{"author_link":"\/author\/superstu\/","author_name":"superstu","author_uid":"8098","comments":[{"author_name":"pjchardt","author_uid":"13158","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:50am","epoch":1346046300,"text":"I think there is a nice start here, but not much of a "fun game" yet :( I like the idea of having to move your character around to collect and place items\/defenses. Have you considered any other mechanics for the character? Something like resource collection in RTS games."},{"author_name":"Fritzendugan","author_uid":"14538","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:51am","epoch":1346046360,"text":"couldn't figure out what to do really :\/"},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:52am","epoch":1346046420,"text":"Couldn't quite figure out how to play this. I kept collecting bags and placing their contents in front of the zombies, but nothing seemed to happen. Still this seemed like a promising game."},{"author_name":"cacciatc","author_uid":"127","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:42am","epoch":1346049420,"text":"Seems to be a bug where I pick up bags, but then can't use them. I like the magenta hell-fire from whence the zombies emerge! "Magenta Hell-fire" will now be the name of my next game."},{"author_name":"geekygenius","author_uid":"6529","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:43am","epoch":1346049480,"text":"I get how to play. I reccomend putting "Its like Plants vs. Zombies" in the description somewhere, because that's how I thought of it. It was pretty easy though... The graphics were really good. Nice and slick looking. I loved the background track too. Nice and atmospheric. Good job!"},{"author_name":"superstu","author_uid":"8098","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:54am","epoch":1346050140,"text":"@geekygenius Its definitely inspired by plants vs zombies, it was going to be a mix of that and harvest moon but I ran out of time to add in more of the harvest moon like things :(\r\r@cacciatc You have 3 different bags plus the watering can that you can swap through with Q and R or Z and C so make sure you're looking for the right one when you pick up a bag. Thanks! let me know when you finish Magenta Hell-fire :P\r\r@Bemmu Make sure you use the watering can on the stones after you place them down \/ refill the watering can at the well\r\r@Fritzendugan Sorry no time to make a tutorial section of the game :(\r\r@pjchardt Ran out of time and couldn't make "waves" of monsters to fight so its more of just a sandbox than a game right now. This will be definitely something I'll build off of. Much more resource collecting and much more upgrading of your plants \/ different monsters.\r\rThanks everyone for their comments."},{"author_name":"NatNoBrains","author_uid":"10689","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 7:08am","epoch":1346050980,"text":"Didn't fit the theme that well, and once you had one row of plants, you were invincible. But the art was nice, and the music was very atmospheric."},{"author_name":"Desi Quintans","author_uid":"14456","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 7:10am","epoch":1346051100,"text":"It was hard to know what to do. You should have mentioned that it was a Plants vs. Zombies tower defence game, because I started planting stuff in horizontal rows before I even knew that zombies were crossing the screen."},{"author_name":"mappum","author_uid":"7962","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 7:13am","epoch":1346051280,"text":"What I could do was a good start, but I think the downfall of this is the lack of intuition. I could put stuff in the ground, but it would disappear when it got hit. You either need simple instructions, or redesign to act as people expect."},{"author_name":"robcozzens","author_uid":"10944","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:09am","epoch":1346054640,"text":"Overall, really good.\rA little clearer instructions would help.\rMaybe show entire inventory across the top and highlight which is active.\rAlso, the watering can should last more than one use."},{"author_name":"Kassoon","author_uid":"5418","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 2:32am","epoch":1346120820,"text":"I can 100% get behind harvest moon meets plants vs zombies. Aside from lack of polish and direction, I really liked this. Your sound design was very good!"},{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1346188080,"text":"A fun mash-up. A shame it's a bit too easy..."},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1346190480,"text":"This is a sweet concept, but the game feels a little incomplete(pretty common in a game jam). It takes a little longer than it probably should to get a grasp on what's going on, and how to win. As you mentioned, it's more of a sandbox at this point. I hope you make a post-compo version, as this game has more potential than almost any I've seen."},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1346616120,"text":"Idea was good but the execution was lacking, you could make just one row of plants and they destroyed everything. Good job otherwise."}],"images":["ld24\/8098-a76d5b46c724a7e3b73389092e1c16f2.jpg","ld24\/8098-781e550dc08501d365869573ac685a8c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.superstugames.com\/games\/harvest-doom\/","text":"Everything"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.superstugames.com\/games\/harvest-doom\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29531","g_author":"8098","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29561","g_title":"Harvest Doom","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"598","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/8098-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/8098-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"How to Play:\r\n- use your bags to plant in the planting area\r\n- use your watering can to change the seeds into attack flowers\r\n- walk over the well to fill your watering can \r\n- walk over bags to collect more seeds\r\n- protect your flowers on the back wall from the mutants\r\n\r\nControls\r\n- WASD or ARROW keys to MOVE\r\n- X or SPACE for actions\r\n- Q or Z for previous item\r\n- E or C for next item\r\n\r\n*Use your watering can to make things grow; refill it at the well at the top left*\r\n\r\nI took the theme evolution and wanted it to play a role with both the audio and the game play however some parts I wanted to add weren't able to make the cut. I will definitely continue working on this and making a more polished game-like version in the near future.\r\n\r\nDue to time constants this is more of a sandbox than a game. The goal is to simply stop the mutants from reaching your flowers. Good luck and enjoy.<\/p>","title":"Harvest Doom"}