Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Carrots
By maartene
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 583 | 3.22 | 22 | |
| Fun | 557 | 3.10 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 612 | 2.92 | 22 | |
| Theme | 428 | 3.67 | 22 | |
| Humor | 345 | 3.05 | 21 | |
| Mood | 539 | 3.21 | 21 |
I was able to snag all the carrots in the field, but I think for the high score you can grab the chest and get carrots on the way back :)
That was a cute little experience. I really appreciate the attention to detail having the farm scene in the background of the main menu, and the farmer on the loading screen. As a small piece of advice I think increasing the resolutions of the shadows would have a big impact on the look and feel.
Pretty little stuff to do here. Sadly the carrots seem to cap at 100 no matter what so you can't even go for a bigger score. Took me quite a while to understand why it stopped gathering carrots at some point but after reaching the max few times I finally understood why that was.
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Now after writing this whole thing I went for few more rounds and it seems that the field even has more than 100. And if I just gather everything from there, the counter loops around back to 4. Doesn't really give much motivation to go for the treasure now does it? Even less so when the treasure is worth way less than what you'd be able to gather in carrots using the same time.
It sounded and looked pretty nice, though I guess everything was pre-made. The only thing that kinda stood out from the rest mega low poly style was the rabbit itself. And I think the shadows were a bit too dark which made it unnecessarily hard to sometimes figure out what was an object and what was just the shadow. The carrot picking sound was a bit tough on the ears.
The controls were a bit weird. The turning seemed kinda slow. Probably is nicer on a gamepad though. And only supporting WASD when the other hand isn't doing anything (except maybe space for jump) isn't a great choice. You should pretty much always add both WASD and arrows.
And btw, jumping wasn't even explained at all anywhere. In here either. And it was absolutely broken too :wink: And sadly the jump seems to get stuck where it really matters the most, near the treasure chest.
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The farmer AI, if you could call it that, was absolutely busted. His activation seems very arbitrary, sometimes aggroing you even if you have not stepped to the yard at all. And when he does aggro, it's crazy, shooting through walls and everything. Feels cheap.
Anyways, good job! 👍
I enjoyed it! I appreciated the laser sight that told me "this guy isn't your friend" :P I explored a little and found the key and the chest, and managed to trap the farmer behind his house so I could get away safely. I was a little confused when I completed the game as I ran into the bug I saw in other comments where my score rolls over, but other than that I had a good time.
@antti-haavikko the cap on carrots is definitely a bug. Aparently you are better at the game than me, because I never got that many to begin with ;)
First thing I noticed: You should dial back the volume on the carrot pickup sound, that was WAY too loud at first. Otherwise, visuals are nice, I like the bunny model, though I'm not really sure what I'm meant to be doing - I get the carrots and go to the end, and I guess that's it? I feel like there's potential here, maybe multiple levels with increasing difficulty? As it stands the game just feels a little too short.
I ate all the carrots in the field. If you get it right can collect two columns at once making it super fast. Too bad about the bugged score - these things happen. The pickup sound was poorly chosen. It is too loud and doesn't really fit with the rest of the game. Getting to the chest was more of a challenge. The big laser sight from the farmer suggested he would attack you in the field but it seems you are perfectly safe there. Having multiple smaller fields and patrolling farmers to avoid would have been more interesting.
Fun game! I love carrots!
Finished with a high score of 74
Played on windows, and I ran into a bug where I couldn't pick up any carrots. Happened shortly after I opened the chest.
What I like about this game is that it offers a nice challenge, and the idea is funny. I think it could benefit from adding multiple levels, with different field/key/chest layout on each one, which will add variety to this.
Could be interesting with some more time put into the farmer AI / mechanics. As it stands, I was able to just collect all of the carrots and walk to the goal without any obstacles, but I imagine some more stealth-style gameplay would be fun.
Hah I enjoyed this. Got the 74 carrots bug too, but then figured out if I got the carrots and then the chest, I could still top out at 100 carrots.