Blighted Crop by Bearacus

Blighted Crop : Blessing and a curse!
Our farmer friend, Billy was down on his luck, his fields weren't providing any product... After trying everything from rain dancing, giving the soil back massages and bribing it, Billy had stumbled into a mysterious man who offered him the solution. Billy was offered special, magical seeds, destined to yield a rare and very sought after Golden Plum fruit. But what the mysterious man failed to explain to our unlucky farmer, is that the plants who produce this delicious fruit, are tough as nails and emit a noxious gas that could spell an early grave for poor ol' Billy.
Chop a crop as You like! | Chop MULTIPLE crops as You like! :-------------------------:|:-------------------------:|:-------------------------:
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Hi Ludum Dare 52 participants, Bear(bearacus) here! Here to present you our submission for the theme *"Harvest"~.*
**All assets (models, textures, sprites, animations, etc...) and code were made uniquely and solely for Ludum Dare 52 *“Harvest”*, within the 72 hour time limit!**
With nothing but profit on his mind and his trusty magic scythe, capable of cutting through even the toughest of stems and roots, Billy has to simultaneously collect the fruit bounty whilst managing the toxicity levels being produced by the blighted flora.~
These crops grow quickly! | More crops means MORE toxicity! | More Toxicity means Game Over!
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What you should be doing
- Raze these crops in order to maintain the toxic meter below the deadly threshold;
- Swipe at the Big Plant (14 times) to stun it momentarily, giving you a chance to lower the toxicity meter, worry free;
- Chop the crops containing the Golden Plums to increase your final scored at the end screen;
Harvest Golden Plums! |
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What you shouldn't be doing
- Let the big plant spread, the toxic seedlings, freely;
- Let the Toxity meter fill up completly, or else it's GAME OVER
Objectives / How to play
*Main control also present ingame~
1. Movement : W, A, S, D
2. Jump : Space Bar
3. Scythe Swipe : Right Mouse Click
4. ESC : Open Menu
Roles:
Diogo (@cake) : Programmer
João (@bear) : Artist
Tools:
Paint Tool SAI
Aseprite
Unity
Blender
Visual Studio
SFXR
| Blighted Crop (Web) | https://bearacus.itch.io/blighted-crop |
| Blighted Crop Windows | https://bearacus.itch.io/blighted-crop |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/blighted-crop |
Ratings
| Overall | 560th | 3.262⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 579th | 3.048⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 612th | 2.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 157th | 4.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 184th | 4.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 433th | 2.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 455th | 2.765⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 585th | 3.111⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 17🗨️ |

It would be great to create different levels with different variations

A fun little experience that I could see expanded in the future with some actual goals to achieve, maybe upgrades that you can buy with your plums to make your harvesting more efficient. Good job!