v0odo0 2023-01-10 05:02
5/5 a lot of fun! Good job!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Shred-A-Bunch!
By hayricakir
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 241 | 3.72 | 104 | |
| Fun | 43 | 4.09 | 103 | |
| Innovation | 256 | 3.53 | 103 | |
| Theme | 169 | 4.07 | 103 | |
| Humor | 64 | 3.93 | 103 | |
| Mood | 286 | 3.64 | 103 |
5/5 a lot of fun! Good job!
This game is amazing. I love it.
I did find a bug where when using the big boy that when I ran out of health it was just stuck there with a pile of zombies growing under me
I love the details of the wind particles when you go fast and the time slow that happens when you kill a zombie. Nice job!
This plays like it could be the very best vehicle in Dead Rising and I love it
Really a fun game
Really addictive and cool game! I got stuck while playing it. 5/5
Amazing game! Music is great, art is good. Movement is weirdly janky yet still really fun and amusing. 5/5 would harvest zombies again. Only bad thing is that I harvested all the sunflowers and killed all the zombies, and didn't get recognized by the game for it. :( So I drove of the map.
Great entry!
I dont like this game. I can't enjoy the joy of harvest.
Thank you for your feedbacks and time guys! @cutesquirrel I was going to put a nice end-game screen but I could not make it in time, sorry :( But I'm glad you still enjoyed the game!
Very fun game. Loved hitting jumps and crushing zombies lol. The slow-mo effect was cool.
Very fun to play! A little bit challenging to control the tractor well, but very satisfying in return. It feels very good to crush the zombies. great music choices by the way.
Fun gameplay and smooth visuals. I think possibly by accident left in a button that gives exp without harvesting flowers. Whenever I reached the point of getting the larger harvester I could never respawn, the truck just gets caught in an awkward position and the game doesn't continue.
This is a very well made and pretty fun little game. Not a lot of issues, but I did end up stuck on the top of a lot zombies. A highscore could have been fun. Overall a very well made jam game.
Great entry! Really enjoyed the endless masses of zombies with well chosen music. Only two minor complaints - Where is handbrake, I wish I could drift with that bad ass tractor and shred oven more zombies :D - Got stuck on pile of bodies with the Big Boy and could not move, however zombies kept coming to me and kept dying at me feet :D
@pitisek Glad you liked it! Unfortunately, could not add handbrake feature in time but you can upgrade to bigger harvester (left card on upgrade screen). It drifts better :D There is a bug when you die with big boy. I will fix it. Thanks a lot for your time and detailed feedback!
It can be a nice game when you polish it. The music is great but just doesn't seem to match the tone of the game. The slow-mo effects when you "shred some" enemy are awesome and satisfying.
I would add a bit more challenge, maybe different types of enemies because now it is too easy and I died first time just because I get to tired and was curious to see if the game have something else.
And since then I was just dying on purpose to watch upgrade system.
Ah! And the mechanics you chose to kill zombies is very interesting and creative I think.
Keep up the good work!
I had a good laugh when the wind particles and the music set in and the game paused for a split-second after slicing up a zombie while drifting, great idea! Good job! :D
This game has a ton of potential. It was really fun to "bits" the zombies. The sunflower harvesting probably didn't need to be there because I spent most of my time running over zombs.
With a few more vehicles and some level variety it could make for a pretty cool game.
This was a lot of fun, the slow motion added a lot and I liked that I could use little jumps. Never thought id be drifting through zombies but it works.
This is a solid entry, really fun and the music was a perfect fit!
Gotta say though, for this particular game, the combine harvester was more efficient at harvesting sunflowers, but it was way worse at the thing that was most enjoyable in the game, drifting into zombies :D
Great work!
Until now, i didn't know i needed to drive a big tractor to harvest zombies in slow-mo! I had a lot of fun! I was playing around with the "big boy" but when i decided to stop moving, i got stuck by zombies:c
Really nice game feel, the slow motion is soooo satisfying !
Mowing down zombies is super fun, and the upgrades are nice.
Well done !
haha, when we were making our game we were wondering if we should add drift.. this game makes me wish i had!
One note, it would be nice to have a menu to pause or quit
Well done, you game is really fun. But I find a bug that when my blood is zero ,I dont die. Hope you can fix it!
So much fun. Love the slow motion :D
That was some good old fashioned run and gun- I mean drive and survive- fun! Great job!
The music and the slow-mo made hitting zombies feel sooooo visceral, very nice job conveying those impacts! I was experimenting to figure out what the controls were, and it seemed like spacebar was just increasing the bar at the top of the screen (I think that was a score of some sort?) Was that perhaps a dev cheat left in there? :wink:
Very solid entry :smile:
One "issue" I had... don't these huge front harvester usually have rear wheel steering? Love it nonetheless, of course... I mean, who doesn't.
