Fallen Leaves by Sceef

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made by Sceef for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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A small and charming game where you need to help grandmas clear their yard of fallen leaves. Take tasks from them and blow the leaves into bags. In return for your help, they’ll reward you with their cherished keepsakes.

  • Game: Sceef
  • Art: BorisDoThis

Controls: - WASD – Move Sofia - Mouse movement – Aim - Left Mouse Button – Blow air

Screenshot: scr1.png

HTML5 or Windows build

Ratings

Overall 282th 3.644⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 388th 3.33⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 462th 3.14⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Theme 315th 3.791⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 292th 3.884⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Audio 183th 3.667⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 483th 2.763⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Mood 157th 3.953⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Given 93🗳️ 66🗨️

Feedback

Moonblast
Oct 06th · 18:59 UTC
The interaction is quite fun—I'd love to see more sweeping tools with different sensations.
Antarktis
Oct 06th · 19:32 UTC
very interesting!
thejackimonster
Oct 06th · 20:29 UTC
I like the artwork and the soundtrack is very chill. But to me the leaves behave too much like they are pushed on ice instead of flowing through the air and it kicks me out of the immersion.
Tan90
Oct 06th · 23:14 UTC
love your game! The characters are absolutely adorable, and the music is fantastic!! It fits the theme perfectly!
Mr.Kliff
Oct 07th · 07:41 UTC
Cute game, added an autumn vibe, I even wanted to make cinnamon rolls =)
Indiealesha
Oct 07th · 10:12 UTC
Good job!
JiPark
Oct 07th · 11:07 UTC
Just because this game is easy doesn't mean it's not very cool.
Artalasky
Oct 07th · 11:32 UTC
Interesting interpretation of the theme and implementation of the mechanics. Like
LDJam user 280189
Oct 07th · 19:03 UTC
Lovely game, I love the art style and the writing and the music fits well.
VPro
Oct 08th · 14:16 UTC
Cute little entry with a cosy mood and music. The main character has a strong Hilda vibe, I like it. The game could have you used a bit more progression or depth in its mechanics, but it's always tough in just 3 days
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 07:08 UTC
Great addictive completed game!.
fan
Oct 09th · 17:05 UTC
A very heartwarming game
jscommander
Oct 10th · 07:19 UTC
Hi. I had so much fun playing your game.

The graphics in the game are amazing. I love the hand-drawn art and the style of the characters.

Gameplay is very satisfying and fun. I like that there's no pressure in the game, so I can just blow leaves and get satisfaction from cleaning.

Also I liked the comics at the end of the game.

So, it's a pretty solid entry. Keep making games!
LDJam user 372012
Oct 10th · 13:10 UTC
Simple, but very well explained and easy to understand mechanic! I had my fun with this entry
spacecadet
Oct 10th · 16:17 UTC
Really relaxing and well presented game, made me smile. The art style is really polished and the music sets the mood nicely. The gameplay itself was a bit tedious but for a short game without punishment it didn't matter much in the end. Good job!
🎤 Sceef
Oct 10th · 16:23 UTC
@moonblast @antarktis @thejackimonster @tan90 @mr-kliff @indiealesha @jipark @artalasky @vpro @kazuren @eugenik @fan @jscommander @ranejeb @spacecadet Thx everyone 🥰
Catusfelony
Oct 10th · 18:46 UTC
Very short, and not much challenge, but it's cute. Adorable artwork!
TungGD
Oct 10th · 19:14 UTC
A really nice and cozy game that give me old flash game vibes.
Dm1tr11
Oct 10th · 20:20 UTC
It is really fun to sea russian names :D
Swynfel
Oct 10th · 20:26 UTC
Cute little game!

It's a well polished jam game: there's a menu, chill music and sound effects, nice drawings and animations (even a little comic at the end of the game!). It's a little easy and short, but I think it's the best approach for a jam to focus on the experience, which you did!

The movements of the leaves were a little weird (it felt like they had inertia), and the "air" effect could have been made into a style closer to the rest of the game, but that a little nitpicking ;)

Overall solid entry! :)
Starlight Glimmer is best poney
Oct 10th · 20:29 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F1g8jiD5Bo

Very cute, and a pretty unique take on the theme. I enjoyed this game a lot.

I think each bag should have had a capacity slightly larger than "100%" so it wouldn't feel so meticulous (and therefore unrealistic); in real life, one would move the bags around, and there would be no need to blow a single leaf across the entire plot just because the closest bag is "full".
Rentem
Oct 10th · 20:30 UTC
Such a cozy little game—I really enjoyed it! The game mechanics are great.
Melissa Mechun
Oct 10th · 21:28 UTC
I think the art and the elderly characters are cute, it made me want to give them a hug, and the music is very calm. The idea of collecting leaves is very simple, but it was fun. I finished the first map, but some leaves were heavy, and the bag of leaves didn't fill up on the last map. Also, some of the sprites were overlapping others.
Jaco van Hemert
Oct 10th · 22:15 UTC
Very cute! The graphics, sound, and story felt cohesive and was enjoyable. The gameplay loop is simple, but has a nice zen vibe to it. My leaves tended to group up in tight lines on the edges, which felt like it worked against the feeling I'd want from leaf blowing -- maybe having them collide with each other (or give them bigger colliders if they already do) could help make them feel a bit less compressible, and more pile-y?

