Erntehelfer

by th1z

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.13

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Download:

https://th1z.itch.io/erntehelfer

Drive your combine harvester and collect crops.
Sell them for big money, enlarge your fields and buy new machinery to automate your crop harvest.

Instructions:

Buy upgrades to keep your profits high
Try to avoid bankruptcy by providing a steady yield,

Controls:

Use Arrow keys or WASD to control the tractor and farm corn.
Buy upgrades by using your mouse.

Tips:
- Always have an eye on the yield bar. If it falls below zero, you loose.
- Try different update strategies for max points :)

Good Luck

Post your higscore :)

Non-pixel art images were generated with stable diffusion

Tags: #2d, #automation, #driving, #endless, #top-down

Genres: simulation, survival

Tools: Stable Diffusion

Comments19

vinzBad8 Jan 2023, 22:05

Damn just saw that you submitted as a Jam game... My bad :see_no_evil: ~~Did you use AI Art for the upgrade images?~~

kodingnights8 Jan 2023, 22:18

Fun little game, the portraits are out of this world.

th1zauthor8 Jan 2023, 22:22

@vinzbad Images were generated with stable diffusion :)

Ivorius8 Jan 2023, 22:24

I'm not on windows. Wish I could try it! Also, some of the images are vaguely sus. lol

sonicpixelation8 Jan 2023, 22:25

Neat Game

th1zauthor8 Jan 2023, 22:27

@ivorius I uploaded a linux version. Unfortunately can not provide a mac version.

> "Are those images vaguely sexual on purpose?"

Maybe ;)

DzejPi9 Jan 2023, 07:05

Really good job with controls here. Harvesting is super satisfying for some reason, it really scratches my itch. Gameplay is fun and kept me engaged. Loved the use of questionable images, really made me laugh. Great job here, one of my favorite games so far!

Justin_C9 Jan 2023, 20:11

I really enjoyed this game. I made it to level 19.

After a while it kept giving me two options for point efficiency, despite the fact that I hadn't taken any of the upgrades to make me turn better. I don't know if that's a bug, but eventually I lost because it stopped giving me options for upgrading my corn production.

th1zauthor9 Jan 2023, 20:47

@justin-c its more like a feature :)
There is a limited amount of each upgrade and also a hidden upgrade tree. Some upgrades are only unlocked if you take others.
Glad you enjoyed it :)

dkdwrek9 Jan 2023, 21:40

That was a lot of fun! Well done.

DGSpitzer9 Jan 2023, 22:45

It's actually pretty fun to play! Backward-moving tractor is OP!
The AI generated result is awesome as well, what AI model did you use? Elldreth's Lucid Mix or Protogen? or just vanilla SD 1.5?

Warrrkus10 Jan 2023, 01:41

Easy to grok, light-hearted fun. What's not to love? Goob job!

Riesyeti10 Jan 2023, 16:23

Very fun game, with the upgrade system it's deep and complex too that's impressive!

And the stable diffusion pictures were very funny I liked it :D

th1zauthor10 Jan 2023, 22:46

@dgspitzer Protogen 3.4 was used.

LucDeligne12 Jan 2023, 15:12

Considering the ldjam rules I think you really should opt out of the graphics category. AI generated art definitely falls under 3rd party assets in my opinion.
You should also opt out of audio, considering that you haven't made all (if any) of the sfx and bgm yourself (per your readme)

Now to the game itself...
It's actually quite fun! The gameplay loop of harvest > upgrade > harvest works really well here
Graphics are cool and using AI for this is a very clever idea but boy oh boy are those illustrations needlessly suggestive...

th1zauthor12 Jan 2023, 20:16

These are the rules in question:
>> You’re free to use any tools or libraries to create your game. You’re free to start with any base-code you may have.
>> You’re free to use 3rd party Artwork/Music/Audio assets, or assets you previously created, but we ask that you OPT-OUT of the respected voting categories (Graphics, Audio)

I have decided to opt out of the audio category and will update the settings.

dimaswift13 Jan 2023, 01:15

I had so much fun playing, one of the most addictive submissions I played so far, thank you!

Chairshot Games13 Jan 2023, 05:16

I see you had a very similar idea to us lol. I liked the upgrades and regenerating level, but found the turn radius a little too big. I agree about opting out of graphics and audio as others have said.

SupportTheDishwasher15 Jan 2023, 18:44

Had lots of fun playing it. The upgrade system is very well thought out. Using AI for the pictures was smart...unfortunately sexy male farmers are highly underrepresented here. Still a very nice game, good job!