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Cauliflower Power

by librorumque64
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Stealth + Farming. Grow cauliflower and don't get caught.

Hotfix: *second level was unbetable, now it's fixed. I've listened to the feedback and slowed the time down a bit, but everthing scaled proportionally, so puzzle difficulty isn't affected. That's the most I can do without breaking jam rule.
If you find the game too hard, there's a walkthrough in the downloads section!*

Use arrows to play and Z key to restart. Move all water buckets to the marked places. You can push them, but not pull. If a guard sees you, you lose. You can hide behind a bucket!

TIC-80 web exported games don't seem to work in Firefox. Please try another broser or download TIC-80 and open .tic file from downloads section.

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Tools: TIC-80

Comments30

Eiyeron23 Apr 2018, 12:51
Looks pretty nice! I really dig the work you put into the graphics, they really make the game shine.
Too bad I can't get past the first level. I put all the bucks on the crosses but I can't do much more. First time, I got to move and do stuff but I didn't know what to do, and the second time, I was just stuck after putting the last bucket and couldn't move. :/
Librorumque64
Librorumque64author23 Apr 2018, 14:23
@Eiyeron AAAAAAAAAAA. I accidentally removed the victory check along with debugging code at the very last moment. Now it's fixed. Thanks a lot!
pladams923 Apr 2018, 16:03
I really like this game - very polished as has been said. I would say add some audio and start getting some $$$. I told heard the Pokemon Blue trainer encounter music when I got caught (it's that exclamation point).
Librorumque64
Librorumque64author23 Apr 2018, 16:25
That's not a coincidence! Plan A was Poker-mon. On day 2 I began to overanalyze and scraped that idea :neutral_face: . That's also why there's that dialog box. I ran out of time for audio unfortunately. I will surely add it before uploading it to SURF catalog.
Valden
Valden23 Apr 2018, 17:08
Even if puzzle game aren't my favourite, this one is really well made ! Nice graphics as well. The game could use some easier levels though. Good job !
SeaHam23 Apr 2018, 17:51
I like the art! wish there was audio but I get running out of time.
nilstastic23 Apr 2018, 18:16
pros: Really nice graphics, it's a puzzle game :-) love them!

cons: I didn't get past the first level.

Well done!
Vyolfers
Vyolfers23 Apr 2018, 19:20
This game is simply challenging for me! BUT in a good way, I had to time pushing my buckets so I won't get caught xD cute graphic as well! It's a fun game eventhough I find myself to struggle with it!
Lyxil
Lyxil23 Apr 2018, 23:41
Great graphics!! Perfect for a cute farming-based game.

Pretty creative with the tactic of pushing water buckets to the plants to water them. Wouldn't have thought of that, myself! I like that having the buckets also makes this into a puzzle game.
coldmoose
coldmoose24 Apr 2018, 00:46
Obviously the game looks and feels amazing! The only problem is that it is way to hard 😞
ehtd24 Apr 2018, 03:45
Pretty sweet, perhaps a bit hard
DUUUUDE24 Apr 2018, 11:17
I got kinda stucked on the third level. The game looks very good!

My only complain is that sometimes is hard to know wich way the bad guys are looking (left/right).

Apart from that great game!
lucasbra124 Apr 2018, 11:18
Great game! The idea is well executed, and the graphics are very well done, especially for a jam game. The game was challenging and fun. The only problem I had with it is that the only thing that makes it a farming game is the theme of the graphics and "story", because it is pretty much just a stealth game gameplay-wise (but a well made one!).
Lerg
Lerg24 Apr 2018, 15:00
Stealth and a farming sokoban, haha. Nice.
Pixel-boy
Pixel-boy24 Apr 2018, 15:08
Cool pixel art style, the game is hard but the mix is interesting !
AVAVT
AVAVT24 Apr 2018, 16:50
Really really really love it, this is the most awesome box pusher game I've ever played. I mean it was like "hey yet another box pusher game" and then after a minute it was like "aaaaaa I'm stuck I'm death f*". Very good one to play with friends (alternatively), was great laugh!
jf1989
jf198924 Apr 2018, 17:51
This is a really nice little puzzle game - the two mechanics go together really well.
HAUO
HAUO24 Apr 2018, 19:52
Not my type of puzzle game, was very bad at it but enjoyed it in the end! The stealth aspect was quite fun, and love the small details like them getting a exclamation-mark and running towards you when they see you and the small references.
Zyuxis
Zyuxis24 Apr 2018, 20:22
Reminds me of the Pokemon boulder puzzles, but instead of battling upon getting caught you lose. I enjoyed it for a little while, nice one :]
roaderful
roaderful24 Apr 2018, 20:24
Nice game :smiley: I would like to see more farming and less puzzle but that's just my preference.

Overall is a pretty good game :thumbsup:
roaderful
roaderful24 Apr 2018, 20:24
Nice game :smiley: I would like to see more farming and less puzzle but that's just my preference.

Overall is a pretty good game :thumbsup:
gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames25 Apr 2018, 03:32
That was really cool. I like the artstyle, and combining stealth with box-pushing is a real cool idea for a game. You executed it really well too. Nice work!
DigNZ
DigNZ26 Apr 2018, 09:55
Nice looking game and secretly planting cauliflower cracks me up. Stealth Sokoban is a combination that actually works really well (so I guess not that incompatible!) I found it really hard though, partly because I kept pushing buckets too far in order to get out of sight of the farmer. Nice work, great art style. First TIC-80 game I"ve played, I think I'll look into it more. I made my LD41 game in Pico-8 and loved the challenge but its tiny!
spthiel
spthiel26 Apr 2018, 11:29
Nice game though I think it's more of a puzzle-stealth game than farming
justinooncx26 Apr 2018, 11:31
The HTML5 version didn't seem to work... but I'm happy I decided to download the TIC80 program and play it! The puzzles were not too challenging, for the most part, and I like the humor you put in the game. Only bug I saw was with the chase sequence, where the guy finishes his patrol by zooming off-screen through the bushes in a straight line... No idea if that was intentional. Art's also pretty spiffy! Well done, overall!
Hisfantor5 May 2018, 10:11
that was a very cool little game, great levels and good increase of difficulty, only some music would have rounded this one up
afendar
afendar6 May 2018, 12:24
Super game. I like pixel art !! Very good job !
loveapplegames9 May 2018, 15:42
Great work, I'm always up for a good puzzle game. Love the pixel art.

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