Uns-table pumpkins

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.10

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Press and hold on a plank to make the pumpkins stay on said plank. The longer you keep the pumpkins on the plank the more points you get. Can you beat the developer score? There might be a surprise message at the end if you do!

This game was made in C# using openGL and openAL. No engines were used. Art was gathered online, and credits are in the credits.md file on github.

Comments16

LDJam user 2359154 Oct 2021, 09:05

It's hard to get to the developer score)

Rrrobi4 Oct 2021, 12:28

Really like this, brilliantly infuriating!

Vimlark4 Oct 2021, 23:00

Really well done. Seems easy at first but it quickly ramps.

PixelatorGadzy4 Oct 2021, 23:15

I have no business being here, but I did it. I coulda went higher but I started panicking at the end. Another score for people to beat

frederikja163author4 Oct 2021, 23:25

Congrats @PixelatorGadzy, i think you are the first person to beat the devscore legit. I tried for like 2 hours but i couldn't do it. I had to cheat in order to beat the devscore to test if the little mystery message even appeared correctly.

SirTobyB5 Oct 2021, 17:31

Well done, without an engine! Only the black text has some little white border, which is minor but ugly. Gameplay and concept is really fun, challenging and addicting. But i'm bad at this, didn't even come near the dev score. ;-)

SkallyWags5 Oct 2021, 17:33

Very simple and classic concept, but extremely challenging gameplay. I enjoyed it, but I wish there was more variety and polish

SheldonZS9 Oct 2021, 20:19

No game engine? That's really impressive, well done.

memoryFloater9 Oct 2021, 20:52

No, I can not beat your score. Why is this so hard? This game needs tilt controls. Solid math btw., considering you did this without a physics engine.

Teegan12 Oct 2021, 02:59

Really great job making this in such a short time without using an engine! Pretty simple concept but surprisingly challenging. I think I'll join with the other commenters and say the devscore is way too high to try to beat :) good job getting such a high score though, and on creating such an engaging game with such simple components!

Krystal McDonald14 Oct 2021, 09:02

Really impressive to have made something this quickly without an engine! It felt simple to grasp while also offering significant depth. neat concept

avareii14 Oct 2021, 14:29

Nice concept. It was interesting how quickly the behaviour of the plank became less predictable as more pumpkins happened.

epb900017 Oct 2021, 00:49

I'm impressed by the lack of engine use. Surprising depth for such a simple concept, and the mood was well served by your graphics selections. I had a weird case where I got a game over while still having all the pumpkins on the plank. I think what happened was it went off and then I swung the plank into a position to catch it.

FranVadillo17 Oct 2021, 09:20

It still seems like magic to me that there are people who can make a game without using an engine. It is a simple game that keeps you entertained for a while. I didn't get the score from the developers though.

DGSpitzer17 Oct 2021, 21:32

Very simple and interesting way to present a game about balancing. It's insane to see a game is making without any game engine nowadays especially within only 3 days! GJ!