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Epic music too.\n\nWould be nice to have some words or tooltips to guide a new player at the beginning. But your description does a decent job atm.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":905704,"author_name":"xfinktion","author_uid":"xfinktion","epoch":1673344817,"text":"@jaonewguy \nThanks! I wasn't sure if I was gonna compete in this jam, saw the theme, and started making the title\/level select music. I was too happy with it to not share!\n\nThe tutorial was on next my list, but some gamebreaking issues cropped up at the last minute that I figured it would be more time efficient to use the description to explain what I wanted while I wait for builds to finish. This will teach me to manage my scope better and not refactor too late :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":910338,"author_name":"Najimi","author_uid":"najimi","epoch":1673397877,"text":"I had fun playing this game, and the green thumb took me even a lot of tries but I managed to! For a Compo I think you did a really good job. Would be cool if there were more bosses! I liked the mechanic with the teleport, because at first I was like how am I gonna survive this :D The bosses were kinda cute and also hilarious. But what the hell were those things that the green thumb spawned?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":910369,"author_name":"KlinsmannHengles","author_uid":"klinsmannhengles","epoch":1673398298,"text":"Good bosses and good soundtrack :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":910434,"author_name":"xfinktion","author_uid":"xfinktion","epoch":1673399323,"text":"@najimi \n\nThanks! I was particularly happy with how the Green Thumb enemy art turned out :) As for the things the thumb spawned, they were originally a placeholder for a tutorial I had planned to show off the dodging\/attacking mechanics. Then I made the thumb boss and needed something for him to spawn and I only had the Scaresnip as the other enemy made. Eventually, the deadline made my placeholder art not so temporary. I called them SpitterPlants in the code :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":913939,"author_name":"timon","author_uid":"timon","epoch":1673471996,"text":"The music has me in absolute awe, genuinely so good! You really nailed that feeling of excitement down with the tombstone movement + epic music just before the boss spawns :D Gameplay was solid and had me invested in no time, and collecting trophies from the bosses was a nice touch too. Awesome job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":916267,"author_name":"Jason Wilson","author_uid":"jason-wilson","epoch":1673539828,"text":"I found this game punishingly hard. I'm not very good at bullet hells to begin with, so take that for what it's worth. I don't know if I missed it, but I didn't see any kind of indication as to the player's health. It seems like they can take 3 hits, but I'm not 100% sure.\n\nThe music is epic and very well done. The character art is super cute. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":917574,"author_name":"xfinktion","author_uid":"xfinktion","epoch":1673570777,"text":"@jason-wilson \n\nThanks for playing and the feedback!\n\nI did have a small healthbar for the player next to the enemy healthbar. I didn't have the chance to make sure it was labeled properly (or at all), so it's understandably missable. But 3 hits was the player's health.\n\nI did question if I had made it too difficult, though. There were attacks for the Scaresnip and the Corn bosses that I did rework to make them slightly easier and more predictable. The Scaresnip had a delayed projectile that spawned on the charges that flew toward the center of the screen and the number of projectiles spawned from the corn's exploding ones were randomized. In hindsight, I should have either buffed player health, decreased player hitbox size, and\/or lowered enemy health. Would have been a relatively quick change that could have made the game feel more balanced and more forgiving.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":919992,"author_name":"automatonvx","author_uid":"automatonvx","epoch":1673659601,"text":"Too hard for me i'm afraid. i think it could have done with a bit of tweaking to make the feel better, faster player movement, more range with the scythe, the game fading out when I die but still allowing me to move also feels odd.Basically was just missing all the standard juiciness tricks you can find in something like the well known \"art of screenshake\" by the vlaambeer guy video you can find on youtube. The music does a pretty good job of giving an epic vibe, which is nice. The art is a bit variable, the player character is kind of cute, just lacking in animation, but some of the background textures seem a bit harsh on the eyes. Anyway solid effort for a compo.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":921977,"author_name":"xfinktion","author_uid":"xfinktion","epoch":1673756015,"text":"@automatonvx \nThanks for the feedback! Absolutely could have used some juice; never really got to the \"polish\" part of the development, unfortunately. Pretty much the fade out and some particles were as far as I got in that regard. I had planned out some on hit fx for the bosses, like a \"white out\" flash on the enemy sprite and a subtle screen shake.  \n\nI'm by no means an artist, so any sort of positive feedback on the art is a gold star for me :D\n\nOnce again, thanks for trying it out! I will keep these suggestions in mind when I do jam #3 :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":925965,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1674123650,"text":"A pretty well made little game. I really love the music, and the visuals is fun. Overall a well made and fun little game. Well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":926822,"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"commanderstitch","epoch":1674269886,"text":"This is a solid entry. Even the description is amusing. Gameplay is nice and the fact that i can put on a yellow hat as god mode is one of the goofiest things to come out of 2023. ;-) :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927465,"author_name":"Sheepolution","author_uid":"sheepolution","epoch":1674394572,"text":"Nice game! The mechanic of being able to teleport to your scythe is cool. Only problem is that it goes so fast that it's hard to use properly. It's nice that you added the yellow hat to be able to just check out the bosses. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927544,"author_name":"Kelvin Mulungu","author_uid":"kelvin-mulungu","epoch":1674407830,"text":"Pretty good! I managed to just barely beat the thumb, but I had to yellow hat my way through the other two because they were a bit too hard for me. Loved the teleport mechanic, felt pretty damn good teleporting past waves of bullets on a mission to deliver some garden-variety pain to them. I'd almost forgot I was farming for a second there. Would love to see this concept expanded, like if the teleport were just a bit more plannable, but overall, excellent game. Much love :two_hearts: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/99\/990fde3300575226a96b43938309304f0316f8d8ea78b0c8a37df7a669aab6c6.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/sfink45\/LD52","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/Grim_Gardener\/777843","text":"Music, Web, Windows Download"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"87184","g_author":"1097531","g_event":"LD52","g_eventkey":"116","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"399763","g_title":"Grim Gardener","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"209","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"320034","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"320034","n_urlkey":"399763","n_parent":"313060","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/grim-gardener","n_slug":"grim-gardener","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"97531","n_created":"1673211450","n_modified":"1778339219","n_version":"1001199","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD52","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":97531,"body":"A bullethell where you play as a retired grim reaper named Grimothy out to harvest plants for his new gardening hobby.  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