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Harvest Bowl by NvrSkipGameDay

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made by NvrSkipGameDay for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Itchio Link!: https://nvrskipgameday.itch.io/harvestbowl

Those silly humans left some of their harvest behind. Take your little fox-rat self and collect that precious produce!

Mouse Controls (Original): - Hover your mouse to the left or right of the game window to steer your little rodential bowling ball.

Optional Keyboard Controls: - T = Toggle keyboard mode - W (or Up Arrow Key) = Press and hold to control speed meter at start - A/D (Arrow Keys) = add left right momentum to Foxy-Mouse-Ball - R = Reset Level - G = Return to Level Menu

Tip: Press and hold the "Press" button (or keyboard equivalent) to control your speed!

Solo dev on this one! All graphics, models, textures, rigging, music, SFX and coding were done by me for this jam except for Tail Animator, Easy Save asset and bowling pin sound effects (which were from a sound pack I own). The non-standard font is Anagram by Nick's fonts and I got that from FontSquirrel.

Update 1-10-23 - Added the fullscreen button back in to the WebGL player as the mouse going off screen made it difficult to control. I also slowed the Speed charge a bit as it moved too fast for people to read it. Thanks for the feedback!

Update 01-11-23 - Keyboard controls! My version of mouse-only controls appeared to be pretty unusable for a lot of players, so I added in a keyboard option. It still defaults to mouse-only for original experience, but now you can toggle keyboard mode with 'T'. You do still have to use the mouse for the Level Menu, but everything else has a hotkey.

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/harvest-bowl

Ratings

Overall 478th 3.397⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 427th 3.345⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 396th 3.31⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 685th 3.121⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 393th 3.655⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 316th 3.321⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 318th 3.125⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 524th 3.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 41🗨️

Feedback

FullHeartGames
10. Jan 2023 · 05:30 UTC
Fun concept, love the art. Wasn't a huge fan of the controls but it seemed like you all were trying to make it mobile ready as well so I understand.
T C
10. Jan 2023 · 06:35 UTC
Great game! Took me a sec to realize how to pick your speed since it builds up so fast, and the control doesn't say to hold - And also it was really good only having to hover the left and right zones, not click on em. The level design is great, interestingly laid out and a challenge to do well on for the player. Good job!
ElMikosch
10. Jan 2023 · 06:41 UTC
Fun bowling game. Love the artstyle
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
10. Jan 2023 · 15:00 UTC
@fullheartgames Thank you! I tend to attach personal goals to jams as well - this time it was to create a keyboard-less control scheme (since that's not my forte), but there are probably things I could do to make it better. Thanks for giving it a whirl!

@t-c I appreciate that feedback! In a future iteration I'll have to make the language a bit clearer. And thank you for the kind words!

@elmikosch Thank you, and thanks for playing!
Buni
10. Jan 2023 · 18:00 UTC
I like the concept of having controll over the player while bowling. The game art is nice aswell. The only thing I dislike are the controls because they are quite hard to get right and sometime I clicked outside the window causing the game to pause.
ModdingMachine
10. Jan 2023 · 18:05 UTC
Nice Game! Really fun and cute, definity would work well as a mobile game if you choose to continue it, its fun simple and fast paced. Well Done!
evil23
10. Jan 2023 · 18:05 UTC
Didn't realise, it's supposed to be played on mobile until looking up the comments, really liked the graphics though!
ThunderChief
10. Jan 2023 · 18:08 UTC
Nice Graphics and game overall. However The controls are hard to master, I think arrows would have done a better job here
nathanoc
10. Jan 2023 · 20:43 UTC
This is a nice concept, and not a bad execution, although I think aspects of the gameplay could do with some tweaking. I agree with the comment about the controls - perhaps the bar to signal your speed could serve as an indicator that the length of the press affects it, but as it filled up so quickly I didn't get why I was going so fast until I read the description. That also made it quite difficult to control my speed, so I found myself going generally too fast for the length of the levels. I've focused a lot on the negatives here but overall this is definitely a good game - it has a nice look to it and the concept is good; just would benefit from some simple gameplay tweaks.
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
10. Jan 2023 · 20:50 UTC
@thunderchief @buni - thanks for the feedback! Adding a fullscreen option would have helped a lot with the side screen issue I think, I may have to add that back in.

