Ludum Dare #52compo

Green King of Vegetables

by melektaus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.31

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.22

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Prologue

At first, I didn't want to participate in this jam at all, but then I fortunately changed my mind. I came up with a concept and started to implement it. I realized after the first day that it would be too large for this short period of time. I didn't finish the gameplay until the second day. After that, I made models, textures, animations, effects, etc. ... and I did the balancing in the last hour. Unfortunately, there was no time left for audio, so I had to do Opt-out in that category.

All in all, I really had a lot of fun during this time. :heart:

The Game

Essentially, this game is a simple top-down shooter. You play as a cucumber that is hunting other vegetable characters. By doing this, it sacrifices them to the "harvest god" in order to avoid being harvested itself. If the offerings are too low, the game ends. However, if you offer a lot, you will be rewarded... :fire:

Playing time: ~10 minutes

Tags: #top down shooter, #upgrades

Genres: action

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Unity

Comments16

pushmepullyu9 Jan 2023, 11:32

Had fun playing :D

Medow9 Jan 2023, 17:25

I got all the way to the end and beat the game! Simple good fun

adam-gould9 Jan 2023, 22:39

That was very satisfying! You can really feel how impactful each upgrade is, well done. A simple game but very well executed.

ben_burnes9 Jan 2023, 23:07

This was a fun one! I really enjoyed how it all came together. I can see with a bit deeper upgrade tree and a bit more enemies, this being a full game :D It sounds like you ran out of time on the game, but it'd be nice to have the level end once you "harvest" all the veggies. The last few levels had me waiting around for the timer to tick down.

Tony Redmer10 Jan 2023, 22:03

The graphics are amazing - really love the characters. The upgrade system overall adds a lot to the rounds!

jaywoody11 Jan 2023, 23:24

This was a great game! Really liked the overall feel, the upgrades, the animations and the graphics. Would've played for longer if there would've been more content! I don't have much to gripe about here. Great entry to the Compo!

Pennycook12 Jan 2023, 02:53

This is an amazing compo entry. It's a real shame you didn't get the music finished in time, because with a good soundtrack this would be even better.

The upgrades ramp up very nicely, and I felt very powerful by the end (which is always good)! My only suggestion for how to improve things further would be to introduce more jeopardy, and possibly remove the tomatoes after a few early waves. I enjoyed hunting the carrots down, but nothing _forced_ me to move beyond the tomatoes -- I could meet most of the goals using tomatoes alone, and since they're so easy to kill things didn't feel very challenging.

blackoptics812 Jan 2023, 07:15

Sadly my computer had trouble even trying to handle the 320px graphics so I'm glad I saw it on stream to give it a better review. It looked really well polished for such little time, I have a hard time even trying to get menus in my games so it's neat to see it when it's there. Hoping I can get to a better comp to get a better wack at slayin some bob. gg

LDJam user 1250212 Jan 2023, 22:51

Very fun trying to harvest all of the veggies in one round. The upgrade system kept things fresh and I managed to play it all the way to the end with all the upgrades!

secrt10113 Jan 2023, 03:44

This was such a fun game. I loved that you could upgrade everything. Made me feel bad when the veggies had faces. Would have been cool to see consequences for overharvesting if you ever have time to go back and improve it. Great job!

boaz414 Jan 2023, 22:05

The game lagged a little on my machine (my laptop isn't too good with fancy-ish graphics) but it was still pretty fun to play!

Shooting was a little tight, especially with a lagging game (I would have loved it if I could upgrade the size of my shots, or anything else that would make it easier to hit enemies).

It took me a few tries (all in which I lost in the first round) before I really understood how to play. It was pretty much smooth sailing from there.

The music really vibed together with the gameplay, and the darkness all around really added to everything. Awesome job there!

Mololo15 Jan 2023, 11:46

This was of the games that I had the most fun playing. The controls worked perfectly the assets were great and the UI as well. I love the fact that you added upgrades. Great game. Good job!

kir Pow16 Jan 2023, 20:02

enjoyed playing, really easy to pick up. Loved the player design and that the controls were in the menu.

DrawRunner16 Jan 2023, 20:22

Nice game ! The theme and the animations are very funny, Ireally enjoyed the mechanism of mony and upgrade which I think is actually really well balanced (I won just after buying the before-last upgrade).
Graphics also rocks