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Hearty Harvest

By tobius, Gowie and Twingle

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4423.4524
Fun4553.2924
Innovation2953.4524
Theme2323.9724
Audio2173.5924
Mood3713.5025

Comments

bigbadollie 2023-01-09 18:48

Wow the artwork looks stunning! I feel like the tutorial could have been a bit more clear.

joshkirby 2023-01-11 23:54

The arts incredible! Like others have said, the tutorial should've been a bit clearer

torban 2023-01-11 23:55

Really cute game. The mechanics of adding matching color veggies was a really nice and innovative touch that tied in with the Harvest theme really. Great work on this one!

bthedestroyer 2023-01-11 23:56

Really great art, though some simple animations on everything would have made it way more clear how all of the interactions worked.

Maybe it's just me, but the tutorial wasn't *super* clear as to what I was supposed to do, but I was still able to complete a few levels so I must have done something right :sweat_smile: I think specific instructions in the tutorial (eg: Swap these two plants) and highlighting the results of my actions (eg: See how that made them grow faster?) would have helped.

The music and sound effects were spot on, though some variation in the sound effects and more of them would have helped. I don't think there was any sound when I actually scored points (or if there was, it didn't scale based on how many points I scored) which made it hard to tell intuitively if I was doing well.

iskra 2023-01-12 00:10

Great game! Looking forward to the mobile version ^^

daboombus 2023-01-12 01:28

I really love the artwork and music. They really create a relaxing mood that fits the pace of the game. I found the game somewhat confusing though, I wasn't ever really sure where the purchased seeds would end up going.

Overall I really enjoyed the game, good job!

stephenwhoskins 2023-01-14 02:40

This is a really good game! I love how relaxing it is and I do find it innovative and a very good use of the theme! I give this game two thumbs up! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

wolfraam1974 2023-01-16 09:41

Very relax and beutiful game! Respect!

chase-of-bass 2023-01-16 09:44

The strategy in this was really addictive and fun! I really like how you could group them together and take a chance that the seeds you pick each round would go in the spots you're hoping for -really satisfying to get large groups of them and an excellent design choice having similar colors work too -made it easier in a good way! I would buy this game on steam -fantastic work! :D

jumpirate 2023-01-16 09:58

A very novel form of casual game, which combines elimination elements and a little roguelike elements, become a very interesting combination.

oddballdave 2023-01-16 10:20

I like the concept. An interesting twist on the classic matching games. Graphics and audio are top notch. Everything worked as expected. This is a very solid entry. A little bit more variety in the gameplay might have been nice, but that's only a minor gripe. I think this will do well.

Good stuff :8ball:

ginxel 2023-01-16 21:43

Really cute art!!

tyler-m 2023-01-19 00:22

I love your take on the match genre! The aesthetic was great, and the music felt very appropriate. I think you could work a little more to make the mechanics more intuitive like experimenting with animations to show the crops getting harvested for hearts between rounds (maybe they fly into a basket for instance). You could also do more to show the plants benefitting from being next to each other (like a sparkle or glow that scales with larger matches). I could definitely see you guys fleshing this concept out into a full game!

amarokczukay 2023-01-20 18:43

nice concept, it's a chill puzzle game. i like having to take care of the colors, it's a nice mechanic. 27 days seemed a bit too long, but i don't know.

blue-pin-studio 2023-01-21 10:11

The entry was not bad, personally i don't enjoy the art because its blatantly made by an A.I in most cases. As far as the gameplay goes, I had much better luck spamming random buttons than actually trying to figure out what to do. Overall i would say its a nice entry but the gameplay needs a bit of work :D

chevalbancal 2023-01-21 21:38

Really great artwork and nice twist on the classic swap and match games. I found the game confusing though. Good job nonetheless

wobbleblocks 2023-01-22 12:57

Awesome work! solid gameplay and nice graphics!

moonlightbomber 2023-01-23 10:33

I agree with the others here. The mechanics need to be clearer. Gameplay would be intuitive if I would drag and drop two crops.

alchemic 2023-01-27 18:33

It took me a bit to understand it, it's a really unique mechanic! The artwork is interesting.