@evil23 & @moddingmachine Thank you! ^_^
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
11. Jan 2023 · 06:48 UTC
@nathanoc I really appreciate the feedback, and totally agree :) Thanks for playing!
Chiranjiv
11. Jan 2023 · 14:47 UTC
Nice game, like the character, the controls were difficult to handle.
floata3
11. Jan 2023 · 19:17 UTC
well designed love the graphics and art music was good
chompdev
11. Jan 2023 · 21:12 UTC
Cool game idea! I got some great Sonic speed vibes from level 3 and 4. I really like being able to control the fox after you launch, and the graphics and tail animation are a great touch. I like how you don't necessarily need to go full speed all the time, but you have to go fast enough to make it over some specific ramps and jumps. Great work on your game!
HyperOLW
11. Jan 2023 · 22:02 UTC
A neat small game, not a lot to it but controlling the ball is pretty good.
Don Fouts
11. Jan 2023 · 23:51 UTC
Nice work, this looks great!! For some reason level 2 was the hardest for me to get points on. Level 3 was my favorite with the booster. It took me a minute to get used to the controls but once I got used to it, it felt natural. I didn't think to try playing it on the phone until I read the comments, so after playing a bunch on my PC I jumped over to mobile. It's actually really cool your entry can be played on mobile!

Overall awesome entry and a really clever take on an otherwise restrictive theme.

![Screenshot 2023-01-11 184057.png](///raw/6d4/9/z/562f3.png)
Fluri
12. Jan 2023 · 11:51 UTC
Funny little creature goes woosh :0 I do agree with other people that additional inputs like left and right or a/d keys would be nice for better control.
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
12. Jan 2023 · 13:03 UTC
@fluri Thanks! And keyboard controls are actually in there, T toggles them on - I agree that it helps a lot with controls on PC.

@hyperolw Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

@chiranjiv Thanks for the feedback, enough people had issues with controls I added keyboard options in there. :)

@floata3 I really appreciate that, thanks!

@chompdev Thank you! That is all awesome to hear.

@don-fouts NICE! 2 absolutely is the hardest haha. Thanks for checking it out :D And I was surprised as anyone that it worked on mobile - Unity WebGL hadn't supported mobile browsers for ages, but I recently updated the engine from my very outdated version and it worked so... cool! ^_^
JackOfCups
12. Jan 2023 · 16:35 UTC
I enjoyed super-charging the speed and launching the little fellow, but ultimately found slower speeds were better for accomplishing the goal. Character design is great. Would've loved more levels - and that's always a good criticism to see!
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
12. Jan 2023 · 19:36 UTC
@jackofcups Thank you! :) I do plan on adding some super-speedy boards in there after the jam is over as I really enjoy that as well haha. Thanks for the feedback!
Budaniel
12. Jan 2023 · 20:52 UTC
I liked it! It was easier for me in keyboard mode, and the action was really good!
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
13. Jan 2023 · 01:24 UTC
@budaniel Awesome, glad to hear it :) Thanks!
LuhUchiha
14. Jan 2023 · 00:10 UTC
Fun game! Being able to control the player after the throw was really nice :)
Good job!
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
14. Jan 2023 · 04:00 UTC
@luhuchiha thank you! :)
Chase of Bass
14. Jan 2023 · 22:17 UTC
I always love how creative and unique your games are -this one was no exception!! -Super fun!!! Loved the designs, the color palette, the music was great and is now stuck in my head xD Amazing work! The mouse controls were good but the keyboard controls were so much better for me! was able to 100% every level! :D!
![harvestbowl100percentchased.png](///raw/fb2/f2/z/56744.png)
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
17. Jan 2023 · 21:40 UTC
@chase-of-bass Aw, just saw this comment, thank you! :D and HECK YEAH!!! ^_^
bezbiletnym
22. Jan 2023 · 15:11 UTC
Real fun!
🎤 NvrSkipGameDay
22. Jan 2023 · 23:21 UTC
@bezbiletnym Thank you!