Hop to it by Owen Rees
Play as Frobert, a married father of two, who toils day to day in the fields to provide for his family.
Sell and buy crops to maintain your family's health bar whilst keeping an eye on the market to see what crops are selling the best!
Credits Programming and UI: Owen Rees
Artist and Animator: Will Powell
Music and Sound Effects: Richard Stockley
Game Testing: Danica Henderson and Robert Stockley


| Youtube | https://portobelly.itch.io/hop-to-it |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/hop-to-it |
Ratings
| Overall | 540th | 3.788⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 752th | 3.558⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1555th | 3.115⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 834th | 3.827⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 448th | 4.161⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 404th | 3.76⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 469th | 3.542⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 594th | 3.731⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 16🗳️ | 25🗨️ |
The only issue I had is that you can loose all your seeds by clicking on the same spot multiple times.
But overall a really nice game.
There's so many things I liked:
- The characters and their lively animations.
- There's a charming visual style (gave me 3D Movie Maker vibes)
- Some mystery (why is there a grave in the garden? who died?)
- There's a double-take on the theme (keeping plants alive and keeping your family alive)
- The ability to pop open the menu and review the controls while in-game
- Cool ideas for each of the plants.
- The UI was also pretty good at letting me know what was going on with my plants (too much / little water).
It was pretty chill playing this, so I wished there was a way to play without needing to use the mouse and keyboard at the same time ... maybe mouse or keyboard only controls?
Really liked that there was a daily special for buying AND selling. Although I wasn't sure if a special on selling an item meant I was selling it for less or getting a better deal?
Aynway, great jam!
As for the special items when selling them, there is always an increased sell price when an item is advertised as being special for that day. Although the amount the price increases is random within a certain threshold.
I'm glad you enjoyed the game!