Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Farmula Grain Prix
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8 | 4.41 | 65 | |
| Fun | 15 | 4.29 | 65 | |
| Innovation | 5 | 4.47 | 65 | |
| Theme | 7 | 4.57 | 65 | |
| Graphics | 32 | 4.52 | 65 | |
| Audio | 26 | 4.23 | 65 | |
| Humor | 112 | 3.68 | 62 | |
| Mood | 93 | 4.04 | 63 |
I made it to around lap 60 three times before losing. It seems like the audience gets increasingly stingy with their free time boosts, and I never found a good way to hype them up enough to keep them from stopping. The extra time per lap from buildings was useful, but eventually wasn't enough.
Still, I had fun with it! I just wish there was a way to keep going forever if you were playing well enough. Maybe there is and I'm just bad lol.
Fantastic concept! As a racing fan really enjoyed playing this
Love the concept and the art, and the 2D/3D is beautifully done! Oh, choices, choices - do I sell before I inevitably lose and take the financial hit because time is running out? Or wait for that sweet sweet market increase but maaaaaybe lose all my hard earned produce (and potential points) in the process because I fail to lap in time? Hahahaha. Another awesome one, love it, lot of really cool mechanics in here! :D (side note - it's so fun that your games all nod to each other, the billboards in this one were great)
It's like the old, old Sprint games on arcade, except colourful and creative! I really liked all the neat little buildings I could place, got me curious to check out the pit stop a lot. Also respect for getting so many in for a jam game! Audio and visuals rule, and the pit stop menu of all things looks SICK. Awesome entry, great job!
@const-arch - Lol level 60 is pretty awesome actually! I've balanced the difficulty a bit more and am not sure if I'm just tired / playing worse as I keep losing around lap 25 xD Anyway, thanks for playing!
@mad-brokli -Thank you!! :D
@nvrskipgameday -Awww shucks -thank you so much for all those awesomely kind words! ^_^
@auxc - Dude! I actually forgot about super sprint until you mentioned it!! I was thinking about Super off road when I made this after you mentioned super sprint I went back and was studying the arcade version's play mechanics -i forgot how fun those controlled -I totally plan to tweak it to play a bit closer to super sprint!! Anyway thank you so much!! :D
I got old-school Super Off Road vibes from the gameplay, but Fez vibes from the graphics. lol I especially like the way the lighting changes on the boxes/plots as you cross the finish line. I would also like to extend my gratitude to all the Farmula Grain Prix fans in attendance for sitting through so many rain showers (especially when I started adding windmills). lol
Fun: Had a pretty good time playing this, it was super satisfying to harvest a huge field of corn and just rake in the money. I also really liked the obstacles that would sometimes appear, changed up the game a little bit for that lap. One improvement in this area would be adding more varied gameplay, either by adding more obstacles, opening / closing different parts of the track, or somehow adding incentives for changing up how you were playing the game. Maybe the crowd could hold up signs that say "WATER ME" and you'd get bonus money for using the watering truck that next lap.
Innovation: Probably the most innovative game I've played so far this Jam, who would've though racecars and farming would work so well together?! If you wanted to keep innovating further, I think the driving/vehicle stats would be the place to do it. Maybe let me get a wider harvester instead of just turning sharper.
Theme: Fantastic use of the theme. Harvesting was front and center as the main way to progress in this game. One way to make this game more thematic would be to add more time spent harvesting, instead of always switching between the 4 vehicles. Maybe the plants could stay for 2 laps of harvesting instead of 1, to just give the player more time harvesting.
Graphics: Very polished and well-done graphics, this game honestly looks like it's ready for release based on visuals alone. Extremely well done on the main art, menus, and "ambient" graphics. The water effects and harvesting effects were a nice touch as well. One small improvement would be to add some additional movement to the crops and structures to make them feel more "alive" compared to the crowd.
Audio: Great music track and sound effect usage. Every area of the game I expected sounds I got them. I don't recall hearing crowd cheering noises, so that's one thing I think could improve the audio experience.
Humor: The concept of the game is just hilarious at the outset, and the different structures I think played into that humor well. Adding some more Formula 1/NASCAR references, or farm humor would go great in this game.
