lukas-boersma 2023-01-09 20:42
Graphics and sounds are awesome! Are they really all self made? Mechanics feel a bit clunky but are fun overall :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Harvey's Tiring Job
By maka, Melanie, Ysendrin and KrisNumber24
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 376 | 3.54 | 27 | |
| Fun | 555 | 3.10 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 383 | 3.33 | 26 | |
| Theme | 56 | 4.31 | 26 | |
| Graphics | 330 | 3.80 | 27 | |
| Audio | 175 | 3.67 | 25 | |
| Humor | 238 | 3.31 | 26 | |
| Mood | 347 | 3.54 | 26 |
Graphics and sounds are awesome! Are they really all self made? Mechanics feel a bit clunky but are fun overall :)
Catchy tune, and cute graphics. Annoying physics, but I guess that's part of the charm and what makes it difficult. Overall nice entry.
Looks good, nice use of physics.
Love me an interesting physics game! The aesthetic is great too, in particular I love the barn! One of the trickier things was not knowing how many fields were coming up though, I'd often try dump all my seeds in the first field for that plant type before I realised there was another field further on!
The music is catchy and the graphics fit the theme, but the physics is somewhat annoying. I get that this is probably the intention, very similar to those Simulator type of games, but it's frustrating to have the beans all under the sweet potatoes while the first patch requires them and no easy way to catch them. Still, a very charming game.
The graphics and audio were great! But the game is a little repetitive and can get boring after a while, but otherwise great game!
The soundtrack is good! Nice Blues haha
The only negative point I see is the chatacter is walking too slow, so the start and end of a level is long, but overall, very good game!!
Good job!:D
Cute little game that is fun to play for a bit. The mechanics definitely need some tweaking but it could surely be improved on. It's the first game with this mechanic i have played so far.
Funny game! I love the graphics, they are very well done. Maybe to put a but maybe I don't feel comfortable with the controls, with the mouse I don't see responsive planting or harvesting, I would also like a zoom away when the seeds and fruits fly. But I understand that in such a short time it cannot be implemented. Even so, I think it's a hilarious game and spectacular what you've done in such a short time.
Very challenging with a good tune
with more levels and a little more stable controls, this could be really cool game. Also since I have a toddler I would def give him to play it to learn about farming harvesting. With some more work could be great aducational game!
Nice music, but oh damn this game is excruciatingly hard! Perhaps it would be not as hard if the mechanics weren't as clunky as they are. But, I love the concept, and all the cute art!
Cool game! Music was great, especially the "going to sleep and waiting for the crops" bit that had some nostalgic vibes. It was quite difficult to get 100% in the later levels for sure, but I guess that makes for some replay value. Dynamic camera to show all the flying seeds and harvest so that they are not off camera and maybe some info on the type and amount of fields would be great additions, but even as is this is a great jam entry!
I like this game! I love how you make your own levels (more or less) based on how you plant things. I think it's a pretty interesting mechanic. Nicely done!
@lukas-boersma Most of them were made during the jam, indeed! We owned some sfx and the background images.
@realtanhen Yes, I realised that while playtesting but we did not have enough time to include some sort of preview of the level :(
@juzdepeche Thanks haha! We found the name before I had time to compose the music so 'tiring job' instantly made me think of a blues (also it's really simple to write). We did think of speeding up the farmer at the end of both phases but it didn't seem core enough so we chose to focus on other things.
@diana-shuke Thank you so much, that's a very nice comment!
@milq @jaywoody Gotta admit we didn't even think of a dynamic camera to follow crops or seeds that would have flown out of bounds ^^'
@cutesquirrel @wizorbe @mrchickenboy Even if we didn't totally mean to make such weird-feeling physics we were pretty satisfied with the thing. Although, the seeds being mixed-up inside the bag was kind of meant: it appeared to us it would be fun ^^' Gotta admit that after spending the whole weekend playing with the physics, it felt pretty natural. I guess it made me underestimate how difficult it is to take a grasp on it while designing the levels. I'm sorry for that!
Glad you still liked the game, thanks!
Wow, a physics game!
It was hard and strangely addictive with all that finicky and precise manipulation that even the smallest mistake can send your crop flying on escape velocity :laughing:
Great job!
I loved how swanky the music was while he's walking xD This was really fun and creative and often became goofy fun when I'd end up flinging vegetables around like a maniac as Harvey just casually goes about his business lol
Fantastic job on this, the art and music were great -the idea was great too and well designed! Awesome job! :D
Nice graphics and nice sounds! I stressed my self out alot by being so hectic, because id din't know how much time I've got left to plant them, haha. And when harvesting I lost a lot of time because the vegetable were so floaty and I flung them over my basket. But it was a lot of fun!
Really cute little game with a great mood and relaxing vibes despite being mildly stressful fling veg everywhere! I agree with some comments that the phiysics felt a little weird and unnatural but I think it adds to the game and it would be to easy without it being how it is! I like how they fling around as you drag them although I might make them a little heavier in general so they don't fly so far and sit in the basket a little better.
I agree that the farmer could walk faster at the beginning/end but I feel like maybe that would have been hard to figure out the conditions of when that would kick in with veg flying about and not always in the basket. Might be an idea to stick a fast fwd button in there for the player to click which would cut out that thinking for you to code in jam but still let the player skip ahead.
Graphics were super cute and the simple style worked well for the game. Loved the way the colours stood out from each other and the contrasting veg colours. The only thing that distracted a bit for me was the pixelated lines/edges on the farmers which I think took away a little from the polish of the rest of the graphics and would probably have been worth investing some time into given that he was a main focus but I can totally understand that it may not have been possible with jam time pressures!
Music was real chill too with good variation and the sound effects being very reactive to the player interaction made it very satisfying!
Overall, love the atmosphere and the vibe, a really great jam game with a couple of very minor things that could be smoothed out. Awesome job!