Vegan Farmer by leorean

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made by leorean for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

The cow farmer's daughter is a vegan now! You set out to create a delicious avocado salad for her. The problem: there is nothing but cows. Use your clever crafting skills to let all those fancy vegetables appear: green leaf lettuce, tomatoes, sweet corn, even avocado! The game is played by just dragging and combining things with the mouse. Do you have what it takes? Let's find out!

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https://youtu.be/ov-eY9ys3AM

https://youtu.be/G3hYnUuZwls

The following post-jam fixes were added on 10/24/2019: * pick objects based on z-order for drag&drop * slightly less grind in late-game

Ratings

Overall 24th 4.263⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Fun 11th 4.275⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 90th 3.974⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 175th 3.875⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 21th 4.526⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Audio 33th 4.167⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.4⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Mood 90th 4.038⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Mercuryal
07. Oct 2019 · 22:59 UTC
Like the art
Transkuja
08. Oct 2019 · 07:02 UTC
I loved making cows fly out of the screen
vrerabek
08. Oct 2019 · 07:18 UTC
Oh my god, poor cows haha!

Loved the game, the soundtrack is cute and in combination with the flow of the game makes it hilarious.
I laughed so much and I feel bad about it!
HiveMinds
08. Oct 2019 · 07:26 UTC
Had a lot of fun with this one!

The graphics are really charming and the idea is very unique and I like the different permutations!
lespaul59
08. Oct 2019 · 07:28 UTC
Played it till the end! i had a super much fun with it! Good job!
GoldRanger
08. Oct 2019 · 07:57 UTC
farming game with relaxing music is always great, and the way to farm is interesting!
Tomssuli
08. Oct 2019 · 08:02 UTC
This game was bloody awesome! I loved the innovativity, peaceful music, simplistic funny graphics and the humour!
I played it through =)
Actual_Potato 69
08. Oct 2019 · 08:33 UTC
Good Job! I had a lot of fun!
Lukein
08. Oct 2019 · 08:55 UTC
Loved the tone of the game !
Hatten
08. Oct 2019 · 09:30 UTC
Great game! Loved the idea and very well executed. Got a litle repetative at the end but just had to finish it.
Squirrelian
08. Oct 2019 · 14:06 UTC
Amazing Game!
I especially loved the weird cow when you feed it with the baby pumpkin.
Very charming!
Feingehacktes
08. Oct 2019 · 18:19 UTC
the best cows in ludum dare town :) lovely style. great job guys. we will go for a nice avocado salad this evening :)
Zabava
08. Oct 2019 · 18:33 UTC
funny game))) good job)
mira
08. Oct 2019 · 21:18 UTC
love this game. best is flying cows :D
RaineTheGlutton
09. Oct 2019 · 14:59 UTC
Thanks for rating our game!

To start, I loved the art, animation, and music. Everything fit together really nicely. The game itself was fun, and just when I thought I was finished you threw another set of combinations at me. What a rollercoaster. In the end I would have been interested in seeing how many cows went in to making that avacado salad.

Great job, and thanks for the educational guide on where Avacodos come from.
MRUniverse
09. Oct 2019 · 21:11 UTC
Wow, this game is kinda gross, but in a good way!
jelch
09. Oct 2019 · 21:49 UTC
Very polished, with satisfying physics and sounds (and I love the crafting recipes)! My only want would be a list of discovered recipes.
Stefanie Leitch
09. Oct 2019 · 22:13 UTC
Seriously good game. Satisfying in all aspects, sound was good, graphics were gameplay loop was interesting -- trying to figure out recipes was enjoyable and satisfying when you figured it out. Good job!!!!
Pedro Rosa
09. Oct 2019 · 23:10 UTC
Love the game, the idea of testing out different formulas is great. The game feel is amazing. I know this is bad but I love tho throw the cow into the air, sorry but it feels so great xD.
Evgeniya Zapolnova
11. Oct 2019 · 15:45 UTC
Nice and funni game. Pumpkin-cow is perfect :))
Honey Pony
12. Oct 2019 · 22:16 UTC
Really good game. I was unable to find all the recipes by myself, I had to look through the source code to see what I could do with the corn. I think I just forgot to try it, but I also may have missed it because sometimes it's hard to tell when two objects will interact (i.e. hard to see the outline on the object you're holding). I think I kept expecting there to also be an outline on the object that I could interact with.

Aside from that everything looks really good and is animated well, and the music is pretty fantastic too. Overall the game feels more or less complete, which is awesome.
oddarock
13. Oct 2019 · 23:19 UTC
Never thought you could do some with with cows !

Very funny game, excellent graphics and nice concept. It was a bit repetitive at the end, maybe some engaging reward, like number of recipes unlocked, would make the game even more engaging.
minibobbo
15. Oct 2019 · 02:49 UTC
That was fun! I loved the graphics and the music and how the whole thing worked together. I agree with some of the previous comments that making some of the ingredients just took too long and got a bit repetitive, but that is a minor complaint. This is really what I think a jam game should be. Simple and too the point with enough content to keep interest. A ton of polish packed into a little package.

I also discovered, much to my delight, that if you drag a cow underground and let it go it flings itself up into the air, which amused me greatly.
KeithSwanger
15. Oct 2019 · 06:15 UTC
You really have something special here. Without a doubt my favorite game I've played this LD. It's simple, it's clever, it's funny. The graphics are great and the sounds are satisfying. I found myself humming along to the music by the end. This team of devs should stick together, because you all have it figured out. Awesome job.
selkkie
15. Oct 2019 · 11:39 UTC
This was a fantasic game, albeit a little fucked up, nnnnnnnnnn
The one bone I have to pick is the amount of ingredients needed- the game's joy comes from discovering new ridiculous combinations, not from repeating the processes, so I'd suggest making it simply one of each ingredient. I'd also suggest against requiring multiples to feed the creatures on screen, since that's also tedious work, but it's not quite as grueling as me getting to the end of the chain for the tomato and saying "I have to do all of that again now??"

Still though, really beautiful game you have here, very professional and polished!
Yomissmar
15. Oct 2019 · 17:30 UTC
Loved the art, specially the multiple versions of the cows. The pumpkin one is so cute! The combinations were crazy and fun, I just think it could be improved by asking for just one ingredient because lots of repetitions are already required to find next level ingredients/animals. Really nice job!
JamesOliverMusic
16. Oct 2019 · 19:19 UTC
Awesome game. I loved the graphics and the animations. Maybe a few hints at times could've helped with some of the trickier ingredients. I look forward to seeing what comes next from this game post-jam!
Titwin
17. Oct 2019 · 11:59 UTC
Amazing, and really fun !
Sol Roo
18. Oct 2019 · 12:15 UTC
Utterly solid submission, from the theme to the art and the sound.
The simplicity makes it very elegant!
The progression is a bit grindy, but as it is the main core mechanic to discover the recipes, I won't complain.
yazara
21. Oct 2019 · 11:25 UTC
I like the exploration of new crazy combinations (my favorites were pumpkin cow and creepy humanoid cow), graphics were really nice! I actually played it through to the end ;)

I'm not a fan of elements though which artificially slow down your progress - in this game the fact that you need to use multiple items for some tasks, especially the ones with a high production effort (like corn) is frustrating. Some other comments have already pointed this out. A solution could be to provide an alternative, easy way to obtain an item once you've unlocked it.
Also I do like sarcastic games in general, I just think veganism is quite a controversial choice for a sarcastic topic.