Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → serpo
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | 👥 | Crop Season | jam | 293 | 3.64 | 3.56 | 3.83 | 3.47 | 4.66 | 4.22 | 3.25 | 4.06 |
The mechanics in this game are great! The systems combine to create a really fun game play loop. Trying to manage hunger for your squad of summons and the monster while also being strategic about your own traversal to manage tile development and crop growth results in frantic, fun game play. I'd love to see this concept developed and polished further.
This game is quite fun. I really like the way the combo mechanic is implemented. Having two options for the next combo input adds an extra layer of depth to the combat.
The music is great! It really fits the mood.
For sound effects, I'd love for there to be more auditory feedback in future versions if the game is developed further. I was really missing a 'player hurt' indicator sound and found myself dying because I didn't realize I had taken a few hits until I looked at the soul mete. I'd also suggest adding some input-trigger type sounds...something that provides auditory as soon as an attack input is registered like a small impact or low-end hit cut as close to the transient as possible to provide some immediate, audible timing feedback. The scythe sounds are great but the natural, slow attack of the sounds makes it hard to judge how your input is registering relative to the beat.
Overall, great game! I also really loved the soul pickup sounds...great design choice!
Awesome game! The art is fantastic and the paper-rock-scissor puzzle game play is fun. I would've liked more UI sound effects the music completely makes up for it. It is fantastic and evokes kitchen prep sounds and the fanfare/reveal audio is superb!! I love all of my weird little food knights and the sweet taste of victory! I did it.PNG
Great chill game! The music is good and really fits the theme/mood. The art is great and the game play loop is really nice. I would love more sound effect coverage to help ground the interactions but overall it's very enjoyable. I would absolutely play a full game of this with increasing recipe and interaction complexity.
This is a really unique and enjoyable concept. The music bed really fits the tone and the piano sound effects are very cool. It's an awesome mechanic for combining gameplay and story telling. Would love to see it expanded upon with more chapters and some morphing, diegetic soundscapes. Really nice work!!!!
Really cool puzzle game play. Connecting and moving patients around works really smoothly. The art nails the tone.
The soundscape really works for the game's setting but the mix makes some things distracting or grateing. The audio ducking is cool for the background ambience but feels out of place when the other sound effects come down too. The alien chatter sound is really good level-wise. All the other sound effects could come down at least 6dB (or currentFloatValue*0.5). The random beeps could probably even come down 12dB (or currentFloatValue*0.25). They're mostly high frequency content so they'll still be audible in the mix even if they're turned down a lot.
Overall, a very fun experience! I want to do more of these puzzles.
I can't believe this is a jam game. VO is hard to get right. The general rule of thumb is that mediocre VO will detract from a game so it is better to remove it entirely if you can't get it right. Achieving this level of performance, coverage, and recording quality in a 72 hour jam is absurd.
The gameplay, music, and tone are excellent as well!