The Dealer by Porcus_Pie 2023-01-12T08:56:09Z
Wow, really great game. A lot more depth than I expected, and a really great tutorial!
Really well polished, and definitely worth playing!
I absolutely love the concept of harvesting the customers lol.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → JeffSobel
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | Harvest Hell | jam | 707 | 2.97 | 3.15 | 3.07 | 3.57 | 2.39 | 3.42 | 3.64 | 3.27 |
Wow, really great game. A lot more depth than I expected, and a really great tutorial!
Really well polished, and definitely worth playing!
I absolutely love the concept of harvesting the customers lol.
A very polished, tight game. The graphics, music, and atmosphere are exactly what I would want in a game like this. I could see this being a lot of fun with more mechanics and items to interact with. Keybinds instead of clicking to select the item each time would also help when dust starts to pile up! :)
Fun little game to explore.
Not sure if there was a greater point beyond just wandering and interacting with people, but it was a cute little experience. :)
Fun game, even if some of it went over my head!
I've never been good at these kinds of games, but it's clear the work and effort that went into making this. Great job putting out something so robust in such a short amount of time!
Definitely recommend downloading the game and giving the readme a quick once-thru.
A fun little experience, even if playing notes on the keyboard isn't the most intuitive. Very cute, definitely got a smile out of me when the animations played for each song.
Maybe a toggle to show which key to press instead of which note to play? "V" instead of "D4" for example.
Fun game though, glad I took the time to understand it. :)
Really fun game! The timer felt a _little_ punishing, but it felt great figuring out how to beat each level. :)
It's great to see ice implemented in a fun way! Most games just make it a nuisance.
LOL what a hilarious and fun little game.
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I wish the containers couldn't be dragged through the ground, but honestly the wacky physics were half the fun.
Really glad you made and uploaded this. :)
Fun game. Plays well and clearly has some polish, especially for an LD game. The graphics are especially impressive!
The gameplay itself is a little bit slow-paced for my taste, but I appreciate the work that went into balancing the animation speeds against each other. With some timing and skill it's easy to attack the enemies without being hit, but it's not trivial.
I also like the implementation of the action selection wheel on mouse0 down. Seems like that would be really fun with more options on it. :)
The game has a really nice atmosphere and graphics that fit very well. Very nice style. The jump mechanic is very fun and well realized, doesn't feel "too floaty" or anything. There are some rough spots where the player doesn't respond as one might expect, like when jumping just after falling off of a platform or walking off of certain ledges.
Some background music could have been fun as well, but overall a very well realized vision! :)
The gameplay itself is a little bit beyond me. The turning is pretty jarring and would probably be better done with a smooth camera movement rather than having it be instantaneous, and it's a bit difficult to see where you're trying to go.
Conceptually it reminds me of games like Idle Loops or Stuck in Time, or even that Logo software with the turtle back in the day. It's a really cool idea and the main mechanic works as intended as far as I can tell. I think that as is it will scratch some peoples' itch, and with a facelift it could be very appealing. :)
Very solidly made game! I felt like the player hitbox was a smidge unforgiving when coming near the spikes, but that was probably the most major problem I faced and I got used to it fairly quickly.
Very tight platforming, very fun mechanics, and a nice puzzle element as well. That harvesting crops makes you bounce/launch into the air is _really_ fun and feels really nice.
Graphics are crystal clear and the audio is on point.
Probably the most fun game I've played this LD so far. I'm a sucker for TD games and this one works very well for such a short experience.
I really liked the concept of towers as trees that grow, and then harvesting the grown trees for resources to build more towers. I haven't seen that before, and it adds a really nice element of risk/reward in the early game. Very, very fun. Would love to see this concept with more towers, maps, and enemies! :)
The atmosphere is very nice, too. Good graphics and audio!
A nice little well made game!
The control scheme is a little bit cumbersome, but the gameplay itself is pretty clever and fun!
I wish that the guide was a little longer and curved to show the effect of gravity, sort of like Peggle. It also maybe moves a little bit quick, making it a bit hard to line up the exact shot you want. I tend to make my games harder than I intend, especially in jams, so I totally get it lol.
Other than that, the concept is very solid and fun once you get used to how the jumping controls. It's very clear what the player is supposed to do, even with the charming 8-bit graphical style. The music is fun and fits the game well. :)
What an amazing vibe from this game.
