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Harvest Bowl

By nvrskipgameday

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4783.3931
Fun4273.3431
Innovation3963.3131
Theme6853.1231
Graphics3933.6531
Audio3163.3230
Humor3183.1226
Mood5243.2526

Comments

fullheartgames 2023-01-10 05:30

Fun concept, love the art. Wasn't a huge fan of the controls but it seemed like you all were trying to make it mobile ready as well so I understand.

t-c 2023-01-10 06:35

Great game! Took me a sec to realize how to pick your speed since it builds up so fast, and the control doesn't say to hold - And also it was really good only having to hover the left and right zones, not click on em. The level design is great, interestingly laid out and a challenge to do well on for the player. Good job!

elmikosch 2023-01-10 06:41

Fun bowling game. Love the artstyle

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-10 15:00

@fullheartgames Thank you! I tend to attach personal goals to jams as well - this time it was to create a keyboard-less control scheme (since that's not my forte), but there are probably things I could do to make it better. Thanks for giving it a whirl!

@t-c I appreciate that feedback! In a future iteration I'll have to make the language a bit clearer. And thank you for the kind words!

@elmikosch Thank you, and thanks for playing!

buni 2023-01-10 18:00

I like the concept of having controll over the player while bowling. The game art is nice aswell. The only thing I dislike are the controls because they are quite hard to get right and sometime I clicked outside the window causing the game to pause.

moddingmachine 2023-01-10 18:05

Nice Game! Really fun and cute, definity would work well as a mobile game if you choose to continue it, its fun simple and fast paced. Well Done!

evil23 2023-01-10 18:05

Didn't realise, it's supposed to be played on mobile until looking up the comments, really liked the graphics though!

thunderchief 2023-01-10 18:08

Nice Graphics and game overall. However The controls are hard to master, I think arrows would have done a better job here

nathanoc 2023-01-10 20:43

This is a nice concept, and not a bad execution, although I think aspects of the gameplay could do with some tweaking. I agree with the comment about the controls - perhaps the bar to signal your speed could serve as an indicator that the length of the press affects it, but as it filled up so quickly I didn't get why I was going so fast until I read the description. That also made it quite difficult to control my speed, so I found myself going generally too fast for the length of the levels. I've focused a lot on the negatives here but overall this is definitely a good game - it has a nice look to it and the concept is good; just would benefit from some simple gameplay tweaks.

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-10 20:50

@thunderchief @buni - thanks for the feedback! Adding a fullscreen option would have helped a lot with the side screen issue I think, I may have to add that back in.

@evil23 & @moddingmachine Thank you! ^_^

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-11 06:48

@nathanoc I really appreciate the feedback, and totally agree :) Thanks for playing!

chiranjiv 2023-01-11 14:47

Nice game, like the character, the controls were difficult to handle.

floata3 2023-01-11 19:17

well designed love the graphics and art music was good

chompdev 2023-01-11 21:12

Cool game idea! I got some great Sonic speed vibes from level 3 and 4. I really like being able to control the fox after you launch, and the graphics and tail animation are a great touch. I like how you don't necessarily need to go full speed all the time, but you have to go fast enough to make it over some specific ramps and jumps. Great work on your game!

hyperolw 2023-01-11 22:02

A neat small game, not a lot to it but controlling the ball is pretty good.

don-fouts 2023-01-11 23:51

Nice work, this looks great!! For some reason level 2 was the hardest for me to get points on. Level 3 was my favorite with the booster. It took me a minute to get used to the controls but once I got used to it, it felt natural. I didn't think to try playing it on the phone until I read the comments, so after playing a bunch on my PC I jumped over to mobile. It's actually really cool your entry can be played on mobile!

Overall awesome entry and a really clever take on an otherwise restrictive theme.

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fluri 2023-01-12 11:51

Funny little creature goes woosh :0 I do agree with other people that additional inputs like left and right or a/d keys would be nice for better control.

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-12 13:03

@fluri Thanks! And keyboard controls are actually in there, T toggles them on - I agree that it helps a lot with controls on PC.

@hyperolw Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

@chiranjiv Thanks for the feedback, enough people had issues with controls I added keyboard options in there. :)

@floata3 I really appreciate that, thanks!

@chompdev Thank you! That is all awesome to hear.

@don-fouts NICE! 2 absolutely is the hardest haha. Thanks for checking it out :D And I was surprised as anyone that it worked on mobile - Unity WebGL hadn't supported mobile browsers for ages, but I recently updated the engine from my very outdated version and it worked so... cool! ^_^

jackofcups 2023-01-12 16:35

I enjoyed super-charging the speed and launching the little fellow, but ultimately found slower speeds were better for accomplishing the goal. Character design is great. Would've loved more levels - and that's always a good criticism to see!

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-12 19:36

@jackofcups Thank you! :) I do plan on adding some super-speedy boards in there after the jam is over as I really enjoy that as well haha. Thanks for the feedback!

budaniel 2023-01-12 20:52

I liked it! It was easier for me in keyboard mode, and the action was really good!

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-13 01:24

@budaniel Awesome, glad to hear it :) Thanks!

luhuchiha 2023-01-14 00:10

Fun game! Being able to control the player after the throw was really nice :) Good job!

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-14 04:00

@luhuchiha thank you! :)

chase-of-bass 2023-01-14 22:17

I always love how creative and unique your games are -this one was no exception!! -Super fun!!! Loved the designs, the color palette, the music was great and is now stuck in my head xD Amazing work! The mouse controls were good but the keyboard controls were so much better for me! was able to 100% every level! :D! harvestbowl100percentchased.png

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-17 21:40

@chase-of-bass Aw, just saw this comment, thank you! :D and HECK YEAH!!! ^_^

bezbiletnym 2023-01-22 15:11

Real fun!

nvrskipgameday 2023-01-22 23:21

@bezbiletnym Thank you!