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Reap What You Sow by alpharock6

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made by alpharock6 for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

In case the embedded player does not work, here is an itch link: https://kinggra1.itch.io/reap-what-you-sow

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It's soul harvesting season, and you're the reaper on the job! Plant and harvest souls from a variety of cute 'crops'.

Controls: * WASD /Arrows to move * Click / 1-7 / Mouse Wheel to select items

Try to get 999 souls!

Sound Direction: twitter.com/emenches

Character Art and Programming: twitter.com/froshiz

System Programming: twitter.com/gkgames

Background Art and UI Design: twitter.com/mishmashmasha

Sounds sourced from freesound.org Soundtrack: https://pixabay.com/music/synthwave-machupachu-night-drive-129680/

Update Log: 2023/1/9: Small fix to audio that was clipping out

Link https://kinggra1.itch.io/reap-what-you-sow
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/reap-what-you-sow-1

Ratings

Overall 240th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 410th 3.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 309th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 38th 4.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 53th 4.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 83th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 123th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 4🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

jackypark9852
09. Jan 2023 · 21:18 UTC
I love that you can spawn camp girls in this game. Fun game overall! I like how satisfying it is to "harvest" multiple things in a swipe. One possible improvement could be something like making squirrels faster, or just creating more chaos in general. Overall, great game!
gubidubi
09. Jan 2023 · 21:21 UTC
Cute
benisu
09. Jan 2023 · 21:26 UTC
I love the art and sound design! The tutorial was also done really well. I think gameplay gets a ~little~ dull after a bit, and I think it would be cool if we could get some more weapons or variety!
ArtofLuba
09. Jan 2023 · 21:44 UTC
Really cool and funny concept! Making the children and squirrels run away faster after consecutive plantings would be more challenging after the initial play. Overall, really cool concept and nice art. The slashing sound are satisfying.
Simeon Radivoev
09. Jan 2023 · 21:44 UTC
Well it is refreshing to see a game where you can kill children. Very bare bones though, but the art is nice.
anoushcat
09. Jan 2023 · 21:54 UTC
Short and sweet! I loved the cute artstyle and the phoenix!
Diego Teran
09. Jan 2023 · 21:58 UTC
I loved the music, sounds, art, and idea.
The Phoenix crop felt super satisfying when you start to stack and harvest multiple.
Opening and closing the shop felt a bit weird to me but it added to the pressure of getting back to harvesting my birds.

Awesome entry!
MKRaw
09. Jan 2023 · 22:05 UTC
you are a heatless monster! haha very cool idea, great art and execution
LDJam user 315038
10. Jan 2023 · 00:13 UTC
Love the art and overall idea for the game! After sacrificing the first squirrel I immediately got flashbacks from Inscription :o
Aendawyn
10. Jan 2023 · 16:57 UTC
Love the idea, sounds and graphics. Good jam game :)
Klaus Peter
10. Jan 2023 · 18:46 UTC
The phoenixes reviving blew my mind.
Miyukiew
10. Jan 2023 · 19:37 UTC
Cool concept! I love the art!
Schlock
10. Jan 2023 · 19:40 UTC
I really want to try it but the Unity plugin doesn't load for me so I can't. You may want to look into that. (I use Firefox if that is relevant)
Deprecat
10. Jan 2023 · 22:37 UTC
The graphics are so cute which really works with the grimness of the job you've taken on. And man I love the navigation on the mouse with being able to use my scroll wheel, it's a well-appreciated touch.

I do feel like the soul decay is unnecessary if this were to be a full project. A part of me wants this to be a cozier experience than it allows with the time pressure put on it. I wanna watch the squirrels grow a little and have nice squirrel lives before I harvest their essence, lol.

Really cute concept and could make for a nice, addicting game with some tweaks
🎤 alpharock6
11. Jan 2023 · 04:31 UTC
@schlock Thanks for the heads up! Just tested and it looks like it's an issue on the LudumDare site that loads the player? I uploaded the same build to itch and it works for me on Firefox, link added if you are still interested in trying it out :)
https://kinggra1.itch.io/reap-what-you-sow
Schlock
11. Jan 2023 · 15:49 UTC
@alpharock6 It is workink now.
I love how ridicoulus the concept is. Planting people is very fun.