Harvest.Bot by mgear

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made by mgear for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Year 2024 - AI destroyed earth and only 1 harvest bot is left to gather food..
You must code the bot, without AI, to collect all the available food (surface farming) from this planet. Remember to collect blue energy blobs to keep going.

Supported commands (v1.0) *see [?] help button in game: - FORWARD [SECONDS] - TURN [ANGLE]

// KEYS - C = switch camera mode (follow/free cam) - WASD + Mouse = Free camera controls - ESC = QUIT

* Global LeaderBoards! *

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Music Credits: https://pixabay.com/music/synthwave-intro-01-chiptune-c64-6581/

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Aarimous
09. Jan 2023 · 02:34 UTC
Very interesting idea. I liked that you're default setup was a fail case to teach me how to play. Good little tutorial there. I was unable to figure out how to look around so my few attempts were basically random guess to figure out where to go. I'm sure there is a few solutions to this problem and would be interest to see if anyone can crack it. I think this game would have more punch if it had a few sound effects (even if you just made noises with your mouth). You would be surprised how effect a few sounds will be. Also love seeing a leaderboard. Congrats for making this in 1 weekend! Cheers.
JeffSobel
09. Jan 2023 · 08:15 UTC
The gameplay itself is a little bit beyond me. The turning is pretty jarring and would probably be better done with a smooth camera movement rather than having it be instantaneous, and it's a bit difficult to see where you're trying to go.

Conceptually it reminds me of games like Idle Loops or Stuck in Time, or even that Logo software with the turtle back in the day. It's a really cool idea and the main mechanic works as intended as far as I can tell. I think that as is it will scratch some peoples' itch, and with a facelift it could be very appealing. :)
moi93101
18. Jan 2023 · 15:41 UTC
It remind me some programation games, personally I like it.
Maybe a more granular unit than second for forward (or, maybe with float numbers)
And I think it would be cool to have a speed up button