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Garden Panic by barret

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made by barret for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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CHANGELOG

-download this version : PLAYTHISONEGarden_PanicBugFixFinal.zip

Updated build fixed these issues found after submitting.

🐛Bug: Power Up speed and block damage wasn't updating properly

🐛Bug: Sometimes - Wheelbarrow gets stuck in shed

🐛Bug: Sometimes - Wheelbarrow stops collecting crops

🐛Bug: Sometimes - Birds are all defeated but sunflower never fills back up with petals

🐛Bug: Sometimes - Timer for petals not reset correctly when defeating birds

Personal Note

Thank you everyone for checking out our game. I decided it would be fun to make a game with my fiancé.

She had never done anything gamedev related and never done pixel art before so she learned everything over the weekend including how to use the tools. I am really happy how we did regardless. I hope you like it!

OVERVIEW

You and your trusty wheelbarrow have set out to harvest crops on the farm but it's become overgrown with weeds. Also these pesky birds keep pooping on your shed. You must cut down the weeds to find crops so you can get upgrades to help you go deeper in the farmlands to find the precious golden apple.

Farming Phase

👩‍🌾 Cut down weeds to find hidden crops and venture further into the farmlands

👩‍🌾 Use your wheelbarrow to send crops back to the shed

👩‍🌾 Every 10 seconds the sunflower loses a petal (once all petals are gone birds will attack your shed)

👩‍🌾 Every 10 seconds animals/bugs will appear and try to raid your crops (raided crops are dimmed)

Defending Phase

👩‍🌾 Climb up the ladder in the shed to fight off the pesky birds

👩‍🌾 Purchase upgrades in the shed to help you along your way

TIPS

  • You can attack 2 weeds/crops at once if you attack diagonally in a corner
  • The music changes when the sunflower petals run out
  • Crops that the animals raided are dimmed and only give you 1 crop
  • Getting close to animals scares them (! is above their head) . when they are scared they can't raid the crops
  • The wheelbarrow automatically returns crops if you fill it up with 12 crops
  • You can only carry as many crops as the wheelbarrow has storage for
  • You can make the wheelbarrow follow you even when it has 0 crops. just press space and run away
  • If you run into a bug use F5 key to restart

# CONTROLS

GAMEPAD SUPPORTED

GAMEPAD DPAD = ARROW KEYS

A BUTTON = SPACE

press ARROW KEYS (or WASD) to move. Hold a direction down to cut weeds down and harvest crops

press SPACE for in game actions like Sending wheelbarrow to shed shooting and buying power ups

press F5 START to restart

press F4 to toggle fullscreen

press F2 to mute all sound

CREDITS

Code, Sfx by Barret Vasilchik

Art, Music by Suzanne

Link https://barret232hxc.itch.io/garden-panic
Link https://gx.games/games/2owf4i/garden-panic/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/garden-panic

Ratings

Overall 733th 3.365⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 621th 3.346⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 786th 3.096⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 820th 3.404⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 554th 3.667⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 442th 3.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 419th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 498th 3.54⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

BoClow
04. Oct 2022 · 05:57 UTC
Lovely little farming game! I had trouble to figure things out at the beginning, but once I figured how the game worked, it was really fun to play!
I liked the color palette and little rainbow worms were my favorite! Farming and putting things to wheelbarrow and sending it to store goods was super fun game mechanic and I had great fun doing just that :)
(also music was fun and fit the color palette :D)

I had some troubles with the wheelbarrow, when it got stuck in my house and would not leave (I had to restart the game)
Also one time the bird attack would not go away but no new birds would appear, so I was able to farm in peace forever.

I ended up not actually buying that many upgrades while still finishing the game. I was bit scared if the wheelbarrow would get stuck in the house again and I would need to start from beginning.
I also did not fin I could do that much to the birds. I was able to shoo them away but they managed to poop on the roof anyway, and I found that to be bit frustrating.

Overall I liked the game and if you have plans to do some sort of post jam version, I would love to try it again!
Hugimugi7
04. Oct 2022 · 13:58 UTC
I didn't know exactly how things worked out at the beginning and thought that the petals were attecked by the clouds, but later after re-reading the tutorial I figured it out.
However I didn't quite get the function of the wheelbarrow or the animals.

I liked the gameplay contrast between defending attackers during the attack phase and the phase where you just cut down crops to gather resources. Very reminiscent of Oak Defenders, actually. :wink:
But I would have liked there to be more interesting encounters during the harvesting, maybe some sort of enemies or challenges. Or even rare items popping out of the bushes occasionally.

