{"author_link":"\/users\/trusty","author_name":"Trusty","author_uid":1121278,"comments":[{"id":1163630,"author_name":"Adrien Tremblay","author_uid":"adrien-tremblay","epoch":1759806446,"text":"The runa nimation has be dead. Good music. Voice lines add a lot. You did not make the player model did you though?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163646,"author_name":"LDJam user 236256","author_uid":"236256","epoch":1759806751,"text":"@adrien-tremblay \"The walk animation has be dead. Good music. Voice lines add a lot. You did not make the player model did you though?\"\n\nI did! Took me 9 hours on saturday morning because I was out of practice. I didn't record this jam, but I've recorded past jams and made a playlist if you're curious about the workflow to get a character out in a day https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLA1sIW1hqu2-MJT-jaVZA9aDBYHx1n8D1\n\nGlad you liked it. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163648,"author_name":"JPGFG","author_uid":"jpgfg","epoch":1759806804,"text":"OH LOOK AT THAT ONE IN THE DUNG.\n\nrockstar entry, the singing scared the FUCK out of me initially, but its pretty funny.  And really trippy.  My group also almost made a game about mushrooms.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163655,"author_name":"Adrien Tremblay","author_uid":"adrien-tremblay","epoch":1759806902,"text":"@cheeks Wow nice job on the model! Shes really cute. Model for the mushroom king is also funny.\n\nIs the run animation intentionally bad lol?","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163665,"author_name":"LDJam user 236256","author_uid":"236256","epoch":1759807057,"text":"@adrien-tremblay \"Is the run animation intentionally bad lol?\"\n\nLol, I wish but no, I actually tried hard at it and then when I saw it in the first build of the game I cringed so hard. But I left it instead of redoing it because it is funny. ","format":"md","likes":5,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163676,"author_name":"Trusty","author_uid":"trusty","epoch":1759807290,"text":"@jpgfg What comes out of delirium after 48 hours of game dev can be a wild thing sometimes. Thanks for playing","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163684,"author_name":"Adrien Tremblay","author_uid":"adrien-tremblay","epoch":1759807398,"text":"@cheeks hahahahah. I'm glad you left it in. The run animation is so funny. I LOLed","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163696,"author_name":"Alfaroqomar","author_uid":"alfaroqomar","epoch":1759807650,"text":"audio really took this game to the next level ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163730,"author_name":"YibiRabbit007","author_uid":"yibirabbit007","epoch":1759808311,"text":"Such magical music lol","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167455,"author_name":"Khamekaze","author_uid":"khamekaze","epoch":1759854447,"text":"Seems like a nice chill game and the models are polished and have a nice style (and superbly animated I must add). My biggest critique is the audio, I would have prefered to just have some ambient forest sounds instead of the music and audio dialogue so I ended up muting everything. Not hating, just not for me","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167606,"author_name":"DirtyOlive","author_uid":"dirtyolive","epoch":1759855962,"text":"The background music and voice acting have elevated the game to a whole new level! It reminds me of hidden folks. The first song is so hilarious. :laughing: But sorry I never managed to find the last type of mushroom (the 8th one). :sob: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167632,"author_name":"klausklapper","author_uid":"klausklapper","epoch":1759856236,"text":"![20251007-185513.png](\/\/\/raw\/045\/z\/6eb1a.png)\n\nMan I keep seeing you on the front page and thought I had to check you out, given that you also worked on a mushroom related game. I expected a few good looking mushrooms, but little was I prepared for the epic soundtrack and voice acting in this game. 10\/10, would sell mushrooms to a giant mushroom again.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167725,"author_name":"Trusty","author_uid":"trusty","epoch":1759857003,"text":"@Khamekaze Thanks for giving it a try. Cheeks did a great job with the models. If you want a more chill vibe and like mushrooms I'd recommend https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/trailside-mycologist.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167803,"author_name":"LDJam user 236256","author_uid":"236256","epoch":1759857734,"text":"@dirtyolive Sorry you couldn't find it, we tried to make some of the mushrooms pretty rare so you'd have to cover a large amount of the map. This is roughly what's in the game\n\nFly Agaric x 50\nJewelled Amanita x 50\nCommon Funnel x 40\nChicken of the Woods x 40\nOragne Mycena x 30\nMica Cap x 30\nWitch's Hat x 20\nSulphur Tuft x 20\nRounded Earthstar x 5\nGolden Oyster x 5","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167805,"author_name":"binaryDiv","author_uid":"binarydiv","epoch":1759857771,"text":"I like the idea of collecting different kinds of mushrooms.\n\nThe voice lines were unexpected but a nice touch! After a while some of them got a bit annoying though, especially the ones telling me to find more interesting mushrooms (maybe add a random chance to play them instead of always playing them). The music was funny (again, didn't expect singing :sweat_smile:).\n\nThe player model is cute, even if the running animation doesn't look quite right, I think it's great work especially for a game jam!\n\nThe quick time events felt a bit unnecessary to me and don't quite fit in a game that's about foraging mushrooms (it's essentially a cozy game, just enjoy nature and collect things - no need for quick action in my opinion).