Tonight I played some very amazing games on stream. Here is the vod:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1709042207

The games I've played today are:

@meep -- Water under the bridge

Super cute Pico-8 roguelike -- I had a lot of fun figuring out how the enemies work in this one.

@ekaktusz, @Zahkros, @bartalomew -- Ursa Maior

Another game from the Pico-8 gang -- This one is a fun story with a weird twist!

@xellaya, @ddrkirbyisq -- A Day in the life of Death

Oh my! This is possibly the best LD52 game from those I've played so far, and I don't see other games getting over it. It is just too delightful to play!

@fancyreckless -- Deck of Plants

Very tight deck building game, with surprising depth in it! (could have a bit of a faster pace, but definitely worth playing as it is right now).

@haayaargh, @sparklingsushi, @m-kusy, @littlemaybee, @hexstart -- Hiversters

This is a very innovative game: An RTS where you control bugs by leaving pheromone on the level. A big rough on the edges, but definitely worth checking for the original idea.

@osh-studio -- Oyster Odyssey

Avenge your father, killed by the big oyster!

This is one of those: "Get as far as you can, upgrade, get farther, repeat!" -- very decently done, reminds me of the golden age of flash games! After you get the first few speed up updates, it gets really fun! Also, a very "Flash-era" sense of humor too!

@matank -- The night harvest

Final game is a neat "stealth" game -- you are a rabbit (?) trying to steal crops without the farmers catching you.

Thank you everyone for recommending games! I hope I can get time to stream a few more this week.

PLAY PSEUDO-HARVEST HERE

As a poor farmer in A TOTALISM COUNTRY

Here is a TOUGH PROBLEM

On the left, it is your ACTUAL harvest.

On the right, it is the planned harvest that is scheduled by National Agricultural Production Department, it's your MISSION.

To survive, what you have to do is to fake it up! deceive the eyes of The Big Brother!

PLAY PSEUDO-HARVEST ! Bring us a bump harvest!

One of the up and downsides of such a minimal graphics style is that it is easy and cheap to just throw there accent colours to differentiate things from each other. In Elonkorjuu it was all that separates victim from enemy for example. And that is fine as long as you can see all the colours of spectrum. I noticed that while LD52 version of game is playable for every type of colour blindess there is (health bar maybe bit hard to see though) apart from monochromatism, updated character roster of post jam smudges lines between different types

It seems for example red-green colour blind Ghost (White) will be indistinguishable from Victim (Cyan), very fatal error to do in game. Top is regular palette, bottom is simulated Protan.

But as it is so simplistic colour scheme, I think we will be able to create easy colour blind mode with "Colour Look Up Table". Just one click bool to enable colour grading. I designed palette that should works for everyone. Might not be most visually pleasing, but it seems to do the job. Optimal would be to let user decide all colours, but I think this is good enough for such a small game.

Top is Regular, Second row is colour graded colour blind mode and rest are simulations of what c.blind mode will be look like with different kinds of colour visions.

Micromanage resources and supply chains to grow and prosper your kingdom.

As the esteemed ruler of this county, it is your duty to optimize and manage the resources of your kingdom through the clever construction and management of supply chains. In this farming strategy game, you will be tasked with the responsibility of building structures that increase food production and support your population, while carefully managing the pathways and logistics that connect them. The key to success lies in your ability to make wise financial decisions that will ensure the growth and prosperity of your kingdom. It is essential that you manage food production, storage, and distribution effectively to ensure that your subjects are well-fed and satisfied. Additionally, you must balance the costs of construction, maintenance, and supply chains with the benefits they bring to your kingdom.

Can you, through your shrewdness and wisdom, lead your kingdom to greatness through smart construction, resource management, and efficient supply chains management?

