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Glad I was able to flex my RTX 4090 with the RTX feature!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":920000,"author_name":"Iskra","author_uid":"iskra","epoch":1673660014,"text":"What a cute graphic! I really like the idea of the game, and the execution of the game itself is great <3","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":920044,"author_name":"Sean Carrick","author_uid":"sean-carrick","epoch":1673661652,"text":"This game is like if SAW Decided to retreat to the calm tranquil of the Midwest... and mercilessly slaughter his entire heard. Innovative! ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":920056,"author_name":"iCalm","author_uid":"icalm","epoch":1673662457,"text":"I made a spiny wall of pokey death traps!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":920065,"author_name":"Matt Rix","author_uid":"matt-rix","epoch":1673662933,"text":"Really liked the idea of a physical tower defense game \/ obstacle course, fun concept!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":920107,"author_name":"DJTequila","author_uid":"djtequila","epoch":1673664793,"text":"Really cute game. I like that there are lots of different traps to play with. Nice job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":920183,"author_name":"Dacs","author_uid":"dacs","epoch":1673668470,"text":"Loved it, i had a lot of fun playing it and it is one of the most creative i've seen","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":920203,"author_name":"AntonioTheReis","author_uid":"antoniothereis","epoch":1673669779,"text":"On of the games I've enjoyed actually playing the most so far. Great work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":921386,"author_name":"kevin mooney","author_uid":"kevin-mooney","epoch":1673727872,"text":"This is fun! By the third round it felt like I was a little over powered, but that works great for a jam","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":921416,"author_name":"Yahel Dooley","author_uid":"yahel-dooley","epoch":1673728987,"text":"Great game! My son and I got a lot of laughs and giggles out playing it. P.S. We used the same assets and used traps! However; yours were more fun. Great work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":921494,"author_name":"Simon Rahnasto","author_uid":"simon-rahnasto","epoch":1673731561,"text":"Well as a (software) engineer I managed to engineer the perfect death trap... er I mean anti escape mechanism for the farm animals.\n\n![a6d956f639f76dd9a2c78cbc78d9777b.png](\/\/\/raw\/db1\/6\/z\/56736.png)\n\nIf you want to see my brilliant strategy, here is a gif: \nhttps:\/\/gyazo.com\/af989e7fca2522040b74fe61d0210500\n\nand this is how it looked after some carnage:\nhttps:\/\/gyazo.com\/04a7e34111e73bf3a8e936aa0a462258\n\nPhysics and ragdolls are always fun, and this game is no exception :smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":924406,"author_name":"PeachTreeOath","author_uid":"peachtreeoath","epoch":1673920597,"text":"lol this a wild concept. I wouldn't have thought of this from Harvest. It was super fun to just watch the chaos unfold, I was hardly playing optimally.\n\nThe tool I liked the most was just the tri-spinner. It had a whole lot of coverage and would easily bounce animals over to other nearby traps. I didn't realize I could carve out water myself until a bit later. It is definitely strong and you can set up some creative mazes with it.\n\nI'm not toooo sure why but I can't finish the game. There are 2 animals left and I'm constantly knocking them off the stage. Ah well, fun game regardless and I'm very impressed with how many towers you bothered to put into it.\n","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":924462,"author_name":"Veelivar","author_uid":"veelivar","epoch":1673926671,"text":"What chaos! During the first round, I thought that the currency gain was far too high, but for a short burst game, the satisfaction I got from being able to cover the entire map for round 2 brought me a lot of joy.\n\nI did run into a bug where the 5 remaining animals refused to enter the field for Round 2, but I can't blame them, given the hellscape it was. One of the animals did manage to get whacked by a trap before the round even started, so not sure if that caused it to be confused.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":924499,"author_name":"dob","author_uid":"dob","epoch":1673932170,"text":"Very cool entry! I enjoyed this one. Such diverse traps. I found it pretty hard to succeed, but I had a great time playing. I never did fully understand the water-placement stuff - seemed to be independent from the traps, which cost hearts? But it was fun.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":924643,"author_name":"minjutin","author_uid":"minjutin","epoch":1673954144,"text":"Finally, a tower defence game I have enough patience to play. Poor animals tho :') They are such cuties","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":926305,"author_name":"MaiMai","author_uid":"maimai","epoch":1674178437,"text":"Haha, so much fun. Physics games are so dangerous to make, but you fully embraced the jank and it worked out wonderfully.\nA great entry with a decent number of animal variations and traps, well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":926307,"author_name":"NJMac","author_uid":"njmac","epoch":1674178480,"text":"That was so much fun! I got really invested and ended up playing several times. I panicked every time I hit start! Nice simple music that suit the tone of the game. Great graphics, with a sleek menu design on the right. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":927391,"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"oadt","epoch":1674379430,"text":"Such a fun idea! At first the task seemed impossible, because some traps looks so tiny, but I quickly found out that its best to jsut knock these cute animals out of the map :smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/fb\/fb8bb93e61afad5a45721a8bf625d48a4641bf4c63b92d6c494dafd1966eb80b.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/unitedfailures.itch.io\/barn-busters","text":"Version for rating linked here"},{"url":"https:\/\/unitedfailures.itch.io\/barn-busters","text":"Updated Version"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"86482","g_author":"1036600","g_event":"LD52","g_eventkey":"116","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"398132","g_title":"Barn Busters","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"106","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"316099","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"316099","n_urlkey":"398132","n_parent":"313060","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/barn-busters","n_slug":"barn-busters","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"36600","n_created":"1672875344","n_modified":"1779201826","n_version":"1006290","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD52","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":5,"author":36600,"body":"# Barn Busters \n\nYou are a farmer whose rapscallions have escaped! Welcome to Barn Busters where your goal is to harvest your herd as fast as possible. In this physics-based tower defense you need to place down traps and obstacles to knock the animals off the map in as few rounds as possible. \n\n\n### Controls\n- **W** to move the camera forwards  \n- **S** to move the camera backwards\n- **Left Click** to select and place traps\n- **Right Click** to deselect\n- **D** to delete traps and a limited number of floor tiles\n- **Scroll wheel** to rotate traps\n- **Left Alt** to toggle first-person movement\n\n**Click the start round button in the bottom right to let the animals loose!**\n\n![BarnBustersScreenshot.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/ead\/a2\/z\/55b10.jpg)\n\n### Game and Play & Rate\nTo **play and rate** our submission, download the **Original-Windows** version of the game on the itch link below.\n\n(1\/13\/23)\nAs pointed out in the comments, our original WebGL build has a lag problem. 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