As for the aesthetics. The color pallette was an interesting choice for this type of a game, but it weirdly fits it. Though I felt the graphics to be lacking, everything was communicated with visual cues pretty well.
Music and audio could have been better, but considerng that there wasn't audio person working on the project(or was there?), it's impressive.

Good to see you back on LD, @barret!
🎤 barret
04. Oct 2022 · 14:52 UTC
@hugimugi7 thank you for checking out the game. The wheelbarrow essentially lets you bring the crops back to the shed but I realized it got bugged somehow and sometimes it gets stuck and won't let you return the crops. The crops are supposed to be for upgrades but that got added last minute. The animals basically try to raid your crops but you can just scare them away when they have the exclamation mark. Raided crops show up darkened.

The art was done by my fiancé who literally just learned how to do pixel art over the weekend including learning about tools and game development. She also learned how to do the music and did the sound effects last minute as well but I didn't want to have nothing.

sadly I didn't really get to play the game as a full game until after submission which is where I found some of the bugs
🎤 barret
04. Oct 2022 · 14:56 UTC
@boclow thank you for playing the game. yeah the wheelbarrow getting stuck I haven't totally figured out yet but I want to fix it. also the birds being cleared but still having the sunflower petals all gone is another bug I need to figure out. I wanted to do a better upgrades interface but it ended up being so last minute the upgrades were essentially just you can buy this one then the next but I also found out you can accidentally buy the next one if you have the resources and not even know you bought it

i wanted to do more with the birds and make them more intense and have scarecrows to scare things away
Hugimugi7
04. Oct 2022 · 17:07 UTC
@barret Oh, that is so cool.
She did quite well, for just starting out!
SimplePotential
04. Oct 2022 · 17:36 UTC
Took me a while to get the hang of it but otherwise a solid entry. Nice job
Dawnreaver
04. Oct 2022 · 18:38 UTC
Great little game! Now I know how I can resolve all my bird aggressions :D I Love how you managed to stay consist across the assets and the audio was quite fitting! Well done ^_^
🎤 barret
04. Oct 2022 · 19:43 UTC
@simplepotential thanks for playing. I need to check your game out too!
JMad
05. Oct 2022 · 00:15 UTC
Aaah! I love the graphics :D Great work there, like always! The music sounds nice, repetitive and never annoying. Simple and to the point :) I look forward to seeing your team's next game.
SAGIII
05. Oct 2022 · 06:26 UTC
Hello the game is cool and I loved the musics.
🎤 barret
05. Oct 2022 · 16:28 UTC
@jmad thanks for checking it out and hopefully we will be making more games in the future. We had an absolute blast
🎤 barret
05. Oct 2022 · 16:29 UTC
@sagiii Thank you for playing!
confusedsoph
05. Oct 2022 · 19:06 UTC
You managed to make a really great graphic set up and UI in so little time! It's amazing.
🎤 barret
05. Oct 2022 · 22:39 UTC
@boclow @simplepotential @dawnreaver @jmad @sagiii @confusedsoph

Hey everyone thanks for playing the game. I just realized you're allowed to do small bug fixes so I did an updated build that should fix the issues people were having with the wheelbarrow and the birds. Also the power ups weren't applying properly. So if you wanna try again feel free but thanks for playing it regardless
BayLock
06. Oct 2022 · 13:56 UTC
Amazing game. Really catchy graphics. Some work can be done from the gameplay side and can be a made abit more complex. I think the 10 second rule did resistricted a lot of possibilities. Please do check out my submission as well.
Sk Katea
06. Oct 2022 · 15:01 UTC
I like the fact that you added the tips, what is more, it was fun to play
naplz
06. Oct 2022 · 18:00 UTC
Thanks for adding some tips!! Also I love this game! Really fun and great graphics!
🎤 barret
06. Oct 2022 · 18:21 UTC
@baylock thanks for playing. yeah the every 10 seconds originally had weeds growing every 10 seconds and randomly appearing every 10 seconds but I felt it messed up the gameplay so my best thought was ok every 10 seconds you loose a petal and an animal appears that can try and raid the crops. I have added your game to my list and look forward to checking it out!
🎤 barret
06. Oct 2022 · 18:21 UTC
@sk-katea thanks for playing. I thought some of the tips would help out. I know some people like to figure it out themselves but I always appreciate good tips.
🎤 barret
06. Oct 2022 · 18:22 UTC
@naplz Thanks for playing and I am glad you had fun! I still need to check out your game
BougieBirdie
06. Oct 2022 · 19:59 UTC
Such a satisfying game. I really like the art direction, the palette and sprites make me think of something like a ColecoVision game. The background music was good too, I really liked that it transitioned between different menus and actions.

