Farmer Bob by Tod Semple

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made by Tod Semple for Ludum Dare 54 (EXTRA)

Help Farmer Bob get some delicious strawberry ice cream.

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Controls

Move: WASD, arrow keys, or a joystick.

Use: E, space, or joystick-A

Drop: ESCAPE or joystick-B

I worked on this game with my 2 kids (7 and 10). They helped with the art and design. Kids are amazing! They come up with the best ideas.

Gameplay

The gameplay is simple. It’s like a PBS Kids game. So pretend you are 7 years old when you are playing.

It is possible to get stuck. Pro-tip: don't go crazy with the shovel. You'll have to restart the game.

The game has 4 ways to win. If you want a bigger challenge, find the other flavors of ice cream.

About the game

Most of the art was drawn in Procreate on an iPad and touched up in Photoshop. I used a custom game engine I’ve been tinkering with for the last few years. It’s C++ with emscripten for the web build.

I didn’t make the sound effects and music. Thank you, internet!

I love the Extra format! It’s the only way I can make a game with everything in my life. I put in about the same amount of effort as a Jam game but spread over 2 weeks.

Thanks for playing!

Ratings

Given 7🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

candlesan
17. Oct 2023 · 03:37 UTC
I found TWO of the ways to win! I don't want to spoiler anything but let me just say that having multiple flavors of ice cream was AWESOME!!! And I love that you had art for that.
Prismapunch
18. Oct 2023 · 04:18 UTC
Game opens and instantly closes. Playing the browser version, the drop button escapes the game, so I couldn't drop anything! Cute art style, would have loved to play it more.
🎤 Tod Semple
18. Oct 2023 · 04:49 UTC
@prismapunch what browser / os are you using where escape doesn't work?
aucguy
18. Oct 2023 · 05:44 UTC
I liked the additional ice cream flavor (I only found one) which I found quite funny. I also liked the parallax effect with the background. Also, I'm glad you could join Ludum Dare!
Flying Dog Fish
18. Oct 2023 · 09:08 UTC
I managed to get stuck in your game. I filled every spot with something and couldn't get rid of the tool in my hands and go inside the house to sleep. Also after I started writing this comment I couldn't get back in the game. I guess I'll have to reload it.

Anyway, cute kid art and a soothing music selection.
Gossian
18. Oct 2023 · 11:17 UTC
Love that you got your kids involved with is. There should definitely be more kid art games about!
Peredom
20. Oct 2023 · 14:15 UTC
Nice little game. I could imagine a 3 hour game based on these kind of simple mechanics and a lot of possible combinations and actions, and having to figure out how to get things you want...