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Harvest: The Farming - Red Owl Games by Rocktavious

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made by Rocktavious for LD 41 (JAM)

Hello All, Rocktavious of Red Owl Games - its finally over!

I'm really excited for how much i was able to get done this LD. I got much further then my LD40 entry and that makes me really proud. Like most everyone i was really upset at the theme, but after watching people come up with ideas i came around to the idea of combining a card game + farming sim (think sim farm of the 90s)

Harvest: The Farming

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Is a deck building game where you manage a farm.

Given an initial deck of cards you manage a farm (sim farm style) Throughout play you can gain new cards, plants grow, and you try to protect against insects, weeds and weather(drought and flooding). Good luck!

TIPS: - Drag and Drop are the controls - Cards will recycle when used or discarded (certain cards will not) - You will gain new cards at different score levels (both positive and negative)

Things i didn't finish: - Art - there are still a few placeholder images i didn't have time to draw replacements for - Cards - There are only 13 unique cards in the game (can you find them all) - Start/Help Menus

Hope you all enjoy and I look forward to your feedback!!!!

HTML5 (web) https://redowlgames.itch.io/ld41
Windows https://redowlgames.itch.io/ld41
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld-41-red-owl-games

Ratings

Overall 788th 3.267⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 608th 3.283⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 658th 3.267⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 424th 3.8⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1063th 2.25⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 708th 2.538⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 909th 2.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1011th 2.68⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

🎤 Rocktavious
20. Apr 2018 · 22:47 UTC
Thanks for playing - I really look forward to your feedback!!
Tay
24. Apr 2018 · 14:46 UTC
That's quite an interesting approach. I liked it a lot, but it felt quite luck based (I ended up discarding tons of herbicide/pesticide...) And the boost cards(other then working hard) felt a bit redundant as you pay x to get y bonus. But I think with a bit more work this could be quite interesting, like maybe with a whole farm rather then just 3 fields or something. Great work :)
KappaJin
24. Apr 2018 · 14:48 UTC
Pretty fun little game! I enjoyed the combine of the two genres a lot and I was surprised how addicting the simple concept could be. Obviously, the complaints I had would be that I would have wanted more cards but that's understandable with the time limit. Good job overall, a solid game!