Excellent game. Excellent atmosphere. Very well realized in every direction.
I love clicker/incremental games, and this one scratches that itch in the best way. Planting and harvesting are both very satisfying actions thanks to the sound and visual effects.
My only complaints are somewhat minor nitpicks: It's a little bit annoying that you can't harvest on a tile that is being auto-harvested, nor plant on a tile that is being auto-planted. Along with that, some sort of mechanic to reduce the amount of clicking in the late game would be very convenient. :)
Very difficult to control the ship unfortunately. Way too easy to go absurdly fast lol.
Good atmosphere and concept though!
A simple game that does exactly what it promises. Cute graphics, good music, and satisfying sound effects.
I was initially surprised how quickly the fruit rots, but I like that it makes the game more frantic.
Crazy fun game. That damn red skeleton!
So many upgrades, so many different enemies! And did I mention that it's crazy fun?
Not to mention the _gnarliest_ eating effect I've ever experienced in a game lmao. Talk about _crunchy!_
Fun game with really neat mechanics!
It plays really well, and is very intuitive to pick up. Nice job putting this together in such a short time!
I really like the idea of cards as tiles in a game map like this.
Really fun once I figured out what I was doing.
A neat automation game. I thought that the method of directing the blobbies (telling them what resource to pick up and then having them try to fill any/all buildings that call for that resource) was really interesting. Felt rather unique!
Big fan of Factorio and the like, so I really like seeing entries like this. Great work! :)
Lmao, what a fun entry!
I really liked the voice acting and storyline. Definitely fits the theme, no doubt about it.
The hand drawn graphics style works really well too!
The mechanics are fun as well, very classic stealth type game.
Wow. The first word that comes to my mind is: _impressive_.
I thought I had finished the entire game, but I had only done the tutorial! Definitely going to be coming back to play more of this.
Great atmosphere, and having the GLaDOS style narration was a cute touch!
What a fun game. I like that the game has a small storyline to frame it as well.
The goal is immediately obvious, and it's very satisfying to go around picking things up Pacman style. The firing mechanic feels a little bit goofy, but it fits really well with the overall feeling of the game.
Good entry. :)
I really like the mechanic of knocking the barn around. It gives the game a little bit of a sports game type of vibe, like knocking a ball around and trying to keep it away from the opposing team. I think leaning into that a little bit could yield fun results. Overall a genuinely fun and novel feeling mechanic to interact with.
I like the graphical style and atmosphere of the game as well. :)
A little more difficult than I would have liked, but I can't help doing the same in my own games so I get it lol.
Fun little game!
The graphical style comes together nicely, and the music is very engaging. Very pleasantly surprised to see powerups drop in a LD game, even if only one type!
Genuinely fun, gets quite intense when the spawn rate starts to pick up.
Great job putting this together! :)
Fun game with cute graphics and good audio. Very nice title screen, especially for a LD game!
I like the main mechanic of eating a mushroom to start the timer/level, and then having to rush to figure out which mushroom would add to the timer and which would just add a secondary timer. Seems like a cool puzzle idea. The timers are a little bit unforgiving though lol.
Very cool game!
Great game! Really fun, and a funny intro to boot!
Very simple, easily-understood concept and tight execution on the gameplay.
Just wish I had someone to play the multiplayer against! Lol.
What an adorable little game. The graphics are superb and the atmosphere is pretty much perfect. Very on-theme as well!
I would have liked to have seen the game with the original prices for the fruits, but I completely understand shortening the game for the sake of the jam!
Really unexpected ending, great narrative.
The game itself is very RNG, but *c'est a la vie.*
Loved the intro. Actually laughed out loud.
The game itself is crazy fun. Seriously well realized, plays ridiculously smoothly. It starts out very easy and calm, but quickly turns into a Vampire Survivors type experience.
I was surprised to find myself caged in when the boss spawned, nice touch.
The graphics are lovely as well. Very impressed with how clearly visible each beet is, even when there get to be a ton on the screen. I'm not sure if they're cel shaded but it kind of gives that Viewtiful Joe vibe. Very, very cool look.
The audio also fits superbly, both in the intro and in the game itself.
A really, really strong submission to this competition.
@zonoxx Yeah, the monster takes 15 shots to kill. In retrospect I don't know why I made it take so many hits lol.
Thanks for your review!