Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → In Season
By ha-kuro, bluepir and Stone Tape Studios
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 313 | 3.77 | 49 | |
| Fun | 413 | 3.57 | 49 | |
| Innovation | 371 | 3.57 | 49 | |
| Theme | 77 | 4.26 | 49 | |
| Graphics | 206 | 4.18 | 49 | |
| Audio | 174 | 3.86 | 49 | |
| Humor | 562 | 2.87 | 46 | |
| Mood | 232 | 3.84 | 49 |
Hello! It's Blue, the artist here. https://vyfrost.itch.io/in-season This is a link to the Itch.io page of the game, because the Ludum Dare website didn't like our HTML file (Though the Windows download still works). Hope you can still enjoy the game!
111.PNG my god this was such a blast! the game kept me at my toes the entire time I love it!! I also really love the idea and art style (including the "no" head animation lol). really well done I love this entry
Really liked it! Using num keys to select slots would be a good change
Love the weather effects! very nice touch. Cute and simple graphics is always a win. Great job
Such a great concept! I really enjoyed this game. I think the gameplay would be helped by have a button being pressed to use an item instead of clicking.
A lot of fun! Would love to see this game expanded upon
Very fun game! One small change is perhaps tell the players in a more visual way which vegetable is best in which season aside from the small sparkle, however maybe its better as a play and learn sort of thing. Very well done, very cute graphics!
I start hating this theme. Lot of games without this 10 seconds restrictions would be sooooo good. I really like how seaons change, the musc, the graphics, all works really well together. But clicking like insane makes me... insane! I hate the team that's what I can say. But I liked the game itself pretty much!
Fun game. I love this music and art. I would like hotkeys for inventory slots
A nice game, with good graphics and a cute plot!)
Love the art. And love the idea. Can bring some really cool emerging gameplay, in which you may want to keep some plants warm for 10 seconds or something similar. Nice execution of the theme!
Amazing art style, engaging gameplay loop and a good implementation of the theme. really made sure that I worked for my money and strategize how and when to plant, harvest etc. Awesome job!
I like the art, it was difficult for me to play with an azerty keyboard, but still it was interesting !
Interesting and well done! :)
I love the unique idea and audio in this game, creates a very nice atmosphere!
Surprisingly complete. Good job guys!.
Nice game, we start with the same idea: growing plants with season changing every 10 seconds, but we didn't go in the same direction at all. If you like bunnies, you can try our farming game. Anyway one of the best game I've tested. Good job
Cool, it reminded me of Stardew Valley a lot. Very smooth gameplay. I also liked some of the animations, at one point it even got me confused whether it's 3D with shader or pixel art 2D, just because of some nicely done movements. Not sure, maybe I've missed something, but it would have been very cool to have some automatization and upgrades.
Hey buds, Hakuro here (code guy for this game) ~ Thanks everyone for all the feedback, its all super useful to our team, so if you have anymore feedback keep it coming *:)*
@frederoxdev @gorr @rogueagente - these are great ideas, we'll definitely work on getting better controls on accessing the inventory in future updates
@caerul @lukas-ip - props to @bluepir <3
@fastandblast - another awesome idea, we're thinking of showing a description on hover for each of the seed pouches
@brandsma - would love to hear more about your idea, if you'd like to join our discord and explain more feel free ~ https://discord.gg/PXKFmrYV
@rubinshki - yeah that's a good point, we really should support other keyboards ~ next time
@lepoulet - eyyy great minds or somethin'
Love the music! And very cute graphics! I'm not a big farming sim fan but I thought this was very nicely done. It just got a bit repetitive for me and I wasn't totally sure what veg was best for which season. Could be expanded very well with more tools, dating etc. Looks like you have a lot of fans :)
we got the same idea about season changing! and the most interesting part is we made whole different type of game. real nice work, lovely are and good music, fun to play. ill say the carrot is not that useful lol, apple and pumpkin makes a perfect circle that keeps you busy the whole year.
Fun little concept
First off I have to say I absolutely adore the music and art for this game. Such an adorable sprite and the environment is so pretty and nice to look it. All of it paired with the music and it truly is a wonderful experience.