Really fun and cool game. Your usage of AI art to generate the cards was spot on - it fits, without being invasive. Now I regret not listening to ChatGPT, because when I saw the theme, I asked ChatGPT for "original farming game ideas that could be implemented in a weekend, with a simple mechanic" and it suggested me precisely this - "farming game where you harvest with a tractor while dodging zombies to protect your tractor", but you went above and beyond with the upgrades.
Solid game.
Nice entry. I never quite figured out what the lose condition is, does it have something to do with them hitting you from the side? But I love how you're just trying to farm the fields and zombies are just kind of there. Getting upgrades on death is a good call.
Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot! I will playtest your games tomorrow, it is a bit late here and tomorrow is a workday :(
@xparker That combine harvester was implemented in last 15 minutes so I just copy-pasted the tractor code :D
@splitpainter I had tough times while I was trying to explain 'combine harvester' to Midjourney but I am satisfied with the result. It did the job for a card. Also my first idea was to make a game where you harvest sunflowers and avoid zombies but killing zombies ended up much more fun so almost no one cares about sunflowers :D
@kr4ft3r You will die when you are out of health, and yes you will lose health when they hit your tractor. (So you try to drift and kill them with your spinning harvester thing on the back of your tractor or the combine harvester 'The Big Boy'. Not a really lose condition tho, didn't have the time for proper win or lose screen unfortunately but I'll implement them soon with more upgrades and more vehicles.
This was one of the ideas I penned down for LD51, if harvest would be picked then as the theme. 🎶 "There's an alien invasion, but you got a brand new combine harvester..." 🎶 It was inspired by a scene from Evil Aliens. Never seen the movie though, it's bad from what I've heard, but you can lookup the [scene on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8dMlkGKoZE). In your case it is zombies instead of aliens but the idea is still pretty much the same. Unfortunately the 'big boy' combine harvester loses durability when you hit zombies head on. For LD52 we went with a different idea. Fun to see someone else implement this though.
What does the bar at the top do? The one that goes up when harvesting stuff or pressing space?
@bcmpinc Wow, movie looks fun tho :D Yes, there is a bug with the big boy as you mentioned. Top bar was supposed to determine your current level and the upgrades would be available when you level up enough but I could only implement 2 upgrades so it is not much of a use right now (like in the Vampire Survivors). Spacebar was to test it out but I forgot to close it.
Had fun playing this one! I only found two upgrades. And while Big Boi was more rigid one I love the first tractor more.
Here is my playtest:
https://youtu.be/IvDFBMz32Wc
@icxon Thanks for playing! There are only two upgrades at the moment. I plan to implement more.
Really fun to play, I was hoping to gain more different cards though, I'm stuck with the big boy :/ Good game still ! I had my time of fun shredding some brain eaters ahah ^^
@felix-coeugniet thanks for playing! There are only two upgrades at the moment. I could add more if I had the time but I implemented them in last hour so.. :/
Nice game, i enjoyed it, i feel like it would be nice to see some performance improvments, i feel like it's a bit too easy but other than that, amazing job keep it up
Extremely fun to play, did not expect the graphics to be so good too. One thing I would point out is the slo-mo when killing the zombie guys, although it doesn't bother me, it kind of interrupts the pace for me. Also the big boiiii kind of limits my ability to shred the zombies as they sometimes are able to attack me when I shred them.
Overall, amazing fun and great game.
The idea is hilariously good. I enjoyed playing the first tractor, but the big boy feels redundant. Nice job.
I love the slow motion when killing zombies :smile:
The game is very fun, I love the upgrade system that is like a card. I'm not sure if it should give you random tractors or not, but the big boy felt worse than the second tractor since you could only harvest from the front and ha a shorter range and also you get damage from zombies.
Overall a great game. Good job!
Too bad you changed it from jam to extra, I think this would have been high on ratings.
Fun game, even if bit limited. I was bit confused what I'm supposed to harvest, flowers or zombies. I went for zombies cause it was more fun. Physics were somewhat glitchy, but passable enough. Did not come in the way of fun, though some kind of suspension simulation could be nice. Bit more softness in driving over things. I think you could get rid of health bar and just show damage in tractor, darken texture/mesh as damage increases.
Also I felt like Big Boy was downgrade, at least fun wise. Most of the appeal was to throw plough into zombies by drifting, then combine harvester came and ruined all the fun
Gameplay is really fun. The slow mo effect is really satisfaying especially with the first tractor (the one that need drifting to shred zombies). With a bit more mechanics this could be a really fun game. The music are really feeting well with the flow. Congrats !
