Gene Harvesting

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Harvest crops and insects. Create all kinds of weird items by combining different items through genetic modification. And unlock all achievements.

Instructions:


Crops can be harvested by pulling them up and holding them in that position.

Unlock new harvestable items by either purchasing from the shop or merging items.

To purchase from the shop, click on a shop item and select items from the inventory to trade.

To combine items, put the desired items into the slots beneath the center of the screen, then click around the two slots to execute genetic modification.

Hover and click on the bottom of the screen to bring up the achievements window.

Controls:


Tab: Open / Close Achievements Window

Shift + Left Click: Move an item to the left crafting slot

Shift + Right Click: Move an item to the right crafting slot

Hints:


Five harvestable crops, three of which are obtainable from the shop, the other two obtainable by combining two other crops.

Four harvestable insects, three of which are obtainable from the shop, the remaining one obtainable by combining two other insects.

Three tools, one obtainable from the shop, one obtainable by combining a specific tool and insect, and one obtainable by combining two items that are similar to each other.

Five of the remaining items are obtainable by combining crops and insects.

And the last two items are obtained randomly when harvesting crops.

Cheats:


Key 1: Spawn random unlocked items

Key 2: Spawn random items

Comments9

Yubs9 Jan 2023, 19:45
Had issues with the shop, didn't seem able to get anything? But using the cheats was able to get some items and start combining things, really cool game! Love the clean visual style
Frib
Frib9 Jan 2023, 19:49
I'm not quite sure how to play this game. I can't interact with the crop, I can't catch the spider due to a lack of bug catching net, and I can't buy a net because I have no items. What am I missing?
LDJam user 3140459 Jan 2023, 19:55
Interesting game. At start I was confused how to get first item (there is no info which tells you that you have tu pull up the crop).
Cpt Slimers9 Jan 2023, 20:04
The composition of the windows is very strange. The shop quickly becomes pointless, but its given just as much space as the inventory window, which is where I spent most of my time looking.

I would've liked to see the little bugs I was combining together actually walk around on the screen, and I would've liked to see more of them.

Gameplay is very slow, which isn't a necessarily a bad thing, but I think I would've had more fun if there was more than 1 plant sprouting at a time, and more than 1 bug on the screen at a time.
Martta
Martta9 Jan 2023, 20:19
Either I am stupid, or the game is bugged. I read the insturctions carefully, tried to click any visible UI element with left-, right- and shift-click without any visible progress. Also there was no sound. I managed to get some progress with cheats, but I did not know what to do with the inventory items and I got frustrated. :( I am sure there is a game somewhere there, but I was unable to find it.
JustinMullin9 Jan 2023, 20:21
I like the presentation here, the idea is fun and I especially appreciated the action of picking the plants. Unfortunately it devolves into a lot of trial and error pretty quickly, and for some reason I was never able to find one of the items in the "others" section, despite trying (I thought) literally every possible combination of the other items. Still, I like the art, and there's some nice stuff here. I just want to know what that last thing was! =P
Jujus12 Jan 2023, 14:10
This game is visually nice but feels kinda weird to play :/
Iskra13 Jan 2023, 16:48
Interesting idea for the game, once I settled on how what works I really enjoyed playing it :smile:
amarokczukay
amarokczukay18 Jan 2023, 14:01
i liked the idea of the game, and was not expecting POTATO SPIDER hahaha i got all recipes! nice minimalist art, the UI lacks a bit of clarity, but it was fun to discover all the combinations!

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