :wink:
A nice little farming sim that gave some layback down time ;D. Everything works and plays well. Only thing is some weird looking pixel art that kinda ruined the feel (Textures). Other than that, the game was really relaxing and enjoyable! great job!
I played for about 30 minutes, here's my Feedback:
Graphics: Sprites are good, the background colors are kind of distracting, they don't harmonize all too well.
Movement: Feels a bit sluggish, there is no player Feedback on anything apart from the Water bucket filling and emptying. To me, this would've made a lot more sense with no player movement and a static screen, apart from the Water mechanic. I can see this as one of those management games like O-Game or Republic Online.
Sound: I like the Piano track, it's catchy and fits the chaotic/random nature of growing Toucan plants haha. Some SFX would be nice to give player feedback on whats happening, but I understand that this might be the last thing one works on during a Jam. I had an hour to create them all and implementation bugged out last minute.
The strengths of the game: Definitely was fun growing yourself a Toucan selling empire haha. Cool creative concept, that fits the Theme quite well. Good work!
Event if graphics are correct, I suggest few improve on it 'cause your gameplay fit very well. You got something cool team keep it up !
Cool farming simulator! I usually don't like this kind of games, but I was playing around 30 minutes with this :D It somehow catched me. Nice job!!
The whole game is a nice idea. I like that you can choose what type to plant each time and that there are quests to give you a hint about how to progress. I think the music is fun, but it would be nice to shuffle in a couple of tracks in order to not get repetitive. Good job mate.
I liked the inclusion of the quests to give the gameplay more purpose that was a nice touch. Some of the collisions felt a bit off (e.g. clicking to plant/harvest). I think with a bit more feedback on interactions that would've been alleviated.
I love farming games nice job! The quest system was definitely a nice touch and I think things were generally paced out rather well. The art was cute and suited things well.
Oh. nice. :)
Nice music! And cool game idea but I add some bug where I could not plant anything in some fields as things process.
A very relaxing farming game. It is a very simplistic game. I didn't like the music and it is not really blending with the game. The art style is also not consistent (some pixel art and some high res).
A very relaxing farming game. It is a very simplistic game. I don't like the music and it is not really blending with the game. The art style is also not consistent (some pixel art and some high res).
Super cool! I liked how quickly the wheat grew, and it became a bit of a mad dash to keep my toucans doing well. Chill, with just the right amount of challenge. There were a few plots of land that stopped being interactable as I played, but overall really awesome submission!! :D
Very cool game. I liked everything about it. Apart of the animations. which didn't exist
Good game, well rouned. Gameplay is fun and music is enjoyable.
Good game. Graphics are a bit messy, specially in shop. The quest should pop up when finished or instead, it should be always on screen instead of a clickable. I really liked the idea and when everything is planted and with the birds it gets really challenging and chaotic. :smile:
@trigueiro That's a good idea! I may start working on a notification system for a post-jam version :smile:
Well done! For a jam game I think the graphics could have been better though. Other than that great job!
Good game! Quests were great and the gameplay was reasonably intuitive. I enjoyed it! The main gameplay screen was well laid out and it was satisfying to grow and sell crops. Some player feedback would be good during transactions though. Also some plots wouldn't let me plant after a while, probably an instruction I didn't read. The music was good and fitted reasonably and, while being a little out of place for the game genre, it was really cool and spiced the game up well! The graphics could be upgraded however, and the controls could have a pop-up to remind me, as they were intuitive from the instructions, in game, some hints/reminders would have been good. Good game overall, it had a lot of depth to it, and it felt alive! Well done!
Works pretty well! Took me a while before I noticed the "sell" sign. After that, I realized it was probably easiest to just buy eggplant seeds, grow birds, and sell them.
I also forgot about the quests until I was ready to be done playing. Maybe just display the progress of the current quest in the corner instead of making it a different screen?
A few of my plots of land got in a locked state where I couldn't grow anything. But all in all, a fun farming experience!
@madbarron - That's a good idea for the quests. I'm currently working on a post-jam version (with some bug fixes and stuff) but the quest system is geting redone a bit. That may be a good thing to add in, thanks :smile:
A hectic and challenging resource management game. There were some technical quirks, though. Some fields wouldn't let me plant in them for no obvious reason, while others would let me plant when there was already a fully grown crop in it. Also, I'm not sure the music was a good fit. But farming toucans was really funny, overall this was a good game, keep it up.
Saw on that video that you really got yourself into composing for that BGM! Congrats, it's nice :slight_smile:. Didn't manage to get toucans, and to grow eggplants to the maximum, but I think I might be missing something. Well cool game anyway !
pretty cool