PLAY ON WEB!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/yes-my-lord/

If you feel like chilling out enjoying an exploration roguelike and spending 10-15 minutes of gameplay, try Soullector!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/soullector

Hello! My game is kind of fun! Go check it out! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/spaceman-spams-delivery-service

Attention all Mineral Maniacs! Fill your pockets with shiny minerals and descend deep into the mines to discover its hidden treasures. Spend your earnings on upgrades and defeat the monsters and traps awaiting you in the depths of the caves.

||| |---|---| | Play now! (Playable in Web) | |

Final Harvest

The world ended years ago.. A winter storm is coming quickly, find all the food you can before it hits.

Hi there, I've just published the source code of Crops on fire.

Get the link here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/crops-on-fire

And don't forget to rate my game ;)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/y-com-field-defense

If you like arcade style games come on over and try to beat our highscores to take our spots on the leaderboard!
works on Windows, Linux and, most importantly, in browser with no download required.

Then you will like BOAT!

If you like arcade like games then this might be for you. 4 different levels (more to come) to seed and harvest stuff.

PLAY HERE

..and leave your honest feedback :)

Try your hand at beating the current high score!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/monkey-oolong-harvest-bop

Well, let me introduce you to our take on the ~~reaper~~ harvest theme :)

If you feel like a cute hack and slay game with 10 waves and an upgrade shop with silly items, we'd love for you to check out our entry!

We have an alpha version, untouched since January 1st 9 p.m. for a fair rating, but would appreciate it very much if you'd also wanna give the Postjam version a try, where we continue to add bugfixes, balancing, tweaks and features 🤗

Will play and rate in return of course <3 (working through my play&rate backlog right now ;D)

Play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/dead-end-job

We are finally ready (i hope) to release our game in Extra category. It was a busy week, but now i feel we are done :)

Goodluck and have fun!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/robotnik

Hello! My game Brewster was a really fun and challenging experience to make. Unfortunately due to time running out, i scraped many of my original ideas and even though i feel like my game is semi-completed, it got me very inspired to continue making some more, maybe a sequel or an extended/updated version of this game, like a definitive edition later in the future!

If you haven’t played it, you can find it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/brewester

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/beet-island

Please have a web build. :smile:

Thank you for your votes and kind comments from Harvey D. Bones.

Thank you to everyone for participating in this ludum dare and also for playing and rating my game, Underworld Management!

Every time I participate in ludum dare I try to push myself to try new approaches to game design and development. This time my focus was on intuitive gameplay and tutorialization. I think I managed to create a game that can be picked up by anyone and was able to dabble my toes in to some light tutorialization, something that I have never attempted before.

This time, I also tried a new art style. Heavily borrowing from games like Don't Starve and Cult of the Lamb I think it turned out great:

Pairing a hand-drawn style with 2D billboards in a 3D world - it was pretty freeing to step outside of the pixel art and 3d-modeling realms, though it took a while to really nail down the process. I could further improve this process with the 2D animation package and 2D bone-based animations.

Unity has some weird workarounds to get the look I was going for. Shadows for sprites required checking boxes in debug mode and writing a special shader. Using 2D physics forced me onto an x/y grid, which was difficult to navigate in-editor. In hindsight I think I would have started with a 3D URP project and 3D physics, instead of sprites and 2D physics.

All in all, I think this was a great project that really taught me some great new strategies for future projects and future ludum dare events. I hope that you will take the time to try it out and give me some feedback!

Thanks again for a wonderful Ludum Dare!!

Play Underworld Management

Mountain of the Dragon Fruits by @thomas-olsson

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/mountain-of-the-dragon-fruits

A polished, beautiful puzzle game with a dash of Lemmings.

Midday Garden by @dustyroom

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/midday-garden

A minimalist nod to Vampire Survivors with elegant sound design.

The Gatherers by @sisyphean-games

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/the-gatherers

A relaxing Settlers-like resource management game to get absorbed in.

Body Harvesters by @justin-c

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/body-harvesters

A fun, frantic shooter that's essentially Missile Command with a jetpack.

Dark Harvest by @jakejet

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/dark-harvest

An atmospheric cave looter that'll have you constantly watching your back.