Harvest Goddess

co-authored: @laul
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.53
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.79
A simulation of a wheat field, very peaceful... or not
You are playing the harvest goddess, ans must tend to your field by managing the wildlife. Depending on your approach the game can be very intense, or quite relaxing.
Keeping the ecosystem balanced is harder than it looks!

the game is very short (less than 3 minutes) so you can retry many times!

Field sound by kvgarlic from free sounds
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Comments14

LDJam user 20547910 Jan 2023, 07:26
Amazing artwork, and a wonderful interpretation of the theme. It took a few play-throughs to make the mechanic clear, but I liked it.
mrs.wheelsx
mrs.wheelsx10 Jan 2023, 07:36
When I scare off all the birds, no foxes appear, yet it tells me the foxes ravaged the field and Game Over. Very Pretty graphics, though.
adhesion19 Jan 2023, 04:19
Great concept and atmosphere, though it seems really hard to strike the right balance. The birds seemed to eat the wheat super fast so I couldn't really figure out the right rate to keep them away without losing them all. Tried 4 or 5 times and never had a successful attempt. Would be cool if there were something like a more circular ecosystem to manage. (Also I found it kinda funny that there were telephone poles in the background implying a modern setting yet the farmers still paid tribute to a goddess.) Still a cool experience overall, good work.
3ggplant19 Jan 2023, 04:22
Beautiful game with surprisingly challenging mechanics.
bezbiletnym
bezbiletnym19 Jan 2023, 11:08
Very beautiful piece and interesting idea!
stalkachevan19 Jan 2023, 11:23
Funny game, good luck to win!
Untitled Studios
Untitled Studios22 Jan 2023, 21:54
Very very pretty game, took a lot of rather slow-paced experimenting to figure out how the mechanics worked. Overall, I think having quicker restart times and a more clear mechanical explanation (though optimally with less text than the game has currently) would be helpful.
CataclysmicKnight
CataclysmicKnight25 Jan 2023, 03:49
Whew, yeah, this is a very tough game but it's gorgeous, an awesome idea, and super unique. I wish it was quicker to restart, but that's a super minor gripe, and the game is epic as heck! Very well done :D
DFaouaz25 Jan 2023, 12:43
Loved the artwork! Nicely done! Great job!
Natiki27 Jan 2023, 17:22
I the graphics are super clean and I ADORE the geometric style you went with! Difficult game but still enjoyable, nice job!
Mark Winter27 Jan 2023, 17:41
Very beautiful game, but I wish there were some kind of indication of when the birds are eating and how much they need to eat.
almost
almost27 Jan 2023, 17:48
On my first play after chasing off a single bird it said that foxes would ravage the field but I saw no foxes. I lost to this invisible fox so I restarted and next time there were 4 birds and a fox which seemed about right. I couldn't seem to chase off the fox but I could keep clicking on the birds and lasted longer.

Do I want the birds to starve to death, or do I want to give them just a little bit of food each?
ImmanentDeath
ImmanentDeath27 Jan 2023, 17:54
The graphics, the sound, and even the font contribute to a really nice mood, and I like the idea that there's already a harvest you have to protect.
Laul29 Jan 2023, 00:22
Thanks for your comments @immanentdeath , @almost, @mark-winter, @natiki, @dfaouaz, @cataclysmicknight, @untitled-studios, @jminor, @adhesion, @3ggplant, @mrs-wheelsx, @bezbiletnym and @stalkachevan !
Sorry for the broken gameplay, we tried to make a complex system but failed to implement it properly :-( @almost : the experienced you had shows that we really need to fix the system, but you still got the idea : you want to feed the birds a little, otherwise the foxes proliferate ! We are going to re-work it in the future !

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