Ludum Dare #52compo

Super Plant Farm

by superpokeunicorn

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.52

What in tarnation?!? Them purple munchers're tryin' to eat up my crops! Heh, well little do they know this farm's packin' a secret: all my plants are made of live munition! I gotta plant the crops, then harvest 'em to get more powerful weapons. I can also water them to make them grow faster. Gotta harvest as many crops as I can before my field gets overrun!

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Controls:

Arrow Keys - Move

X - Jump

C - Shoot

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Ranks:

5 points: Bronze

10 points: Silver

15 points: Gold

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Tags: #2d, #arcade, #farming, #retro, #short, #simple

Genres: platformer, shooter

Comments26

LDJam user 2792339 Jan 2023, 00:44

nice game, I like the gun variety and the colourful art :)

JakobTheQuizGuy9 Jan 2023, 00:46

Good game feel, using the strong weapons feels great. My best is 11 points!

niterich9 Jan 2023, 01:03

Love the game! I used to play Super Crate Box all the time back in college, and I think you've replicated that fast, fun atmosphere very well!

LDJam user 3133269 Jan 2023, 01:12

Very fun and challenging. Good job!

superpokeunicornauthor9 Jan 2023, 01:25

@niterich Thanks! Super Crate Box was definitely the inspiration for this one. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

LDJam user 23319 Jan 2023, 01:41

Cute spin on crate box to fit the theme :D I really like that it doubles as a defense game. The fixed location of the pots, however, allows you to just camp and defend one of the side ones, only going out to grab nearby seeds/water. Some additional mechanic preventing using the same pot twice in a row, or enemy variety to make the side pots less safe, might help address that. Great work regardless! :)

She Wrote9 Jan 2023, 11:10

The art is simple, but it compensates with a really fun gameplay! Well done!

GoldRanger9 Jan 2023, 15:21

Nice, simple and fun. your cover img definitely attracts ppl that like Super Crate Box, and they (I) will love your game!

Mastoast9 Jan 2023, 18:15

Nice use of the theme, well done

HFSEvans10 Jan 2023, 06:38

Nice, crunchy, and old school. I love it. Unique enough and familiar enough, it's right in the sweet spot

enducube10 Jan 2023, 06:41

reminds me of super crate box, which is cool

Yumepix10 Jan 2023, 10:46

Love it ! The gameplay is so fun !

LDJam user 25885010 Jan 2023, 14:29

Love it! ^^ very cute and very hard, my score

koboldskeep10 Jan 2023, 14:59

A solid game! Great job with this one. I want more of it.

jk500010 Jan 2023, 22:25

I am really bad at this game, but I can't say it not well made. And I did have fun trying it. Great visuals, and I liked the music. Well done.

Veridis11 Jan 2023, 02:01

Solid little game, I like the idea and it encourages you to get greedy and take hits

JavaSaurus11 Jan 2023, 16:55

Very nice game ! Reminds of one of the unity tutorials ^-^ I love the pacing, high energy and I'm a sucker for pixel art. Overall a great entry, well done.

Blueanoli11 Jan 2023, 18:51

OMG I love this game!!! Grenade Launcher for the win

hungryroy12 Jan 2023, 07:32

A fun simple fast-paced little shooter game that aligns nicely with the theme. Rocket launcher!

Rob656612 Jan 2023, 09:16

Loved this!! Really fun shooter, and powering up seeds to get power ups (and the enemies munching the plants) was a cool idea. The power ups were interesting too. Great game!

rasblo14 Jan 2023, 17:14

Love the concept, solid all around. Cute art, nice effects, and fun variety of weapons. Quite challenging!

Would want it to be a bit faster movement-wise to really feel that high pace. Could use either more snappy movement or something like a dash in my opinion. Watching the enemy run towards your plant while you can't catch up feels rough. :)

Really fun entry though, great job!

FabDynamic15 Jan 2023, 17:57

Great game! I got 7 points and am proud :)

Nekuake16 Jan 2023, 19:56

I really like the arcade approach to the theme and how challenging the game is! Very good work!!
(I got to 8 points after A LOT of attemps 😅)

pianoman37317 Jan 2023, 03:05

Really great job on the effects and overall feel of the game! Everything feels really satisfying overall and the gun variety is really great.

Ismael Rodriguez21 Jan 2023, 01:25

Great little game. I love the cute little characters. The guns feel nice and powerful. The sounds feel a little generic. Good job overall.

PhilStrahl25 Jan 2023, 19:33

Very arcadey and fun experience! For some reason my brain could never adapt to the X and C keys and i always hit the wrong one when under pressure (which was a LOT haha). I never worked so hard for each point, my high score was 2, and you know what? I am still proud of that! 😅

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