The only criticism I have is similar to what many others have said, the control scheme could use some work. Perhaps allowing the user to hotkey the various items and another key to plant on the tile they are standing on.
Otherwise, a great game. Good job friend :)
The art and spritework here is really charming! I also love the different effects for each season - whether rain or the shining sun, it all looks really nice. I like the concept but feel like it was a bit easy once you get into the groove, maybe making the cost per year grow as you go on could make things more difficult? It's really a fun idea though and I like the level of polish here a lot. Well done!
lovely game. The way different plants were priced differently in different seasons really gave the game some depth. I would say I only found myself using a small portion of the farmland, As everything grows so quickly that I only really had time to plant and harvest a small amount.
What a tempo, it can get a bit intense! The sound design is what you'd expect from a polished game and it's nice to have some music to go with it. Very well done!
This was adorable and I loved every bit! The 10 seconds season is a brilliant idea, and the artist made them all look lovely. I wish I could use the number keys instead of the mousewheel. I also really liked the music!
I recorded myself playing for even more feedback:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCb3PB1klfA
Great game! I had a lot of fun playing - it did take a little bit to figure out, not sure if I missed it somewhere, but it would have been nice to know which plants were for which season, as I thought the carrots? were meant to be harvested in summer, not winter. Other than that, I had a lot of fun running around! All in all, this was a great execution of the theme, thanks!
Great and polished game. I like the graphics and the pace of it! Good job! Not sure I felt the sezonial restrictions as everything I've planted worked so far.
This farmer has the strangest hairstyle I've seen! However, the pixel art style looks great! Also, the mechanics of the game itself feel well-polished. The only thing I'd ask for is a way for the click to move the character to a position instead of having the character just shake their head 'no' because of a misclick.
Also, the $400 penalty a year is surprisingly easy to overcome. So much so I had to test it by waiting it out to confirm that the farm DID lose money after a while. So... mostly a balance issue, but it's nice that it's in the player's favor at least.
I dig this entry!
Wow! lembrou muito Harvest Moon nice!
Very cool! I liked the graphics a lot and the music is so very fitting and just adds to the atmosphere. The game feels polished, and I didn't encounter any bugs. I liked the subtle animations that let you know when it's the right season to plant and harvest each plant.
I think having some keyboard controls would be nice here. Like an ability to choose the items from your quickbar with number keys and perform actions with Enter or Space.
Fun game, great graphics! Loved the music and sounds as well. Little hectic, but all the information was presented well. I did find I could very quickly do actions if I did them while moving, and in so skipping the planting/raking animation. Otherwise a very polished game and well done!
This game is so fun!! I will say that my score is very inflated because you collect a lot of money up front if you farm in the tutorial area and only plant apples indefinitely. In fact, I missed the dialogue saying to go outside at first and was about to log a bug saying the seasons aren't changing, which was why I started out with a ton of tutorial apple money haha.
After I took my steps outside, the game became a lot more fun. I will also say that I am very biased towards farming games because I LOVE them, but this seems like a really solid game! The graphics are wonderful, and I feel encouraged to find the most optimal number of plants to plant based on grow time and season.
I appreciate the easy menu layout and that you can scroll through tools - even more so if there's a way to make the scrolling more sensitive. I also think scaling the penalty up and charging for seeds would add to the challenge. This game I played the other day has a similar concept, but you can check out some of their scaling difficulty if you want: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/frantic-farmer
Awesome entry, and great job!
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Was this game a fun treat, a 'speed farming sim'. About everything about the game just felt cozy. Also, comparing the score above, more points on plants planted is a good balance.
Only feedback I'd give is to allow the option of full keyboard support.
The art and the music set the feel of the game really well. The gameplay fits well with the theme, it feels like a natural part of the game. The tutorial at the start of the game is great at explaining everything, I never felt lost while playing, but the scores are difficult to compare because of how the money from the greenhouse isn't reset when the game starts for real. I found that if I moved and clicked at the right frequency I could skip the animations and get a lot more planted and harvested in less time, not sure if that's intended or not. Overall the game was fun and well polished, you did a great job! Screenshot (161).png