Cropsweeper

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This is a minesweeper inspired game about harvesting crops.

How to play:

Crops can be harvested and sold by left clicking. You can hold left click to harvest crops faster.

Some crops are infected, and the numbers on the soil show how many crops around it are infected. If there's no number, none of the crops around it are infected.

If you sell an infected crop, you get fined $8.

Crops can be sprayed by right clicking. Sprayed crops die.

Crops can be planted by holding shift and left clicking.

You can press 1, 2, 3, or 4 to switch the crop you're planting.

Some crops have different effects when placed near each other.

Lifeglow absorbs infection from other plants.

Soilmunchers eat the soil they're on and make it unusable.

Goldflowers are more susceptible to the virus, and die instantly if they have it.

Goldflower has an interesting interaction with one of the other plants.

Comments20

ursagames
ursagames9 Jan 2023, 06:44
Ohhh this is an interesting take on minesweeper! At first I thought I was just playing minesweeper, but once I noticed I could plant crops that changed everything! Love the application of the theme and mixing up a classic!
Paroxysmal
Paroxysmal10 Jan 2023, 01:54
Nice take on minesweeper.
LDJam user 27783510 Jan 2023, 02:46
I don't know how to play minesweeper. I got -$254 at the end. Cool concept!
ChickensioDev10 Jan 2023, 09:18
great and unique idea! it did take a while for me to realise that u could plant crops though! i do suck at minesweeper but it was still very fun
Szieberth Adam
Szieberth Adam10 Jan 2023, 12:18
Interesting mechanics! I will come back to play more with this to get full understanding.
neilcorre2k611 Jan 2023, 14:08
ah, the good ol' minesweeper. Thank you for the nostalgia and good game!
Rincs
Rincs12 Jan 2023, 02:53
That was a really fun take on minesweeper, and freshened up the game a bit! Nice!!
seshoumara12 Jan 2023, 17:46
Cool take on the old game! The numbers' color has a low contrast imo, hard to distinguish (could be just me).
Harmofish
Harmofish13 Jan 2023, 06:36
The time limit for each round is similar to mine sweeping, and there is no time to think.
Substain
Substain13 Jan 2023, 09:17
nice, I really like the replanting mechanic!
OadT
OadT14 Jan 2023, 10:17
I highly recommend you to also include the "How to play description" on this site! Totally missed that at first. What the different plants do should be a bit better explained. It is an interesting take on minesweeper, but I feel like I am still missing some mechanics of your game
someone
someone14 Jan 2023, 23:05
I also missed it wasn't just a minesweeper clone at first. You should definitely add something to the description here about that.
Definitely an interesting variation. I like it.
The infected crops disappearing can usually resolve the states where you really can't tell which ones are bad. A nice side effect of the new mechanics.
LDJam user 243193
LDJam user 24319315 Jan 2023, 09:18
I love the combo of minesweeper with planting game. But what I really love is how discovering min... infected plants and spraying rewards my action. Very rewarding!
I may need to do better next time cause harvesting and planting requires 2 different way of thinking.
ntb896
ntb89615 Jan 2023, 13:34
The game is fun and amazing! I like how you combine minesweeper with planting and harvesting, really cool concept! Maybe add some music and sound effects to make it more polish I suggest.
xCarl
xCarl15 Jan 2023, 17:41
A super interesting idea. Maybe adding a small tutorial would help, since I'm a little lost with the different mechanics. Good job!
Krassenstein
Krassenstein16 Jan 2023, 15:58
Hey there, this was pretty awesome! I ended up playing your game on stream!

Here's the VoD so you can jump to your chapter and see it again!
kir Pow18 Jan 2023, 18:33
It's been ages since I played minesweep, lovely bit of nostalgia there. Fits in with the theme well
Alex Garbus
Alex Garbus19 Jan 2023, 02:19
Cool twist on a classic game! It was a bit clunky and stressful at first, especially immediately being thrown in with a time limit, but once I understood everything I got into a really good groove! I still do think that it was a bit awkward having to press shift along with clicking to plant when that's the only action you can perform on an empty tile anyway, but it wasn't that big of a deal; just a minor nitpick. :smile:
commanderstitch
commanderstitch21 Jan 2023, 00:47
Enjoyed how innovative it was for a variation on a common theme, like minesweeper. The planting was the neatest part. The blowing up of the plants would have been interesting, but i guess we can harvest them instead. xD
Sarah
Sarah27 Jan 2023, 04:46
This is cute! It's like farming minesweeping, well done!

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