FEED by drprettypatty

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made by drprettypatty for LD 41 (COMPO)

Grow your farm and new flower friend! Play this game for a relaxing experience as you care for your plants, chickens, and a new visitor.

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I chose "Virtual Pet" and "Horror" as my incompatible themes...

Controls:

WASD/Arrows: Move Spacebar: Take/Feed/Eat

Tools:

I used Unity3D, Gimp, Krita, Blender, and FL Studio (with the GMS and FL Keys plugins along with some nohidea drum samples) to make this.

The font is from http://www.misprintedtype.com/fonts/freeware/ , and I also made use of the Unity post-processing stack. All the assets (3D models, sprites, textures, sfx + music), game design, and scripting were done within the 48 hours, aside from a last-minute bugfix a few minutes after 8 (the message box was not displaying properly in most situations).​

Install instructions:

Extract the zip file to a folder of your choice, then run FEED.exe. Same with Linux, and I assume something similar with Macs.

Screenshots

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Ratings

Overall 59th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 121th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 103th 3.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 288th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 74th 4.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 136th 3.444⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 157th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 29th 3.917⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

ErikU
23. Apr 2018 · 04:15 UTC
Nice graphics and neat little game. Tough to keep the bats fed - was trying to feed them chickens until I read carefully that it was the _lair_. After that I finally managed to get Mr. Biscuits fully fed. Well done.
Evannex
23. Apr 2018 · 04:36 UTC
This is a very nice game! A little tough to pick stuff up from time to time, I had to position myself very carefully to get the "Take" words to appear. Other than that I really enjoyed this. It's well balanced as well, challenging but not impossible! Great entry!
Jackson Frankland
23. Apr 2018 · 05:59 UTC
This was really cool. I loved the art style
HKoisumi
24. Apr 2018 · 00:05 UTC
Freaking amazing! Excelent work, wanna check ours too??

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
Wugbor
24. Apr 2018 · 00:19 UTC
Nice, fun, goofy game.
Smooth
24. Apr 2018 · 01:37 UTC
Pretty good! Found it a challenge
NateTheGreat
25. Apr 2018 · 01:51 UTC
Pretty fun game! It was really difficult and I was never able to beat it but I did find the boat at the end of the bridge and then started walking on water :D
Talops
27. Apr 2018 · 16:37 UTC
Fantastic mood and idea! Collider management was a bit clumsy (sometimes my veggies couldn't be picked up nor watered) and gameplay could have been a bit more challenging (especially when mr biscuits awakens, blocking your path could've been nice!). Besides that it is a great and well polished game!
Well done!
Paula
03. May 2018 · 21:44 UTC
Gameplay it's addictive and fun, i enjoyed it a lot. The art style is fantastic and the music too. The only think that got a bit hard was that the actions didn't show propertly when i was interacting with some elements.
kyyninen
10. May 2018 · 14:40 UTC
Definitely one of my favorites, if not THE favorite from this jam. Making every interaction between two entities either feeding or eating was very smart design and great way to communicate mood through gameplay mechanics! Media is the message, after all.

Visuals were great homage/parody to Harvest Moons and Stardew Valleys of the world, music loops were a bit on the short side but not distractingly so. I think only major criticisms I are the somewhat buggy picking up/feeding and growing mechanics. Sometimes it's kinda hard to feed one particular object you want if you are not in precisely right spot and there is nothing else around, picking up farmed plants happens usually only by chance and spamming space. Also what's going on with the empty gauges? Do the plants shrivel if you don't collect them quick enough? Can you stack multiple plants in the spot by watering many times?

Still, I think this game is awesome and those kinds of bugs are pretty understandable given the compo time limits. Good work!

_EDIT: Also! Checkpoints ☑️ are generally something I'd love to see more in Ludum Dare entries_