Operation Carrotfield by archfan7411

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made by archfan7411 for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Grab all the carrots from the farmer's field by placing your rabbits and hitting Charge! The farmer will set up traps once he realizes the threat - use stronger rabbits to break these! Defuse bombs with specialist rabbits, and get bonus carrots if you steal over 75% of the carrots in a round!

NOTE: You can move rabbits between rounds! I didn't explain this part well enough :)

Be careful not to lose any of your rabbits, as this will incur a carrot penalty! carrotfield.PNG

BUGFIXES: - Fixed rabbits being repositionable while charging

Ratings

Overall 487th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 403th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 232th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 203th 4.025⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 691th 2.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 220th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 614th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

SvenErik
09. Jan 2023 · 20:09 UTC
Hey! The link isn't working
fc85057
09. Jan 2023 · 20:28 UTC
Really cute game! Unique and interesting mechanic that works pretty well. Lots of variety with the random generation and makes for some fun strategy decisions.
Some more instructions would be great, though. While I was able to figure it out, it was a little confusing at first- which rabbit can do what, how much it costs, etc. There'd also be instances during random generation where objects would pile on top of one another (but perhaps this was intentional?).
john-wuller
09. Jan 2023 · 20:29 UTC
Now that I understand what's going on, this game is pretty fun! I didn't realize that you could reposition the rabbits between rounds or that you were spending carrots. Now that I understand that, however, the game makes a whole lot more sense. It's very fun!
Also the music is superb!
RogerW
09. Jan 2023 · 20:35 UTC
This is an interesting take on the lane-based combat genre! It might be more strategic if you don't allow repositioning of rabbits between rounds to think more about positioning from the beginning.
GameRaccoon
09. Jan 2023 · 20:37 UTC
That explosion was unexpected haha! Took some time to understand that I can move already placed rabbits (actually my wife saw what I was doing and suggested to try it :smile:)
I like that art of the trap box and idea of rabbits that can disarm nuclear weapon :laughing:
schnodelfactory
09. Jan 2023 · 21:48 UTC
Innovative idea! I did not really get from when on I could pick the third rabbit to get rid of the bombs, just worked at some point :D Would have loved some instructions
Lone_Wolf
10. Jan 2023 · 03:07 UTC
A well-rounded game, maybe slightly lacking in polish though. I didn't notice the price tags below the rabbits until it didn't matter anymore :P

Here is my highscore
![unknown.png](///raw/ffb/42/z/55c5e.png)

*bows and exits*
🎤 archfan7411
10. Jan 2023 · 03:32 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback! @lone-wolf @fc85057 @john-wuller @schnodelfactory and all the rest ~~I should stop before this comment becomes nothing but mentions~~

I can definitely see that the lack of tutorial or documentation is an issue. I don't intend to do any post-jam updates (other than critical bugfixes) but it's something I'll keep in mind and bring with me into future jams.

All in all, I'm happy I was able to make something more functional than my past entries, and thanks a ton for playing :)
Stone Pacifier
10. Jan 2023 · 03:54 UTC
I love the concept and the game play. It took me a second to figure it out without reading anything about it but I figured it out pretty quickly. I was so disappointed when I lost my black rabbit the first time. But no issue cause I have plenty of white ones.
rustynoob
10. Jan 2023 · 03:57 UTC
Fun game I really enjoyed it
mrs.wheelsx
10. Jan 2023 · 04:52 UTC
There were price tags below the rabbits?!? I didn't even see that the whole time I was playing lol. Cute concept. I would have enjoyed a little background variety.
DzejPi
10. Jan 2023 · 06:09 UTC
Great music and nice take on the theme. My bunny approves, except for the use of nuclear weapons. Is that the reason why some carrots can grow into grotesque sizes? Either way, very fun game, but gets very easy the more you play. Great job here!
bartalomew
10. Jan 2023 · 10:53 UTC
nice puzzle game, with great music and vibes. very original take on the theme and I'm all here for it!
pazzi
13. Jan 2023 · 01:45 UTC
I am unstoppable! Deploy as many mininukes as you wish!
Awesome game xD
rosypenguin
13. Jan 2023 · 04:56 UTC
I liked this gameplay mechanic a lot! Feels fresh and innovative and could see myself playing this for a long time. Unfortunately I lost a lot of rabbits and potential carrots toward the early levels when I didn't know the mechanics, and my perfectionism wants to start over and do a better job lol. Is there and end or does the game continue endlessly?
🎤 archfan7411
13. Jan 2023 · 16:36 UTC
@rosypenguin Thanks for playing! The game does continue endlessly, though there's a hard cap on 12 carrots and 6 traps/bombs at maximum. I wanted to make more of an endgame, potentially with moving enemies so you'd have to time your charge, but didn't have enough time.