Harbinger's Harvest by Mad Brokli

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made by Mad Brokli for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

In Harbinger's Harvest you play the role of a human cyborg hero who must stop the notorious Harbinger from harvesting his world, as he drains it of all color and life. The white harvested land damages our protagonist, and the only way to cure this sickness and undo the harvesting, is to slay the Harbinger's minions, in an intense tug of war over the land.

Harbinger's Harvest is a top down hardcore bulletstorm shooter, set in an ever-closing arena. You will have several weapons at your disposal, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, and with careful planning and some luck, you might even be able to overcome the Harbinger himself.

Will you survive, or will your world be consumed?

The White tiles represent harvested land and walking over them will result in damage. Cure this sickness, by killing enemies in a timely manner! Survive long enough to face the Harbinger upon the battlefield.

We'd love to see what scores you manage to achieve in our game, so please share them in the comments below! :D

Keys:

Movement: W, A, S, D

Change Weapon: Q , E

Dodge: Spacebar

Aim - Mouse Movement

Shoot - Left Click

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Ratings

Overall 303th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 213th 3.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 767th 2.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 799th 2.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 324th 3.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 109th 3.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 486th 2.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 485th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

alpharock6
09. Jan 2023 · 21:34 UTC
Impressive scope for a gamejam! I was especially surprised to hear a fully VA'd intro. With a bit more SFX and juice mixed in on the bullets it would read pretty similar to some Vlambeer games, nice entry!
LDJam user 315170
09. Jan 2023 · 22:02 UTC
I got a score of 2077, your use of the theme is more of a story/general thematics one than that integral to the game mechanics. Your game seems to be a basic shooter survival game other than that. Not bad! In terms of the gameplay, the controls feel a little slippery and that makes it very hard to dodge the large arrays for bullets. Improvements to the movement mechanics should make it a lot easier (and funner) to play! Overall, good game :)
TheGhostofTommy
10. Jan 2023 · 04:27 UTC
Amazing job, Reminded me a bit of Brotato. Really liked the sounds and music you managed to get done, but I would really like to see it with some SFX in the arena.
fusionnist
10. Jan 2023 · 18:07 UTC
Victory! Very cool game. Good efforts on the cinematic elements too :)
LDJam user 300422
10. Jan 2023 · 18:33 UTC
Cool game. Nice graphics and a catchy soundtrack. Could use some more player feedback and soundeffects, but its of to a great start. I didn't know the machine gun runs empty and died to like 20 slimes :joy: The bossfight was also quite good. Good job :thumbsup:
Asahi
11. Jan 2023 · 15:08 UTC
Love the game, especially the audio. Got victory after trying three times. Have to say I enjoy it!
Papaya
11. Jan 2023 · 15:29 UTC
The gameplay is solid! I also like the art style and the music of the game! I wish there are some sound effects to complement the action! Overall well done!
🎤 Mad Brokli
11. Jan 2023 · 16:54 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback guys! We're working on adding sound effects and more player feedback, we just didn't manage in time. The next patch should solve that, together with ironing out some minor bugs :D
chompdev
11. Jan 2023 · 22:22 UTC
Cool music and gameplay, and you even had a second music track for the game over menu! The shooting is pretty fun, and you've got a nice variety of weapons here. Good variety of enemy sprites, too. If you add more features later, it'd be cool to have enemies only fire when they're on-screen, and differentiate the enemy attack patterns and movement styles even more. Lots of great work here for a short jam, wow!

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🎤 Mad Brokli
11. Jan 2023 · 22:53 UTC
@chompdev thanks chomp! :) Unfortunately since the map is so large, you'd rarely have enough units within the screen to fire at you, so we went with the decision of giving them more range, otherwise we'd lose out on the bulletstorm aspect :(. We're planning to add some new enemy patterns in the next couple of patches, which will include some other changes based on player feedback :)
🎤 Mad Brokli
11. Jan 2023 · 22:54 UTC
@papaya We're working on adding more sounds since we've got all of the audio files ready :) They should be included in the next few patches.
🎤 Mad Brokli
11. Jan 2023 · 22:54 UTC
@asahi That's awesome! We're still trying to find the right sweetspot in terms of difficulty! Quite difficult to balance it :)
🎤 Mad Brokli
11. Jan 2023 · 22:54 UTC
@zluca We're adding a ton in the next few patches! :D
Stone Pacifier
12. Jan 2023 · 00:57 UTC
Difficult (as I'm not used to this kind of game) but fun. Well made all around. Atmosphere is great.
🎤 Mad Brokli
12. Jan 2023 · 03:52 UTC
@stone-pacifier Cheers, it's hard to strike a difficulty balance for people that are new to the bulletstorm genre since it can get quite overwhelming, though we're preparing a small patch to make it somewhat easier :)
DzejPi
12. Jan 2023 · 06:12 UTC
Love bullet hell types of games. I think the huge improvement for the enemies would be a knockback effect - I can see I am killing them, but I don't feel it. And the movement is kind of "floaty", so it makes it kinda hard to dodge projectiles. Otherwise, I had a lot of fun, the music is nice, and I think you did a great job here!
Harmadillo
12. Jan 2023 · 20:15 UTC
I'm terrible at these games, but it was fun. Especially liked the graphics for the main character and the intro. Needed more mini-gun.
LDJam user 258850
12. Jan 2023 · 23:34 UTC
Fun game! ^^ The intro reminded me of that old flash game "Mastermind World Conqueror" haha

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Chase of Bass
15. Jan 2023 · 23:07 UTC
this was a really fun top down shooter! the harvest / closing in border was cool -really fun and like most good bullet hells it was intense but had a good flow for bullet dodging and keeping the action intense -awesome work!!
Sheng Mai
20. Jan 2023 · 07:59 UTC
A very hardcore shooter with great sound and graphics. The map is too big and I often don't know where the bullets will come from to hit me, which makes me die quickly. Looking forward to doing more content in the future!
rustynoob
20. Jan 2023 · 14:25 UTC
I found it rather difficult but this is not my genera. I liked the music and the art. overall a fun little game and I really enjoyed playing it