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Fields Of Gold by Thierry

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made by Thierry for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

The Fields of Gold

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Story

Welcome to The Fields of Gold! You are a small farmer who aspires to be not only the best farmer in the village but also to be known as the most popular person in the village. Please the other locals to gain access to the best crops on your road to become the ultimate farming tycoon!

Controls:

  • Move around by holding the middle mouse / scroll wheel
  • Plant crops by clicking on them in the right panel & set them on any free field (no boulder or tree)
  • Excessively use the neighbourhood bonus to harvest more crops! Place the same crops next to each other for the bonus to kick in.
  • Wait for the crops to finish (they do not grow upwards anymore), then click on them to harvest them. You will earn seeds & cash
  • Use dynamite to clear obstacles such as boulders & pine trees
  • Finish missions to get access to more crops!
  • Factories need resources to produce, which can be loaded by clicking it.

Changelog

1.0 Release

1.1 * Fixed dynamite bug that allowed to destroy non-destructible fields * Fixed weed plant yield to actually add weed and not remove cash * Fixed winery produce cash instead of costing

Link https://zhed.itch.io/fields-of-gold
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/fields-of-gold

Ratings

Overall 611th 3.184⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 617th 2.961⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 719th 2.662⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 367th 3.769⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 504th 3.408⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Audio 481th 2.485⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 616th 2.25⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 702th 2.878⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

evil23
09. Jan 2023 · 21:03 UTC
Whoop whoop!
daitli
10. Jan 2023 · 01:07 UTC
I like RTS type of games like these but this was a bit too slow and I found nothing to do while waiting for crops to grow- maybe add an enemy that tries to attack your crops or something like that. It was fun though, good job! :)
tycoonbelle
10. Jan 2023 · 01:22 UTC
fun game, grew lot of plant
AngryRubberDucky
10. Jan 2023 · 01:38 UTC
This is such a great game, so much to do! I love how you can pretty much build from nothing using wheat, so it's impossible to get stuck I think. Funnily enough I did get stuck, I couldn't figure out how to make weed so I couldn't progress any further. I stopped my gameplay there but up until that point it was a very smooth fun engaging experience!
Adam Gallina
10. Jan 2023 · 01:43 UTC
The gameplay was fairly smooth and rewarding, but like a previous comment said, it felt a bit slow while waiting for crops to grow - maybe including some 'busy work' like watering plants/picking weeds to give a minor speed boost and something to do while waiting?
evil23
10. Jan 2023 · 08:34 UTC
You can farm multiple crops at once. For example you can generate cash by farming wheat continuously...
LDJam user 251967
10. Jan 2023 · 16:15 UTC
Great game!
LDJam user 315038
10. Jan 2023 · 18:04 UTC
Pretty satysfying game. It's a cool feeling to harvest all the grown crops in the area. But I agree with the other comments about the game's pacing - it should definitely be faster and/or have more stuff to do while waiting for the plants to grow
Timur_Bahadir
10. Jan 2023 · 18:43 UTC
Relaxing game but i think i managed to soft lock myself after planting too much vine ^^.
jk5000
10. Jan 2023 · 18:44 UTC
Overall a pretty good little jam game. Some how I think the gameplay could have used a more to do. The visuals is pretty good, and the idea is pretty good. Overall is this an okay jam game.
Cez02
10. Jan 2023 · 19:17 UTC
Nice but having to place each plot separate was very tiresome. Also gameplay could be just a tad bit quicker
asfdfdfd
10. Jan 2023 · 19:42 UTC
Beans resembles me of frozen in green slime peoples.
thugLife
10. Jan 2023 · 22:01 UTC
I literally played 30min. Growing crops and harvesting, just trying to reach the next milestone. Really nice game.

I accidentially bankrupted myself in the first run though because I noticed too late that only wheat gives cash in the early game^^

