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LD-52 Reaptirement by DragonMoffon

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made by DragonMoffon for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

With humanity having wiped themselves out the Grim Reaper has lost his job. On the suggestion of his buddies Anubis and Charon, Grim starts tilling away right at the gate to hell. Not everything is as it seems. Hell is briming with lively souls who all want out! It's up to you to fight back the undulating mass of compressed souls. [we call him Georgio].

THE GOAL OF THE GAME IS TO BEAT THE BOSS AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE. To face the boss, pay the toll on the right side of the shop and walk through the right door.

Instructions: WASD to move.

You can use the scythe to till grass, harvest crops and fight lost souls.

Use the Right mouse button to throw out a coin. Throw the coin at objects to interact with them (used in the store)

while using the scythe you can attack towards coins to dash forward.

Using the scroll wheel you can change what tool you have equiped.

From the store you can buy crops. To plant a crop left click on a tilled tile.

Plants only grow when watered, and have to be watered between stages.

Try beat the boss as many times as you can (not too hard their AI is broken).

So go Grim, enjoy your early Reap-tirement. Harvest ;) your crops and fight hell's refuse.

ONLY WINDOWS VERSION AVAILABLE. If you would like to run it using python you have to use a dev version of Python Arcade using pip install -I https://github.com/pythonarcade/arcade/archive/refs/heads/development.zip

Art by Old Sock. Programming by DragonMoffon. Released under Dragon's Bakery.

Source Code https://github.com/DragonMoffon/LD_52_Reaptirement
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/ld-52-reaptirement

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🎤 DragonMoffon
09. Jan 2023 · 21:00 UTC
I'm really disappointed. The exporting to exe just wouldn't work. EDIT: Got it all sorted in the end
Yubs
09. Jan 2023 · 22:38 UTC
Love the scythe animation and how to follows mouse, really clean visual style!
dod108
09. Jan 2023 · 22:59 UTC
What is the objective of the game? I'm kinda lost, I don't know what to do.
bcmpinc
10. Jan 2023 · 00:56 UTC
I had a bit of trouble figuring out you can only plant seeds in the wheat field after mowing it. (Buy seeds inside, use scroll wheel to change held item). After that I quickly finished the game.
AJ08Coder
10. Jan 2023 · 01:06 UTC
There should be instructions on how to play because I am also very confused on how to play the game but I love the graphics
dod108
10. Jan 2023 · 14:23 UTC
@dragonmoffon Could you help me? I really want to give this game a chance, but still have no idea what to do.
Skoufakis
10. Jan 2023 · 15:22 UTC
Scroll wheel!!!
dod108
10. Jan 2023 · 16:39 UTC
@dragonmoffon Where are the enemies? I can only walk around, reap the grass and use the shop, still no idea where the gameplay is.
🎤 DragonMoffon
11. Jan 2023 · 04:52 UTC
@dod108 Hey! To fight the boss, you have to pay the toll (by throwing a coin into the booth which has the toll sign above it) Then walk through the door on the right. This will let you fight the boss. The goal is to beat the boss as many times as possible.
dod108
11. Jan 2023 · 11:54 UTC
@dragonmoffon Thanks, I managed to unlock and fight the boss. So my feedback is that the biggest issue is the lack of proper communication of game ideas. The game should explain its controls (I think scolling wheel was not mentioned in the game) and its mechanics better. Besides that, the game is not bad. Farming feels like a separate game made for the sake of theme and could be more satisfying, but it's not annoying or anything. Some free sound assets would make the game better, but I understand that you probably didn't have time for that (btw you could opt out of audio category, because there is no audio). The combat is fine, the only issue is the lack of feedback when I hit the boss or boss hits me: some flashing of player/boss could help. I hope the feedback is helpful and not too harsh.