@budaniel I had a long play of super off road on while i was making this!! xD And lmfaoo I actually wanted to give them little umbrellas and rain coats but didn't have the time!
@tobius First off, thank you for taking the time to write such a well thought out review like that! I reread it again just to take notes some fantastic suggestions in here! I do plan to have future levels with little keys and doors that open alternate paths. Also, I loooved the idea of watering the audience! Putting that on the todo list! There was a lot of stats I wanted to add like capacity for how many crops you could hold for example -but was already over-scoping on this one lol -really really really liked your idea of upgrading harvester's width! There are 3 moments the crowd cheers: when you lap,drive really close to make them do the wave, or when you level them up -will have to think of more ways to include cheering! And Lastly, on humor totally agree! Already have a small list of unused puns! Anyway, thank you so much for your amazing feedback and kind words!
really unique idea! i wish the various mechanics were introduced in a more spread out tutorial phase, especially for that shop UI. otherwise quite a fun experience!
Really good combination of racing and harvesting! The graphics is also very amazing (and "juicy" as well)! I had lots of fun playing it ;))
Great game!
Such a nice idea to bring the harvest-theme into a racing game. All the assets are really beautiful. Design, music, gameplay - fantastic! i really enjoyed playing this game
This should have way more comments/reviews! This idea is so unique & fun. It's one of the best games I've played this Ludum Dare. The graphics, music, & controls are just spot on. I personally have no faults with this. Amazing Job!
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Took me a second to understand how everything works, but loved it! original idea, and excellent implementation.
I see you don't have a lot of votes. you should really start voting on other games to increase your coolness.
you can always starts we our game first :smile:
Superb graphics and a very fun game loop. Took me a moment to understand the harvest loop but all clicked soon enough, and it's probably easy to add a interactive tutorial to help with that with a little bit more time, good work :)
Usually, there's always a little effort to be made to motivate oneself to test some games, I spent 20 minutes on this one without making any effort, I stopped because I wanted to test other games, but it's really great! The theme is respected, the graphics are consistent, the music is not repetitive, the gameplay is easy to understand. I loved it!
Amazing game! It took me a while to figure out that you are able to switch cars, but as soon as I got it, I had a lot of fun. Great entry!
Wow! Definitely didn't expected this game when the theme was announced :smile: Such a cool and creative idea combined with a fantastic execution! I am amazed how much stuff you were able to get into this game and at the same time make everything so polished. Really great work!
To have something to nag about: I ran into a few bugs as you predicted :smile: But that wasn't a game breaker at all!
This is so fuuuun! Very good execution, I don't even know what I could suggest to make this better x)
Lots of fun, such a fun concept, extremely polished and great gameplay. Was a little hard to get the tile bonuses but overall was just fantastic fun!
This is totally addicting!! It's incredibly how many features you packed in here. The concept alone is wild. Track racer with farming and market forces ?? Whuuuuh??
Every little detail felt amazingly polished, down to the smallest details of the crowd and the crops. The variety of upgrades and modifiers was incredible too. Seriously, I could go on and on. Amazing job!!
Really enjoyed this game. One of the best game I played this Ludum Dare and didn't expect this kind of mixing of genres. I had to stop myself from playing because it was so addicting. Noice
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Taking a racing game like this and developing additional mechanics on top of it is such an interesting idea! The polish and audio design is also fantastic- great work!!
Nice Game....pixel art theme is perfect choice !...
Nice game reminded me of this old game where yo race in dirt and stuff with this semi 3d physics thing... :D Good job! One improvement would be if I was able to change my vehicle using only the keyboard (A or D + Enter or Space) for fast switching :D
@pataya @ntb896 @taikinaaa @afe @ccglp @woergbi @ysendrin @swayam2004 @vigneshwar Thanks for playing and thanks for your awesome comments! :D
@glaikunt duuude that's an awesome score (better than my own so far!) and thank you so much!!
