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Harvest Simulator by kromeboy

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made by kromeboy for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Immagine.jpg As the title say in Harvest Simulator you have to harvest a field of wheat.

You can play this game in two modes: challenge and free play. In challenge you compete for the online high score: cut as much wheat as you can in 100 seconds.

In free mode you can relax and cut as long as you want: you also can try to create some shape in the crop, like a crop circle.

Press esc to get back to the external camera and view your work.

  • w to move forward
  • space to cut
  • mouse to look around

I have tried to optimize the game by not rendering all the wheat all the time, but this game can still be a little hard on the performance. The Windows version will probably run faster then the web version.

Link https://kromeboy.itch.io/harvest-simulator
Link https://kromeboy.itch.io/harvest-simulator
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/harvest-simulator

Ratings

Overall 746th 2.833⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 770th 2.463⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 532th 3.093⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 93th 4.222⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 682th 2.722⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 475th 2.556⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 601th 2.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 720th 2.8⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Steven Garberg
09. Jan 2023 · 04:23 UTC
This was pretty relaxing to play. Nice job!
Riesyeti
09. Jan 2023 · 16:22 UTC
The gameplay is very simple yes BUT the online highscore is awesome! Makes you want to try it again
icxon
10. Jan 2023 · 07:24 UTC
Oh I wish I could walk there like Maximus from Gladiator. Found couple technics how to gain score fast. Also this will be sick in VR (and probably furniture-breaking)!

Here is my playtest:

https://youtu.be/SOeyzCVblro
🎤 kromeboy
10. Jan 2023 · 10:14 UTC
@icxon that's great! Love how every time I publish a game someone always find a way to beat my high score :-D
PuttPuttTheTruck
10. Jan 2023 · 10:24 UTC
Pretty simple game but with some nice animations and particle effects it could be a nice relaxing game, and the online highscore definitely adds a lot. I love how you can see a view from above of the patterns you've made
Flying Dog Fish
10. Jan 2023 · 10:51 UTC
Nice crop circle making simulator. If only there was an overhead view to see the resulting pattern.
WobbleBlocks
10. Jan 2023 · 13:30 UTC
you know I drew a schlong, great work! VR would be awesome!
Pusheeneiro
10. Jan 2023 · 13:54 UTC
It's fun to discover more ways to harvest grain faster.
froissant
10. Jan 2023 · 14:03 UTC
Congrats on making all of this alone! The leaderboard is a nice addition 👍🏻
Annie Owl
10. Jan 2023 · 18:52 UTC
Figuring out the optimal way of cutting wheat was surprisingly engaging :smile:
profan
10. Jan 2023 · 20:04 UTC
I like this, the birds in the background and the sound to cut wheat put a smile on my face, also props for getting a highscore listing in on the jam deadline! I wanted one too but alas, time :D

Nice work!
🎤 kromeboy
10. Jan 2023 · 20:43 UTC
@profan the High Score table is a component that I have made some time ago. It now take me about 15 minutes to implement it in any game, and for what I see is always worth the effort.

Thank you for playing!
amkingTRP
10. Jan 2023 · 22:16 UTC
Oddly satisfying game. Based on other entries I kept expecting to get "upgrades" to my scythe to let me cut more, but keeping it simple subverted my expectations. It's a nice addition to the collection of "experience" games that have been submitted to this jam.
D3kryption
11. Jan 2023 · 07:34 UTC
A surprisingly simple yet relaxing game. IT like it. The LODing is funny and made me laugh. My score was 8029 or something.

Nice job! :)
stellarnightmare
11. Jan 2023 · 11:06 UTC
Pretty Noice. it was simple but enjoyable and having the online high scores adds to it alot.
DzejPi
11. Jan 2023 · 11:47 UTC
Fairly simple game, but fun! LOD is pretty amusing, but what else can be done, right? Haha. I love that you included the online scoreboard. I am third now!

![2023-01-11_12-44-28.png](///raw/046/93/z/56195.png)
xCarl
11. Jan 2023 · 12:21 UTC
The online high score is an incentive to keep retrying and find a better technique to harvest and gain more points. Well done!
🎤 kromeboy
11. Jan 2023 · 15:01 UTC
@dzejpi yea, the LOD was the main focus of what I have learned with this project. Obviously you can't render about a million straws in HTML5 (and if you can the aliasing is still awful). I could probably include something more detailed then a cube, and maybe create 3 levels of detail, but I preferred to show this feature explicitly.
vrerabek
12. Jan 2023 · 10:03 UTC
Very relaxing game and the high score is a nice touch. I like how you tried to optimize the game, you have inspired me to look up into something similar myself!

Could not beat the high score, but I'm pretty close! :smile:

Good job!

![Screenshot 2023-01-12 111115.jpg](///raw/fdf/72/z/563c2.jpg)
rosypenguin
13. Jan 2023 · 06:14 UTC
Ok I need to learn some harvesting strategies because the highest I could reach was 8000... Love the highscores system, even though the game is really simple and straightforward I still had an incentive to keep playing :D
Jiri Hysek
13. Jan 2023 · 15:36 UTC
Relaxing gameplay that is harder than it seems if you want to be at the top :) I managed to get something over 15000 in the challenge.
BinaryPrinciple
14. Jan 2023 · 23:25 UTC
I see the basis for a cozy, artistic game. I enjoyed it and have a few recommendations: setup a random pitch when you harvest, setup a mini map, maybe there are some wheat that give you power ups or higher score, even some alien jump scares.
🎤 kromeboy
15. Jan 2023 · 22:32 UTC
@binaryprinciple the minimap is a nice idea and something I want to try to implement. It couldn't be a second camera because the game can barely handle a single camera. Probably an abstraction on the cubes that get the same on and off state of the main game (if a cube is partially cut it will not be rendered as a cube).
KreGames
22. Jan 2023 · 12:18 UTC
At first relaxing game, and than you her the sound of he swing in your nightmares :D Nice entry, smooth gameplay, but after a few tries it comes boring.