Harvest Me, Harvest Me Not by outstar

made by outstar for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Link to itch page to play in browser: HERE

It's your first day working as Death, equipped with nothing but a scythe and a very unhelpful cat. You will travel through time and space to visit three dying humans and decide whether it's time to harvest their souls...

Point-and-click filled with dialogues that change the course of the game! With 8 different endings and many variations in between, you better pay attention to unlock them all...

(also there's no save function YET so your achievements will be lost on replay :C ).

Made using GameMaker by tired parents of a toddler who had to do great acrobatics to finish the game this weekend! Because of the extra time constraints, we opted out of audio category, not to mention the painful lack of Lucas Arts-like animations. Maybe one day!

Dev team: outstar - design, writing, code titos2k - art

Link	https://outstar.itch.io/harvest-me-harvest-me-not
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/harvest-me-harvest-me-not

Ratings

Overall	197^th	3.81⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Fun	416^th	3.357⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	311^th	3.429⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Theme	316^th	3.833⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	17^th	4.619⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Humor	44^th	4.05⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	118^th	3.976⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Given		38🗳️	23🗨️

Feedback

dkdwrek

09. Jan 2023 · 19:07 UTC

I think the art and writing are great. I like the take on the theme as well, very nice.

recursor

09. Jan 2023 · 19:42 UTC

Excellent graphics along with 3 different and engaging little stories to poke around in. I thought the introduction was a bit long, but I thought your take on the theme was pretty clever. Nicely done.

Tollona

09. Jan 2023 · 20:12 UTC

Wonderful graphics combined with clever take on the theme. The ability to fast forward the dialogues is a big plus, yet the intro kitty did talk a tiny bit too long. Overall I enjoyed the achivement hunt!

Drachmor

09. Jan 2023 · 20:17 UTC

LOVED the writing!! (Most important aspect of a game like this, imo!) And the art was spectacular. Impressive you guys were able to make this while taking care of a little one, and kudos for your programming debut!

Jujus

09. Jan 2023 · 23:42 UTC

aaaaaa the art style has so much life in it, fun to look at :))

Heinar

09. Jan 2023 · 23:51 UTC

I love the art style. Nice job!

twilightrh

10. Jan 2023 · 00:01 UTC

The art style was good, overall good game. The mechanics weren't original

Itzemii

10. Jan 2023 · 21:42 UTC

Wonderful drawing style! I love the cat! Very funny story. I really enjoyed it.
The only thing that does not fit too well is the font. Some handwritten one for instance could be good.
Standard game mechanics, but that's ok. Its about the story and characters. Even the dialogues were ... long. I am a strong believer that each line (or two one for each) should have a meaning, else I just click, click, click. Death mumbles a lot, ... too much I think.
Nicer game for a jam.

chompdev

10. Jan 2023 · 22:12 UTC

Excellent writing and art! I really had fun exploring this one, and I love the adventure game take on this theme. The multiple endings are a great idea, and I really enjoyed the bell system and having choices that significantly affect the ending. This game is seriously impressive for such a short timeframe. Great work! :)

LDJam user 250426

11. Jan 2023 · 05:44 UTC

I love how the stories were connected and how there's a bunch of endings to get. I was gonna go for all of them but got a little demotivated when I couldn't get back to the first menu to check my progress. Also idk why, but I love that death is sitting down with all the people. It gives him a really human quality like he's really trying to get to know the person. Writing and art were great, game was awesome! Well done!

picross

12. Jan 2023 · 06:14 UTC

Loved the writing and art. Reminded me of Grim Fandango. I loved how the first guy was obvious but we had to make some tough decisions on the others! Cool stuff, nice work

Alex de la Cour

14. Jan 2023 · 23:49 UTC

This was awesome! Killer art, great dialogue, humour and some surprisingly poignant moments.

Ginxel

16. Jan 2023 · 04:17 UTC

Reminds me of Grim Fandango but amazing work! I love this art style

CataclysmicKnight

17. Jan 2023 · 22:49 UTC

This was really fantastic! I had a lot of fun playing through it, and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what the other endings might be. I loved that there were hints of what was going on with each of the people and yet it wasn't fully obvious what the right decision was (if there even IS such a thing as a right decision).

VERY well done! Even the toddler couldn't hold you back 🤣

Better Half

18. Jan 2023 · 22:59 UTC

The graphics are awesome, and the writing was also great, i liked how with just a few adjectives you characterized the death so well. If there was music it would be perfect.

Glaikunt

22. Jan 2023 · 20:04 UTC

Awesome little story driven game! the graphics are amazing & the story/characters are great. It could have really done with some sound but other than that I enjoyed playing through it! Great Job!

Jvdwijk

24. Jan 2023 · 01:23 UTC

Interesting game! I took a couple of tries to figure out the endings, but I found it quite difficult to get the AI to not overthrow their creator (dang kid hated people too much)

As others mentioned, added music would've enhanced the game quite a bit, but even adding some small sound effects for the options and the bell would been a great step!