Corny Heist by MightyBanana

Corny Heist
Small game about stealing :corn: corn :corn: //TODO: Credits
| Link | https://tetriandev.itch.io/corny-heist-ld52 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/corny-heist |
Ratings
| Overall | 143th | 3.905⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 169th | 3.786⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 311th | 3.429⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 52th | 4.333⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 225th | 4⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 22th | 4.262⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 78th | 3.833⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 251th | 3.69⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
Great entry, had fun with this
The tutorial in the beginning is very well made. It told me everything I need to know. While harvesting I wondered what would happen if they see me. And I was positivly suprised! Often it is like: "you get seen: game over". But that they first have to chase and catch you is really good! And in lvl 3 it wasn't easy to get away from them.
Also I love how the music changes ones they've discovered you. That was absolutley the right decission to use that track! Fits perfectly.
The only thing I was missing are two smallish things:
1. Volume slider
2. An option to jump from a solved level to the next one
But overall that game is really good and fully implements the theme! Well done!
The song that plays when discovered is light and very good.


I'm always curious in these types of games how the detection is programmed. The graphic representing their field of view was great and super helpful, but what did you do under the hood to match that graphic? (If you don't mind sharing your secrets of course).
P.S. Please do note, that it may return some false-positives when object is really close to sector's corners, but I figured it was good enough for game jam at the time)
Also I found it unreasonably hilarious when I found that the farmers have the worst attention span in existence -- they spot you stealing bags upon bags of corn and the moment you get out of their sight, they just move on with a "Huh, guess it was nothing, then. :shrug:"
The music and visuals are perfect, and the overall gameplay was fun.
I only wish there was a bit more variety in the level design, it gets pretty tedious to collect all the corn.
I recorded my experience in this video, Corny Heist is at **21:06**.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST10nvA_qXE