Mutant Harvest by Lenan
Your crops mutated into giant sentient monsters. How do you harvest them now? Give them THE GUN treatment.
Hunt down your crops so you can harvest them and trade them for upgrades and use these upgrades to kill harvest more crops.



Dev Notes: Wanted to make a roguelike boss rush, unfortunately had to deal with migraine on the second half of the jam which led to me not being able to complete what i had planed. Out of 3 bosses that i had planned, barely finished one and from the roguelike part i wasn't able to get to it at all, so its just some fixed upgrades after the fight.
| Link | https://github.com/LenanYamao/LD52 |
| Link | https://lenan.itch.io/mutant-harvest |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/mutant-harvest |
Ratings
| Overall | 329th | 2.659⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 325th | 2.478⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 312th | 2.523⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 325th | 2.304⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 297th | 2.848⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 227th | 2.833⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 171th | 2.675⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 284th | 2.714⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
The concept for the game definitely sounds fun, especially as you learn the game and figure out what upgrades you should prioritize for different bosses.
Like others have said the difficulty is really intense. It was really really hard to dodge a lot the attacks. The hitboxes need to be a little more telegraphed since a lot of it felt unfair.
In terms of game feel I think it would have been good to spend a little time making the weapon feel juicier, and creating a more subtle hit effect.
Definitely worth it to spend some time and bring it to what you were planning during the jam!
Im sorry for the migrane and i hope you feel better soon..
Other than that, I liked the graphics and the audio. The backstory is cool and I like the humorous tone of the game. Like I said, it's a cool game, only that dodging mechanic was too hard.
I noticed a z axis issue with the pattern where 3 rocks fall: the arrows for the middle rock are displayed behind the health bar – that makes the pattern really difficult to read.
Thank you for making the game! I have not seen something similar this jam and I replayed with pleasure to try to beat the bosses.
Overall, the bullets are to fast, too big and not announced well-enough.
However, it is extremely difficult to balance a good boss, so congratulations on your attempt!