I loved the little guys who were stealing my veggies, they were super cute! I kind of forgot that they were technically enemies though, because I thought them clearing out the weeds was actually kind of useful. It was like they were helping me.

I did run into a bug where WASD controls didn't work when defending the shed - I couldn't aim the gun without the arrow keys which is unfortunate because my keyboard didn't have any. Fortunately I was able to get a gamepad plugged in before I lost too much health :wink:

Also, after reading the personal note you posted above: I also develop games with my wife, so I'm glad you two are getting a chance to too! It's super exciting to be able to make a game with someone you love and then share that experience with the world. I hope this is the first game of many for you two! :blush:
Pete Valeo
06. Oct 2022 · 20:03 UTC
Love the look and feel of this - well done! The overall experience has a warm and friendly vibe and the playing is also just genuinely fun. Keep up the good work!
LDJam user 300422
06. Oct 2022 · 20:10 UTC
Good game, i really like the artstyle and music. Impressive art for learning the tools over the weekend :clap: I didn't quite understand the connection between shooting the birds at the top and the farming. At first i didn't even notice i was supposed to shoot anything up there, i like that the music changes when they spawn tho. Overall a fun and mostly peaceful game, Good job.
Fattori
06. Oct 2022 · 20:12 UTC
Damn, this is impressive, o really dig the graphics and art direction, feels like an old game form a forgotten console that was never released where you live.
👏Loved it!👏
🎤 barret
07. Oct 2022 · 15:43 UTC
@bougiebirdie thank you for playing. I didn't realize about the WASD not working for the birds oops, I guess I missed that when I was implementing that part, it's definitely a bug. And that's really cool that you also have got to develop games with your wife. I look forward to checking out your game as well
🎤 barret
07. Oct 2022 · 15:45 UTC
@pete-valeo Thanks for playing. Yeah originally I had ideas of capturing the enemies that try to raid the crops but then I thought ok lets just scare them off, the same with the birds we aren't actually shooting them with a gun it's supposed to be water and they eventually fly away. I added your game to my list of games to play. I plan on doing that this weekend
🎤 barret
07. Oct 2022 · 15:47 UTC
@zluca yeah I was originally wanting to do some prompts for the game the first time things happen to sort of guide the player but unfortunately I just had the wall of text at the beginning that didn't exactly explain it that great, but I'm glad the music helped in realizing something was different. glad you enjoyed the game and I look forward to playing your game as well
🎤 barret
07. Oct 2022 · 15:48 UTC
@fattori thank you so much. I loved your explanation of the game being a lost game. That's actually a very cool way to think of it. I am going to check out your game this weekend!
MikkyTi
07. Oct 2022 · 16:26 UTC
I like the colors SO much, good job)
🎤 barret
07. Oct 2022 · 16:56 UTC
@mikkyti thank you so much. Your game looks really cute I gotta try it out
Hora-Timer
09. Oct 2022 · 11:02 UTC
Bem simples e da hora Suzanne Nice!
LDJam user 297980
09. Oct 2022 · 17:29 UTC
Good looking game!
🎤 barret
11. Oct 2022 · 14:55 UTC
@hora-timer thanks for checking out the game!!!
🎤 barret
11. Oct 2022 · 14:55 UTC
@babbersher thank you so much. glad you liked it
bbaf
15. Oct 2022 · 09:10 UTC
It was fun to play. I also liked the art style and music a lot.
The gameplay is great and not too trivial. All these cute animations and the wheelbarrow with a face are hilarious and add a small handcrafted touch to the game itself.

Unfortunately, I got stuck on the right edge of the map, but it's not a big problem.
2nd playthrough was more successful and I managed to beat it.

Perhaps, adding upgrades to the wheelbarrow's speed would make the game a bit more dynamic. In the late game you have to wait a lot until it returns.
HP restoration in exchange for something (vegetables maybe) would be useful too :smile:


Overall, I think this great entry! Wish you luck with the jam!

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LDJam user 264390
17. Oct 2022 · 04:05 UTC
Pretty cute, as others said it was a bit confusing at the start, but it clicked and it was pretty fun! The yellow for me personally made my eyes hurt a little bit after playing for a while, it is cute though, just maybe too much for extended periods of time. But again, maybe that's my weak eyes haha.
I don't know if there was a way to get rid of the animals/pests (I didn't see one at least) but if not, it would be nice to have one. Maybe something really scarce that you really have to think about before using it? So it doesn't become too easy.
I liked the game though, very cute and fun~