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Game of Beans by lt-farfetchd

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made by lt-farfetchd for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

You, Sean Bean, a retired actor and hobbyist bean farmer, have enraged the locals by starring in too few movies featuring your own grisly death.

You must protect your farm with the only defence you have - your body! Throw yourself in front of the flaming arrows to prevent them from setting your farm ablaze!
In the ~~un~~likely event that your farm catches fire, you must hurl your body onto the flames to smother them! Careful that Sean doesn’t get too crispy himself though! Toss Beany into the well to cool him down and reduce his crispyness.

Any likeness to real-life actor Sean Bean is purely coincidental...

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Controls:

Click and hold the mouse to move (not) Sean Bean’s body. ————————————————————————————————————————

Created by OuterCube: * Art - Aidan Parr * Audio - Marcus Galic * Code - Adam Judd * Code - Noah de Win

There are no bugs - only carefully constructed features. ;) https://youtu.be/YHGFlZFwIsM

Gameplay Trailer! https://youtu.be/6eAM5GR-nFY

Youtube https://outercube.itch.io/game-of-beans
Youtube https://outercube.itch.io/game-of-beans
Youtube https://outercube.itch.io/game-of-beans
Youtube https://outercube.itch.io/game-of-beans
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/game-of-beans

Ratings

Overall 646th 3.741⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 245th 3.879⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 850th 3.466⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 951th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1002th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 359th 3.793⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 41th 4.276⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 523th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

OldKnivesTale
21. Apr 2020 · 14:23 UTC
Great idea and very well executed!
Flamti
22. Apr 2020 · 08:00 UTC
Nice! Very fun!
TimeTravelHamster
22. Apr 2020 · 08:04 UTC
I saw this page and all videos and get me exited. All is great and responsive but made me sad. Thanks
Karas
22. Apr 2020 · 08:06 UTC
So much fun ! Great game, really funny, love the idea ! I think it was a bit slow at the begining until the arrow start putting my field in fire. It seems that the field doesn't lose HP, or maybe to slowly. Overall had a lot of fun playing it !
Ynk
22. Apr 2020 · 08:07 UTC
Oh my god this music! :D Perfect mood!
The game itself seems a bit buggy though. It was very difficult to trample the fire as most of the time putting Sean on the fire doesn't seem to do much.
But thank you for the good laugh! :D
JavaSaurus
22. Apr 2020 · 08:10 UTC
This game is hilarious :) Keep the Sean Bean meme alive ! I have to agree, it wasn't really clear to me that I could Sean-slap the fire to put it out. ONE thing I would suggest, don't just despawn the arrows, leave them in Sean's body for a bit, it'd look hilarious :) Well done !
🎤 lt-farfetchd
22. Apr 2020 · 08:24 UTC
@ynk @javasaurus yep, definitely a fair call on the Sean-slap. Haha
Hopefully the trailer shows a little glimpse of how that mechanic works, but we definitely could have indicated it more clearly. Thanks for the feedback! :smile:

@karas once the fires get to their maximum size you should hopefully see the garden's HP decrease - we did that to make it feel a little fairer (maybe at the cost of a challenge? Not sure). If that's not the case though, I guess you've found a bug! :stuck_out_tongue:
Anaferus
22. Apr 2020 · 08:24 UTC
Great beans protector!
Cool graphics. I would add something far in order to support the prospect. But it looks cool in general.
Game mechanics are simple, but what else is needed for fun? Maybe add some items that can be broken. Or modifiers for the character's clothes, to better put out the fire. But this is great for such a short time working on the game.
Good job! Good luck!
Curtis Pelissier
22. Apr 2020 · 08:28 UTC
The gameplay made me laugh, it remembers me "Swiss army man" movie. Nice work ;)
StarkTheGnr
22. Apr 2020 · 08:41 UTC
This was really fun and addictive. Great job!
PineappleGladiator
22. Apr 2020 · 13:41 UTC
Very fun and addictive! Played for like half an hour without even niticing! Great job!
🎤 lt-farfetchd
22. Apr 2020 · 13:59 UTC
@pineapplegladiator that's awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! :grin:
sledzik
22. Apr 2020 · 14:20 UTC
He got stuck in the well also music is great
🎤 lt-farfetchd
22. Apr 2020 · 14:33 UTC
@sledzik it's a feature! :joy: I think a lesson I took from that was that Unity's polygon colliders are not the most reliable, even if they are quick to use in a pinch. In a game like this where velocity is based on the relative position of your cursor, I think that it's too easy to run into trouble with them. A good learning experience though.
Nivbeth
22. Apr 2020 · 14:49 UTC
The humor level is over 9000! XD
Thank you for looking into our game, I definitly had fun while playing yours :)
Very simple, but pleasing x) (Sean Bean hihi)
zzox
22. Apr 2020 · 18:08 UTC
I love the music with this, sets the scene for epic proportions. Nice work!
LasagnaAndroid
23. Apr 2020 · 18:53 UTC
It was really simple, but the mechanics were cool and the music was great!
SheetCode
23. Apr 2020 · 19:12 UTC
like @nivbeth said humor humor level is over 9000 :D
Music composition with sounds effect are brilliant
inzombiak
23. Apr 2020 · 22:26 UTC
Gave me a real giggle.
pabulum
24. Apr 2020 · 06:40 UTC
This was awesome. Once I got how to to the Sean-slap it was my solution to all things. Before I was just rubbing Sean beans limp body against a flame that wouldnt go out. I agree leaving the last x arrows in the ragdoll would have been really fun. Had a lot of fun kicking the hat around too. Great Job!
Alexascher
27. Apr 2020 · 20:22 UTC
it's very fun
Bulent Altinay
27. Apr 2020 · 20:37 UTC
Really fun game. :smile:
Peco
27. Apr 2020 · 21:55 UTC
Fun, cool and funny :D:D
I love the ragdoll effects and the mechanic of dipping him into the water