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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | Scythe of Souls | jam | 773 | 2.72 | 2.52 | 2.29 | 3.75 | 3.45 | 3.01 | 2.15 | 2.78 |
I don't really have anything about this game I don't like! The fact that you managed to solo do this in 72 hours is amazing!
My only suggestions would be more work into the art style to make the game truly feel 'unique'. All the gameplay elements you added work great and fit the harvest theme well
Game was super fun and worked great on my index. Use of theme fits perfect, am amazed you were able to get it working this well so fast!
Really love the art style of this game, reminds me a lot of some of the stuff you'd get on disc back in the 90s!
This game is super fun. I'm a big fan of the UI you created, it's intuitive, looks good and very responsive!
I feel like this is one of those games that shows an example of if fruiting plants ever become sentient we're all screwed.
Overall good graphics and fun little minigame!
The game looks and plays great! Playing this reminds me a lot of figuring out puzzles when playing OSRS. It would be cool to tie more into the theme, it focuses on the 'planting' bit more than the 'harvest' bit and that may also lead to creation of some cool new tiles (maybe a way to harvest the traps or similar?) but overall a lot of fun!
Amazing puzzle game, can't believe this was done in time just for the compo!
You 100% should add some more levels into this game and continue the concept!
Pretty decent game, love all the references in it! Puzzle is decently challenging which gives it some more playability!
thanks for the comment! Yeah due to the time restrictions I wasn't able to get art for up / down movement. If I had the time I would have made the scythe circle around the player rather than teleporting depending on the direction you were looking and added in more mobs to make the upgrades more worthwhile!
@likirus Thanks for the feedback! I was planning to add a sound hit effect but just ran out of time, will get the tree holes fixed up appreciate you playing!
@vaizaragorn Thanks for the feedback!
@ben-toosey That's odd tab wouldn't work - are you using a standard US keyboard? That's the only thing I could think maybe would cause conflicts. Appreciate the review / play!
@ben-toosey Was this in the web player on itch? I wonder if tab is changing controls, if so I may need to change which key that's on!
@moonlightbomber Thanks for the feedback! I agree the scythe hitbox could be better, I think part of that would be improving it's visual animation as well as it doesn't really 'swing' exactly where you can hit currently
@fluburbio Thanks for the feedback! The attack is one of the things I wish I had more time to spend on. My hope was to get the scythe swinging where the hitbox was but I ended up opting for just rotating it due to time. Thanks for playing!
@someday-not-today Thank you for the feedback!
I just wanted to re-iterate I appreciate all of everyone's feedback. I was a bit hesitant this being my first game jam, but now I'm going to do everyone one of these I can! I've decided to continue work on the game and have posted a quick update to the future of the combat. I look forward to releasing a more polished demo for everyone in the near future!
You can checkout my update post about this (and a video of the new scythe) here https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/scythe-of-souls/scythe-of-souls-update-1-post-jam-scythe-changes
Love the idea of this, was sad 'theme' wasn't able to be rated as I think this is a very good take on the theme!
Would love to see this progress further, feels very tron-like!
overall a really good game! The idea of having a tamogachi mixed with action combat in a game was a good one! Art style and music fit really well
Early on I did find fighting outside the tamogachi mode difficult, it may be good to have a way to easy players into these fights to learn the controls better.
This game was honestly such a cool take on the theme, I never thought of making a card game / simulation style type game.
I would say early on it's pretty difficult till you learn what you're doing. I'd recommend turning the tutorial into 'guided' actions the first time around if you continue this!
Game is a lot of fun, plays like FFR mixed with some dodging / bullet hell
I'd love to see the crow sometimes 'swoop' and try to bomb you and would love to see more levels!
super funny game XD GTA meets rimworld hahaha
Graphics could use a bit more love is my only sugguestion
Pretty funny game! art style is simplistic in a great way!
Only suggestion I would have is to change the controls up, it's a bit awkward to use arrow keys AND wasd
Pretty cool game - not sure if you meant to select theme but it doesn't seem to tie into the theme that much
Game was actually pretty fun! Controls could use a bit of work but I really like the art style you went with. It would be cool to see a few more enemy types and controls for turning the music on and off (or lowering volume). I'd also love to see other attack options than 'shoot' as well!
Was a super funny game, reminds me of all the redneck bow fishers :laughing:
Would love to see more effects in to make it more obvious what you're hitting if anything or if you're missing
Nice and simple score based minigame!
I'd suggest a button to lower / disable the music for the future and some mechanic to use the necter on or a reason to collect it!
Didn't expect to see a game like this come out, it was a bit confusing figuring out how to play but wasn't too bad once I figured it out. Art / Music are great!
Was a pretty interesting game to play!
The click and hold was interesting to use, I also found that timing was very important in this game. Would love some sound effects being put in!
Pretty simple and straightforward game!
I'd suggest making the 'crystal' a bit more obvious, I wasn't sure where to interact initially till I found out from button spamming. The audio is a bit harsh as well, it'd be nice to lower the volume of the collisions and stuff a bit
Really loved the game, love the idea of tower defense like this with plants that shoot :laughing:
Suggestions I'd have for this game are - Volume slider / on or off button for the music - The ability to adjust the camera more to scroll into parts of the map not at the bottom
Other than that yall did a great job!
Game is a lot of fun once you get the hang of it!
There is a weird static sound that plays when you first start playing, not sure what's causing that but you may wanna give it a look!
Game was a lot of fun! My only suggestions would be to tie more into the theme (have something you actually harvest from the astroids that you take somewhere) and to look at the difficulty more. Things like the larger rocks causing you to die when colliding with them fast, or rocks flinging further when you smash into them etc.
Overall great work!
Super peaceful / relaxing game to play, very simple and straightforward and fits the theme well!
I'd love to see upgrades to improve turning / control, but great work!
Pretty fun game, zombies colliders seemed a bit buggy but I think you did a great job with the theme!
Was a lot of fun!
Suggestions I'd say to get rid of (or lower the volume of) what happens when you click play, almost jumped out of my chair lmao! Outside of that a tutorial of some form to know hotkeys, etc would be nice!
Controls are a bit clunky to use but I do love the art style and sounds!
Love the art style of the game! My only suggestion is to take a look at the difficulty and have a better ramp up so early on the timer is a bit more forgiving but it gets harder as you play!
Love the artwork! Only suggestions I'd have is to lower the audio defaults some as it is quite loud out of the gate!
Game is super fun, would have liked to see more elements tieing to the theme but you did a great job!
decent game! I did notice it didn't load in opera, but loaded fine in chrome / firefox. All in all was a decent puzzle game!