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Beat the Harvester by Cloverfall

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made by Cloverfall for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Find the game here: https://cloverfall.itch.io/beat-the-harvester

A game about protecting your harvest (wheat field in this case) from other farmers who are attempting to harvest your crop. Place cannons to protect your harvest from the enemy harvesters, and survive 3 waves of enemies to win.

To place cannons right click on the map to place. Each cannon costs 10 gold, and you gain 10 gold per enemy kill. To start each wave press the start wave button in the top right hand corner.

There are some bugs with the aiming/shooting code of the cannons, so incase some of the cannons don't shoot at enemies, that's a bug that I wasn't able to fix.

There is also no audio or sound, hence why we opted out of those ratings.

Link https://github.com/lucas19919/BeatTheHarvester
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/beat-the-harvester

Ratings

Overall 809th 2.517⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 770th 2.463⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 742th 2.577⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 769th 2.696⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 723th 2.276⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

Amar Ravi
09. Jan 2023 · 15:15 UTC
I could not place the cannons :( I feel like Im missing some instructions
LDJam user 312900
09. Jan 2023 · 15:16 UTC
Yeah sorry about that, you need to press the button at the bottom to toggle the placing mode on
fullmetal_automaton
09. Jan 2023 · 15:22 UTC
I tried to use that cannon button both on firefox & chrome, didn't look like it went into placing mode, or did anything.
LDJam user 0
09. Jan 2023 · 16:48 UTC
![win.png](///raw/231/e4/z/54eec.png)
![win2.png](///raw/231/e4/z/54eea.png)
js_
09. Jan 2023 · 16:53 UTC
I am unable to start next wave. After I destroy the first one, clicking on the "Start Wave" button does nothing.
Ben Toosey
09. Jan 2023 · 17:44 UTC
Everything worked for me apart from the "restart" button when I lost on my first try. Very nice, simple-to-understand game! Fairly easy once I realised I could place all my cannons as close to the centre as possible, but I enjoyed it! Good job!
Pe7e
09. Jan 2023 · 20:07 UTC
I had one harvester getting stuck too far away from my cannons so I could not progress to the next wave. Otherwise a cool game.
eFrag
09. Jan 2023 · 21:26 UTC
Cute little tower defense, a reminder of the controls within the game could have been nice 🙂
Natiki
09. Jan 2023 · 21:53 UTC
![stuck.png](///raw/ae1/d4/z/55a4d.png)Had an issue where the harvester got stuck and I needed to restart the game to fix it. Other than that though, I ran into no further issues and liked the game!
LDJam user 312900
09. Jan 2023 · 23:19 UTC
@natiki thanks a lot for the feedback, that's a known bug that i didn't manage to fix sadly. Happy you enjoyed the game though!
const_arch
10. Jan 2023 · 00:24 UTC
It's simple but it ran perfectly and watching all the cannons go to work was satisfying.
evil23
10. Jan 2023 · 00:58 UTC
Nice game, a little too easy when you put all the cannons in the middle, because they can turn instantly and fire all at the closest enemy! Also just 3 waves game over? It was just starting to get fun :(
fc85057
10. Jan 2023 · 01:02 UTC
Nice tower defense concept that fits with the theme! Easy to pick up and play with the simple but effective control scheme and UI.

The harvester getting stuck bug was already acknowledged, but a wave indicator could be helpful. I wasn't sure whether harvester was stuck or I was supposed to be preparing for next wave. On second playthrough and realizing all the cannons could be placed in the middle, it became quite easy; something like obstacles or bigger radius could take it to the next level.
LDJam user 312900
10. Jan 2023 · 01:22 UTC
@const-arch Thanks, i thought so to while I was working on it lol

@evil23 thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure in the future I extend the gameplay a little bit.

@fc85057 appreciate the feedback on the UI. Looking back a wave counter would definitely be helpful and adding a placing radius would also have much improved the difficulty of the game.
lzxh
10. Jan 2023 · 03:12 UTC
My gold didn't reset when I clicked the retry button.
LDJam user 244504
10. Jan 2023 · 23:53 UTC
That's a nice tower defense ! Aside from the gold not reseting when restarting after losing, everything ran fine.

Also don't hesitate to use TMPro for UI text in Unity. TMPro (built-in) uses vectors to display text so it won't be blurred whatever its resolution :smile:

Good job on this entry ! :tada:
Steffo
11. Jan 2023 · 09:18 UTC
A small little easy tower defense! :boom:

## Feedback

### Game

It's so simple I don't really have anything to provide feedback about, **good job for your first jam game**!

### Distribution

Thanks for **providing a HTML5 build**!
Since I am playing on Linux, I appreciated it!
Mololo
11. Jan 2023 · 19:37 UTC
Cute little game.

It was maybe a bit too easy and short, I just spammed right click in the center when I had money and I won first try :smile:.

Maybe you could have added more waves and maybe different types of enemies.

I wish there was sound, but cant complain too much since my game doesnt have either :))

Good job guys!
Gabrimer
11. Jan 2023 · 19:52 UTC
I can definitely see the potential to this game, but at the moment it feels a bit too short and easy. Some simple sound would've also been nice to add to the experience.
Iskra
14. Jan 2023 · 19:05 UTC
Very cool game! I encountered a few bugs during the gameplay, but for a first jam game you did a super job :smile:
Rentem
16. Jan 2023 · 18:24 UTC
Nice little game, great choice for a first entry! Encountered no game breaking bugs.

I like that you choose to leave out the audio and were able to submit this :smile:
Flying Dog Fish
16. Jan 2023 · 18:30 UTC
Congrats on your first LD entry. The game itself is fun, but rather short and easy.
DFaouaz
25. Jan 2023 · 00:31 UTC
It was an easy little fun game! Nice job!
leckert
27. Jan 2023 · 18:12 UTC
Really cool idea to flip the harvesting theme around, and making the player try to prevent a harvest! It's cool to see tower defense systems that don't restrict where you can place things, I think this could be extended to create a really satisfying game where you can watch your terrifying blobs of cannons annihilate farm equipment. Great job for a first entry!