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Moon Harvest

By swarrizard

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2063.3124
Fun1473.4524
Innovation523.8424
Theme2453.2924
Graphics2802.9324
Audio2162.9222
Humor2432.1518
Mood2892.6923

Comments

chum-chum 2023-01-08 23:36

Fun mechanics! :thumbsup:

untitled-studios 2023-01-09 00:59

Really really fun! It gets surprisingly tense when you're low on fuel.

dev-314 2023-01-10 23:11

Cute game! I kept forgetting which button was which color but that just made for more exciting moments of freefall! Cute robot, good graphics, nice mechanics, controls explained in-game! Great work!

cagibi 2023-01-14 13:32

Cool game, though my fuel running out felt very sudden (a "low on fuel" sound or the indicator turning red would be a good idea). I mostly stuck to one color at a time, no idea if this is the right strategy but it was fun anyway!

swarrizard 2023-01-17 22:05

@cagibi, thanks for playing and the good feedback! Yeah I agree that the game can end abruptly, especially since drawing platforms costs fuel (e.g. if you draw one that's too big, you can suddenly die). If I had more time, I was going to add some UI to indicate how much a platform will cost to build as you are dragging the mouse to build it. I also like your idea of something to indicate when fuel is low!

jonqs 2023-01-17 22:17

Not sure to fully understand how much fuel cost a ramp so it make it a bit hard to have a proper strategy. Overall i think the idea is really cool. Congrats !

kir-pow 2023-01-17 23:36

Took me a second to work out how to get going up the first ramp without crashing into its base. After that really addictive and simple game. Having the two bridges element was a really nice touch for those moments where you realise you hit the wrong button and its all over

verttixpertti 2023-01-18 08:12

Really decent. The game should somehow become harder as you get further though.

swarrizard 2023-01-18 18:42

@verttixpertti, totally agree. I unfortunately spent too much time at the end of the jam adding audio rather than balancing the parameters to make the game more challenging. Once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy to stay alive indefinitely. With more time, I was planning to add obstacles/traps as well as limit the spawn rate as the game progresses to make it more and more challenging.

treenut 2023-01-18 19:54

neat little game, slightly hard to see where the ground really is, but otherwise pretty nice, good job

metzkermeister 2023-01-19 23:21

Interesting take on the theme and quite a good job for a solo entry. I'm glad you took the time to add audio, there are entries with much better gameplay but its just no fun to play in silence.

pope-paf 2023-01-20 17:29

nice mechanics. it would be nice to have an indicator how much fuel a ramp will cost :)

brainles-etertainment 2023-01-20 19:08

Pretty fresh idea. I can't remember any game with such mechanics. Not very easy to play, but a lot of fun. Nice example of how simple idea could turn into nice time killer.

someone 2023-01-25 23:20

Nice mechanics. A fun game. The way the physics works sometimes seemed a bit odd at times, sometimes the vehicle would flip over, or stick to the side of the screen. I didn't actually realise placing ramps cost fuel until I the comment above just now. I did wonder why I suddenly lost after doing so well. It would have been good to display how much it would cost to place the ramp somewhere. I also often wanted a way to cancel a ramp placement because I started it in the wrong place or accidentally picked the wrong colour. I kept forgetting which mouse button was which colour.

itzemii 2023-01-26 19:22

I like the idea and the very solid mechanics. I.e. I love the way the rover moves and flips. Very nice! Graphics is ok. I like the engineS "blobblobblob..." sound! Cool little game! I believe that you could take the mechanics and turn it into something bigger: a 2d platform exploration or something like that.