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Educational Tractor Kingdom by Darkfrost

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made by Darkfrost for LD25 (JAM)
In early 2013, an average redneck farmer downloaded an EBook called "Programming Tractor Artificial Intelligence for Dummies". However, due to a single typo in coping out the sample code, he accidently created a murderous, self improving AI.


Built in C# and SFML, so requires windows unless you're familiar with setting up Mono :)

Created by:
- Jacob Keane (Programming)
- Holly Grant (Programming)
- Gary Nield (Programming)
- Sophie Morris (Art)
- William Ahmadi (Art)
- David Biggs (Programming)

Music by http://www.nosoapradio.us/


Controls:
WASD / Arrow keys - Move
123 / Numpad 123 - Select Weapon
Mouse - Aim
LMB - Use weapon

Windows http://jacobkeane.co.uk/projects/LD25.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=7085

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.21 121
Audio(Jam) 3.21 99
Fun(Jam) 3.19 84
Graphics(Jam) 3.76 81
Humor(Jam) 3.16 75
Innovation(Jam) 3.04 132
Mood(Jam) 2.78 174
Theme(Jam) 3.34 154

Feedback

Devenger
18. Dec 2012 · 04:23 UTC
Very bloody, unnervingly satisfying. A shame that the evolution thing fell by the wayside after the start, but still good fun throughout :)
BlockBrains
18. Dec 2012 · 12:51 UTC
Those chickens don't stand a chance with the beam! :D
someone
20. Dec 2012 · 01:33 UTC
That was awesome, and oddly satisfying.
Unfortunately the game froze when I got to the second level running it in Wine.
JFlegle
20. Dec 2012 · 02:04 UTC
+1 for the tractor beam, the second level seemed like a big jump in difficulty.
EatenAlive3
20. Dec 2012 · 02:19 UTC
Nice! I died pretty early on, and couldn't find a way to recover health (was there one?), but great idea, I enjoyed playing.
🎤 Darkfrost
20. Dec 2012 · 08:41 UTC
We had a health pick up to start with but think it got lost in the confusion XD We had a few problems right at the end when we planned to balance thus the second level came out like it did.. we're hoping to polish it and make a balanced version at some point!
🎤 Darkfrost
20. Dec 2012 · 13:37 UTC
Small tip on the second level - Do not touch the cherry trucks! Avoid them all costs
BarrensZeppelin
20. Dec 2012 · 20:02 UTC
Really really fun to play. The turning was a bit awkward, but the graphics style and the bloody nature of the game made up for it ;)
Kuulog
20. Dec 2012 · 20:40 UTC
Killing farmyard animals is actually very fun! Great game!
OrangeeZ
20. Dec 2012 · 20:56 UTC
Background tune actually made the game feel quite relaxing, but 2nd level was a huge jump in difficulty, and tracktor physics were rough. But overral, the game was fun, art looks great, and tracktor beam is forever in my heart :)
dek
20. Dec 2012 · 23:13 UTC
Looking really cute :)
HeyChinaski
20. Dec 2012 · 23:52 UTC
Nice work. Took me a while to work out how to use the laser and play level 2 without dying immediately but it was great fun. Looked and sounded great too.
DaviDeMo
20. Dec 2012 · 23:54 UTC
hahah, funny!
goulding57
21. Dec 2012 · 19:19 UTC
Don't have windows, wish I did so I could play this. Looks awesome, and from the comments, is awesome. Good luck!
Jeremias
21. Dec 2012 · 19:54 UTC
Moving doesn't feel good because of the collision boxes (they are too big). Very funny idea anyway. I hope I didn't miss it, but is there an explanation for the icons? Especially the last one I didn't get.
🎤 Darkfrost
21. Dec 2012 · 20:14 UTC
Health fuel mattercollected energy, then the other blacked out pictures where equipable wepons on the nums.

Yeh we never did get round to fixing the collisions XD
Cyboot
22. Dec 2012 · 11:51 UTC
that was bloody funny.
Ok that sounds stupid, but great game.
Nice graphics and sound.

good job!
🎤 Darkfrost
22. Dec 2012 · 19:14 UTC
The icons from left to right were:
Health (%)
Fuel (%)
Matter collected (% to the next upgrade)
Energy (%, this is needed for certain weapons)

Then there are various icons showing you the state of your weapons, depending on which you have unlocked
arhpositive
22. Dec 2012 · 20:27 UTC
Nice little game. :) Lost interest after a few minutes, but still a good game in the jam category.
bentog
23. Dec 2012 · 18:19 UTC
I like the game, it's fun and relaxing, half a second after I got to level 2 I died :( So, I had no patience to finish level one again. Besides that, well done!
sclark39
23. Dec 2012 · 18:21 UTC
Pretty fun, but I couldn't figure out how to attack in the second level and didn't want to grind my way through the first again after I died. Also, "tractor beam". Love it.
mokujin
27. Dec 2012 · 19:27 UTC
Sheeps are too big, like elephants XD Great game!