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Art Of Harvest by BubbleMapGaming

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made by BubbleMapGaming for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

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Oh no! It's the day of the harvest and your have woken up late and you live deep down some winding paths! Whatever will you do!?!?!

Jump in a sooped-up Combine Harvester and race down the rally track to reach the harvest on time.

Art of Harvest is a Art of Rally inspired rally game where you must drive a combine harvester down the rally track to reach the harvest on-time! Avoid Obstacles, Hit Checkpoints and Race to the fastest time on the Online Leaderboards!

CONTROLS:

Accelerate - W / Xbox & PlayStation - Right Trigger

Brake/Reverse - S / Xbox & PlayStation- Left Trigger

Steer - A & D / Xbox & PlayStation - Left Stick

Reset - R / Xbox Y / Playstation Triangle

NOTE: Controller Support is Untested and probably won't work in Menus.

TIPS:

TIP: Checkpoints are marked with tires on the side of the road, you must hit all checkpoints in the correct order to finish.

TIP: Combine Harvesters are rear-wheel steering meaning that * steering may feel inverted *

TIP: Hitting Obstacles gains you penalties added to your finishing time!

EXTRA

Follow me on Twitter: @BubbleMapGames

Tools: - Engine: Unity - Audio: Audacity - 3D "Modelling": Blender

Special Thanks:

  • Alex P for making engine noises with his mouth
  • Simon, Val, Dom, Phoebe, Ricky, Jack for keeping me running and performance help
Windows https://bubblemap.itch.io/art-of-harvest-racing-ludum-dare-52
Web (Itch.io) https://bubblemap.itch.io/art-of-harvest-racing-ludum-dare-52
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/art-of-harvest-racing

Ratings

Overall 705th 2.979⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 655th 2.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 694th 2.761⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 638th 3.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 375th 3.109⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 140th 3.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 683th 2.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Bloodfin
09. Jan 2023 · 21:53 UTC
While my 5:05 time might not stand up in the number 2 position for long, I was giggling the whole way through, nice work.
JormaRysky
09. Jan 2023 · 21:59 UTC
Btw, controls should not be inverted, reverse steering box compensates that rear axle is the one steering.

Could use some little balancing work, bit faster steering speeds, to make it more drivable. That said, it handles pretty much like harvester would, sluggish it is as a racing vehicle.
HFSEvans
09. Jan 2023 · 22:01 UTC
I kinda love the idea of a janky racing game with impossible controls. Seems like it would be awesome in co-op, but this pushes it a little too far haha. I was laughing the whole time though. I think adding a harvesting element to the race would also help, perhaps giving the player a bonus for doing well
JustinMullin
09. Jan 2023 · 22:10 UTC
Pretty fun little racer. There's something endearing about a racing game where your top speed is about 45 mph. I had a hard time getting the hang of it initially, but after playing around for a bit, felt pretty good. I guess I have the top spot for now. =D

The environments were nice, and the track was well designed, put me through the paces a bit. Nice work.
jk5000
10. Jan 2023 · 09:34 UTC
This is okay little game. Sadly the controls felt really bad, and the rest function was also a bit broken. But the idea was fun and everything looks pretty good. The sounds are fun and fits the game pretty well. Overall a pretty okay jam game.
Salvation
10. Jan 2023 · 09:48 UTC
Music and theme were on the spot. I personally cant play with inverted keys my brain does not work that way. The harvester felt like it was on ice road and it was very hard to control the vehicle. This ofc may be because of the inverted keys. Good job with the game.
vrerabek
10. Jan 2023 · 09:57 UTC
Thats one drifty combine harvester, hahaha!

At first I was really confused, after pressing `R` to restart the game and my combine went flying, I was even more confused. Then came the controls, could not handle the first turn.. But then.. Then it clicked and I was able to drift through the entire course. :smile: It actually has learning curve which is really cool for a jam game.

Super fun game and as someone already mentioned, game like this could be super fun in co-op game.
LDJam user 315038
11. Jan 2023 · 01:35 UTC
At first I was mad at the inverted controls but I started to understand that it was meant to be - that's how racing with a heavy harvesting vehicle should feel like :D Additional + for the mouth noises as the sounds of the engine XD
🎤 BubbleMapGaming
12. Jan 2023 · 20:56 UTC
Hey everyone, thanks for the feedback and nice comments :)
I've added a WebGL build on the Itch.io page, so you should now be able to play in your browser, if you have any issues then I would suggest trying the Windows build instead.
Xandruher
12. Jan 2023 · 22:38 UTC
It took a moment to get used to the controls but after getting it, it was fun to play. I also liked the graphics. Thanks for the browser update. :)
iCalm
13. Jan 2023 · 01:27 UTC
For me the a key went right and d, left. Was that intentional???
breadstick
13. Jan 2023 · 08:12 UTC
5:20 overall time, so I'm basically a fully certified farmer now :sunglasses:

I found the slidey/drifty controls of the vehicle fun, and the voice sound effects were a nice touch (although given that the track is like 5 minutes long, a slightly longer loop wouldn't hurt :P )

Overall, me and my friend who simultaneously raced had fun!
poboy
13. Jan 2023 · 08:17 UTC
![image.png](///raw/c23/b2/z/56589.png)

Clocked in at a solid 10:38 score :)

That was an experience. Loved the voice and played it with @breadstick and it was super fun. The controls were weird as hell but I kind of enjoy them?? I wonder if the left/right swap was intentional since we noticed it was the rear wheels that turned instead of the front.

Great game!
🎤 BubbleMapGaming
15. Jan 2023 · 10:32 UTC
Thanks all, yeah @poboy and @icalm the swapping is intentional as the steering happens from the back. As @jormarysky pointed out this wouldn't happen irl but I think it makes for some more interesting and outright silly gameplay
Nikolaj
16. Jan 2023 · 18:14 UTC
love the combine, and really love the motor sounds :rofl: !

However, why does A go right and D go left?? making my poor brain hurt!
PROJECTaroid
18. Jan 2023 · 17:02 UTC
Interesting game. I like how you approached the game. It looks nice and plays well.
OadT
21. Jan 2023 · 12:13 UTC
Hilarious sound effects :smile: The controls felt a bit rough but I guess that was kind of the point. The only thing that really nagged me about them is when you steer backwards (The direction you move do not correspont to the tires).
Eranot
26. Jan 2023 · 01:24 UTC
Couldn't make the first turn. 10/10