Also, I'd have liked to have seen some alternative level obstacles, like a wind that comes every now and again, or kids that run through piles and scatter them, etc. to give some variety.

But anyway, nice job on this!
LudicrousDare
Oct 10th · 23:31 UTC
the music is lovely, the game is charming, and it is very fun.
tardis2snej
Oct 10th · 23:39 UTC
So adorable, relaxing and cosy! Great expirience. No stress, just autimn vibe.

I enjoyed the fact that 100% bag means every single leaf. It wasn't that hard to collect them, and you made my inner perfectionist happy.
Nomelu
Oct 11th · 02:39 UTC
Very fun! The art style was really cute and the logo/menu etc were all done very well. Sometimes the leaves would get stuck on the edges of the bricks. I also didnt realize for a while that I needed to go push E on the bags to finish the game. Good job!
Threeli
Oct 11th · 03:43 UTC
Sorry I'm late to playing your project, today was the first day I could get back on the computer, but I'm here now so let's go!

What a relaxing little game. I'm not sure how you managed quite so much polish but it's all very well done. Aside from the odd leave being pulled toward my leaf-blower (which was easy to work around) I didn't experience any bugs. @jaco-van-hemert took just about the only suggestion I was going to throw your way, so I won't rehash. Very calming, great work!
Liu Qinying
Oct 11th · 03:43 UTC
So cute, it makes me feel warm, a game suitable for being born in October
BlueDingo
Oct 11th · 06:11 UTC
neat game. Art is cute, the way the leaves get stuck on the walls is a little annoying, but overall feels very warm
6Knowledge
Oct 11th · 06:34 UTC
Nice graphics, audio and atmosphere all in all. The leaves had a bit of a bad tendency to get stuck in corners, but that has been the case in most other leaf-blowing games. Short and simple, no technical hiccups that I could find. A very fine jam game.
LDJam user 0
Oct 11th · 17:25 UTC
A very fun cozy game. The music was great as well! It is a prefect game for fall :)
loveapplegames
Oct 11th · 19:36 UTC
Cute game, nice graphics and sound. The leaf blowing gameplay is more challenging than leaf blower revolution, however it was not very satisfying. I spent most of my time on leaves that got stuck on walls and even move against the direction of the blower.
zoeek
Oct 11th · 22:15 UTC
Very chill game. Only complaint is I would have like it to be longer :)
LDJam user 374028
Oct 12th · 14:17 UTC
Cute little game. The only annoyance is how the leaves get stuck against the floor tiles and are hard to push into the bags. You should give the bags some magnet area so that it sucks up the leaves when they are very close. For the leaves getting stuck on the walls maybe you should implement some kind of impulse so that the leaves receive a lot of velocity instantly the moment the blower turns on (apply it exactly only at that frame) and make the leaves bounce off the wall. Good job!
Felix Kern
Oct 13th · 13:01 UTC
I played it because of the thumbnail. Loved it, as a tidy person with OCDs it's perfect^^ Chill music and loved the art style. Good joB!
Ciphereo
Oct 13th · 15:52 UTC
Playing this game makes me feel very enjoyable and relaxed. When I was a child, the thing I loved to do most at my grandma's house was to sweep the fallen leaves. I would also arrange the leaves into different shapes. During the game, I would encounter situations where leaves were stuck on the walls. I hope this can be improved! In conclusion, this is very interesting.
ToSMaster
Oct 19th · 09:19 UTC
It's a really cute game with even more cute artwork and vibes!
Really gets me into the autumn mood!
Lovely!
The end screen was also really cute!
Great job, guys!

Regarding the gameplay, I know grandma likes it neat and tidy, but maybe some grace regarding the leaves would improve the game a bit?
I had to go back some times to find a lost leaf while the bag sits at ~95%.

On the technical side, if I activate the leafblower and walk upwards I can outrun the air particles lol.
Also there is a bit of z-fighting among the leafs, so some sprite sorting might help here :)
Just some tips for the future. Great game, keep it going!

_(i did not participate in LD this year, so sadly no vote from me)_
quadtree
Oct 19th · 18:33 UTC
Excellent graphics, and the music really fit. It did take me a little bit to realize that I needed to pick up the full leaf bags to proceed (I guess it's sorta obvious in retrospect).
sangheli
Oct 20th · 03:42 UTC
Хочется покупку апгрейдов, а то как будто я забесплатно помогал бабушке. А так, игруха прям позалипать