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WARVEST by Erivas_Soulares

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made by Erivas_Soulares for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

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Ludum Dare #52 Entry - Theme Harvest

Game Name: Warvest

We have some problems with embed version, so there's a link for a browser play on Itch.io: https://soulares.itch.io/warvest

Description: Farming is such a cool thing, huh? You just need to take care of the crops and.. what? why are the crops fighting back? This is Warvest now. Grow your crops, dodge the bullet hell and attack them, I mean, harvest them.​

:Instructions:

Moves with WASD Press Shift to Dodge Roll Press Space to Attack

Break ​Boxes and Harvest Mature Crops, while you try to evade the VeggieShots and achieve the higgest score you can! ​Veggies left on the floor will Spawn new crops. Veggies you pick up will count points and build up your Combo Meter.​!

Credits PixelArt: Erivas SoulAres Developer: Erivas SoulAres Design: Erivas SoulAres & Nany SoulAres Sound and music curatorship: Nany SoulAres

Link https://soulares.itch.io/warvest
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/warvest-1

Ratings

Overall 157th 3.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 55th 4.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 271th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 254th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 272th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

breadstick
10. Jan 2023 · 00:23 UTC
A fun little game! I enjoyed the rising chaos aspect of letting one seed slip past uncollected, and then dealing with the consequences of that miss... then you try to chop down one of the plants, and suddenly your problem is substantially worse. Well-designed and fun game loop!

This game will also help any players tell if they have the sticky keys windows command active... had a good run defeated by accessibility settings :(
MidoriMelody
10. Jan 2023 · 00:23 UTC
This game was really cute. I loved the starting screen image it looks really great and pulls you in. I also really liked the feel of attacking boxes and gathering veggies. I like the touch of the shooting crops if their not picked.
LDJam user 315574
10. Jan 2023 · 00:25 UTC
Fun game, minor suggestion is the enemies could have a minor 'tell' before shooting sometimes it's hard to know when they are about to shoot.
naomiajacobs
10. Jan 2023 · 00:28 UTC
So cute! I liked that I couldn't cut down the plants until they'd grown up fully, it added a cool planning aspect. I'd love to maybe have health so that I don't die from a single fireball, but it has high replayability!
twilightrh
10. Jan 2023 · 00:29 UTC
A overall good game, definitely one of the best I have seen in the Game Jam. Good job incorporating the theme into a rougelike game
togo sepultraut
10. Jan 2023 · 00:33 UTC
movement feels a little heavy, specially at the start when al objectives are far apart.
other than that, charming graphics and sound
john333
10. Jan 2023 · 00:35 UTC
It was really fun for the size of the game, it gets out of control quite quick and creates lots of chaos! It was a fun dynamic of trying to gather seed that will try to kill you otherwise, the overall feel was nice too!
peringo
10. Jan 2023 · 13:31 UTC
It's fun and cohesive. Character spritework is good and feels responsive, 8 directional as well which is great.
I think the pacing could have tightened up. It took so long to get going that I thought I was doing something wrong and had to plant something, and the long start is an obstacle to start another run. In addition to that the playing field is pretty massive and movement speed is slow. Tighten the screws here and you would have a banger high score game though!
Also, I'm glad you put a lot of work into Player experience regarding information with the crops growing and the HUD.
Kilirane
10. Jan 2023 · 20:24 UTC
Super cute and neat! It's fun to see a game start very simple and gradually become a manic shooter :') I loved it! Great game!

(Towards the end it's a bit confusing to have the carrots almost the same color as the projectiles, I think their color should be changed to have better screen readability)
Alex de la Cour
11. Jan 2023 · 22:44 UTC
Hey man - it's good to see your stuff on here! I really enjoyed this - adorable pixel art, as I'd expect from you, the game was really fun as well. I found the risk/reward loop was a really clever idea - wanting to have more seeds on the ground to get the combo but only having a set time to get there before they become enemies, and I thought it improved the experience how forgiving the hit boxes were - especially when I had 20 plants shooting fireballs around the screen! A fun, addictive little game - well done.
CemKaanU
12. Jan 2023 · 15:27 UTC
Great visuals and simple yet effective gameplay. Only thing that's missing is visual effects to really give feedback other than that great game!
Dannyk1994
12. Jan 2023 · 18:48 UTC
Highscore was 30! Love how the difficulty just ramps up naturally. You start to feel like your in control on the difficulty. Loved the audio effects. Definitely got potential too if you wanted to expand it! Well done solid entry
MinThaMie
13. Jan 2023 · 11:00 UTC
Loved this :) Definitively got better on my second try :) Made it to 34 points. Love the artwork!
profan
14. Jan 2023 · 00:00 UTC
Interesting game, the slow ramp up of it slowly becoming a bullet hell was quite a lot of fun, though it definitely starts a little slow, adjusting it so you could move faster somehow would make it feel a lot slicker :)

The arcade-ish UI around the game though and the music is :100:

Really solid!
Iskra
14. Jan 2023 · 01:01 UTC
Great idea for the game. The gradual increase of the difficulty level is a brilliant solution :D
DuzzOnDrums
14. Jan 2023 · 22:18 UTC
Great twist on the growing formula and I love how frantic it gets so fast. Good mix of risk vs reward to keep you on your toes :D
LDJam user 320805
19. Jan 2023 · 22:03 UTC
Incredible !! The graphics are cute as hell and the gameplay explains itself perfectly, it made me say "oh my god that's so clever" out loud !
quadtree
23. Jan 2023 · 08:19 UTC
Pretty fun game. Rushing to try to grab the seeds before they planted was pretty fun. It would have been nice if the plants gave a little wind-up before they fired, though, as it seemed like sometimes getting hit was nearly unavoidable since you have to run up to a plant to hit it. Overall, nice job!