@melanie what an awesome thing to say! thank you so much!! xD
@kultuk lol totally want to increase my coolness! xD I was just waiting for a day I had time to catch up and play some ld games -yours game was great btw!! -had a lot of fun playing it! :D
@oadt lol bugs xD if there were any worth mentioning feel free to let me know! and thank you for your kind words! :D
@bloodfin Thank you so much! and if there's anything that you think would help improve getting tile bonuses -feel free to let me know! :D
@hawkin What an awesome thing to hear!! -Thank you so much!!! :D
@swayam2004 wooooahh duuuuude I didn't even know a score that high was possible! :o that's awesome! I may need to adjust that difficulty balance lol
@pope-paf I actually thought the same thing early on except I had a parking spots on the lap that basically you would ram into other vehicles to switch on the fly -I agree though, it would be fun to be able to fast switch -might try something like that!! anyway thank you! :D
i love the mix between race and harvest! controls were very fluid, and the art was great (the 3D vehicles are super nice). i really like the fact that you buy your own UI, it is a unique idea! i got stuck after the first upgrade during my first run, and when i restarted the game, there was no sound anymore :( really a good game i enjoyed playing!
@amarokczukay Crap, sorry that happened! -if you don't mind me asking how did you get stuck? Like was it getting an upgrade like turn or speed, and then pressing the 'go' button to exit the pit stop menu and the vehicle wouldn't move? Also, I don't know why the browser loses sound on restart but refreshing the page is the only way I've found to fix it when html5 games lose sound. Anyway, sorry it broke on ya! but thank you for letting me know and thank you for the kind words! :D
@chase-of-bass i got my first upgrade, and when i clicked on "go", the upgrade window disappeared, and the vehicle was standing in the pit and i was unable to move it. but no problem, as i said, i restarted and it went totally ok!
@amarokczukay awesome! -will look into it and appreciate the help! -thank you!! :D
good work yoo...ypu nailed it ...at start it was a bit confusing..but once i get into the pit, the world is open..a unique concept..nice way of bringing racing and farming together ....nice cute game ...and personally i loved it
@mr-lazy thank you so much!! :D
Really love the cute pixel graphics, I'm not even sure how you made the 3d pixel tractor that does not look voxely. One of the most unique games I saw this jam, combining racing, farming and some strategy as well while throwing in upgrades and buildings. What's more impressive is that all of those things feel balanced and work together really nicely. I had a bug where my tractor would start teleporting here and there when I tried to cheat the system and go backwards through the pit stop, but otherwise I saw no bugs and level of polish is very high here as far as I can tell. Great job! Ps. Love the references
Wow, this was really, really good! Very exciting, full of buttons to press, lots of options, nice music! The trucks felt a bit hard to control when I had speed upgrades, so maybe adjusting the lap time and truck speed could be a thing. The extra mini game of putting buildings close to each other was really nice (although I didn't really play with it). Thank you for the really cool game!
What an amazing game, unfortunately the game crashed (in the web version) as I was trying to buy something when all slots were already taken. Buying fountains early really helped in the late game. I love how you have taken this simple idea and just took it to the moon! Like everything about this feels so good and polished, it reminds me of the flash games of yore. Really well done, definetly one of my favourites this LD!
WOW that was SUCH a fun take on the theme!!! Excellently done!!!
I will admit I was rather confused at the start, and didn't quite understand what to do at the Pit (as I thought that choosing a different vehicle cost money and I didn't have any to start) at first, but when I finally realized what to do, WOW!! That was so good!! And everything looked and felt polished!
Well done!! :D
took a few laps to get the hang off it. I was slightly confused at the beginning but oh boy once I understood it was amazing! after a while I realized that buildings/structures have synergies but it was kind a too late for me unless I missed that I could move things around.. one thing probably I did not enjoy that the "view map" was hold to view and I could not see which building was what. I guess either showing the icon of the other structure on the PIT screen or allowing to see the names of the screen can make it easier on that front.
very polished, smooth gameplay. enjoyed it alot
Played quite a while, so I definetly liked it! Great work!
Wow, so much content, high quality, everything is animated, I almost don't believe it is LD submission :D Awesome idea to combine harvest and racing game. The competitive element is that the time shortens every round, right? I think if there are some competitors, who will compete for the crop yield with you might improve the gameplay and make it more fun. Very well polished game.
