Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → CelestialPersperation Hollow
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 336 | 2.34 | 21 | |
| Fun | 336 | 1.94 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 336 | 2.05 | 21 | |
| Theme | 203 | 3.50 | 21 | |
| Graphics | 328 | 2.39 | 21 | |
| Audio | 221 | 2.88 | 20 | |
| Humor | 219 | 2.32 | 19 | |
| Mood | 307 | 2.50 | 20 |
It is a nice idea, it gets a bit boring to wait around while the crops are growing though. It is great for 48h. With a bit more time, it would be nice to have another minigame to wait around and maybe make some more money too ^^
a rat ate my first crop :(
I'm getting a bug in the web version where WASD isn't working... I think the embed in the page isn't being focused for some reason. Looks cute though, and I'll give it another try if there's a fix!
@mostlikely I tried to prevent that, so the chances of that happening are about 1 in 7. Really sorry about that though.
@maymay I'm not 100% sure what is causing that. I haven't experienced that bug, but sometimes you just need to click on the game. I don't really know, I can't fix it right now as I need to find the bug first.
@mariavalcam That's a good idea! I was going to implement GMOs so that you can increase the grow speed of crops and other things, but I ran out of time. If I have time this week, I'll work on adding a watering system to make crops grow faster, maybe fertilizer too.
Seems like you should get a few more seeds at the start, the loop is quite slow to begin with. I also got stuck in my own crops a couple times while planting, once I had to restart.
Good work though, the music is impressive!
@paulstraw thanks for the feedback! I might increase the amount of seeds so that if you get super unlucky and have your crops eaten right away, it’s not game over. I made you start with the bare minimum amount to really embrace it being an incremental game, but if annoying I might change it. I’m not sure how you got stuck in the crops though, as the hit box is a perfect circle so if you turn you shouldn’t be able to get stuck. That’s pretty weird. As for your comment about the music, I made it in sound trap. I basically just took a bunch of loops and chords and Frankensteined them together to get the songs you hear in-game. I was worried they would be too repetitive, but I guess that’s just me. The music also sounds worse in the game due to the compression.
My only two complaints were the fact that the crops took a little too long to grow and when you had a bunch of crops to sell, you were barraged with the coin sound hundreds of times in a row. Other than that, solid entry. Good job.
The first time I played a single mouse ate all of my crops at once, so I was left with no seed and no money to buy new seed. I had to restart.
The second time I played I bought a gun and just robbed the store over and over and over again.
@geraldfingburke thanks! I might change the crops grow time. As for the sound effect, it was added last minute and I thought it might be “satisfying”. I never had a chance to test it. This is the reason instead of selling all of your crops at once, it sells them one at a time.
@justin-c I’m working on the mouse issue. Because if the way it’s programmed right now, it will destroy any crop it’s touching. I might make a minuscule destroy sensor to prevent that, but I’m a bit busy at the moment. It might be changed this week. As for the robbing comment, I’ll probably make a cool down on it.
Pretty little game, i almost got stuck between 2 fields but i managed my way out ^^ it's nice to see a tutorial in a game! (ours definitly lacks one...)
@mortith Thanks! Your game was pretty cool too. I really enjoyed it, although it was a bit confusing.
Neat little game :)
@simone Thanks!
Not sure why you released an android version with no working controls (besides looking at the finger position). Maybe you just assumed nobody would play it?
@uraffululz Sorry, I thought that meant Chrome OS. I'll fix it after class.
Awesome game! I used scratch a bunch when I was first getting into game design - this is way better than any of my first projects!
If you're looking learn some game design tips & tricks, I highly recommend watching Jan Nijman's Art of Screen-shake talk. I'd post a link but I don't want to post a video preview on your LD page :)
If you interested you can find it by googling "Jan Willem Nijman - Vlambeer - The art of screenshake"
Great work, especially for your first LD!
This was pretty cool! The music is also super chill ^~^
The store owners staring at my crops as we wait for them to grow xD
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@daniel-alhadeff thanks! I’ll be sure to check it out.
@pazzi That’s cursed.