It could use a bit more sound effects but I guess thats personal preference
BorderDestroyer
10. Jan 2023 · 23:02 UTC
This was a pretty enjoyable game! I wish there was a way to place multiple plots of crops at once (I couldn't figure it out at least) but a really enjoyable game all in all! Great job!
NvrSkipGameDay
11. Jan 2023 · 07:48 UTC
Really nicely done harvesting sim! I liked the little quests, too. Nice graphics, colors - and I really liked little attention to detail bits like the barrels stacking up in the winery - that's a really nice visual cue that was appreciated!
Bowen
12. Jan 2023 · 06:37 UTC
I can earn money to make it less 0! Fix it or I cant be richest farmer!
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fizzbark
12. Jan 2023 · 09:24 UTC
Peaceful and very pretty to look at! It would've been a bit more relaxing if the crop stayed selected once planted - going back and forth clicking to select then clicking to plant constantly got a bit old.
Conciliated
12. Jan 2023 · 10:01 UTC
love the idea!
evil23
12. Jan 2023 · 12:24 UTC
@bowen What did you grow? Note that the "Sumpfkraut" has a malus if planted too close together! If you plant it in rows of 4x1 or 3x1, you should still make profit.
evil23
12. Jan 2023 · 12:56 UTC
@borderdestroyer @cez02 You can place multiple tiles by drag selection (select crop -> drag fields to place)
Bowen
12. Jan 2023 · 14:18 UTC
@evil23 I get it. And how to get weed?
evil23
12. Jan 2023 · 14:27 UTC
@Bowen the weed mission is broken, because harvesting weed, does not produce weed resource. You can only use it to produce cash
Iskra
12. Jan 2023 · 19:02 UTC
Great game, it has a cool atmosphere. Admittedly, I went bankrupt the first time, but the next time I tried it, I did not make that mistake. :sweat_smile:
Dawnreaver
12. Jan 2023 · 20:14 UTC
Great entry! Well done to the team :) Yeah not god with the monies either :D
Xandruher
12. Jan 2023 · 22:35 UTC
The game is fun and easy to play, with engaging gameplay and mechanics that keep players interested and entertained. Nice Entry!
zbugba
12. Jan 2023 · 22:42 UTC
Hey, it's a nice game, for some reason it's really enjoyable to watch your plants grow, so good job on the models and the grow "animiation". I have few things that I think would improve the quality of the game by a lot:
- there really is no indicator whether a plant is ready to collect or not. A simple material flash, sfx, tiny pop up or anything else would be lovely
- it wasn't clear for some time why I can't grow more plants but it turned out I was limited by the amount of seeds. It would be great to see a message explaining why an action failed as well as some indicator of it failing like sfx
- I really hate UX on the plant selection panel and seeding. When I select a plant, plant something, it automatically deselect it. Doesn't make any sense. It should stay active until e.g. right mouse button is pressed.
- There is lack of challenge in the game, I was just randomly spawning as many plants as I can based on what was my current objective and I was doing just fine. I would love the game to force me to think about what I'm doing
JudJudson
12. Jan 2023 · 22:49 UTC
I soft locked myself by accidentally planting only plants that don't produce gold. I didn't realize only wheat makes you money!
MaiMai
12. Jan 2023 · 23:59 UTC
I successfully deforested the entire map, I think I won capitalism! :smile:
Great entry, was a bit sad I got stuck on the weed mission, I wanted to keep playing.
I enjoyed my time, well done!
evil23
13. Jan 2023 · 00:34 UTC
@maimai check out the bugfix! Now you can complete the weed mission! The problem was, that harvesting weed, didn't yield weed resource. So it was impossible to win the mission...
rhewid
13. Jan 2023 · 17:15 UTC
I really like the graphics, the game is also nice, managed to get softlocked too haha. Did play the first version though.
Sheng Mai
13. Jan 2023 · 23:41 UTC
I hope to refine the tutorial, if the bugs are fixed and more music is added I will feel better, I look forward to the future.
Joror
15. Jan 2023 · 16:33 UTC
Very fun little addictive game - did play the first few missions without realizing I could zoom!

I got stuck on a later missing with chillis where my objectives were negative..

Regardless, I was surprised how much I liked the little farming loop. Well done!
Tomssuli
24. Jan 2023 · 21:38 UTC
Nice game. There was not much of a challenge though when I learned how wine and winery works, but it was still fun planting and harvesting the different crops and slowly removing the obstacles so I could be even more effective.

Good simple vector graphics. Sounds were almost nonexistent, there was only a quiet tune that I heard.
I liked that you feel more powerful when you advance and get to plant more of crops at a time. Also it was good mechanic that the plants in the middle produced more than ones on the edges.

I would have liked to rotate the view as I couldn't see behind the apple trees and I had planted them around pines. Also the wineries couldn't be moved or removed even in the end.


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Sarah
27. Jan 2023 · 04:19 UTC
I really love this! I especially love farming games but this was really cute, I loved the graphics. It's relaxing to play!
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