mad veggies by yopox

made by yopox for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

It's winter, time to plan our future garden to get the best harvest possible!

mad veggies is a puzzle game about interactions between vegetables. Some interactions are inspired from irl gardening, and some are made up to add some challenge ;)

Title screen: Click on a button
Level selection: Click on ? for tutorials and o for levels.
Puzzle: Drag the veggies in the grid and find a solution to make them all happy!
Level editor: Type your name, create a level and click on save level. It is possible to load any level to see its solution.

yopox: code (CLion 2022.3, Rust, Bevy), graphics (Aseprite), levels
jmen_balec: music, sounds effects (Ableton Live)
you?: custom levels

Triple click on a code to select it:

@yopox:
- VCVWVx8F)Z{cqScI+WB
- VC(sUE5LBDfLSqCOnDK5kK`R_ZMo=JzHgwLG?2/BE
- VC(s{eSCF0,Hq"wGT"T.[B&a/AKaI3ODuOGdz5N5CG^CEw*W,$/Y{A
- VC(s;v8S)A&$8Y9D84z(cE@zTA6F6SGC8WA
- VCVWoInGydgGZOmGatEAjX>CDi$TmS9DJtU2s8VAr"]C
- VCVW{e,G2B%FaLAMlZpB/IOHcbjz%LNZ3+^"P7DAqtx=lBTGQcJDA
vicortie:
- <SmsWaDt}X#+AMVEkGMbyW9Z!!CKGBSG$YlB?Hn+i*C:.AbA|;EA^DK7qB`D#(P/iCVAB
@icalm:
- mGrRHbGH2B#FWO7L2Z.AdE:CkAlxE"B
@maxededo:
- OuTA{tMo3ZQY,($L1HK",B/IAD:AnzC
@sdelay:
- :d@QoDhz$A8B!mUEU
@wouter52:
- Ah@F8CIuuW/B+>TDnDDzU
@oadt:
- 6aOcqBDTCDdL>G95pwIo>vQA8:m"

changelog

10/01/23

data: Surround level codes with ``` to avoid complications with " and ` when sharing codes here, replace bad “ with " on loading changes

09/01/23

audio: make existing music and sounds effect play, don't repeat the music when two screens have the same BGM
tutorial: fix typos
misc: fix game states push/pop
puzzle: fix displayed level number
levels: remove duplicated level

Link	https://yopox.itch.io/mad-veggies
GitHub	https://github.com/yopox/LD52
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/mad-veggies

Ratings

Overall	77^th	4⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Fun	83^th	3.962⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	101^th	3.84⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Theme	265^th	3.923⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	366^th	3.712⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Audio	153^th	3.72⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Humor	342^th	3.06⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Mood	276^th	3.66⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Given		47🗳️	30🗨️

Feedback

Heinar

10. Jan 2023 · 00:38 UTC

Nice Job! I think the level selection a bit confusing

iCalm

10. Jan 2023 · 00:57 UTC

I love how you can make levels! +hf/@A2Zi"bX<yYA9MG"4LKOEAD

🎤 yopox

10. Jan 2023 · 08:24 UTC

@icalm Thank you! I have featured your level in the description.

Wolfraam1974

10. Jan 2023 · 10:34 UTC

Level design very good. Usually dont love pixelart, but in this game i change my mind

ChuChuGeralt

10. Jan 2023 · 10:55 UTC

Better than star signs, what vegetable are you?

*I'm such a cherry!*

I really did like the progression of the game and the introduction of the new vegetables.
The Art was cute and on point.
The loop of the music could have been longer, so that you can´t hear the looping.

Overall a pretty nice and solid puzzler!

Great job!

pushmepullyu

10. Jan 2023 · 13:14 UTC

Solid music and gameplay :D

SvenErik

10. Jan 2023 · 13:20 UTC

Awesome one, solid gameplay that requires me to use my brain and pleasant vibes all around. The only gripe would be probably that the background while playing looks empty, but that's for post-ludum if this is continued.

Music is really nice to the ears, though at some point gets too repetitive which an always be expanded on, so no problems with that. Graphics are minimal & cute, well done there

Great job overall

maxededo

10. Jan 2023 · 13:39 UTC

Really cute game. Loved the puzzles, and the inclusion of level editor was a great idea! Here's a level I made :) OuTA{tMo3ZQY,($L1HK",B/IAD:AnzC

elFlashor

10. Jan 2023 · 13:57 UTC

I wished the puzzles and complexity went a bit further as it was really easy to finish, but it's a nice concept! And the fact that there is a level editor is a nice touch :)

sdelay

10. Jan 2023 · 14:29 UTC

Love those puzzles! Also the tutorial is good because progressive. I once had to go back to previous help to catch up a rule I forgot.

A good thing you could add is a "replace". When you grad a veggie to a cell where there is already one, the previous go back to the list, and the one you drop replaces it.

Here is a tiny level of mine : vW/FgQxtU"$gA

Good game!

Edit: I don't know how load level works, I tried to load other players level, but is doesn't seems to load anything.

mcechinatto

10. Jan 2023 · 14:47 UTC

I liked the puzzle idea of the game, the art is really cool too. I think the level selection could be simplified, maybe the explanation could be inside the level and not in the selection menu and have the option to jump from one level to another.

