Heart of the Grove by johnnydalvi 2019-05-02T17:46:21Z
I liked this, tremendous great graphics and innovative gameplay. The grid really helps, it'd be nice if it stayed on between seasons. I can see a lot of potential here for expansion, well done!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → SamStallion
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | Fleur Defense | jam | 11 | 4.41 | 4.12 | 3.79 | 4.29 | 4.62 | 4.37 | 3.49 | 3.99 |
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | 👥 | Penny Arcane | jam | 38 | 4.15 | 4.04 | 3.45 | 4.13 | 4.32 | 4.29 | 3.72 | 3.97 |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | 👥 | 00Boyfriend - A Spy's Dating Sim | jam | 4 | 4.41 | 4.34 | 3.95 | 4.32 | 4.39 | 4.44 | 4.10 | 4.08 |
I liked this, tremendous great graphics and innovative gameplay. The grid really helps, it'd be nice if it stayed on between seasons. I can see a lot of potential here for expansion, well done!
Great idea for a game for this theme! Voice acting was an excellent touch and added a bit of humor. I got a bit stuck at the end of day 2 and couldn't continue after I'd killed all the veggies. I think a neat feature would be some special resources that were risky to get by being far away from the farm, kind of like Don't Starve. Graphics were fitting to the mood of this game. Well done Dan!
@balance686 we made the game in GameMaker Studio, not sure if that provides any clues? Seems like it could be a display resolution thing, maybe changing resolution or temporarily disabling additional displays could help
@zesix thank you for your very kind and flattering words! It just hit me right in the feels that someone would notice, the best compliment we could receive!
Its hard to read the UI bars on the right at a glance, more contrast between the bar and the background of the bar is needed. Wood UI elements are excellent as is the icons and the king. Placing the buildings was a challenge, it was difficult to tell how big they were and I got frustrated and ended up clicking a bunch and placing more than intended. I liked the challenged of building the kingdom while maintaining balance, well done!
The story is great, really sets the mood well. The graphics were good, more animation would go a long way to making it engaging. I know the monsters are born from darkness, a light colored background would make them easier to recognize, or maybe some kind of glow around them.
Man this is flippin fantastic! Great mechanic, great humor with the premise and then adding on flavor text! And the graphics, top notch. Well done!
Seems like you took the least favorite part of some adventure games (the ice level) and made it a fun puzzle! I like the style of the graphics, gameplay is solid. Good Game
lots of potential with this one! I really enjoyed the graphics (reminds me of FTL) and I loved the little details like opening the hood and messing around with the fiddly bits.
Very nice game, lovely art, hearwarming mechanic, and so much potential for more!
Interesting game, good graphics. Controls are a bit funky and it was a challenge to figure out how/what to do. A bit of polish with the UI & controls could make this a pretty good game. Good spacey vibe like Elite Dangerous
Perhaps the most inovative game I've played this jam. Well done!
Great game! I love the triple jump, solid mechanics, sound and graphics.
Really great game, audio really sold it for me. Clicking mechanic isn't new but there's definitely a fun twist on it. Good Game
@grandtheftmarmot my better half also gets a kick out of that animation! I think it was the second one I did after the hero's run cycle on the very first day. Glad you like it!
Nice graphics, great concept, really innovative. I can see potential to expand and add mechanics, at the base its solid and difficulty progresses nicely. Good Game
Interesting game! Of course the audio is great, graphics were nice too, I liked the icons for the suspects and weapons. I wish there was a way of selecting suspects and weapons, or highlighting pieces of text, rather than relying on my memory and typing skills to match exactly what was decoded. I couldn't tell if the notes from mom were a red herring or I didn't decode the messages entirely the correct way. Good Game
Graphic treatment was a interesting take. Story was intriguing, I'll probably come back to play when I have more time. Nice game!
Really great effects, game is simple and fun to play. Music track goes well with the game play. Love the Geometry Wars inspiration. Good luck!
Great art style! Some more explination into the spells could help. Potential for a great game!
Took me some time to figure it out, the hot & cold mechanic is neat. I know it can feel like "this game is so easy a baby could play it" when you're making it (we fall into the same trap), introducing one mechanic at a time can help. The quirky anteaters are nice, good potential
Looks and sounds really cool, unfortunately I couldn't play it. It wasn't responding to controller. Keyboard input only worked when controller was disconnected, and my arrow & number keys are the same keys, so I couldn't both play and move at the same time. Would be nice if number keys along the top of the keyboard worked to play as well as the number pad.