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Great art though!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":909708,"author_name":"Adam Konig","author_uid":"adam-konig","epoch":1673389079,"text":"I did not expect to have so much fun. My favorite part was the crows! Very well executed!! 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That said, smacking those crowd kept me entertained for a while!\n\nI like the art, the scarecrow and crow sprites are great. The rectangle to harvest from is a little too much UI for my tastes, some other sprite would've been welcome there. I get it, though, that's just the nature of a limited amount of time in a gamejam.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":909919,"author_name":"digitaldude555","author_uid":"digitaldude555","epoch":1673391249,"text":"@flaterectomy yeah no time, the harvest box is there so that you dont just keep your arms close to your body as a shield. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":910068,"author_name":"Phillip Scott","author_uid":"phillip-scott","epoch":1673393195,"text":"hah punching crows! I wanted more crows, maybe some feather and screeching - maybe I have a problem.... was fun thanks for making!\n\n![image_2023-01-10_232633668.png](\/\/\/raw\/123\/b3\/z\/5604f.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":910077,"author_name":"Nick Saulnier","author_uid":"nick-saulnier","epoch":1673393291,"text":"I was not expecting much from looking at it first-glance and the text here, but this was deceivingly fun LOL. I like the control scheme a lot. Somewhere in between awkward and intuitive. GJ, especially knowing it was a pivot as mentioned above!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":910307,"author_name":"chompdev","author_uid":"chompdev","epoch":1673397233,"text":"Pretty fun little concept here! The gameplay is clear and well implemented, and I really like the crow AI and unexpected dives they do. It definitely keeps things fun and interesting, and I survived to the ripe old age of 177 wheat. Great work on finishing the jam! :)\n\n![score7.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/044\/42\/z\/5607e.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":914670,"author_name":"Bloodfin","author_uid":"bloodfin","epoch":1673485699,"text":"This is a fun idea for a game, a nice little mix of moving and punching, though once I figured out I could just hold the mouse buttons down and wiggle around it did get very easy, so you may look at having a version where you can only click to move your arms so than it's a little more frantic clicking around trying to keep your hands up. Nice job finishing for the jam!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":914671,"author_name":"exofrenon","author_uid":"exofrenon","epoch":1673485775,"text":"Well, this was a weird game :smile: Simple and straightforward. The feedback from punching crows was really satisfying. The graphics did their job.\n\nI think it would make more sense to keep your hands low to harvest and to raise them up when you need to punch the crows. I think it would also spice up the game if you could move the scarecrow left to right to pick up the next harvest.\n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":917734,"author_name":"ELVEVERX","author_uid":"elveverx","epoch":1673575868,"text":"I found the art style really beautiful. \n\nThe actual hitting of the scarecrows felt so satisfying and very meaty. \n\nI could never get very far but maybe that was just because I needed to git good. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":918666,"author_name":"digitaldude555","author_uid":"digitaldude555","epoch":1673613423,"text":"Did no one submit a score on my game or does it not work? OH NO","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":918721,"author_name":"arron-fowler","author_uid":"arron-fowler","epoch":1673615389,"text":"It took me a mo to get my head round it but once I did it was pretty fun. The faking it that the crows sometimes do is a good tension raiser. 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