PotatIO by Ash Duong
In the near future, the surface of the earth is ravaged by an apocalyptic event, causing humans to have to live underground. The situation is rough and living standards are low, but with your family's secret potato recipes, perhaps you can save the day.
A survival game in which you live by the potato and die by the potato, farm and use them as batteries as well as currency to further your dream to save the planet.
Tutorial/Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6brYZ7a2FD4&feature=youtu.be
Programmer, Artist & Designer - Ash Duong ash.duong@digipen.edu
Music and Sound Design - Ariel Kim
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/popsicle-music/sets/potatio
Bandcamp - https://popsicle-music.bandcamp.com/album/potatio
| Windows | https://ashdowngd.itch.io/potatio |
| macOS | https://ashdowngd.itch.io/potatio |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/potatio |
Ratings
| Overall | 156th | 3.792⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 329th | 3.292⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 192th | 3.48⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 96th | 4.04⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 219th | 4.038⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 102th | 3.833⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 226th | 2.957⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 182th | 3.68⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/yet-another-exhausted-day
I found the game a bit too slow / repetitive to really enjoy however, and unfortunately it took me a long time to understand how to play it (despite reading the "how to play section"). I even had to restart 3-4 times before I got it; and the only way to do that seemed to be alt+F4 and start the game again?! There also seems to be a UI bug where the marketplace recipes overlaps with the potato recipes, which confused me a lot.
However, the graphics (especially lighting) worked well, and the sounds / music were spot on and fit the gloomy concept of the game. Overall a very cute and inspiring little game. Well done sir/madam :)
Both market and recipes open up at the beginning for me. And when I try to purchase a glass bulb I get a potato wire instead.
Overall, beautiful and relaxing. Placement and harvesting could be faster. I felt like this sort of game should be possible to have on the side while I do other things.
I had to try several times until i discover that potato-battery hidden in "recipes" and then i finally managed to make something with all those bulbs (but not enough each first tries to create a lemon battery so i couldn't figure it out).
I'll definitely play again ! This is so relaxing but sometimes how frustrating (like when i died from hunger xD)