It is a nice idea, it gets a bit boring to wait around while the crops are growing though. It is great for 48h. With a bit more time, it would be nice to have another minigame to wait around and maybe make some more money too ^^

a rat ate my first crop :(

I'm getting a bug in the web version where WASD isn't working... I think the embed in the page isn't being focused for some reason. Looks cute though, and I'll give it another try if there's a fix!

@mostlikely I tried to prevent that, so the chances of that happening are about 1 in 7. Really sorry about that though.

@maymay I'm not 100% sure what is causing that. I haven't experienced that bug, but sometimes you just need to click on the game. I don't really know, I can't fix it right now as I need to find the bug first.

@mariavalcam That's a good idea! I was going to implement GMOs so that you can increase the grow speed of crops and other things, but I ran out of time. If I have time this week, I'll work on adding a watering system to make crops grow faster, maybe fertilizer too.

Seems like you should get a few more seeds at the start, the loop is quite slow to begin with. I also got stuck in my own crops a couple times while planting, once I had to restart.

Good work though, the music is impressive!

@paulstraw thanks for the feedback! I might increase the amount of seeds so that if you get super unlucky and have your crops eaten right away, it’s not game over.
I made you start with the bare minimum amount to really embrace it being an incremental game, but if annoying I might change it.
I’m not sure how you got stuck in the crops though, as the hit box is a perfect circle so if you turn you shouldn’t be able to get stuck. That’s pretty weird.
As for your comment about the music, I made it in sound trap. I basically just took a bunch of loops and chords and Frankensteined them together to get the songs you hear in-game. I was worried they would be too repetitive, but I guess that’s just me. The music also sounds worse in the game due to the compression.

My only two complaints were the fact that the crops took a little too long to grow and when you had a bunch of crops to sell, you were barraged with the coin sound hundreds of times in a row. Other than that, solid entry. Good job.

The first time I played a single mouse ate all of my crops at once, so I was left with no seed and no money to buy new seed. I had to restart.

The second time I played I bought a gun and just robbed the store over and over and over again.

@geraldfingburke thanks! I might change the crops grow time. As for the sound effect, it was added last minute and I thought it might be “satisfying”. I never had a chance to test it. This is the reason instead of selling all of your crops at once, it sells them one at a time.

@justin-c I’m working on the mouse issue. Because if the way it’s programmed right now, it will destroy any crop it’s touching. I might make a minuscule destroy sensor to prevent that, but I’m a bit busy at the moment. It might be changed this week.
As for the robbing comment, I’ll probably make a cool down on it.

Pretty little game, i almost got stuck between 2 fields but i managed my way out ^^ it's nice to see a tutorial in a game! (ours definitly lacks one...)

@mortith Thanks! Your game was pretty cool too. I really enjoyed it, although it was a bit confusing.

Neat little game :)

@simone Thanks!

Not sure why you released an android version with no working controls (besides looking at the finger position). Maybe you just assumed nobody would play it?

@uraffululz Sorry, I thought that meant Chrome OS. I'll fix it after class.

Awesome game! I used scratch a bunch when I was first getting into game design - this is way better than any of my first projects!

If you're looking learn some game design tips & tricks, I highly recommend watching Jan Nijman's Art of Screen-shake talk. I'd post a link but I don't want to post a video preview on your LD page :)

If you interested you can find it by googling "Jan Willem Nijman - Vlambeer - The art of screenshake"

Great work, especially for your first LD!

This was pretty cool! The music is also super chill ^~^


The store owners staring at my crops as we wait for them to grow xD


@daniel-alhadeff thanks! I’ll be sure to check it out.

@pazzi That’s cursed.