Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Frosty Forestry
By martta, tatu-heinamaki, Saerki, taturl and Seppo Saamaki
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 472 | 3.40 | 24 | |
| Fun | 432 | 3.34 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 480 | 3.18 | 24 | |
| Theme | 259 | 3.93 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 441 | 3.54 | 24 | |
| Audio | 323 | 3.29 | 24 | |
| Mood | 486 | 3.31 | 24 |
I'd like to have a few words with your boss.
Very fun game, challenging in a creative way, with fantastic music and atmosphere(Got true Twin Peaks vibes). The small intermissions, driving from one forest to the next, with the music changing up, was an excellent touch! The "?!" appearing as the demand changed also cracked me up.
Great job!
Nice game! I liked how the trees feel over when I cut them. This really made it feel good to cut them down. I wish there was some sort of indication for when the chainsaw could be used again. Also, great sound effect for the chainsaw. Sound really adds a lot more to games than we think. Congrats on making a game in 1 weekend!!!
This has a great feel, good job! Very satisfying to rush forward through a big group of trees.
Thank you @fnkee, @aarimous and @paulstraw for feedback. This jam was especially challenging, because my 1 month old daughter required lots of care during the weekend! And our team was also using Godot for first time, so most of the time was spent on doing tutorials. :D But now we have experience from Godot and the next jam will be easier. It was nice to use this "extra" jam to learn new technology.
I will see if I have time tonight after work to add some sort of indication for when the chainsaw is ready. We also made some other minor improvements and bug fixes already earlier today.
Agree, with @aarimous nice tree falling animation. Graphics do their job otherwise too.
It's maybe bit unclear how to get score high enough, and I certainly don't understand what loses you chainsaw, but movement feels solid. Kaipa tässä olisi potentiaalia olla ihan hauska pikkupeli.
I really liked the movement of the sawing tractor. Didn't really feel like I was doing well (those pesky rocks set up by nature lovers), but I still managed to reach the boss wants count. It felt really satisfying cutting down all those trees! Take that naturalists.
Fun game. Graphics are nice. Sounds and music are nice. I liked the variation with the tree section and cars section, although the cars section could do with being more challenging as it was extremely easy, there was no real challenge in dodging the cars.
Fun game!The art-style is clean, the title screen is gorgeous, and the game-play is satisfying. As other's have already pointed out, Knowing when you can start chopping again is a bit tricky. I think the audio "reloading" sound is very helpful, but adding some kind of visual indicator would also help the players out :)
Enjoyed this game quite a lot, It was very fun but it took me three tries to beat it. The graphics looks really nice, definitely think if you put a tutorial in the game and maybe even levels where it's harder and you have to get more trees it would be an even better experience, and overall this game is very good.
Thank you everyone for constructive feedback and all the praises. I am glad that you mostly enjoyed our little game! :-)
@jormarysky Peli on inhorealistisen ärsyttävä ja puiden seassa on lumen peittämiä kiviä (maastoutuvat hyvin, mutta näkyvissä ovat). Pisteitä saa tarpeeksi sahaamalla tarpeeksi monta puuta alas tarpeeksi nopeasti. :D Potentiaalia on juu, jos olisi vielä 20h enemmän hionut. Arvostelen teidän pelin illalla, näytti siistiltä :)
@jeffrey-hwang Well done!
@achilnos Roads in Finland are very safe, accidents are rare ;)
@noobman64 We added also a big text in the top of the screen "Chainsaw is ready". The chainsaw cooldown ended up little bit annoying and weird anyway, but it had to be done for balance and challenge.
@tk-dev Yes, adding more content would make the experience more fleshed out, but we decided to focus on the main mechanics instead of extra content.
Creative use of the theme! I loved the snowy/wintery feel of the game. The title screen is beautiful, and I really like the name 'Frosty Forestry', too.
The gameplay was tough at first - I wondered how I'd ever meet the boss's demands. It did get easier as I practiced more, though, which is a great sign. Knowing when to expect rocks (even if they were obscured by trees) helped a lot, as did moving the harvester forwards whilst the chainsaw was active. In the end, it was satisfying to earn the win!
Well done to everyone on creating such a solid game, especially for your first project in Godot.
@rulrite thanks for unique feedback! I am glad that you noticed the creative theme and name, lots of time was spent to come up with those. :) And I am really happy that you spent the time to git gud! :D
Thoroughly enjoyed it! Like the pixel graphics and the chainsaw sound effect, as well as the gun cocking sound. Also thought the road sections were a nice change of pace to keep the main loop from getting stale. Nice!
Surprisingly satisfying gameplay even if it is super simple. The rocks were annoying but I guess that was on purpose as there didn't seem to be any other ways to fail. I really liked the art and the audio also. Overall nice entry in my opinion.
Nice game! Demanding corporate profit margins meets - what I can only imagine is the Doom shotgun pickup sound - in Scandinavian nature annihilation! +1 for the title screen btw. Those hidden rocks are brutal! :)
This is one of those game that ends at the right time. You lead the player in with the easy expectation, but as boss starts upping the order, it doesn't feel overwhelming. The section with the cars is a nice break from the trees and it adds some nice variety to the gameplay. Then finally, you circle back to the trees and finish the game. Well made.
I recorded myself playing so I could deliver maximum feedback:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbqisvMzhw
Fun game idea! Simple and enjoyable. I like the saw/recharge mechanic and needing to keep a close eye out for rocks. There was one incident where I may have hit some oncoming traffic with a running chainsaw, but other than that I think I did my job fairly well! :P
Nice idea, game is simple and interesting
Nice game! Good difficulty, cool graphics and fun gameplay
@100th-coin can I embed your gameplay video to our itch.io page?
@martta yeah sure! (Sorry the game audio is a bit loud compared to my commentary. I'm honored you want it on your page, ha!)