Blighted Crop

co-authored: @cake
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.11
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Blighted Crop : *Blessing and a curse!*


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Our farmer friend, Billy was down on his luck, his fields weren't providing any product... After trying everything from rain dancing, giving the soil back massages and bribing it, Billy had stumbled into a *mysterious man* who offered him the solution. Billy was offered special, magical seeds, destined to yield a rare and very sought after Golden Plum fruit. But what the mysterious man failed to explain to our unlucky farmer, is that the plants who produce this delicious fruit, are tough as nails and emit a noxious gas that could spell an early grave for poor ol' Billy.

Chop a crop as You like! | Chop MULTIPLE crops as You like!
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*Hi Ludum Dare 52 participants, Bear(bearacus) here! Here to present you our submission for the theme *"Harvest"*~.*

>`All assets (models, textures, sprites, animations, etc...) and code were made uniquely and solely for Ludum Dare 52 *“Harvest”*, within the 72 hour time limit!`

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> With nothing but profit on his mind and his trusty magic scythe, capable of cutting through even the toughest of stems and roots, Billy has to simultaneously collect the fruit bounty whilst managing the toxicity levels being produced by the blighted flora.~

These crops grow quickly! | More crops means MORE toxicity! | More Toxicity means Game Over!
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What you should be doing

- Raze these crops in order to maintain the toxic meter below the deadly threshold;
- Swipe at the *Big Plant* (14 times) to stun it momentarily, giving you a chance to lower the toxicity meter, worry free;
- Chop the crops containing the Golden Plums to increase your final scored at the end screen;

Harvest Golden Plums! |
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What you shouldn't be doing

- Let the big plant spread, the toxic seedlings, freely;
- Let the Toxity meter fill up completly, or else it's *GAME OVER*

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Objectives / How to play

instructions_gif.gif*Main control also present ingame~
1. Movement : W, A, S, D
2. Jump : Space Bar
3. Scythe Swipe : Right Mouse Click
4. ESC : Open Menu
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Roles:

Diogo (@cake) : Programmer

João (@bear) : Artist

Tools:


- Paint Tool SAI

- Aseprite

- Unity

- Blender

- Visual Studio

- SFXR

Comments15

LDJam user 300422
LDJam user 30042210 Jan 2023, 12:38
Cool game. I really like the artstyle, it reminds me of early 2000 games with its vibrant colors and blocky models. Gameplay wise its fun for a round or two (survived 1min 20s) but it doesn't offer a whole lot of variation. Still a great entry within the time restrictions, good Job. :thumbsup:
DaryaArdo10 Jan 2023, 19:04
Nice game overall. I had fun) At first I was scared by the sound of cutting a plant :D
It would be great to create different levels with different variations
Tony Redmer
Tony Redmer10 Jan 2023, 19:16
Love the pixel art on this! The animation on the scythe is also fantastic :)
Kaptajnen10 Jan 2023, 19:29
Really liked the art style, well done!
Sid Fish10 Jan 2023, 19:38
Game looks great and is fun to play. Each round ends quite quickly, would be great if there was some way to bring the toxic levels down so there is a way to lengthen the rounds.
historygym10 Jan 2023, 19:52
Great graphics, and fun real quick little game. Still not sure what's going on with the toxicity filling up. But did make it fun to run and gun.
giuti
giuti11 Jan 2023, 20:45
Really liked the choice of colors and pixel art incorporated in 3D. Would be nice to have some level variation but was fun!
Diana Shuke11 Jan 2023, 22:08
Love the visuals! I would like t try this game on vr!
sevenzik13 Jan 2023, 20:45
Awesome masterpiece, but I wanted some goal to achieve)
Flying Dog Fish
Flying Dog Fish15 Jan 2023, 21:49
Nice game with pretty graphics. A full-screen button for the web version would be handy, it's a pain playing in a tiny window.
Melanie16 Jan 2023, 16:58
The gameplay is fun, but I find that it's too short, and there is a bit of a lack of a real objective to replay.
AndideBob
AndideBob18 Jan 2023, 09:20
A cute little game that looks great. I wish I could hold down the mouse button to swing instead of clicking frantically. I think I did quite well:

A fun little experience that I could see expanded in the future with some actual goals to achieve, maybe upgrades that you can buy with your plums to make your harvesting more efficient. Good job!
rustynoob
rustynoob19 Jan 2023, 02:55
cute game but it was really difficult to tell where you were aiming
ofiro19 Jan 2023, 14:40
Nice game. The screen scrolling right made me a bit dizzy, was that the toxicity filling up?

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