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Farmageddon by ThiefViolinist

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made by ThiefViolinist for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

In this land plagued by disasters, another harvest season has arrived. Luckily, you have a homemade drones at your disposal this time, ready to lend a hand.

Your goal is to harvest 2000 tons of crops and discover the mysterious, dark, and gloomy history of this place.

How to play:
When you detect disaster on your field you can summon certain type of drone to deal with it. Use Scout drones to detect exactly what the hell going on your field.

RULES OF THIS WORLD, READ CAREFULLY, TRAVELER
Agro-drone beats wildfire and rodents.
Guardian-drone scare away pillagers and slow down invaders.
Battle-drone fights invaders and recapture fields back.
Scout-drones are for monitoring fields where your harvesters are not present.

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/farmageddon

Ratings

Overall 1133th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1186th 2.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 716th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1012th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1030th 2.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 833th 2.588⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1107th 2.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Lélek Hunor Kadosa
16. Apr 2024 · 04:50 UTC
The base idea sounds interesting, but I couldn't figure out how should I play.
OnlinE_Play
16. Apr 2024 · 20:03 UTC
The problem might be that you can't see all those enemies clearly, and at first, the flags and exclamation marks can be a bit confusing. But the game still has something special about it.
TokArts
18. Apr 2024 · 19:04 UTC
Since you can't do more than one thing at a time, there's a lot of waiting around, but the game fits the theme well and does so in a fairly unique way.
stamestratagem
19. Apr 2024 · 21:52 UTC
PRO: it was refreshing to hear human voice in a game. It felt frienldy.
CON: The gameplay could have been more eventful.
TheSmellofOxygen
19. Apr 2024 · 21:52 UTC
A more complete game than many entries here with a lot to juggle. I wish you had the time to incorporate some sounds and effects. I lost all my harvesters around 1700 crops.
riv-roy
21. Apr 2024 · 01:36 UTC
Summoning drones to protect the fields was fun, determining what drone to use was confusing for a moment before i noticed that the "threat" in the fields was counting backwards but once i figured that out was pretty enjoyable. As another commenter said I would be interested in seeing more eventful gameplay or more feedback for what is concurring.
sabasa
23. Apr 2024 · 17:34 UTC
Very fun, it has a lot of potential too
onqdll
23. Apr 2024 · 18:07 UTC
Glad I found it! It has a very unique atmosphere. My only wish is to have a little more to do. Most of the game you just click on a field, pick an appropriate drone and wait for a while. Overall it was quite an interesting experience!
LDJam user 374168
27. Apr 2024 · 04:38 UTC
Interesting take on a management style game, I was barely off (got to 1953 crop yield). I think this game has some interesting units and events/ideas, but the issue is conveyance, as I had a pretty hard time understanding what the units did and micro-managing everything. It was hard to tell when certain fields were being attacked, or under control by invaders, so maybe more color-coding and telling the player explicitly when something is happening would help a lot. Good job on this!
altaf-creator
01. May 2024 · 15:27 UTC
Nice game! It's pretty unique and I really liked it overall. The mechanic is also very interesting, and it's nice to see a strategy game here! Sometimes it's not very clear on what actually happened, and sometimes it's a bit overwhelming, but for me personally, I'm pretty fine with that! I enjoyed it!

So yeah, overall, very nice game!