FaRuRoRi by Keenao
Story
Rori got stranded on a desert planet with her droid, but it's okay: Rori got a plan. A big one which shoots bullets. Blast slimes, grow crops, power up and get the highest score in this little retro arcade game.
About
Kinda fun little game quickly made within 48 hours for LD52. The theme was "Harvest". I slept Saturday away so I didn't have time to playtest it much. I apologize.
Have fun.
Controls
Keyboard: [Move] -> Arrow keys [A] -> Key A [B] -> Key S [C] -> Key D [S] -> Key ESCAPE
Gamepad: Depends on your gamepad.
Screenshots


Changelog
Version 0.0.1:
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- Initial version.
Version 0.0.2:
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- Added "Exit" game by pressing ESCAPE.
- Changed README.txt.
- Changed .exe name.
- Added App Icon.
- Changed Unity player's settings.
- Fixed crop patterns not triggering correctly.
- Fixed broken level sequence.
- Displayed Version number on title screen.
- Removed some remaining "Sample Text".
- Fixed incorrect names for crop effects.
- Fixed slow beginning.
- Fixed monster dropping incorrect crops.
- Increased the size of the farm.
- Reduced crop growth time.
- Reduced monster bite power.
- Fixed inccorect crops being displayed.
- Fixed pattern triggering incorrectly.
- Prevented enemies from shooting bullets from too far.
- Fixed buffs using wrong values to go away.
- Fixed buffs not being applied.
- Displayed current buffs on HUD.
- Reduced crop rot time.
Version 0.0.3:
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- Fixed MaxHealth crop not displaying correctly.
- Merging crops now increases score.
- Changed gamepad mapping.
- Fixed buff display on HUD.
- Made the Riffle last longer.
- Reduced many automerge timers.
- MaxHealth crop now also heals the differnce.
- Fixed pickup selection
- Displayed high score
- Changed slime and snake's speed.
- Fixed cats displaying the wrong avatar.
Version 0.0.4:
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- Fixed heal values.
- Updated Readme.
| Link | |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/farurori |
Ratings
| Overall | 49th | 4.125⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 8th | 4.375⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 267th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 342th | 3.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 248th | 3.952⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 69th | 4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 392th | 2.921⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 341th | 3.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 33🗳️ | 22🗨️ |
- Controls on the title screen are not what they are in game. For me, A was shoot, S was pick up, D was eat a grown crop, and Escape exited to main menu and to desktop. You can also only eat a crop you've already picked up(I tried to eat off the field initially).
- Not being able to move diagonally ended up being rather inconvenient, as did not being able to shoot vertically, although it's manageable without these.
- You can hold A to shoot! I wish I had known about this sooner!
- At one point I had a dozen mobs chasing me around. Touching them ended up instantly killing me. I'm used to _some_ form of invincibility in shooters, so it came as a bit of a surprise. It does make for some good action, though!
- The SFX are quite alright and the music is amazing. I wish there was more of it!
- I don't think I came out of the game with a solid grasp on the seed merging. It appears seeds can change colour after being in the grown state for some time(or being in proximity of an identical plant, colour and all), and that gives them an enhanced effect depending on the seed type, at the cost of having to wait a bit more to harvest them. Some seeds probably interact with some other seeds to create new ones, but usually I'm too distracted with shooting the mobs to pay much attention.
- The game usually was me running around frantically, trying to kill all the mobs while trying to plant _something_, _somewhere_, just so that I can keep my power-ups going and not die. It makes for good action, but tends to leave little space for thinking about what I want to grow(a more experienced player can definitely formulate a strategy here. For me it was just more dakka and healing).
- The graphics are alright, easy on the eyes. I'd love to see more variety!
- Please add volume sliders or a mute button, the music is quite loud.
All in all, quite a fun game! Coming back for another round is an easy affair here, which is what I'll definitely be doing. I hope you'll keep working on the game!

Here’s the start of your game if you wanted to re-watch initial thoughts youtu.be/OTjgGbVpf7g?t=19590
Congrats on the great entry!