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I really rushed the audio in the last few hours so I'm glad it's decent.\n\nThanks again!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":902203,"author_name":"LDJam user 317480","author_uid":"317480","epoch":1673303377,"text":"A lovely little game!\nI love the super smooth animations of the main character and the gameplay feels really satisfying.\nToo bad there is not win\/loose conditions yet. Has a lot of potential!\n\nGood job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":902688,"author_name":"superpokeunicorn","author_uid":"superpokeunicorn","epoch":1673306376,"text":"Really chill game! It was pretty relaxing just to get into the groove of planting seeds and killing spiders. The music really helps set up that vibe. I also like how the attack doubles as a harvesting tool; it makes it tricky to defend the base once spiders get into it, since you don't want to harvest the partially grown crops. I will say it does get a bit repetitive after a while. I do wish there was some sort of win condition so I could end there. I got a few of the purple orbs and basically took that as my call to wrap things up. Regardless, a very fun and relaxing game. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":903400,"author_name":"Ismael Rodriguez","author_uid":"ismael-rodriguez","epoch":1673312435,"text":"@scriptmage @superpokeunicorn Thanks for your feedback!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":903791,"author_name":"torcado","author_uid":"torcado","epoch":1673316961,"text":"this is really neat! of course it does feel unfinished, but what's there is really nice. the art and animations especially, gosh i love how this looks (along with most your games, of course). music and sounds are also really nice. it's very satisfying to play! i wouldve loved more things to buy :)  \nreally nice work in any case!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":904191,"author_name":"Yorsh","author_uid":"yorsh","epoch":1673321580,"text":"Lovely game, it's fun and relaxing to play! I like the idea, and it's very well made, audio, graphics and controls. I never needed to care about water tho, always had plenty somehow.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":908337,"author_name":"Ismael Rodriguez","author_uid":"ismael-rodriguez","epoch":1673376142,"text":"@torcado Thanks for your feedback, I wan't to add a bit more for post jam just to play with it, we'll see if I have time :)\n\n@yorsh Thanks, glad it was fun and relaxing! I didn't have much time to balance things like resource economy or anything like that, we're actually lucky it works at all lol. \n\nThanks again!\n\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":909093,"author_name":"xk_the_name","author_uid":"xk-the-name","epoch":1673383116,"text":"Ahh, shame there is no end condition. What a lovely game. I really like the way you build the onboarding in your submissions! Great job.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":916750,"author_name":"Nodra","author_uid":"nodra","epoch":1673551822,"text":"Smashing bugs for days. Love the presentation, sound and style. Game-play wise an end state or progression goal would have been nice.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927222,"author_name":"TweekStudios","author_uid":"tweekstudios","epoch":1674337284,"text":"This looks great! I love the NES-style sprites and colour palette! It's vibrant, fast-paced and fun to boot!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927279,"author_name":"Beeb GameCodeCompany","author_uid":"beeb-gamecodecompany","epoch":1674350409,"text":"I saw you post this on the main page feed a few times during the start and was interested AND then it popped up in the 4 suggested games. I was excited to try this, I'm sad it isn't more fleshed out because it obviously would've had more features. I hope to see a fuller version of this game later, it has a certain polish to it and played\/felt great. If you ever are looking for a team mate or anything let me know, I like the quality and vibe of your works and wouldn't mind trying to team up.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927414,"author_name":"Mickxe","author_uid":"mickxe","epoch":1674387520,"text":"I had fun playing this, it feels pretty well-polished for an LD game. :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927533,"author_name":"eeperdeheap","author_uid":"eeperdeheap","epoch":1674405680,"text":"Really funny game. Cool graphics and well polished indeed. Too bad about the win\/lose condition. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927767,"author_name":"williwiderstand","author_uid":"williwiderstand","epoch":1674444695,"text":"Yes. 72 hours is not a lot, lol. Despite that you managed to create a really neat, aesthetically coherent little game. Actually pretty polished for Jam standards. A more fleshed out Post-Jam version would be great. :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927774,"author_name":"Ismael Rodriguez","author_uid":"ismael-rodriguez","epoch":1674452667,"text":"@beeb-gamecodecompany @mickxe @eeperdeheap @williwiderstand \n\nTHANKS YALL! Happy to report I've been working hard on a post jam version with objectives, skill trees, and a storyline. :smile_cat: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":927902,"author_name":"koboldskeep","author_uid":"koboldskeep","epoch":1674486295,"text":"Excellent! The bugs-versus-growing loop is really good. I was shocked that the bugs actually can help you harvest your crops under circumstances. Would love to see a full version with upgrades to spend the higher-tier resources on.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":928030,"author_name":"Cole and Jordan Studios","author_uid":"cole-and-jordan-studios","epoch":1674503435,"text":"Holy heck I like this. It's a simple concept and you quickly run out of things to do, but the art, aesthetics, music an audio design are really excellent and really make the game enjoyable. I easily found myself zoning out while kicking the snot out of bugs. An excellent submission!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":928142,"author_name":"animatrix1490","author_uid":"animatrix1490","epoch":1674524221,"text":"koboldskeep recommended I play this game and it's good. VERY solid bones. Would love to see it fleshed out more!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld52\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ismaelrodriguez.itch.io\/howdy-boy-harvest","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"86542","g_author":"1080860","g_event":"LD52","g_eventkey":"116","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"398216","g_title":"Howdy Boy Harvest","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"189","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"316471","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"316471","n_urlkey":"398216","n_parent":"313060","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/howdy-boy-harvest","n_slug":"howdy-boy-harvest","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"80860","n_created":"1672934206","n_modified":"1779568573","n_version":"1000064","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD52","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":80860,"body":"![Howdy Boy Harvest (LD52) 2023-01-09 15-41-07-402.gif](\/\/\/raw\/cdb\/31\/z\/55839.gif)\n\n\n**What To Do:** Try to level up your flowers and collect as many purple coins as you can. 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