mcbombadev 2023-01-10 00:15
A complex, thought-provoking narrative about the plight of the working man. High quality voice acting. Twist ending definitely caught me by surprise.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Harvest Stone
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 46 | 4.13 | 32 | |
| Fun | 134 | 3.86 | 32 | |
| Innovation | 95 | 3.86 | 32 | |
| Theme | 85 | 4.23 | 32 | |
| Graphics | 161 | 4.16 | 32 | |
| Audio | 28 | 4.20 | 32 | |
| Humor | 2 | 4.70 | 32 | |
| Mood | 17 | 4.36 | 32 |
A complex, thought-provoking narrative about the plight of the working man. High quality voice acting. Twist ending definitely caught me by surprise.
Very well designed entry. I love the mood and story.
Very cool game! I like the simple pixelart graphics and the relaxing music. The voiceacting and jokes are hilarious and funny!
LMAOOOO THIS GAME IS SO FUN LOL THE HORSE JOKES ARE JUST AAAAAAAAAA HEWFWLKFJKHFDSAJ i didnt know u could explore outside that area for a while though so maybe an indicator would make it PERFECT but still SUCH A GOOD GAME
Awesome game the sounds & voice acting is point on with the lovely humor that's accompanying it all. All the graphics fit together really well too besides the interior walking one, that felt a bit different style wise, but still fit enough. Scarecrow is awesome and poor doggo.
Well done!
This is the first time I'm giving a game 5*. Hell I would even give you 6* if I could for the potato language alone!
Where do I start. The game is absolutely over the top Jam game. Complex world, little details that you cared enough to put in (like when the character starts to have bend back after his son died, like wtf, that's RDR2 kind of detail right there). Item usage is so well done a fun to use. Throwing rocks was so fun.
Absolutely stellar voice acting performance. The combination of absurd and comedy is so on point. World really feels alive (actually feels more dead, but you get my point).
PS: Rest in peace Boyo, I hope you have become a dog somwhere up there in the clouds.
PPS: I'm also hungry for some good ol' stone soup.
Great game! As already mentioned, any indication that you can leave your first farm area would be great!
The voiceover was hilarious and the humor was really good.
And I am verry happy that I could fulfill my sons dream in the game... :slight_smile:
Potato Potato
Thats sooo good mate, perfect game XD The first time Im givin all 5 to a game, crazy!
Wow what a rollercoaster, I loved the scarecrow joke, really left me chuckling. Excellent work on the art too!
Potato.
When I grow up, I wanna be a dog lol
Awesome story game !! really funny ahah I would have liked a bit more gameplay but maybe this is part of the joke XD
All 5s! Potato potato, sobaka.
Story was great, voices were great! The game was awesome overall!
If people were to give realistic ratings this game should outright win. I can't think of a single category where you should be rated less than 4, but mostly it's fives. Not to mention the theme, you are alchemists that produce gold out of shit.
@kr4ft3r not out of shit, but out of the potatoes :smile:
@mcbombadev @tomas-selmeci @cambryx @chickensiodev @svenerik @iluvatar @chuchugeralt @mnikn @kastaff @lerg @hiku @kr4ft3r We were afraid that this twisted sense of humor wouldn't appeal to most people. So we thought **** that, let's make a game for ourselves! But you are one of us!
Thank you everybody! You made my day!
As a reward, you will get the joke that inspired this game:
I have a friend who fled to another country. He sent a letter that he now works 18 hours a day at a turnip farm. He sleeps on the soft mud. There's no malnutrition with stolen turnips. Great success. Envy. I'm setting up my own farm to make turnips. I plow the ground with a stick. There is no hope, only stones grow.
The secret police makes me pay tax for the stone farm. Now I owe a lot of stones. I'm trying, but I only have a few small pebbles. I don't pay, so the secret police says "capitalist traitor." They want to beat me, but I take a stick and a small stone.
There is no stone or stick. Only cold. I'm trying to find a letter from a friend. No letter, just hallucinations of malnutrition. The only escape is death.
what else would you need from a game this one can't provide? stellar voice acting, hilarious jokes, living and breathing world. thank you for this experience!
100 potatoes out of 100. The one who voiced the game is a born actor!
I became a very sad potato after talking with the horse. Thanks for the game, awesome vibes and atmosphere, great entry for this jam, congrats!
Brilliant voice acting and dialogue. I'm glad we didn't have to eat the horse.
Potato.
The funniest entry I've played so far, great job! I truly felt the pain and anguish at not having a potato. I was like, where is dog? There is no dog!
WOOOW!!! This is awesome. The mood, the jokes, just the most original concept I've seen so far in this jam. I simply love that. The voice acting is the funniest thing. Can't imagine how fun that was to record
A narrative game that is both funny and touching with impeccable sound work... It's so simple and yet so effective... Potato!
Nice game, but I stucked in this phase.... No way to do something, without potato and without rocks... I think it's a BUG :D Screenshot_20230112_082933.png
@benderson you can talk to dog body (press space when you're nearby dog). You can't see it from this distance, but it has something in its mouth :smiley: Then you can check inventory (press Z to open. Change items with arrows/WSAD).
i loved this entry!! super well fleshed out and fun to play. the graphics and humor really reminded me of those baroque decay games -- nice job!