DaLetterFarm(Word-game) by Wendy222

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made by Wendy222 for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Welcome to DaLetter Farm!

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Plant letter seeds, collect letter fruit to spell a word, submit, and gain scores!

The character count limit is 15!

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Each letter plant grows during a different period.

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Letter plant has different characteristics.

Welcome to share your highest score or farm screenshot in the comment when you lose interest.

Credits:

Programmer: Lucas Qu

Designer: Wendy Hu

Ratings

Overall 505th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 569th 3.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 184th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 200th 4.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 449th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 539th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Pe7e
09. Jan 2023 · 19:55 UTC
Nice idea, good fit for the theme. Good game even though it took me longer than i want to admit that they the letters grew at different times.
thejan14
09. Jan 2023 · 23:00 UTC
Very creative idea! It also fits perfectly to the theme. I struggled to put words together that I planned out because the day/night mechanism was in the way, but I somehow always found words in the seeds I planted! This is what was the most fun for me (finding the words) rather than planing out.

The screen gets a little dark at night. Apart from that I loved it! Good work!
Grotfang
10. Jan 2023 · 22:54 UTC
nice puzzle game, i'm terrible at word but this was fun !
Mastyff
18. Jan 2023 · 00:20 UTC
Very fun! I had a lot of trouble making words but I can't make words good irl either haha
yellow
23. Jan 2023 · 08:09 UTC
:smile: 整体不错无论是想法还是图形,尤其是音乐!加油好兄弟,下次见!

但我这个东北英语是玩不过两个词了。
🎤 Wendy222
23. Jan 2023 · 18:47 UTC
@mastyff me either, most of the words I made are 3 letters long
🎤 Wendy222
23. Jan 2023 · 18:50 UTC
@pe7e so the letter with a symmetrical shape grows during the day- blue card, the others grow up during the dusk - yellow card. If this makes more sense. And thank you for playing!
🎤 Wendy222
23. Jan 2023 · 18:52 UTC
@thejan14 I agree with that, the night is dark, we used to plan to add some lights, but it didn't turn out a good visual. But we will figure it out in the future. I am glad that you have fun with it! Thank you for playing!
🎤 Wendy222
23. Jan 2023 · 18:52 UTC
@grotfang Thank you for playing :)
OadT
23. Jan 2023 · 19:37 UTC
Man, I am really bad at these word games :joy: But had fun with this game anyways. I feel like there could be some more vocals, for instance I had a lot of S and T.
Ava Skoog
23. Jan 2023 · 22:58 UTC
Fun idea! I might have just been bad at the game, but I didn't feel like I had that much control. Music was great, even if you didn't make it; good choice. Graphics are nice; I like the pixelly crunchiness to them 😍 There seemed to be no way to undo after beginning to spell a word which meant sometimes I just had to sit around waiting for a useful letter to pop up instead of starting over on a different word? ☹️ I liked it, but could use some work.
LDJam user 278660
24. Jan 2023 · 03:19 UTC
挺有趣的填词游戏,图形抖动的效果一开始我想着是不是用 shader 实现的,不过看了下应该是直接画的,这么多个字母都要画一遍太肝了。
美术和玩法都挺不错,爱来自中国。
🎤 Wendy222
25. Jan 2023 · 16:16 UTC
@mnikn 抖动确实是shader实现的 我只画了基础的字母形状/ Thanks for playing!:)
swarrizard
25. Jan 2023 · 20:50 UTC
Great graphics, sound, and concept! I think the biggest frustration for me was the controls. Using the mouse for everything was clunky and as far as I could tell, you couldn't delete a letter once you clicked it unless you submitted the word. It would've been nice to allow keyboard input.

Otherwise, I love the concept of a word game where you have to strategize the night/day letter generation. Well done!
Don Fouts
26. Jan 2023 · 02:56 UTC
This was a really cool take on the theme and a well designed word game. Great work!
betovf
26. Jan 2023 · 09:43 UTC
Very original entry! Kinda hard to play at first. Good job!
Veelivar
26. Jan 2023 · 09:47 UTC
Loved the concept, and the pre-planning the day-night cycle created.

My biggest trouble with the pacing of it. I felt like I was spending way more time just waiting for things to grow than I was making words. I may need to be more liberal with the shovel, but I feel a combo of that, plus a faster growth so I can cycle through plants more might help best with that?

Would like the option to undo what letters I've already harvested, or perhaps have a very small inventory I can swap some in and out of.
Sphinx
28. Jan 2023 · 21:31 UTC
@veelivar Yeah we failed to balance the pace of that. The plants also die overtime and we were having trouble managing the randomness. Making it faster and simpler might be the way. The inventory is a good idea! Thx for playing.
Sphinx
28. Jan 2023 · 21:35 UTC
@ava-skoog You can submit the half done word to start over. That was the idea to be locked on to the word you are spelling unless you start over. I can see that is kind of frustrating. A more flexible and swifter input might be the cure. Thanks for your feedback.