Garden Gnome by twistways

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made by twistways for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Screenshot 2025-10-06 211739.png You are a little gnome that needs to collect as much of his harvest as possible in the 30 seconds you have left until the wagon leaves for the market.

  • Move with WASD
  • Collect with Enter
  • Dash with Left Shift

Time was short but fun was had!

Ratings

Overall 721th 2.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 678th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 719th 2.524⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 525th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 581th 3.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 563th 2.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 711th 2.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

gold.daniel
Oct 06th · 21:27 UTC
Cute pixel art, the tileset looks good. Run around and mashing collect while the time is racing down can be stressful. It seems pretty hard the time is short! I do wish there were some sound effects to go along with it, could really add to the frantic feel of picking your product to sell!. Good entry.
Kamilah
Oct 06th · 21:28 UTC
Love the pixel art style! The collection time is short but it gets easier the more you play. Great job!
Tommeh
Oct 06th · 21:30 UTC
Nice job! I got my silver medal and had fun. Really wish there was more stages because there's a lot of potential for new mechanics. Audio is also something that would have been nice. Overall great job!
hugohil
Oct 06th · 21:43 UTC
very cool game, congrats! the gameplay is on point, you get a little better every run and you want to have big scores.
definitely worth giving it a little more love in the next days, with sound etc.
great job!
naru
Oct 08th · 22:51 UTC
Good work! Short gameplay but worth it ^^
Rewzu
Oct 08th · 22:56 UTC
Neat art and quite a nice little game overall! Simple but fun.
Iriska
Oct 09th · 18:37 UTC
If you make the game not so simple, then a good product can come out of it!💜 ⭐ 💜
Kagegona
Oct 10th · 12:35 UTC
nice scope for a short jam, the idea is simple but works! All you need to add is one or two elements to the gameplay (and sound of course x) and it would definitely be a nice little game!
Pimeko
Oct 11th · 16:35 UTC
Cute little game, I'll just have to replace my Enter key now haha
Kalbshack
Oct 12th · 19:59 UTC
Nice graphics. Definitely a game you can dive into if like chasing records. Sometimes I couldn't collect "berries", carrots even there are some left..
Trusty
Oct 13th · 21:03 UTC
Simple but fun, the game ended quite far from the cart it seems. Hope you continue to work on this and add more. Thanks.
ChuChuGeralt
Oct 13th · 21:11 UTC
Really cute game! As others have already mentioned, the timer ends pretty far away from the cart, but that just gave you more time to collect stuff! The art style is nice and reminded me of games from my childhood!
JB Rock
Oct 16th · 01:41 UTC
Fun little collection game! I like the art and color pallet choice. The enter key felt odd at first but seems to work well for mashing to collect. I feel some sound could definitely help elevate the game. Good work!
YibiRabbit007
Oct 20th · 17:59 UTC
Um, it seems like I haven't collected any items, just constantly refreshing the records? I thought there would be additional content at the top, but it seems there isn't.

A racing mini-game, no sound, good for practicing keyboard skills.
darianifakina
Oct 23rd · 14:44 UTC
The art style is whimsical. It's a refreshing and enjoyable experience that stands out in the jam. Love it!
Gerrit
Oct 24th · 14:33 UTC
Greate game, quite addicting! :D Ive played it multiple times now but I still didnt get gold yet haha