Holy Cow in a Combine! by Gray Sullivan

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made by Gray Sullivan for LD34 (COMPO)
Hey guys, this is the second time that I have participated in Ludum Dare, and honestly I'm just happy that I finished because 21 hours in, my original idea turned out horribly so I created this in only 27 hours!

Once upon a time, there was a cow.
He lived on a farm in a faraway land.
BUT THEN- A giant combine started chasing him down the never-ending field.

You are that cow.

All you must do to survive:

Move left and right to avoid the tractors with the arrow keys.
Don't run into the wheat fields.
Eat hay bales to outrun the combine.

Survive as long as you can because the field never ends!

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1727
Overall 2.80 814
Audio 3.11 263
Fun 2.55 840
Graphics 3.00 526
Humor 2.78 293
Innovation 2.05 916
Theme 3.55 625

Feedback

Boberro
17. Dec 2015 · 13:05 UTC
Solid game. Maybe little too difficult.
dkilford
20. Dec 2015 · 05:29 UTC
I really liked this game. It's nice and simple, and the weighty controls give it a flappy bird frustration and repeat cycle which works really well for it.

A couple of times I was given unwinnable layouts, but I didn't feel too frustrated by it. Good work!
sbot1101
20. Dec 2015 · 06:14 UTC
I get this when trying to run on windows- "A Java Exception has occurred."
AthenaOfDelphi
20. Dec 2015 · 09:29 UTC
A great little game, but my fun was curtailed by the frequency I ended up with unbeatable situations. Get the tractor spacing right and it would be so much more fun.
JohnWatmuff
20. Dec 2015 · 23:31 UTC
lol. gruesome! so hard!
DissonEnt
23. Dec 2015 · 03:38 UTC
Could make for a great infinite runner mobile game like Crossy Road. Just need to make sure that at any moment the lane is passable.
mike.cullingham
23. Dec 2015 · 04:23 UTC
On-theme, very difficult to get far due to RNG presenting unbeatable layouts. Amusing idea though.
Loneshark
23. Dec 2015 · 05:07 UTC
I got to 30 points after a few tries but never really saw any hay bales.

These kind of games remind me of updated versions of the old Tiger Electronics hand-helds.