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The Last Straw

By reflextions, cfinger and Kyle Landon

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2483.7229
Fun3503.4629
Innovation3873.3228
Theme444.3529
Graphics1314.2229
Humor1143.6827
Mood494.1728

Comments

ben-lusted 2023-01-09 21:20

love the atmosphere of this. the trailer gave me a good laugh. very well done for just a short amount of time! Enjoyed playing this :)

lukas-boersma 2023-01-09 21:20

Mindblowing graphics and mood. Wow! But too difficult for my tired brain, I always get caught and don't know how to prevent it

wouterk12 2023-01-09 21:22

Wow epic cinematic! Funny story and game!

pedryx 2023-01-09 21:30

Amazing cutscene and the atmosphere of the game is awaseme. I managed to score 1140 then I crashed to the fence and immedietly got hit by 3 strawmans.

bubblemapgaming 2023-01-09 21:31

Epic Opening Cinematic, fun to drive about and avoid the scarecrows, would be nice to see the horde get increasingly bigger. Overall good stuff :)

zuwu 2023-01-09 21:36

The opening cut scene was great and I enjoyed the game thoroughly. However the fact that a single scarecrow can instantly kill you is a little frustrating and getting around the turn to drop off corn can be really difficult.

sheng-mai 2023-01-09 21:36

Impressive design, very great harvesting effect. If it was simpler, it should be very decompressing.

Currently it is too difficult for my tired brain as well.

cutesquirrel 2023-01-09 21:37

Opening is really cool. Also really like the graphics, and the controls are fine. I would add some indicator on where you exactly need to be, to deliver the crops. I would also maybe add so the same scarecrow cant hit you 3 times in a row so quickly. Something should at least prevent that you die within 1-2 seconds of the game starting.

But overall really cool game.

mantsje 2023-01-09 22:37

Very fun game! We thought of a similar concept in our brainstorming phase, but your execution is awesome! the intro cinematics are also crazy for the timespan.

Awesome work!

derek-volker 2023-01-09 22:52

10/10 horror movie intro

Really enjoyed the graphics and the atmosphere. I am wondering if the controls are purposedly clunky for maximize the fun of the game (it kind adds challenge) and i'll assume that's the case. I just am sad that after that intro i don't control the scarecrow from hell.

Excellent entry.

error 2023-01-10 04:53

Wasn't expecting an opening cinematic with voiceover and music. Pleasantly surprised. I like the spotlight effect on the player. Though I wish the turn to place the corn in the barn wasn't so tight. I got stuck clipping on something a few times and couldn't recover. Either way, it was an interesting twist on the combine gameplay by having spooky scarecrows chase the player. I found my go to strategy was to outrun them to the otherside of the map and farming as much as I could before they caught up.

nicole-a 2023-01-10 09:23

I loved the graphics and the cinematic, it's so great! But I need an easy mode, I can't last even a minute :`)

kostas-nik 2023-01-10 18:28

Awesome opening cinematic! Need info on how you made it :) . i find the game very hard, and i have absolutely no problem just harvesting without any enemies. maybe you should include a chill out mode! Good effort

kyle-landon 2023-01-10 20:42

@kostas-nik Thanks! The artwork was drawn in Krita and then all brought together in Davinci Resolve.

justin-c 2023-01-10 23:55

That intro was really well done.

I got over 1500 on my second attempt. The game doesn't seem to get progressively harder, so I just kept dodging the scarecrows like Neo until the physics engine had a fit and my tractor started spinning like a top.

Solid game.

reflextions 2023-01-11 02:45

@justin-c 1500 is great for the second attempt! Definitely would have liked to increase the scare crows over time but ran out of time. Thanks for playing!

reflextions 2023-01-11 02:46

@derek-volker Yes. We wondered a bit if people would expect to play the scarecrow, could be a fun sequel!

xk-the-name 2023-01-11 20:26

Huh! A game about Jeepers Creepers!

n0va 2023-01-21 14:41

First imoression: WOW, wow!! Charming art, but wow amazing voice acting and cinematic antimation in the opening scene that blew me away!!! Who ever did the VA work, ya are amazing!

After playing: Janky controls, but good bgm, ghrapics and decent gameplay. Still looks like a more or less commercial game. Great work!! :D

kyle-landon 2023-01-28 13:56

@n0va Thank you for the kind words! The voiceover was me yelling into my microphone over and over while not trying to scare the neighbors, then dropping it all 2 octaves in post-processing before placing it over the animation. Was a ton of fun to do. Super proud of the team.