FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD52 → Beat the Harvester

Beat the Harvester

By cloverfall and InfinityE

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8092.5131
Fun7702.4629
Innovation7422.5728
Theme7692.6930
Graphics7232.2731

Comments

amar-ravi 2023-01-09 15:15

I could not place the cannons :( I feel like Im missing some instructions

cloverfall 2023-01-09 15:16

Yeah sorry about that, you need to press the button at the bottom to toggle the placing mode on

fullmetal-automaton 2023-01-09 15:22

I tried to use that cannon button both on firefox & chrome, didn't look like it went into placing mode, or did anything.

2023-01-09 16:48

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js 2023-01-09 16:53

I am unable to start next wave. After I destroy the first one, clicking on the "Start Wave" button does nothing.

ben-toosey 2023-01-09 17:44

Everything worked for me apart from the "restart" button when I lost on my first try. Very nice, simple-to-understand game! Fairly easy once I realised I could place all my cannons as close to the centre as possible, but I enjoyed it! Good job!

pe7e 2023-01-09 20:07

I had one harvester getting stuck too far away from my cannons so I could not progress to the next wave. Otherwise a cool game.

efrag 2023-01-09 21:26

Cute little tower defense, a reminder of the controls within the game could have been nice 🙂

natiki 2023-01-09 21:53

stuck.pngHad an issue where the harvester got stuck and I needed to restart the game to fix it. Other than that though, I ran into no further issues and liked the game!

cloverfall 2023-01-09 23:19

@natiki thanks a lot for the feedback, that's a known bug that i didn't manage to fix sadly. Happy you enjoyed the game though!

const-arch 2023-01-10 00:24

It's simple but it ran perfectly and watching all the cannons go to work was satisfying.

evil23 2023-01-10 00:58

Nice game, a little too easy when you put all the cannons in the middle, because they can turn instantly and fire all at the closest enemy! Also just 3 waves game over? It was just starting to get fun :(

fc85057 2023-01-10 01:02

Nice tower defense concept that fits with the theme! Easy to pick up and play with the simple but effective control scheme and UI.

The harvester getting stuck bug was already acknowledged, but a wave indicator could be helpful. I wasn't sure whether harvester was stuck or I was supposed to be preparing for next wave. On second playthrough and realizing all the cannons could be placed in the middle, it became quite easy; something like obstacles or bigger radius could take it to the next level.

cloverfall 2023-01-10 01:22

@const-arch Thanks, i thought so to while I was working on it lol

@evil23 thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure in the future I extend the gameplay a little bit.

@fc85057 appreciate the feedback on the UI. Looking back a wave counter would definitely be helpful and adding a placing radius would also have much improved the difficulty of the game.

lzxh 2023-01-10 03:12

My gold didn't reset when I clicked the retry button.

gcake 2023-01-10 23:53

That's a nice tower defense ! Aside from the gold not reseting when restarting after losing, everything ran fine.

Also don't hesitate to use TMPro for UI text in Unity. TMPro (built-in) uses vectors to display text so it won't be blurred whatever its resolution :smile:

Good job on this entry ! :tada:

steffo 2023-01-11 09:18

A small little easy tower defense! :boom:

Feedback

Game

It's so simple I don't really have anything to provide feedback about, **good job for your first jam game**!

Distribution

Thanks for **providing a HTML5 build**! Since I am playing on Linux, I appreciated it!

mololo 2023-01-11 19:37

Cute little game.

It was maybe a bit too easy and short, I just spammed right click in the center when I had money and I won first try :smile:.

Maybe you could have added more waves and maybe different types of enemies.

I wish there was sound, but cant complain too much since my game doesnt have either :))

Good job guys!

gabrimer 2023-01-11 19:52

I can definitely see the potential to this game, but at the moment it feels a bit too short and easy. Some simple sound would've also been nice to add to the experience.

iskra 2023-01-14 19:05

Very cool game! I encountered a few bugs during the gameplay, but for a first jam game you did a super job :smile:

rentem 2023-01-16 18:24

Nice little game, great choice for a first entry! Encountered no game breaking bugs.

I like that you choose to leave out the audio and were able to submit this :smile:

flying-dog-fish 2023-01-16 18:30

Congrats on your first LD entry. The game itself is fun, but rather short and easy.

dfaouaz 2023-01-25 00:31

It was an easy little fun game! Nice job!

leckert 2023-01-27 18:12

Really cool idea to flip the harvesting theme around, and making the player try to prevent a harvest! It's cool to see tower defense systems that don't restrict where you can place things, I think this could be extended to create a really satisfying game where you can watch your terrifying blobs of cannons annihilate farm equipment. Great job for a first entry!