What a great game! Looks super polished. Love the tiny details and animations. Took me a few runs to understand how everything fits together, but eventually it clicked. The concept is really nice. Enjoyed every second of it.
Well done!
This is amazing, one of the best games I've played so far. Solid take on the harvest theme and a very creative spin. Whole package feels solid. Amazing game.
@fancyreckless Thank you! I made it in magica voxel and then exported it as slices (which export flat without lighting/shading) then sprite stacked the slices. And lol yeah that teleporting collision bug was *driving* me crazy xD I was in such a sloppy hurry I'm probably going to have to just redo it. Anywa, thank you so much for your kind words! :D
@caranha I think you're right, definitely am looking forward to balancing it more -I might have to make the turn upgrade more effective. And thank you for playing! :D
@andidebob Weird -I have a code in there that's supposed to prevent you from being able to make a purchase when all the land is taken -but it wasn't supposed to prevent you from playing lol -sorry about that! and thank you for letting me know -will look into that! And thank you so much for playing and the feedback!! :D
@rincs Thank you so much! I wondered if anyone would think that switching vehicles cost money, I definitely need to add a tutorial or make it more user friendly. And thank you for your kind words!! :D
@cagil-ozdemirag Thats a really good point! I think I'm going to make it so in view map you can hover over the buildings to get more info about them or if theres enough room maybe just their name and neighbor bonus. Anyway thank you so much! :D
@elastiskalinjen Thank you!! :D
@richard-jedlicka Thank you so much!! And I had planned to have competitors and had to scrap that as I was running out of time and they were creating a lot of bugs. Similarly, was thinking of having random laps where birds race the track and try to eat your crops. Not sure what to do there yet as I don't want to frustrate the player. Anyway thank you for your kind words!! :D
@zubspace Lol I love doing tiny details/animations! xD and thank you so much!! :D
@runicpixels Awww shucks -very kind of you to say!! Thank you so much!! :D
This is really fun! I was a bit confused the first few times I tried it but luckily I didn't bounce off it, because it's very enjoyable.
Amazing ! I put everything in the field so the game buggued ahah So many content for this kind of short jams, bravo !
Wow, that's a lot! I wish there was some additional pressure so I have to think about laps, like having the lap time go down each lap and I have to invest in power-ups to keep going (if it's already doing that it's not obvious).
@squimmy lol thank you! :D
@zakku ahh crap -sorry about that! But thank you!! :D
@koboldskeep that's pretty much exactly what it does, it loses time every lap -after a bunch of laps the only way you can keep going is driving well and having items that generate more time each lap. Each item shows a little coin or clock pop up each lap but maybe it's not obvious enough as there is a lot going on the screen -i might have to make that pop out more -anyway thanks for playing! :D
I had a lot of fun playing this! Cute graphics, an interesting take on farming, and a the puns in the title mad me giggle. Excellent work!
@digital-bacon thank you!! :D
Hahaha, that's actually really clever, I love games mixing elements from different genres. Usually I try most of the ld games for a minute or two except when I'm hooked, and it was the case here! The only thing a bit confusing is that the watering car wasn't giving me any feedback that I used it right. Other than that , a very cool entry. Good job!
@jonathan-lorenz The watering car turns plowed dirt into a darker color indicating it's wet (rain also does that) so if the ground is already wet there then it's not doing anything. Anyway, thank you so much for the kind words! :D
RC Pro-Am is such a great formula, and this is a wonderful riff on it. And what a nice job nailing so much and so well done for a solo entry!
The game felt really alive and complete, with a great core of driving that felt good, and this tower the crop loop over and, then this tower of upgrades and features standing on top of it all. Plus jammin tunes and nice graphics.
I really enjoyed my time playing. If I could have one boon, it would be to be able to navigate the Pit screen with the keyboard, at least enough to switch vehicles, maybe with 1-4 number keys.
Very impressive entry, great job!
@pkenney Duuuude! I almost named this game "RC GROW-Am"! xD
And I really wanted to make that pit menu keyboard friendly but was running out of jam time -planning to add that though! (number keys is a good idea btw!)
