*Made by me in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare 58 jam*
You’ve “won” the labour lottery. Now farm, expand, and appease the Ministry’s endless quotas—or lose everything. Survive 100 days to escape the regime.
Cornscripted is a roguelite farming game. Run your combine harvester across the field to gather crops, fulfill orders to earn credits, purchase randomly drawn perks to upscale and specialize your production, and always be prepared to pay the Ministry collector who looms on the horizon.
Love this, great job. Super simple premise but a lot of depth. I found the inventory and order icons a little bit hard to match up to the field at first, though
A very addicting and interesting game! I love it a lot to the fact that when 100 days are over I want to play more! Hope there is a infinite-day version coming soon!
Very fun. Trying to resist the tax-man, selling all my belongings while, being cursed by RNG is quite addicting. It's hard for me to find something to be critical about. I never made it to 100 days, always seemed to peter-out around 60 says even when I thought I was doing well... but I did feel myself getting better with every run. It does make me feel like RNG is a bit too unforgiving, but maybe that's just me.
The biggest point of real feedback I would give is that sometimes I accidentally expanded my farm while trying to harvest. Also the pixel art made it a little hard to tell crops apart when trying to fill orders in a pinch.
Music is mellow and fits the dystopian mood and narrative.
This was really, really fun! I can definitely see this being turned into a small commercial game, the bones are there for sure. My only critique is that fulfilling orders felt pretty mindless - I'd like to see more decision making there outside of spamming all the orders. Awesome job! One of my favorites so far :)
Really enjoyed the progression and the way the game turned into a bit of a puzzle by maximising where you should be running your harvester. It would be nice to be able to more easily see how much your got from each run. Overall i really enjoyed the discission making aspect of the game. Great entry!
This game is so much fun! I failed twice at the beginning, but quickly got the hang of it. Then I was immersed in the joy of making money. What? You say I should escape this place? Why would I want to escape? I just want to work endlessly, continuously cultivating the surrounding land. Just when I thought I could rely on the 4-day delay to live forever, everything came to an abrupt end, and I forgot about the 100-day limit. After the game ended, I was left with a lingering taste. I have currently achieved my highest score.
The core loop is great, the visuals and feel of harvesting is really clear and easy to get, but cool to see how complex it can be. I think the orders are where it feels a bit simple, more variety there or maybe other ways to trade or manage your resources could be awesome
Such a nice game! The UI is very intuitive, the game takes very little time to understand, and everything feels really polished. It's incredibly satisfying to farm, and the sounds effects go really nicely. I could definitely see this being worked on more and published on Steam.
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I found the inventory and order icons a little bit hard to match up to the field at first, though
The biggest point of real feedback I would give is that sometimes I accidentally expanded my farm while trying to harvest. Also the pixel art made it a little hard to tell crops apart when trying to fill orders in a pinch.
Music is mellow and fits the dystopian mood and narrative.
Overall great job everyone!
This was really, really fun! I can definitely see this being turned into a small commercial game, the bones are there for sure. My only critique is that fulfilling orders felt pretty mindless - I'd like to see more decision making there outside of spamming all the orders. Awesome job! One of my favorites so far :)
It would be nice to be able to more easily see how much your got from each run.
Overall i really enjoyed the discission making aspect of the game. Great entry!