\n\nAt the same time, I kinda wish the walking and running speeds would have been a bit faster. ^^\n\nCool game, though!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1168225,"author_name":"yiwai","author_uid":"yiwai","epoch":1759861703,"text":"Hahaha the audio absolutely deserves five stars - it fits the game's style perfectly:D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169378,"author_name":"Raice","author_uid":"raice","epoch":1759872099,"text":"I love the audio xD This has meme potential ahaha! Good job! :3 I enjoyed it very much","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169831,"author_name":"LDJam user 248799","author_uid":"248799","epoch":1759877412,"text":"Quite an experience, thank you! Voice acting is fire, well done!\n\nI love the king dancing\n\nI found out if you mash buttons, you get all QTE \ud83e\udd2b (helpful to me as I have an AZERTY keyboard)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169832,"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"someone","epoch":1759877450,"text":"The audio really makes this game. The rest is somewhat basic.  \nI collected them all eventually. The Rounded Earthstar took way too long to find.\nNot a fan of quicktime events, but there is no penalty for pressing the wrong button to spamming all the buttons works.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170108,"author_name":"Kseniya","author_uid":"kseniya","epoch":1759882733,"text":"Calmly walking around picking mushrooms to the music. A pleasant game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170472,"author_name":"APDT","author_uid":"apdt","epoch":1759891556,"text":"Very cute model!^^\nThe audio is 5 stars for sure! So funny!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176772,"author_name":"Porcupine Sashimi","author_uid":"porcupine-sashimi","epoch":1760023359,"text":"Dude how much mushrooms were you on?\n\nThe song is a 10\/10. Is it on Spotify?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176792,"author_name":"graebor","author_uid":"graebor","epoch":1760023798,"text":"The music is a vibe :joy: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177396,"author_name":"Mia_143","author_uid":"mia-143","epoch":1760036366,"text":"The song really gets stuck in your head which is an achievement in itself. The mushrooms looked really nice as well :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183257,"author_name":"YibiRabbit007","author_uid":"yibirabbit007","epoch":1760368873,"text":"Tonight I played again. The mushrooms near the spawn point picked very ez, and the mushrooms on the other side of the bridge were very difficult to collect, offering almost no room for error. But so what! I still managed to gather those distant mushrooms!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183273,"author_name":"bacontree","author_uid":"bacontree","epoch":1760369762,"text":"Hahaha, that was an experience! The voice acting adds so much personality. Great humor! And really good job with the graphics. Great game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183678,"author_name":"Sharky3188","author_uid":"sharky3188","epoch":1760397862,"text":"The game feels like it has a lot of stuff to discover just through the voice lines. It made me want to continue playing to hear all the lines. \nThe game has a lot of personality. \nThe qte sequences are a way to add some interest to the game, however it would be nice if they started a bit faster so I don't have to wait as long after failing one. \nI think maybe you could ease up on the smooth modifiers on your meshes and maybe cut down on the poly density of the mushrooms for such a small object on screen. \nI'd try and use other shaders to avoid the overly plastic look, or make sure to adjust the specular values as i think with a few small changes like that you could get quiet a nice looking visual style. \nOverall a fun entry into the jam. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183682,"author_name":"pres2300","author_uid":"pres2300","epoch":1760398790,"text":"10\/10 no notes","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183694,"author_name":"Kapricorn Media","author_uid":"kapricorn-media","epoch":1760399935,"text":"Haha funny music and audio in general, and the player 3D model is super cute! Well done. I didn't stick around long enough to find all of them, but I found most.\n\nI did notice that there's no penalty to pressing a wrong key in the mushroom picking sequence, which makes it quite easy to do by just spamming keys lol","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183698,"author_name":"WormKingBoo","author_uid":"wormkingboo","epoch":1760400316,"text":"Hilarious and amazing audio \ud83d\ude02! Thank you for making this game ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183746,"author_name":"AnnaBella T","author_uid":"annabella-t","epoch":1760405689,"text":"the vibes: fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing mushrooooooooooooooooooooooooms","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183816,"author_name":"mramaizng","author_uid":"mramaizng","epoch":1760414801,"text":"Genuinely amazing. No flaws. A perfect score.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183931,"author_name":"atsh","author_uid":"atsh","epoch":1760438531,"text":"Loved the hand made feeling for everything! The trees were the cutest. Amazing job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184607,"author_name":"Kit Gorn","author_uid":"kit-gorn","epoch":1760550434,"text":"I adore you guys. The voice acting is top notch. Finding mushrooms... The 3D models are superb. I found all the mushrooms. I had a blast finishing the game. 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