Carrot Party

co-authored: @mod-e, @redsorelgames
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Carrot Party is a stealth game in which you buy cards with carrots to reach the end of the level alive. Beware of all the traps the farmer has hidden in his garden.

Controls: Point and click, WASD/ZQSD and arrow keys.
To start the level, click on the play button in the upper left corner.

Bear trap has 50% chance to catch you every time you walk over it.
TNT explodes after the timer reaches 0.
The farmers shoot every 2 turns, don't be in their sight at that moment!

UPDATE: Both web builds work! If you play on Ludum, SCROLL DOWN on the screen and click on the blue button to set full screen.

CHANGELOG: We fixed some errors and bugs: the farmer not shooting far enough, the ability to buy cards even at 0 carrots, and the carrots and moves UI not displaying in the shop.

Thank you for playing, and have fun!

Programming: Art
Design: Art and RedSorel
Graphics: RedSorel
Sound design and music composing: Mod_e

Comments24

Yorsh
Yorsh9 Jan 2023, 21:18
You probably already noticed, but I get a 404 when trying to play in browser
"Uh oh!
If you're seeing this error, it means I can't find your index.html file.

This usually means you created your .zip file by zipping the entire folder, and index.html is somewhere like MyGame/index.html. If you recreate your .zip with index.html file in the root, this error should go away.

See the embedding guide for more details. ludumdare.com/resources/guides/embedding/

404 Not Found"
Heinar10 Jan 2023, 00:19
I cant play in browser
RedSorelGames10 Jan 2023, 01:25
We are aware of the brower's problem.
It's going to be fix soon, thank you all for your feedback.
Actually, the windows version is working well if you want a back up !
Climbing Dolphinauthor10 Jan 2023, 12:14
I'm sorry that you can't.

Did you get a specific error? And did you play on itch or on this page?
Pixelated Pasty10 Jan 2023, 15:44
Trying to use cards doesn't seem to do anything on the HTML version, no errors just nothing. Nice theming though :)
HerryFabien10 Jan 2023, 15:47
I like the ideas here ! The combinaison of puzzle and random drawing is perhaps not the best idea and not having score or time to do action tend to just find a safe place and then stack ressources
Cievers
Cievers10 Jan 2023, 15:48
A very intersting combination of mechanics, especially when in level three things escalate! I did encounter an issue there where the sleepy time card did nothing, and I clicking retry was the only thing that responded :(
Doug Graham
Doug Graham10 Jan 2023, 15:48
Seems to be working for me on itch, Interesting concept. Took me a bit to figure out what all of the things in the world are, and it wasn't very obvious how to start moving right away, but before long I was collecting cards and avoid traps and collecting (harvesting) those carrots. Nice work!
Flaming Aardvark
Flaming Aardvark10 Jan 2023, 15:48
I love the graphics and the music! The gameplay is interesting, but can sometimes feel a little repetitive. I'm not really sure why I would ever want to use the back in time card. Fun concept!
Miyukiew10 Jan 2023, 15:49
The game does load for me on itch, but I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to do. The art style is pretty cute though. It's what attracted me to try out this game :)
Climbing Dolphinauthor10 Jan 2023, 16:17
@pixelated-pasty Did you try to move after playing your card? Perhaps you didn't notice that they give you moves?

@herryfabien yeah. That's the biggest problem of the game. We didn't have enough time to fix that. It's too easy to get free carrots at the starting point, but fixing that without adding more features would have an negative impact on the rest of the game. We choosed to let the possibility to do it, but it's not encouraged, as it makes players skip the real fun of the game.

@cievers well that's unexpected. Hopefully levels are shorts and it doesn't makes you lose that much. I'll look at a fix for that. Thank you for the feedback.

@doug-graham we definitely need to explain the different traps and enemies lol... I'll add that to the description of the jam. Thanks!

@flaming-aardvark back in time can save you from a tricky situation. However yes, it is indeed not the most useful one...

@miyukiew Just click play at the top of the screen, next to your carrots amount. It'll open the shop and you'll be able to buy cards and then play them. It's not that clear i have to admit.
Andreia
Andreia11 Jan 2023, 06:45
I was able to play the browser version on itch.io. Loved the art and sound, and the idea of using cards to move and complete the puzzles. Nice work~
bartalomew11 Jan 2023, 09:31
great art and music, the overal mood of this game is super nice. big fan of the turn based strategy game direction you went to. as others wrote, it's not super self explanatory, but once you get it is fun!
ArtofLuba11 Jan 2023, 19:38
I really wanted to play this cute lookin game but none of the controls worked in the browser (LD and itch.io). I tried restarting, I tried unplugging my PS5 controller... and just.. nothing worked. Clicks, WASD, arrow keys... sadface.
brainles etertainment
brainles etertainment12 Jan 2023, 20:39
It is pretty tricky to play in browser, but anyway game looks cute.
Pulni
Pulni15 Jan 2023, 18:35
Very nice game - looks great and the gameplay is interesting! I would've loved to play some 15 more levels of it! :slight_smile:

Things that could be improved in my opinion:
- The retry button that I pressed 5 times by mistake as I wanted to leave the shop... it really shouldn't be that easy to restart a level :smile: But also, I kinda did it by instinct, so I'd say the leave shop button should be made more "attractive"
- Obviously I'd love to have more cards, levels and gameplay elements!!! It could be quite an awesome puzzle!
DFaouaz16 Jan 2023, 11:56
Nice card game! Loved the idea and the little pirate bunny! Nicely done, great job!
LDJam user 274509
LDJam user 27450916 Jan 2023, 14:44
Really like the concept, the art and the music. Not sure I was playing well though, as I got killed by a bear trap and kinda expected to either avoid it by not ended the turn on it, or be able to undo my death with the back-to-the-past cards. Very nice anyway ;)
autumnmnmn16 Jan 2023, 16:21
I like the idea, the theme is used well! It's an interesting concept, I found myself playing the game longer than I thought I would. The game overall is quite simple, but it uses its simplicity well. The only problems I have are the user interface and user experience design. The UI was extremely difficult for me to navigate. And placing that bear trap in the very beginning just made me scratch my head as to what I was supposed to do. Could I have walked around it? The only path leading went under it so I thought I just had to walk over and hope that I win the 50/50.

Quite solid entry, Also I love the pirate rabbit :3
Climbing Dolphinauthor21 Jan 2023, 17:10
@artofluba Hmmm. Thank you for that information. I don't have any clue to solve that but I keep it in mind.
YoungArtifact
YoungArtifact23 Jan 2023, 21:11
Nice sound, nice graphics, nice gameplay. Keep it up!

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