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The scare attack is also really difficult to aim and hit with.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":922527,"author_name":"Winter2277","author_uid":"winter2277","epoch":1673797899,"text":"I really liked the graphics and your approach on the theme but I felt controlling the tractor was very slow and painful. I'm also not sure if the anti UFO ball even works? Never managed to do anything with it. Would also have been nice to have a win message at the end or some sort or congratulation text. I painfully collected those 500 apples just to get nothing...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":922710,"author_name":"pcmaster","author_uid":"pcmaster","epoch":1673805421,"text":"@initialposition thank you. The scare attack was hard as fuck, I obviously had no time left to extend an arrow to the ufo to see where it'll go :(\n@winter2277 I couldn't agree more, the controls were not good. I should not have gone for a physics based approach and fake the shit out of it. The scare attack does work tho, but it's not too useful. My game is totally unbalanced. Thank you all for the comments, I'm looking forward to playing yours :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":922822,"author_name":"dob","author_uid":"dob","epoch":1673810463,"text":"Super clever and fun idea, and it looks great. I would have preferred the car to move and turn a little faster, and I had trouble aiming the scare, but once I figured out the distance, I could hit most of the time, if I could get to the UFO on time, which I often couldn't, because those suckers are fast. Very nice work, and very solid entry.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":925717,"author_name":"daitli","author_uid":"daitli","epoch":1674079456,"text":"The delayed rotation on the tractor was very annoying but I can understand why you would do it this way, to add an extra layer of difficulty to the game, I am guessing? Regardless of the controls I found the sounds and gameplay to be quite enjoyable and the fact that it is all about gathering apples or should I say... harvesting apples. It fits the theme perfectly. Thanks for sharing, I had fun with it :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":925788,"author_name":"moi93101","author_uid":"moi93101","epoch":1674087197,"text":"I really like the art, the animation when you hit a tree give a real polished feeling ! I played until there is no more apples left, no apples for aliens ! :laughing: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":925921,"author_name":"pcmaster","author_uid":"pcmaster","epoch":1674115635,"text":"@loiclegrosfrere wow, I did honestly not expect anyone to finish :sweat_smile: and I am SO sorry for not making a win screen for you! \n\n@daitli yeaaaaaah... no... I finally got a version of wheel colliders to work (never gonna use that again :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: ), and I focused on other aspects and features and then ran out of time to tune the steering and accelleration. I actually dislike how it moves.\n\nThank you for your comments, cheers!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":925981,"author_name":"stalkachevan","author_uid":"stalkachevan","epoch":1674127365,"text":"Funny game, good luck to win!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":926204,"author_name":"kir Pow","author_uid":"kir-pow","epoch":1674160078,"text":"The sucking sound effect is everything! fun little game. Easy to pick up and doing 360 turns into a tree with the arrow keys is very satisfying ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":926679,"author_name":"LDJam user 276121","author_uid":"276121","epoch":1674244555,"text":"Good work getting this done with kids!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927486,"author_name":"frozenfire92","author_uid":"frozenfire92","epoch":1674397363,"text":"Fun little entry! I tried both the web and windows build, and am a little surprised the web one was so laggy (are you using URP?). Overall great work, keep on making games!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927522,"author_name":"pcmaster","author_uid":"pcmaster","epoch":1674404835,"text":"@frozenfire92 I'm not using URP and it's not GPU heavy at all. I even tried compiling out the only hand made post-process pass I had there in the WebGL build but it yielded no win. Hard to tell wtf without proper profiling. \n\nThanks a bunch, I've been making games and engines for 21+ years now and I don't intend to stop any time soon :video_game: Just sometimes (oftentimes? :)) a nonfinished piece come out.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":927612,"author_name":"eeperdeheap","author_uid":"eeperdeheap","epoch":1674418138,"text":"Funnly little game. I always like the planet type of gravity games. They look so cute. It's really well done. I found just grabbing all the apples and trying to blow away the ufos a nice relaxing game. Oh and wheel colliders... I feel your pain, never doing that either :grin: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":928255,"author_name":"DFaouaz","author_uid":"dfaouaz","epoch":1674559904,"text":"Funny little game! Loved the little details and the sound effects :laughing: ! Nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":928701,"author_name":"tiptoe","author_uid":"tiptoe","epoch":1674641468,"text":"Nice concept that can be expanded further for sure. I like the way tractor hits the trees :) I would love to have more speed and acceleration though :rocket: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":929198,"author_name":"DaivyIsHere","author_uid":"daivyishere","epoch":1674726764,"text":"Pretty neat concept. Love the gameloop but it's a bit hard to control. Anyway it's a pretty cute and great entry.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":929415,"author_name":"JustMars","author_uid":"justmars","epoch":1674765282,"text":"Moving around the planet etc. all function well with no major problems. Graphics are fine, excluding the skybox which looks a bit too repetitive. The gameplay is also a bit dull in the long run, and with so many apple's to collect it feels like it overstays its welcome a bit. 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Try scaring the aliens off (CTRL). Controller supported but not tested :video_game: \n\nSome tractors were harmed during making of this game! :tractor: \n\nDev log:\n* Made entirely from scratch in about 3x 5 hours. Sadly, unfinished...\n* Got to WebGL in the last hour (literally) and the performance is terrible, didn't manage to profile. I hope to fix it in a few days and I'll make it public here if I have (as of writing this, I have not touched it). I removed the tractor tracks, I got rid of all string allocations (replaced with StringBuilder), I got rid of most GameObject.Instantiate(), I got rid of most GetComponent(), I moved as much as possible from FixedUpdate() fo Update(), all to no avail, it's still jerking. 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Try scaring the aliens off (CTRL). Controller supported but not tested :video_game: \n\nSome tractors were harmed during making of this game! :tractor: \n\nDev log:\n* Made entirely from scratch in about 3x 5 hours. Sadly, unfinished...\n* Got to WebGL in the last hour (literally) and the performance is terrible, didn't manage to profile. I hope to fix it in a few days and I'll make it public here if I have (as of writing this, I have not touched it). I removed the tractor tracks, I got rid of all string allocations (replaced with StringBuilder), I got rid of most GameObject.Instantiate(), I got rid of most GetComponent(), I moved as much as possible from FixedUpdate() fo Update(), all to no avail, it's still jerking. 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