Duude YES. This has all the right kind of energy. I was sold from the screenshots, but the moment that 80s anthem started playing, I was all in!! Great choice of music tracks -- shame they weren't written for the jam, because I would give it all the stars.
My biggest feedback would be to look for a bit of a redesign. Thrashing zombies was obviously the most fun part, but damaging the harvester was a direct consequence. So in that sense, running over zombies was more of an obstacle than a goal, it was more of a deterrent. Does that make sense? I think if you _encourage_ the part that's more fun by tying it to the reward (upgrades), you've got a winning design!
Quite fun! I liked the music and the graphics. Having a progression system is super nice -- I don't know if I got unlucky but I got the same one three times afterwards but it was cool to see even with that :). Good job on the game!
This game is quite unexpected and fun.
It's a little laggy, but it's not critical.
Thanks for game =)
Thanks for submitting your game on the stream! Here’s the start of your game if you wanted to re-watch initial thoughts youtu.be/y26fNN5FUi0?t=9699
Really fun with the bullet time when drifting through the zombies! Nice work!
Damnnn this game has everything.
Epic soundtrack (did you make it or do you have a link? its epic?) Physics based tractor. Zombies This is like a top quality game
Can I also ask how did you do the anime speed lines?
Great job!
Love the slow-mo and the controls of the tractor! Esp. the first one, super innovative and interesting. Also interested in how you did the anime speedlines!
Amazing!!!
so cool, just one thing. we should choose vehicle. benim oyunuma da yorum ve değerlendirme yaparsanız sevinirim. 5STARS
Very cool entry! Fun gameplay loop, there are some rough parts here and there on the map layout, but the gameplay is strong enough as a concept to carry the weight of the entry! Like the randomness of the rewards at the end of each run, would like the "Big Boy" to not take damage from running over the zombies OR making him even tankier as it's the only tractor you can't drift-kill with. Very nice one, awesome work!!
@d3kryption Glad you liked it! Here are the all three musics: -https://pixabay.com/music/synthwave-a-hero-of-the-80s-126684/ -https://pixabay.com/music/electro-cyber-war-126419/ -https://pixabay.com/music/synthwave-neon-gaming-128925/
@d3kryption @poboy About the anime speedlines, the art pack (POLYGON - Farm Pack of Synty Studios) contains a rain particle effect. I just rotated them towards camera, made them thinner, longer and voila! brand new anime speedlines :)
@malibaturhan Sure thing, I'm gonna play your game tonight, along with other commenters' games!
It felt satisfying to mow down zombies, the visual effects are really top notch here. I was a bit disappointed after having seen all updates, would've really wished to play this forever :D The lack of sound effects and instructions would be the only criticism I have, but this game was really fun. Congrats!
I think I want to see a game mix of this and Vampire survivors... These effects, moving down everything and infinite waves... I guess i just want more gameplay since its soo good! :)) Will you make it? :3
Pretty fun, I love the part when you pick upgrades once you die. I don't like how the final combine gets hurt though when you go over zombies, makes it inferior to the previous one.
Game is really cool
What a very cool game! I also prefer the first vehicle, the two parts are moving so satisfyingly. Nice use of the Synty Polygon models 👍
This game looks really nice! I enjoyed the comic effect of crushing the zombies, and the bouncing harvester ^^ The clunky controls are funny to!
So here is some feedbacks:
You kill the zombies when you collide with them, but they also hurt you when you collide with them, which shifts the challenge to pure randomness... A way to deal with that would be to have 2 types of mobs: - some you kill by colliding with them, - and some that just damage you when colliding (explode?)
It took me some time to know when I was hurt, and I didn't see the health bar. Could be nice to screenshake, screen FX + bump and blink the health bar... I would also place the bar on the top hand corners.
Its hard to figure out your goal, and what are the dynamics in place. I see some "levels" that grow when collecting sunflowers. I'm not sure if you earn points for "levels" when you kill zombies, but I guess it's the case (I would make it more clear). So I guess the goal is to get the biggest level possible? Unfortunately, at one point all of the sunflowers are exploited, so I just reach the zombies and get killed :thinking: So different possible dynamics could be nice: - Idea 1: you must collect sunflower to finish the map, and protect the sunflowers from zombies. When all of the sunflowers of the map are collected (by you and the zombies), end of the level, choos ean upgrade and you go to next level, etc. - Idea 2: you must survive infinitely: sunflowers grow, you collect them, with this resource you improve your harvester. And there is infinite waves of zombies coming and trying to kill you. There is several types of zombies. The upgrades shift your balance of power against specific types of zombies (for example, the "Armor" upgrade helps defending against a zombie).
The important problem here is the winning condition. Either infinite with progressive difficulty, or defined by an ending state (with successive levels, or not!).
