Harvest 31

jay-m 2023-01-11 19:34

A great attempt, lots going for it. The opening (quote and breathing) sets the tone for a great adventure. The set design and props are great. The voice acting is great. I can't seem to get past day 14. Haven't figured out how to eat the harvested plants. And can't get into the 3rd building to recharge my oxygen. Oh, and small thing: the plant dispenser (and buildings) should have labels 'A'...'C' (just to make it bleeding obvious). Hopefully I'll figure out how to survive.

shp 2023-01-13 05:49

Super cool for a jam game, very elaborate, atmospheric and the voice overs are really good for setting up the mysteries. There's some weird bug the view keeps drifting to the right that was driving me nuts though, otherwise great

machino 2023-01-13 06:18

The atmosphere is really great, the landscape felt isolated and alone and the sounds and voice acting really fit together. It really is too bad that the game is unfinished but it happens, I was really intrigued on how things were gonna play out.

amastryukov 2023-01-13 12:52

@shp could you provide more details as to your web browser? I've had a few complaints in the past about this sort of bug on other WebGL FPS games but was not able to address it without more details.

@machino you are able to play the entire game from start to finish. The game was unfinished at the time of the jam completion but has been completed since. The notice is to let you know to adjust your rating based on this information. The game is pretty brutal, so you have to really use all of the information you acquire to your best ability.

shp 2023-01-13 17:07

@amastryukov win10 64bit, firefox stable, 2070super, hope it helps

xandruher 2023-01-13 20:20

I like the visuals, well done and I enjoyed the ambient you created here!

machino 2023-01-13 20:53

@amastryukov I must have misread the first time but after replaying again the rest of the game holds up really well besides the lack of feedback when filling up the oxygen cannister. I am at day 31 and I can't do anything so I think I beat it. Great ending especially when you realize what you've done.

amastryukov 2023-01-13 22:39

@machino the notice wasn't very clear, I adjusted it a bit to clarify that the game is done now. Thank you for playing (and beating it)! We are thinking of improving the ending a little bit to fade to black or something.

@shp thank you for the specs. I looked online and it seems like a browser-specific (Firefox) issue with seemingly no solution. It's caused by the mouse cursor locking in Unity when the mouse is off-center. It will continue to drift in the direction where it was originally locked.

substain 2023-01-14 11:13

the graphics are great, you have good voice acting, and it seems really polished to me. strong entry!

lereveur 2023-01-18 22:01

The real mystery is : how you guys did made such a big content game in so less time?! Even with a team, this seems so hard from my point of view! Amazing! Well, I almost reached the end (I guess) but I gave up when I understood I will have to redo the whole from the start (as yet done twice before) : 1st error, I closed the Hab. B windows from outside instead of inside, consuming O2 for nothing, and 2nd error, I must have missclick when removing the suit before sleeping, because when I get up I had a tip saying it's a bad idea to sleep with the suit, and yes, indeed, the O2 tank was empty… I will never know the end of the story, but what a game! And voice acting are so "game pro"! Good job and very well done!

rewzu 2023-01-26 23:59

Neat voice acting, it adds a lot to the atmosphere. :D Great visuals too. You have achieved an amazing mood in the game. Good job!

ekoon 2023-01-27 00:15

Massive ! Am sorry to say it's not my type of games but a huge work from you guys. The only thing you need now is some intro text or cinematic. And we got a concurrent for Slime Rancher

raggedyjam 2023-01-27 01:04

This was awesome. Nice work on the voice acting, visuals where very solid and sound affects were nice. Going through it all and discovering the story was quite engaging. I failed the first time I played by thinking the second time I slept I would just sleep for one day then didn't have any food. I got to day 31 I think I finished it but I spent I while just looking for something else then died by trying to break the game. Great job.

hawkin 2023-01-27 02:49

Hoowww does this not have more attention?! I love the atmosphere you achieved (no pun intended). This is a full-on narrative! The mystery is really intriguing, and the voice notes really do a lot to set the mood. The pacing and the environment were really well made, and everything seems well scoped for a jam.

@bloodfin and @cassreads ought to get in here! They would definitely appreciate this.

dk-game-labs 2023-01-27 03:05

I love style and atmosphere. Game is very cool! Voicenotes with history are really nice, and I like temperature and water concept. When I harvest plants C at 21 day, I forgot to put on the spacesuit and I die. Good work!

hayricakir 2023-01-27 05:55

Pretty cool atmosphere, visuals and voiceovers. Good job!

cg-fred 2023-01-27 10:06

Very nice and polished game, loved the voice acting :) A little annoying is that you are forced to rest the first few weeks in order to open up some of the new areas, took me a few attempts where I died horrible because I was trying to figure out how to get the doors to open and not understanding that I just needed to nap for a week.

bloodfin 2023-01-27 13:18

Thanks for the recommendations @hawkin! and definitely enjoyed this one. Really liked the narrative, the way it was played out and the reveal at the end. Liked the voice acting as well! A real bummer that you all didn't finish in time but you still ended up with a pretty cool game at the end. I will say having a little bit more oxegen at the start might be helpful as if you do any wandering at all before unlocking Building C you will die. Ran pretty well for me the only little glitch I noticed was when the locked door for the back room of Hab. B opens the text prompt saying the door is locked will still show up where the door used to be. All in all had a lot of fun and great job!

amastryukov 2023-01-27 13:38

@bloodfin thanks for playing! I'm always happy to see people get to the end - it's quite a challenge to get past without dying over and over again. We wanted to achieve a "hardcore space survival" feel with this game, which definitely isn't for everyone. We tried to keep people playing by using the story and the atmosphere as the hook.

I know exactly why the bug with the door is happening but I probably won't be fixing it since it doesn't break the game. The door gets force-opened but the trigger collider that registers inputs from the player remains in the same place, hence showing you the prompt.

digivorix 2023-01-27 19:33

I like the environment in this game! The only thing I noticed was that my camera seemed to keep drifting to the right, even when the mouse wasn't moving. Apart from that though, good job!

I also like how you are given a lot of freedom, like being able to take off your space suit and go outside. It results in your death obviously, but I like that you aren't blocked from doing things like that.