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Naturalist Royale - Online! by Chris Hall

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made by Chris Hall for LD 41 (COMPO)

In this game, dash around the ever-receding landscape collecting every kind of critter you can find. Bring them back to the dirt square in the middle where you start. Hurry up before time runs out!

Totally mobile friendly! Just open it up in your browser.

Highest scoring player for each round is recognized. Featuring 3 biomes, 10 plants and critters, and a very silly name generator. And emote shout things ??

NOTE: I have fixed a few errors post submission in the server and client. I will attempt to improve the framerate on mobile devices as well.

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HTML5 (web) http://chrislhall.net:5050
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/farmingcollection-battle-royale

Ratings

Overall 477th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 553th 2.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 535th 2.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 616th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 290th 3.381⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 252th 2.938⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

🎤 Chris Hall
23. Apr 2018 · 01:43 UTC
Fixing some weird errors, but it'll be online soon!
SuperTibbles
23. Apr 2018 · 04:02 UTC
this is fun! i like exploing the world and collecting stuff! fun!
🎤 Chris Hall
23. Apr 2018 · 04:07 UTC
Thanks! :)
pandademic42
23. Apr 2018 · 04:21 UTC
Pretty cute. I like the art, and it's rather fun.
More species could be fun, and maybe some music.
🎤 Chris Hall
23. Apr 2018 · 04:25 UTC
Thanks for playing! Yeah I regret not throwing some tunes in there, ah well
Inusun
23. Apr 2018 · 23:20 UTC
Just a heads up the word "emoji" is trademarked, I would just be careful when using that word to reference your "emoji" like icons.
🎤 Chris Hall
24. Apr 2018 · 01:25 UTC
Mm good point
Angelbait
24. Apr 2018 · 02:16 UTC
I liked it, ran around a bunch, never won a round but I enjoyed the world. Thanks for the game!
notb
24. Apr 2018 · 02:17 UTC
was good fun on my laptop but i couldnt get it to work on ios safari. the screen loaded but wasnt responding. great job. anyways!
🎤 Chris Hall
24. Apr 2018 · 02:23 UTC
Thanks for playing, and thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately even when it works on mobile its p slow :(
Thy Duck
24. Apr 2018 · 06:17 UTC
Pretty cool game! I didn't get it at first, took a bit to figure out what was going on. Was pretty fun nonetheless.
meskaline
24. Apr 2018 · 08:06 UTC
Had problems with HTML version. But a nice game overall. :D
HailBurns
24. Apr 2018 · 08:59 UTC
Couldnt run your game on HTML
pandademic42
24. Apr 2018 · 16:24 UTC
Oooh I didn't know those were emoticons up top. For a little bit there, I ran around looking for those as species to collect. XD
Ananace
24. Apr 2018 · 16:33 UTC
Played okay, even if the HTML version seemed to take a few attempts before starting.

The gathering works well, though it feels like some areas have gotten more love than others in regards to the number of available species to collect.
Nick Rafalski
24. Apr 2018 · 22:13 UTC
Pretty fun game! I like the little polished elements like the name generator, and the animations.

I wish there was a little more complexity (obstacles, etc), but it's totally understandable for jam game.

Really fun exploring the different biomes and trying to find all 10!

Nice job!
Zirrrus
28. Apr 2018 · 08:47 UTC
Too bad nobody else was playing! I got 9/10 species though, couldn't find the last one.

Cool little game and Kudos for making it multiplayer!
vfqd
30. Apr 2018 · 13:32 UTC
@Chris Hall Neither me or my friend could load the page
🎤 Chris Hall
02. May 2018 · 20:33 UTC
Sorry about that :O it seems that it takes a few attempts to load the game if it hasnt been loaded before (it makes mysterious errors on the console for me) and sometimes it just doesn't work. Verified that the server is still up though
bryyrt
03. May 2018 · 00:47 UTC
Interesting, congratz for doing netcode during a jam.
minibobbo
03. May 2018 · 02:32 UTC
I also had to restart the game a few times to get it to load, but I then jumped into a round by myself. It was relaxing just exploring and collecting. I ended up finding 9 species and couldn't come up with the 10th anywhere! I only found 2 in the desert biome. Was there supposed to be 3?

Nicely done. I think with other people it could be a fun race. I would make the player's sprite go on top of the creatures though, until you pick them up.
Arthur Amorim
03. May 2018 · 12:55 UTC
I took some time to get what was going on, but when you understand it gets interesting. It's a fun game, i could see this going on pretty well with some more time working in it. The Humor on this game is pretty good, and i like the art style that you chose for this game. Great Job! =D
🎤 Chris Hall
03. May 2018 · 15:25 UTC
Thanks for playing!