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Autumn Harvesting by Don Fouts

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made by Don Fouts for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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Welcome the AUTUMN HARVESTING quality assurance picking team. As a new QUALITY PICKER you will be expected to quickly evaluate our products to sort out the bad from the good. Please see the HOW TO PLAY section of this manual for detailed instructions.

You will be paid for each product correctly sorted. Each container presented to you will contain five (5) products ready for sorting. A new container will be presented to you every ten (10) seconds. PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Incorrectly sorting products or failing to sort all products in a container will result in a dockage of pay.

We provide our most esteemed QUALITY PICKERS with workstation customization options by spending money earned while working. We also provide detailed reporting on employee progress. To view these options use the ESC KEY after starting your shift. You will be expected to continue working even if you’re reviewing this menu, please manage your time wisely.

AUTUMN HARVESTING, You’re not just a name you’re a number.

Link https://inflatable-cactus.itch.io/autumn-harvesting
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/autumn-harvesting

Ratings

Overall 841th 3.258⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 831th 3.097⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 626th 3.258⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 586th 3.645⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 535th 3.694⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 416th 3.435⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 188th 3.65⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 864th 3.125⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Budark
04. Oct 2022 · 15:02 UTC
Nice concept and art. But I don't understand why to destroy the fresh content XD I would prefer to keep it and sell it
Gonzalol
04. Oct 2022 · 15:03 UTC
Nice harvest, as the ones I remember from my childhood
fgamer99
04. Oct 2022 · 15:05 UTC
Realy thought it was about vegetables. XD

But I realy liked the soundtrack and the simple gameplay for what it was.
Cope
04. Oct 2022 · 15:08 UTC
Interesting concept. I would think that handling this kind of product would be worth more pay.
Adinimys
04. Oct 2022 · 15:08 UTC
Didn't expect this type of harvesting from the cover art of your page. Nice subverting of expectations ! x)
I had trouble understanding the basic controls to open and get objects out. It might be nice to add something like a scalpel sprite to the cursor in order to signify what the action is doing.
The gameplay is really basic and get quickly repetitive (is there an end to it ? ) but considering the clever presentation of your theme it was rather fun to play for some time. To be fair I feel like your employee handbook is really the best part of this game x)

Well done ! :)
Pegasus
04. Oct 2022 · 15:10 UTC
Very cool take. Gameplay felt very smooth and satisfying, even when you fail. Only thing I can fault is that it gets a little repetitive fairly quickly. Overall thumbs up!
Arscene
04. Oct 2022 · 15:13 UTC
Hey awesome take on the theme, it is refreshing.

I might just be bad, but I have trouble identifying what should go where. I mean for some parts it is easy, but for others I have the feeling that i tried left / right and both are incorrect.
Delpod
04. Oct 2022 · 15:18 UTC
I like the mood and overall aesthetics of the game, it is well set up by the introduction, graphics and music and "upgrades" as well. I'm not a fan of the gameplay, but I understand this a satire from such jobs, I would like more game inside it though :D . Also it would be great if there was more feedback to actions, for example at the beginning i couldn't understand what I'm doing wrong as the containers didn't want to open / I felt they opened randomly. I didn't feel like there was ab end goal also, but I enjoyed it mostly because of the awesome animation of opening the container.


After buying "Thank you" the shop buttons stopped having texts.

![2022-10-04 17_09_17-Autumn Harvesting by Inflatable Cactus — Mozilla Firefox.png](///raw/eec/44/z/52002.png)
Raivk
04. Oct 2022 · 15:24 UTC
Oh quite surprising this one. I won't spoil, but even if I understand the joke... A trigger warning might be useful. You never know who's playing!

Gameplay is easy to understand, it's effective. The surprise was big, I wasn't expecting this ahahahah
Lomby
04. Oct 2022 · 15:55 UTC
Fun game! Was not expecting those "containers" haha.
Took a few attempts to figure out how to open the containers (I think I was clicking at the wrong location at first) but played very smoothly once I got that. Great models and sfx, had the upgrade button text disappear after a while, but other than that no issues.
Congrats!
amarokczukay
04. Oct 2022 · 17:08 UTC
wow i was not expecting that (as many other as comments suggest) haha fun to play, fluid graphics, simple but nice
Annie Owl
04. Oct 2022 · 19:13 UTC
Have not expected to work with that kind of packages :sweat_smile:

The models look pretty and the sounds are perfect! :smile: Great game!
omphh
04. Oct 2022 · 20:15 UTC
My favourite kind of harvest! Wasn't expecting a twist haha
Gameplay was smooth and intuitive though. Good take on the theme as well! Good job!! :v:
fabula_rasa
04. Oct 2022 · 21:19 UTC
The nature of the containers was quite surprising :laughing: That's a fun take on the theme.

The controls work fine, and I only met one bug. After I bought the Management Thank You upgrade, the shop items disappeared. I could still buy the last upgrade by clicking on the textless field.
![Screenshot_8.jpg](///raw/732/a2/z/5226b.jpg)

Sound effects are just perfect, and the container diversity upgrade made me laugh. The gameplay gets old after a while - but it kept me playing long enough to buy all the upgrades.
Eugenik
04. Oct 2022 · 22:19 UTC
Fun game, extremely creative
Roitchie
04. Oct 2022 · 22:57 UTC
Those certainly weren't the types of packages I was expecting. It was quite fun and enjoyable though. The squelching sound effects of the organs were great and the gameplay, while a bit repetitive was fun and satisfying to do.
SudoCat
04. Oct 2022 · 23:23 UTC
This made me chuckle far more than I expected. The misdirect with the instructions is truly a fantastic choice, and your writing is wonderful. The game felt smooth for most actions, especially yeeting the _products_ into the appropriate containers. A perfect piece of bite sized entertainment.
Steve7411
05. Oct 2022 · 03:52 UTC
Well it was an upsetting task, but it was all worth it for that morale booster!
LDJam user 300184
09. Oct 2022 · 01:31 UTC
I jumped a bit when I stated playing because I thought this was gonna be a cute game about separating bad fruit or something, I was not ready. Very innovative and well made though. Good job!
MrBamboo
09. Oct 2022 · 19:06 UTC
What is this lol ! Automne harvest ??? 🤣

I did 4$

![a.jpg](///raw/184/82/z/52f38.jpg)
GodDoesPlayDice
11. Oct 2022 · 10:16 UTC
Very good sound design
Aidturith
11. Oct 2022 · 18:58 UTC
Nice presentation overall, a small tutorial would have made it even better!
Sibi
15. Oct 2022 · 16:05 UTC
Love the sense of humor and the art is amazing. Gameplay ist quite satisfying at first but doesn't really keep my attention for a long time. Great name though ;)
Juels
16. Oct 2022 · 20:29 UTC
It realy took me back to those flash game you would play when you were a kid, awsome !