Anyway, thank you for all the awesome kind words! :D
Super fun, great visuals and audio and the amount of juice is incredible, love it! I had a jolly good time doing my laps and upgrading until at some point the screen just went black. But by then I had already purchased almost everything, just wanted to do a few more nitro-fueled laps :) It felt like the audience was not really helpful in terms of money compared to harvesting and the amount of money made using harvest skyrocketed towards the end, but it was all in good fun :) PS: Great name for the game too!
Wow, this was really good. Almost everything was very polished, it looks and sounds great.
Combining farming and racing is such a great concept, and its executed very well. Having the different farming actions represented by different vehicles is intuitive and fun. The other mechanics are also easy to pick up; building different buildings for upgrades makes sense, and the various obstacles and bonuses that show up on the track also are pretty easy to understand.
I do think it's somewhat difficult to understand how time is gained. It seems like the crowd will give you time upgrades, occasionally, but I'm not sure how effective crowd upgrades are in giving me more time. The other problem is it's not exactly clear when or why "bonus time" is granted, or why the bonus time value is a particular value.
I do think that a longer tutorial section could be useful. It took me a few times stopping at the pit stop and reading the game description before I figured out exactly what to do, which seems like means I might have wasted more of my precious time that maybe I should have. Of course, the first run a player does will always have more time loss than their second run, so I guess it's not actually a huge problem. (And, once I did figure out what to do, it was such a fun concept that I just wanted to jump in and start playing!)
Unfortunately the game ultimately crashed before I lost. What happened is, I was trying to build the thing that reduces nitro cost, but I wanted to cancel out so I could read what the bonus building was. I hit "Escape" to try to cancel the building command, and then the game crashed. :(
I think that canceling a building is my single biggest gripe with the UI -- over my playthrough, I had misclicked on building purchases multiple times and had to cancel out, but it felt a little sluggish somehow...? Not sure what's going on there. Maybe it's not officially supported to hit Escape to cancel?
Perhaps I'll have to try playing again now that I have more knowledge about the game.
Overall, though, this was a really good entry. It honestly looks and sounds incredible, it's just a great execution of a very fun genre combination. Great job!
@erkberg Ah crap -sorry about that!! I'm guessing that happened on the browser version -I still haven't figured out what's causing that crash. When I update it I will make the crowd more generous too!! :D Glad to hear you enjoyed it otherwise though! -awesome to hear and thank you so much! :D
@honey-pony First off that was all super helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to write such detailed feedback. I'm working on a post jam update and am rethinking the bonus time aspect -at the moment it is essentially a diminishing amount every lap.
A longer tutorial is something I want to avoid as I don't like tutorials in games but I do want to make it easier to figure out and am thinking of ways to improve that. On that note, in case it's useful to you I skipped the tutorial on your game but it was designed so intuitively that I only made a couple small mistakes in the beginning but it was forgiving enough that I was able to master it and have a really good time discovering all the nuances to how the cards/farming worked. Btw, I loved your game!! I want a version that's fully decked out (pun) that I can buy on steam! :D
Also, thank you so much for the detailed description of the crashes (sorry it crashed by the way) super helpful!! I didn't even think of anyone using escape to cancel a purchase/building! I wanted to have a cancel building purchase button but by the time I thought of it I didn't have enough time to implement it. So, escape was escaping the pit menu but not canceling your purchase/build lol (face palm here -can't believe I missed that xD. Anyway, that was all super helpful and thank you so so much for all the kind words and helpful feedback! :D
Incredible game! An inspired concept, perfectly executed in just 3 days. Very, very nice job.
Refreshing idea about the theme and your art style stands out so much, as it's really cohesive as well. well done!
This is amazing, omg good job! It's so polished and well done, the graphics and UI are really nice looking. The graphics as a whole are perfect and I love the unique combination of racing and farming. It controls really well, and feel good as you make turns, really well done! Definitely my favourite game after playing all the games I've played <3
I would defintely play this more!
@animawish thank you!! :D
@cemkaanu thank you so much!! :D
@sarah dawww shucks -that's so awesome of you to say -thank you!! :D