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Ventureville by Alex_ADEdge

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made by Alex_ADEdge for LD 41 (JAM)

Small team jam entry - beat'em up cross farming simulator with isometric RTS elements.

The game is currently hosted here: http://www.delta-edge.com/Ventureville

*note - some cartoon violence/blood

Post Jam (version 2.0) is also now up: http://www.delta-edge.com/Ventureville_v2/

Changelog is in this post: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ventureville/ventureville-post-jam-edition

Ventureville puts you in charge of a small farm, surrounded by wilderness and bandit villages that are different every time you play. The bandits will randomly attack (listen for the music cue) and its up to you to save your animals and crops.

We ended up treating the whole thing like a compo in a few ways which I always find is the better way to go about a LD! That is, we made everything you see in the game over the 72 hours - no foundation code or previously designed assets at all - even all of the music was made over the weekend!

Unfortunately didnt get building mechanics done, or the resource mechanics that would have allowed for materials for building. Only 1 wave of bandits will spawn currently (altho they will attack multiple times until you kill them all!). And overall it needs better AI and balancing, sometimes youll get completely swarmed by bandits, other times its pretty easy. Very much a prototype of a bigger game that our team of 3(ish) wasnt able to realise during the Jam. But we gave it a good shot!

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Main Game Development by: Alex Delderfield (ADEdge) & Joel Harvey

Music by Christiaan Bakker Sheep model by Aimee Corriea And Ryan Darkstar did some writing for us!

Other (web) http://www.delta-edge.com/Ventureville
Other (web) http://www.delta-edge.com/Ventureville_v2
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ventureville

Ratings

Overall 934th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 918th 2.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1043th 2.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 922th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 155th 4.227⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 269th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 218th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 649th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

gdort
24. Apr 2018 · 06:44 UTC
Loved the humor, the art and the music. The moonwalking bandits were sad though.
cincodenada
24. Apr 2018 · 07:00 UTC
Definitely a lot of potential here! I have sympathy for the not having time to finish everything :) Love all the animals and the graphic style!
tokkiseul
24. Apr 2018 · 07:31 UTC
Amazing graphics and audio! I really liked the game intro aesthetics. I can't wait to see the finished version of the game!! :D
LarrySeinfeld
24. Apr 2018 · 07:39 UTC
You say you didn't get everything done, but what you got done in the time allotted is really impressive still! Quality visuals, nice music, fun game (love the tutorial setup and transition to game).
🎤 Alex_ADEdge
24. Apr 2018 · 07:52 UTC
@cincodenada Yeh so much to do, so little time! We lost a good deal of time to working day-jobs, job interviews etc etc that all seemed to want to happen during the LD. But pushed through and we're pretty happy with the progress we made :)

@tokkiseul Thanks, yeh I had a brainwave early on about doing the menu screen inside the game. During LD40 I wasted a lot of time setting up menus so combining it with the game itself meant we could have a cool little start area + a testing zone during development. +never had to manage or switch scenes at all!

@LarrySeinfeld Cheers :) And glad you liked the intro setup too!
LeReveur
25. Apr 2018 · 14:33 UTC
I didn't understand if I could do anything else than fight the bandits, but I beat all the ones I saw before they get all my livestock - after that none of the two bandits left was seenable, but I guess it's normal.
Overall, you made something very impressive and that I would like to see in a more advanced version! Good work!
dragonslumber
25. Apr 2018 · 15:51 UTC
I'm guessing the farming never got implemented, which is a shame. Would have liked to see more, I think the visual style really works!
alobker
25. Apr 2018 · 16:48 UTC
The game looks great, but the controls are horrible. This momentum based walking isn't working well for me.
🎤 Alex_ADEdge
26. Apr 2018 · 10:05 UTC
@LeReveur Yeh at this point all you can really do is fend them off. We're working on a post-jam version with some of the more crucial features we didnt quite get working that will add a lot of gameplay + some bug fixes/balancing. Was a shame we didnt get building and basic farming in. Thanks for the feedback!
🎤 Alex_ADEdge
26. Apr 2018 · 10:07 UTC
@dragonslumber Stay tuned for a slightly improved version with more gameplay, glad you like the graphics!

@alobker We appreciate the feedback! Ive added to my todo list for the pos-jam version to lock down the movement a bit because we agree, its like the character is on ice. Will bump up the the friction and drag.
LandoSystems
27. Apr 2018 · 02:18 UTC
Nice art style but the movement was pretty frustrating... The player can't move on the diagonal but the bandits can. They deserved every last punching they got!
Lyje
27. Apr 2018 · 12:11 UTC
Agree with @LandoSystems! Would be nice to have more analogue movement.
AniCator
30. Apr 2018 · 20:29 UTC
You can find the full track on my SoundCloud page. I didn't manage to get it all finished in time but there's still a good amount of track there. :)

https://soundcloud.com/anicator/ventureville
PeachTreeOath
06. May 2018 · 04:58 UTC
Really great style! I could see the potential here so it's unfortunate you couldn't finish. With some weapons you could go for a Seven Samurai type of story where they were samurais protecting farmers from bandits. Amibitious goal, I'm impressed you went for such a complex game.
Gennon
07. May 2018 · 18:34 UTC
Loved the graphics! This can really be something cool if you get the game-mechanics and AI working! For some reason I had no sound. Good work!
cristiano.m.garcia
07. May 2018 · 18:52 UTC
I really liked the graphics. I had trouble finding the commands, but I managed after a while and had a lot of fun. Congratulations for the game.

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
DevEmil
08. May 2018 · 04:01 UTC
The graphics are cool, the controls feel a little bit delayed, but overall I like it :D
LittleStone Games
08. May 2018 · 10:43 UTC
Hey!Good work!I really liked the 3d environment,it gives you the sensation of liberty haha.The work given for the ambience music is very impressing and is a good part of the game!I also liked that you can go visit the bandits and punch her faces haha.Sometimes the bandits where stuck in the walls corners.Anyways amazing work :)

Here is our game if you want to try it!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/me-da-miedito-la-oscuridad-i-get-goosebumps-in-the-dark
Firesplash Entertainment
08. May 2018 · 12:18 UTC
Nice idea! Unfirtunately the mechanics did not go good for me... I just had stacks of bandits running against walls and stones...
But you mentionaed that...
I will just rate the idea and remove one star for not completing to be fair against others.

Oh and the controls were a bit confusing as of the angle
Teklarit
08. May 2018 · 18:47 UTC
Minimalistic and amazing design! Very fun game. Good sound effects. Good work!