Also, if you have time, check out my game and give it a rate and comment! It'd go a long way! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/seaman-sleuth
Velocity7
24. Apr 2018 · 14:56 UTC
Its a good funny game to mess around with. Good job man keep it up
🎤 Rocktavious
26. Apr 2018 · 01:05 UTC
@Tay Thanks for playing - ya i too agree i needed more cards, but i just ran out of time. As for the randomness - the only thing that is random is the weather events on your fields (and only 1 is selected every 2 cards drawn with a ~30% of nothing happening) So really not much random. The cards are actually recycling - as you use them or discard them they cycle to the bottom of your deck - this is probably something i could have pointed out better in the initial tutorial.
@KappaJin Thanks for playing - ya i think more cards could really turn this into a more polished experience.
@Velocity7 Thanks!!
isaaclopinho
26. Apr 2018 · 02:02 UTC
I was a bit confused on the first try, but then I got the game idea. The idea is good, playing I imagined the game with the graphics similar to harvest moon and I think it would look very good. but I missed the mechanics of rewards and defeat.Also, The "work harder" card is a lot of fun, I laughed a lot.
Good job!!
🎤 Rocktavious
26. Apr 2018 · 02:23 UTC
@isaaclopinho Ya i wish i had time to make an intro/help menu - but i tried to keep the initial setup simple with just a 2 cards and slowly add more and more to your deck as you play/achieve score. I'm not an artist so i would love to have had better graphics (maybe something i'll work on for the next LD) Thanks for playing!!
megamasterx
26. Apr 2018 · 02:33 UTC
It took a little bit to get the hang of this, but I can certainly tell that a pretty good amount of thought went into this title. I enjoyed it altogether! Your card concepts are diverse enough to be clearly impactful.
haharo
26. Apr 2018 · 02:35 UTC
It bring me back to the time when I used to play Simfarm, I really liked how you added this to a card game. The time to receive new cards is very nice too
The graphics are very simples but It do what it have to do :D
joltjab
26. Apr 2018 · 02:59 UTC
Took me a minute to get it, but I got it! I started loosing track of time. Watching something go from "this is costing me money to do this" to "I'm making a profit!" is honestly a really good feeling. I just wish I could tell if there was an ending.
🎤 Rocktavious
26. Apr 2018 · 03:06 UTC
@megamasterx Thanks! I didn't get to spend as much time making the cards and interactions as much as i wanted and if people seem interested i'll probably keep developing the game after LD in which i'll add a ton more cards and progression things.
@haharo Ya simfarm was my insperiation (i love that game) I do wish i had more art skill / time to work on art, maybe something i'll revamp if i continue working post LD.
@joltjab HAHA, ya a few of my co-workers have said they lost track of time too - makes me feel like there is a solid game concept here that i might continue to work on post LD to really polish something up. There is not actual ending - but the new cards stop coming after a score of +250
Yirggzmb
26. Apr 2018 · 03:25 UTC
Had a lot of fun with this. Would love to see an expanded version of it. Game bugged out on me when I tried to use a tractor card, but I'd already played for quite a while, so no huge disappointment there.
🎤 Rocktavious
26. Apr 2018 · 03:30 UTC
@Yirggzmb Wow you did play for a while!!! the tractor card is the 2nd to last card i made, so i didn't get to test it because i had to make some game logic changes near the publish hour. I'll see if i can go in and test/fix it this weekend. Thanks!!!
joltjab
26. Apr 2018 · 03:30 UTC
@Rocktavious ah ok, then it looks like I won! Good job on the game man!
justinooncx
26. Apr 2018 · 03:32 UTC
A pretty good game! Took a bit of getting used to, but eventually settled into a nice rhythm. Plant a seed, count how much it cost to upkeep, and just make sure you harvest at a net profit. Having irrigation counter drought was pretty cool, but I couldn't figure out how to counter drowning, or that... other affliction. I don't know what that is, looks like a little green sperm or something. None of my cards at that time could remove that debuff.

Either way, not a bad entry at all! Well done!
🎤 Rocktavious
26. Apr 2018 · 03:36 UTC
@justinooncx - Flooding is incurable - the strategy i planned for that is just harvest as soon as possible ;)
The little green guy is pests (i took my field afflictions straight from sim farm) - in the beginning you should have gotten it after you did your first spray fertilizer - if not something got bugged and i'll try to look into why. Thanks for playing!!!
MidnightRose
26. Apr 2018 · 06:06 UTC
It took me a moment to understand everything, but after that I enjoyed it. It's simple, but addicting. I did experience a couple bugs though. If I unlocked multiple things at once the words at the top of the screen were all piled on top of each other, and the tractor card glitched when I tried to look at it and I couldn't pick it up to see what it does. Other than that, I had fun playing it and I'm curious to see where it could go if developed further.
hunz
26. Apr 2018 · 16:25 UTC
It's a cool game. Spent a good time with it. Congrats!
Holofire
26. Apr 2018 · 21:05 UTC
I quite enjoyed playing this game. Staying in the positive was difficult sometimes, although I did manage to find most of the cards. Awesome stuff! :smile:
winniehell
28. Apr 2018 · 19:25 UTC
An interesting take on farm simulation—we considered mixing in a card game as well. :smile:

Two downside though: The music was annoying really fast and the pictures didn't quite blend in.

Also I'd like to thank you for playing our game and leaving such positive feedback! :thumbsup:
Rolle
03. May 2018 · 20:45 UTC
Liked the idea here! I can see this becoming a really interesting game to play.
For the downsides I pretty much agree with the previous comments so I shall not repeat them.
Well done! Keep up the great work!