Garden Grind

by daxic
co-authored: @carko, @jake-sanabria
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.52
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.66
ITCH.IO LINK: https://daxic.itch.io/garden-grind

Do you ever just want to casually farm on your field? Well this is not the case, you will be annoyed by multiple events that will make farming a nightmare. Luckily you can move plants to avoid dangerous events.

Your main goal is to earn as much gold as possible but be careful - resources can be easily depleted and you will be stuck with dried plants.

How to grow plants:
You need to plant a seed, water it and fertilize it and once the plant is fully grown, harvest it.

Controls:
Mouse or key shortcuts to select tools and items

Comments21

justabread3 Oct 2022, 20:17
Very cute game, I loved the graphics! However I found it a bit hard to understand by what logic the plants were moved.
justabread3 Oct 2022, 20:17
Very cute game, I loved the graphics! However I found it a bit hard to understand by what logic the plants were moved.
justabread3 Oct 2022, 20:17
Very cute game, I loved the graphics! However I found it a bit hard to understand by what logic the plants were moved.
LDJam user 2789184 Oct 2022, 15:13
So stressful, but such a fun idea! Some stuff was a little unclear to me, like is there anything I can do to combat the worms? Does it cost money to water? At one point the watering can turned red and I'm not sure why. Regardless, it was very engaging and I love the art!
Ironfred
Ironfred8 Oct 2022, 17:10
Very fun game, I really like the UI and there are a lot of options.
quabmara
quabmara8 Oct 2022, 17:12
Fun game! I needed some time to understand the controls, but after that it was pretty fun. And the music fits really well :smile:
limered8 Oct 2022, 17:15
Looks really nice. So many plants. It is a litte fun game. At first i didn't understand the moove mechanic. SOmehow there is no indicator wich plant i have selected to move. So sometimer it didn't move the right plant. But i had fun and that it what counts.
Sounds and music also fit the game.
JoeShanahan
JoeShanahan8 Oct 2022, 17:16
I liked this one a lot, was surprisingly chill despite the constant timer - but I think this is an example of an entry that really used the theme to make the game more interesting. I also really liked that at the outset you picked a match time, so you know exactly how long you're going to spend playing this game, massively appreciated!

The only thing I didn't really like was that the score was how much money you happened to have at the end of the game. I think I would've preferred if it was how much money you made overall, otherwise it seems like the best strategy is to stop playing towards the end, rather than speed up and try and make the most of the time.
Locke8
Locke88 Oct 2022, 17:16
Fun little game, cute graphics, decent gameplay, well polished. overall fairly solid.
aDeCon
aDeCon8 Oct 2022, 17:19
While I was reading the description of fertilizers, I lose :(
I really liked the music and graphics. I love simulators, but I have never played this before!
MorePixels
MorePixels8 Oct 2022, 17:20
Incredibly fun game, absolutely addicting and beautiful music and graphics! Love it so much! It was a bit easy, but apart from that absolutely great!
kleinzach8 Oct 2022, 17:26
Very frantic, but I really enjoyed the concept. I love how there is always something to do to optimize. A lot of times games like this are either boring by not having enough to do, or are really opaque about what you are trying to do. Your game manages to avoid all these pitfalls, and looks and plays great! Good job!
Jag
Jag8 Oct 2022, 17:33
A very fun little game, very well put together, great visuals and audio. I think a great job was done with throwing drought mechanics your way. I think this game would really have flourished if there were levels created that gradually introduced more and more mechanics. As of now it throws you in with all these different seeds and tools and you're not sure which to pick. I think differentiating the different seeds somehow would be great, like maybe some of them could be resistant to certain weather effects but earn less so its a gamble which one you want to plant. Other than that, great entry, great job!
Misfire_dev
Misfire_dev11 Oct 2022, 13:42
great game, took me a couple goes to read all the seeds and costs etc but really fun once you get used to it :) i got a capitalist score of 448 as my high score
glenugie
glenugie15 Oct 2022, 21:37
Interesting game, one of the better gardening ones I've played from this jam. The random events are a nice touch to keep it interesting, although it did take me a little while to realise I should be keeping back enough money for the seaweed fertilizer, in case rngesus tries to strike me down.
Torhaq
Torhaq15 Oct 2022, 21:51
Fun and relaxing and a bit challenging. Good job ;)
bwalter
bwalter15 Oct 2022, 22:32
I loved it!
fabula_rasa15 Oct 2022, 22:58
Pretty cool and engaging. The game feels polished and made with love.

Graphics are great and a pleasure to look at, and the sfx are well-designed as well. You can get a hang of things quite fast and after that it's smooth sailing really :grin: Even though random events come every 10 seconds, the whole game feels relaxing rather than challenging.

Well done!
Vozme
Vozme15 Oct 2022, 23:03
I love this game, it makes you somehow want to play it again and get better result than before, nice job. Love the art, audio and the tension of you needing to click quick to make as much money as you can and also to protect your plants against bad things.
fran74715 Oct 2022, 23:15
Hello!

Very nice game, I liked the music, it was very calming, same with the sounds, some of them were funny. The graphics were on spot, just for this type of game, I liked the color palette and canvas size choice. The gameplay was good, a bit frustrating but that's something to expect in this type of game. I appreciate all the key shortcuts for the tools, it felt nice when I got used to them.

Overall, nice entry!
amarokczukay
amarokczukay16 Oct 2022, 00:21
this game was really nice to play and to see! great job on graphics! my left hand got a bit lost at first with the shortcuts, but the idea is nice and fun, and the game feels polished. great job!

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