Lifeless Landscaper by LDJam user 377825

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made by LDJam user 377825 for Ludum Dare 54 (COMPO)

Controls are W,A,S,D or arrow keys to move and space bar to grab and drop your mower.

You are an undead landscaper responsible for maintaining your graveyard's grounds! But be careful, loud mowing will wake up your local ghouls...and they do NOT like being awakened from their forever sleep!

This project is being developed for Ludum Dare 54, "Limited Space."

The "Limited Space" theme is the driving theme of the game, where the player has a limited space to mow the graveyard due to ghastly enemies and gravestones.

The core gameplay loop involves the player mowing the grass, with the grass's mowed appearance changing depending on the direction the player was moving (just like in real life). Ghosts, zombies, and other creatures will get in the way, further limiting the space the player has to mow and creating a bit of challenge. The level will complete when the player has successfully mowed all of the grass.

All assets and code are created originally by me unless otherwise noted.

Ratings

Given 0🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 336676
01. Oct 2023 · 23:19 UTC
That was pretty fun, I cleared the whole field, was hoping for some kind of victory screen but it was nice and cathartic to just mow a graveyard
LDJam user 379009
01. Oct 2023 · 23:23 UTC
It played well and the graphics are better than your description suggests. Simulation games are not for me, so I couldn't really get behind the lack of a game loop.
LDJam user 375087
01. Oct 2023 · 23:24 UTC
Nice game, very relaxing and quite impressive for a first game in Godot! If you wanted to improve the game, maybe you could add a timer so that players can replay the game for a better time.
LDJam user 372063
01. Oct 2023 · 23:25 UTC
I mowed the grass! Great theme idea, and kudos for the well themed music. :) I was trying to be methodical but the grasping ghouls encouraged me to go off my pattern and draw things playfully in the grass instead. Congrats on your first Godot game (this jam was mine too).
zundou
02. Oct 2023 · 06:30 UTC
Mowing each square of grass smoothly is so satisfying.
I really like the pixel art graphics, especially the detailed animation of the ghost's hand.
The eerie BGM is also a nice touch.
ellaris
02. Oct 2023 · 10:01 UTC
- Nothing happened after mowing all the grass, which was a bit disappointing.
- The ghoul hands were quite annoying popping up in front of the player, and the only way to deal with them was to wait for them to disappear. I think it would be good to allow the player to make a decision, like showing the ghoul intended square faster so they have time to plan a different route, or have the ghouls walk between graves.
- It's a bit weird you could pick up the mower and put it down, but there was no reason to do it then to initially get the mower.
Unentokku
02. Oct 2023 · 15:07 UTC
Nice and easy to understand, only needed to look at instructions to see if I missed something when after mowing everything nothing happened. Needing to reroute a bit(and to try to leave room for doings so) from hands appearing was nice.
kairuma
03. Oct 2023 · 00:16 UTC
Nice first attempt with Godot!