Amazing interpretation of the theme and the Eurobeat music just made the shredding better. I have to say the tractor should have stayed as the vehicle for all of the game because the crop harvester was definitely a downgrade. Overall great idea and I hope you find a way to make it even better with a clearer goal and more upgrade options.
goofy fun thank and sick beats. though i don't really get the zombies. but they are feel fun!
A really fun take on the theme - the controls felt really smooth, that slow motion when I mowed down a zombie never got old, and it was fun coming up with ways to kill them without taking damage.
Ultra fun and juicy. i love the time effect when you kill zombies. The only default is for me the dmg on the last vehicule is a bit hard to understand (why you take dmg). But overall a very good entry, Good job !
Oh, is that how you collect sunflower? I always wondered. This gameplay is really well done. The effects tie everything together and make this very solid. But because of that, the lack of Quality of life is very obvious. No pause many, nothing that explains the controls or objectives (what does the bar at the top of the screen do and why can I fill it by pressing the space bar), not even in the game description page, and the map goes on for a while, and then you can just drop off. This game is still great, but I feel like these inconsistent, obvious things should have been dealt with somehow.
Amazing game. The driving feels good, the visuals and music fit together very well and the feedback for harvesting and killing is very satisfying. Once I noticed that the game also includes upgrades, I was even more impressed. This is surely one of the best ones out there!
The only thing I was a bit confused by was the bar at the top.
This game is super fun and satisfying to play. And the music is pretty great, too.
I did 5 or 6 runs. The Big Boy seems to be bugged because I keep taking damage from zombies that are already dead. But the other 2 tractors are very satisfying to use.
Hey, cool game. The tractor and the truck doesn't feels like heavy ones, but I think controls fits good for dinamic gameplay. Also, I see you had an idea with bonuses, but lack of time on LD. We know it good. Really like the music, haha :D Great job! had a good time playing.
Wow. An amazing entry! I love the music and upgrades. The upgrade card at the end of each round was like: "Oh nice, give me some good shit". It reminds me of pack opening. Love it! The game routine itself is simple but playable. Really nice arts and animation. The upgrades of getting bigger and bigger are my highlights!
Well done!
This is a really neat idea! Felt great to play and the upgrade card was very rewarding -- however, I personally would've preferred to get the upgrades over the course of a run rather than after each run, but that's just me! Well done!
Really fun game, I like the idea of like drifting around and trying to get points by having the harvester run over things. I do wish there was an even bigger one after The Big Boy haha like the Big Boy but wider, It also seemed like the big boy was taking damage when I ran stuff over vs the other harvesters where I'd only take damage when the main tractor got hit. I wonder if the dead zombies still applied damage after dying or something. But yeah overall great game!
This was a fun game. Adding a damage penalty for when the zombies hit your tractor definitely helps provide a challenge. The music also goes very well with the gameplay. I only wish there were a way to replenish your health. Good job overall!
This was a lot of fun, I wish I'd gotten to it during ratings! Since I didn't get to rate it, I'll try to be detailed in my feedback:
I loved the music choices, although I wish there had been more audio feedback for actually driving the tractor and not just when you hit things.
It wasn't clear to me at first that I was supposed to harvest the flowers - I thought I would be getting points from running over the zombies in order to protect the farm. But, drifting was fun, especially when I got the bigger harvester thingy.
It wasn't as fun when I got to the Big Boy upgrade. Shredding zombies became frustrating, because unless I just stood there and let them walk into the front of the Big Boy, I'd take collision damage from running them down. So I think something might be wonky with the colliders or whatever in that regard.
Overall, I didn't actually have a lot of incentive to shred the zombies (thought it felt fun to do so) - they did not give me points towards upgrades, and they damaged me even if I hit them with my big spiky harvester bits.
What I'd love to see is a focus more on drifting - more types of vehicles with different things on the back to swing into the zombies! I'd also love way more zombies, maybe more ragdoll physics when you hit them & also for them to maybe have some kind of score to them - what's the point of upgrading the tractor to kill zombies better when there's no point to killing the zombies themselves?
I appreciated that the game had controller support - when I played with keyboard, I really felt like I would love playing with my controller, so I gave it a try and it worked out well. On Controller I would have loved, maybe a chargeable speed boost to enhance the drifting? I felt pretty slow despite what the anime lines and music were telling me.
I also felt that the play area was too big given the slowness and low numbers of the zombies, inability to replant sunflowers, and the fact the available flowers to harvest only went maybe halfway or less down the road? The farm just felt pretty empty overall.
Overall, I really liked it. I would love to have a choice on my upgrades and again, a bigger focus on the drifting - very silly and fun way to kill zombies by spinning around!
If you ever make a post-jam release, let me know! :smile_cat: I'd wishlist the heck out of this on Steam or itch.io or wherever, lol!