Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD54 → Fairy Tale 2: Big Trouble in Pixie Hollow
By matt-green
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 164 | 3.60 | 22 | |
| Fun | 218 | 3.32 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 77 | 3.85 | 22 | |
| Theme | 10 | 4.52 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 171 | 3.52 | 22 | |
| Audio | 131 | 3.41 | 20 | |
| Humor | 39 | 3.66 | 20 | |
| Mood | 122 | 3.52 | 22 |
A fun little stacking exercise. Very thematically appropriate, and hard mode does seem nigh impossible, seeing I barely got through easy mode. While it's fun looking at the fairies do their thing, there is not much need for our input once the initial layout is settled. I wish there was an auto-done button so we can just see the whole thing play out until conclusion.
@powerofsin, honestly I knew that was going to be the main criticism haha. I had originally planned some more mechanics that either were scrapped for time, or took away from the main goal of 'limited space'.
I think there's a kernel of something here. Maybe I'll expand on it somehow in the future :)
Fun little game! I agree with the fact that once the layout is done, it's pretty much done for the year, which is a bit sad. The game is guided, which is cool, but you never introduced the concept of store which took me two years (in the game, not IRL) to understand.
Solid entry, I liked it :)
@alis the fairies should have alerted you in winter 1 if you had too much food and no storage.
I'll bring it up in their next annual review :)
This is an interesting idea for a game. I think it might be cool if there was a way to increase your tillable land every so often. I like the use of the theme. It would be more interesting for the player if there were some more ways you could interact with what is going on during each season after the initial layout is done.
Feels like this has the potential to be a very interesting idle game where things run in the background while you're away with notifications each time the giant crushes one of your structures
Very good approach on the theme! Also I like the idea with 3 active fairies, it adds more deepness to the gameplay.
This is an interesting concept. I'm actually a fan of the gameplay here, I would've liked some more options regarding what to farm and when, but for now this is pretty good.
The writing was great as well, especially that ending. I was not expecting that.
It was a little hard to figure out what to do and my giant died multiple times before I figured out what I was doing wrong. I feel like a better tutorial would go a long way.
And I tried hard mode... yeah. That might not be possible. I almost made it, but I just couldn't produce enough.
I really liked seeing the ai on the fairies move around the screen and doing all of the farming. It was quite satisfying to see happen.
Overall this was a good time. Could've used a bit more, but whats here is good enough.
This was a challenging puzzle, and took me a couple tries to beat (especially since at first I didn't realize there was slightly more space there when you zoom out). One thing that confused me was that it looks like the fairies aren't pulling everything out of storage on each turn, even when the giant is still hungry. For example, on hard mode I had 420 satiation, 450 storage, and four fully-grown plots on the last turn, which I would think would have been a win, but the fairies didn't pull anything out of storage and the giant died anyway.
Really impressive what you managed to make for the Compo! I really like the idea, didn't managed to run into bugs, and the artstyle and music really fit the game. The only point of critic I could find is the input: Having to press wasd each time to move for a few pixels is tiresome, and using the mouse wheel to navigate can be messy if the game is not run at full screen mode. I liked how you used the shortcuts for plan[t] and sto[r]e tho!
This is a really neat puzzle game. It thoroughly enjoyed it.
Exactly on spot with the theme!
The graphics, especially the giant are nice, and the mechanics work. Although I managed to get the required stores till the end of hardmode, I was (closely) ranning out of food...
If I want to critisize, I would mention, that you only have to place things in the first season and then you press on "done" and hope for the best... at least that was the way that seemed the most reasonable to me :-)
Overall, a very unique entry where I had much fun :-)
The game was really fun and music and graphics were so cute! Loved it!
@gilborn I appreciate the feedback! When I submitted, I knew that was going to be the main criticism but it was too late. There were some more mechanics I had planned that were either scrapped for time, or because they detracted from the main theme mechanic of running out of space.
That's the magic of game jams, I guess. Live and learn.
Game was super fun. Hits the nail on the head with the theme! Definitely love the graphics (logo especially is very cool). The fairy mumbles sfx are great too! Fun game loop, and great mood. Overall, very fun entry!
Cool start to an idea, but without a money/shop system I think this game lacks much, well, gameplay. Not sure what the difference between hard and easy are, but on hard I just placed 24 farms around the giant, fit like 12 storages on the top and bottom, and spammed e until I won. Graphics were cool, and again I think this is the start to a cool idea, just didn't get much gameplay out of it personally.
I couldn't build anything after the giant started growing, felt like I wasn't playing much after the first setup. Nevertheless the concept was cool and it could be extended with a more active Giant and more nuanced building/managing choices.
This is a really cool concept for a game! As others have said and you've responded to, adding some more mechanics like a shop or better ways to interact with the world after the very start would be good if you ever wanted to continue this beyond the jam, but I feel like "I wish I could add more mechanics" is the compo curse haha. Overall a really cool idea! good job!