Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Garden of Eldritch Delights
By elmartipro, autumnmnmn, minjutin, BeeeeBoooo, GrapeTwig and BlockyBear
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 31 | |||
| Fun | 31 | |||
| Innovation | 30 | |||
| Theme | 31 | |||
| Graphics | 31 | |||
| Audio | 30 | |||
| Humor | 28 | |||
| Mood | 30 |
Wow!!! This game is a visual FEAST -- Can't believe how much content and systems you could fit in, from multiple playable characters to the kaleidoscopic menu screen... I am a little bit confused about if I'm successfully planting seeds / how points are made, but maybe it will be more clear if I find someone to play against co-op. Amazing work!
Visually outstanding. The thematic world building is excellent and every visual and audio is consistent in that theme of a dark otherworldly atmosphere. Had a lot of fun trying to play this 2 player game solo doing all the farming sim activities. Only feedback I would give is it took me a minute to see where the plots for growing food were. Looked like they were just ground details. Could use some improvement on the design language of what is interactable and what is just aesthetic or background art (because theres so much good background art in this game!) Nice work overall
lovely audio and graphics, I like the 2 player concept as well, maybe a bit too chaotic/slippery when controlling just one player is tricky. still very cool!
Beautiful visuals and lovely audio to go with it! I was confused about the goal, though. It seemed like the gods were asking for specific things, but they didn't look like the seeds on the ground. My kid and I muddled around and did some stuff and we somehow managed to awaken a god, so that was cool
This might be my favourite game visually so far. The art-style is great and everything fits that style well. Having it be two player as well is an interesting dynamic and very different than most of the games i've played here. I agree with shp that the controls felt a bit slippery which made it a bit difficult sometimes. But overall a good entry
Great game!
Multiplayer is played very well. There is a constant feeling that someone else's acolytes will steal your seed. I liked the graphics very much - the style is good.
Controls seemed a little awkward. The game is positioning itself as a "party game" and complex management is not necessary. You can just remove the inventory switch button and make one of the slots active always. Then the action button will always use the first of the items, and game dynamic will grow.
Wow, this is just beautiful!
The art is amazing. Very fun to play with two people, though we were confused at first about what to do.
love the art style!
The visuals, art and character designs of this game are incredible! And that heart-thumping music too? Wow!
The visuals and the music/sound design are phenomenal! Great Job!!!!
The gameplay is confusing and I couldn't figure out exactly what to do. I can pickup seeds and bring them back to my god - but it seems like there was something about blood and growing that i just couldn't figure out.
Also the game's camera angle is hard to deal with and its zoom'd too far out. I wanted some close ups on those great artistic visuals (they are gorgeous). I think a forced split screen would work really well here and give the much needed zoom in without being distracting.
I adored this one. It took us a couple of runs to get down exactly what was happening, but once we discovered the ability to shove each other off the edges, or make each other drop items, the real chaos began.
The visuals are amazing, the setting is amazing, the sound is amazing, the character designs are amazing. The sheep, who always spent more time hindering my partner than me, is amazing.
The only things I would comment on is I feel the zoom is a bit too far out, and I'd like to ability to reassign keys to make it a little bi less crammed, or to move my invent scrolling key far, farrrr away, as hitting that instead of using my current item screwed me up a bunch.
Would love to see a full 4 player version, even if it isn't one system/couch game at that time.
That damn sheep is the bane of my existence!
Needs a few minor additions like "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I'M FALLING TO MY DEAAAAAAATHHHHHHHH" sounds and an indicator when I can pick things up and the ability to murder that damn sheep.
@xeke-death I KNOW RIGHT? We creators have disowned that sheep a long ago for his crimes against humanity. (also thank you for playing!)
@rocktavious Thanks for the feedback. The split screen was something we discussed but couldn't do in the time we had. :')
Gorgeous entry! The menu, tutorial and character selection screens were breath-taking, almost making the actual gameplay scene feel a bit tiny and crowded. I think zooming in a bit, and keeping a bit less empty space around the edges would have helped (played fullscreen in fullHD resolution, FWIW), it was a bit finicky this way. The slidy movement and the slightly unintuitive controls didn't help this aspect. Maybe this could all be a single button interface? Moving over something could pick up if there's empty inventory space, and a single interact button could plant / add applicable item / harvest as the current space allows.
But regardless, the atmosphere was top notch, very nice game overall.
I wish it had an AI opponent, but I know that's a tall order for a jam game.
This game is very pretty. I love the aesthetics and the general vibe. Well done!
A super cool idea that could use a little polish. The sound was a bit too loud to start with, some options are always nice. Secondly I though that I had to deliver the fruit my god asked for to them and the fact that whichever plant grows is luck based didn't help there. Then my god suddenly was summoned after the second fruit I gave them, maybe that was a bug, I don't know. Either way unfortunately I only played the game alone, but I can see this being really fun with two players.
Also the art is super nice! Well done!
The music and the graphics are awesome, I loved the character design and the wordbuilding in general. I liked the mechanic of the seeds but I couldn't figure out how to make them grow, also the goat at the centre is very annoying but I appreciated it anyways.
Very cool game! I didn't get a chance to play against anybody, but based on the mechanics the gameplay would be quite hectic and intense. The art style is quite unique and suits the theme. Music is also very good! That sheep, though. :)
Nice entry for the Extra category!
Wow such a visual masterpiece. It's a pitty i did not get to play it against anotehr player but i love the feel and look of it. Well done!
In the first 10 seconds the critter pushed me off the map and I got stuck :(
Thank you everyone for the amazing feedback, it really means a lot to us! @jelch I'm sorry that your experience has been less than great, that is very weird... you're supposed to respawn when you fall down. Did you fall somewhere specific - did the game work normally when-if you restarted it?
Loved the art! We tried to play with a French keyboard (Azerty) with two players and it was a bit of a mess :confounded: I think it'd be great to be able to remap the keys :smile:
Really neat game! The art is absolutely stunning, and it's pretty funny having these acolytes wrestling over a fruit they just grew. Nice job!