I love that you added the level creator to the game, I found the tool very interesting.

I had fun playing!

Odey

10. Jan 2023 · 14:51 UTC

Really nice game, I feel some (most!) levels are truly elegant because the solution often requires you to plant veggies following symmetrical patterns, which is super satisfying :D

Also, kudos to the music, simple and smooth.

If you ever develop the game further, I feel that you should be able to access the veggie rules somewhere without having to go back to the main screen.

Anyway, good job guys :)

🎤 yopox

10. Jan 2023 · 14:58 UTC

@sdelay The problem is that the ldjam website changes **"** and **&grave;** characters. To share valid codes enclose them inside three backticks: **&grave;&grave;&grave;my_level_code&grave;&grave;&grave;**.

I can't edit people's comments but I fix the codes and include them in the game description! Also if you scroll down the page on itch.io you will find all correct shared codes. Triple click to select a code and then load should work :apple:

Wouter52

10. Jan 2023 · 15:10 UTC

Love your game!
Here is some feedback for you:

- The music is very nice and sets the mood perfectly.
- I like how some levels have a little 'tutorial level' before it to let the user fiddle with the mechanics.
- Maybe, to make those tutorial levels more useful, add a button the user must click to confirm ending the level, so the user can expierment a bit more. Now I'm writing this, I found out that you can revisit levels. That is so awesome!
- A little selectionbox around stuff you can click while hovering could make this game a bit more easy to understand.
- I would have liked that you can switch veggies around. That is useful for when the board is full with happy and mad veggies. Then you don't have to drag them to the inventory all the time
- A reset button clould have been nice
- The graphics are very nicely done!
- The level editor is just.... a cherry on top (I'm sorry). But seriously: that is AWESOME!! It adds so much to this game! This is a very polished game! One thing I would add: I did not know you could add a name to the level.

(I made: *h?F)MTt4BzX8MNHlB), and with name: Ah@F8CIuuWm"ww1B}MLfK

Zakku

10. Jan 2023 · 15:11 UTC

Loved the level design and progression, you made a lot for a jam this short !

🎤 yopox

10. Jan 2023 · 17:05 UTC

I have pushed a fix to the game to make sharing codes much easier. They are surrounded with &grave;&grave;&grave; by default. It is possible to load old codes and old invalid codes where `"` was replaced by `“`. See [changes](https://github.com/yopox/LD52/commit/a4b99597c35e8bfed993741f7794a16bd2669e4e).

Codes will look like this now: ```VCVWVx8F)Z{cqScI+WB```.

Tristan Doell

10. Jan 2023 · 20:47 UTC

Nice little game the editor is cool. The level select could be a bit better maybe if it was like square buttons, you could have it save levels into some custom tab or something (sounds a bit much for a jam game but if you were going to polish it up then I think it would help.)

I also noticed that if you click off of the game the music seems to bunch up, and it ends up playing the music really fast.

Also, apples are evil!

All in all, a nice little puzzle game with some potential given some polish. thanks for making and sharing it.

DonnieDarko

12. Jan 2023 · 06:04 UTC

Really fun! my favorite plant was the Carrot :- )

jackypark9852

12. Jan 2023 · 08:22 UTC

This is one of the best puzzlers I've played this game jam. Graphics, music, and design were all great. The tutorial was very easy to understand. If I had to nitpick, it would be a suggestion to add something like a tooltip that can remind players' of each veggies' behavior. There was a time when I forgot what garlic liked, and had to quit to check back. It would be a small quality of life feature. Overall this game was a joy to play!

bartalomew

12. Jan 2023 · 08:45 UTC

nice puzzle game. the art is cute, the music is very nice, overall a great entry! the addition of level editor is such a great tool! never despised mint so much in my life than in this game

SimonO

12. Jan 2023 · 09:17 UTC

Loved this! Great puzzle mechanics and rules and fits the theme really well - music and graphics are charming and worked well, great progression and increasing complexity and so awesome that you managed to get a level editor in there too. Great work!

DDRKirbyISQ

12. Jan 2023 · 17:05 UTC

Nice simple puzzle game, most of the levels felt a bit mundane (I think there is only so much you can do without introducing a different sort of changeup) but some were still pretty enjoyable / elegant! Perfect for LD

aevek

12. Jan 2023 · 23:19 UTC

Nice to see another Bevy game! This is a really fun puzzle game. I'd really like to have a reminder of the placement rules to be on screen while I'm trying to solve (like a small icon with a tick or cross for things they must/can't be next to). The art and music were great, I enjoyed the little faces and the music fit the mood really well. Great work!

OadT

21. Jan 2023 · 13:56 UTC

Very fun and well executed puzzle! The graphics are cute and the music is cool. At first I thought all these rules will overwhelm me, but you intoduced them in a very good pace so that you have enough time to remember them. Maybe some way to quickly look them up in a level would still be good, but you can also just quickly experiment to figure them out again. Great entry!

Love the idea of a level editor, so here is my level: ```6aOcqBDTCDdL>G95pwIo>vQA8:m"```