Frantic Farming by Fidrik

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made by Fidrik for LD34 (JAM)
Play here - http://fidrik.itch.io/frantic-farming

A fast paced farming game where the player must plant, grow and harvest crops. By harvesting crops, the player gains money which can be spent on extra seeds and supplies.

The player must keep their crops sufficiently watered and stop disease outbreaks before they can spread, by using their specialized farming cannon that can spray both water and "plague-away".

The farming cannon only has a limited supply of water and "plague-away" but it can be refilled. Water is free, but extra "plague-away" must be purchased.

The aim of the game is for the player to generate as much money as possible before the time limit ends.

- Controls -

WASD - Movement
Left mouse click - Water Cannon
Right mouse click - 'Plague-Away' Cannon
E - Interact
1-3 - Select seed type
T - Plant currently selected seed
R - Place Sprinkler
Esc - Unlock mouse


Had to turn shadows off due to a bug in which the shadows were showing through objects, if anyone knows the fix for this can you send a message. Thanks.

This was made by a team of two, its our first time doing Ludum dare and we ran into some issues and bugs near the end so there might be some in the game. Sorry about that. It was fun though, and we learned a lot.

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.48 362
Fun(Jam) 3.20 479
Innovation(Jam) 3.00 603
Theme(Jam) 3.88 325

Feedback

Garris
15. Dec 2015 路 02:37 UTC
Great growing simulator! I'd recommend consolidating the controls a little bit. Maybe E is context sensitive and lets you interact, plant or place sprinklers depending on what you're looking at? The game looks and sounds great though. Good job!
馃帳 Fidrik
15. Dec 2015 路 02:40 UTC
Thanks Garris!
Jajo
15. Dec 2015 路 16:24 UTC
Quite good. Maybe some music next time.
zenmumbler
15. Dec 2015 路 16:29 UTC
Good use of assets to create a new game. Mechanics worked well and hunting for the right control actually kind of fit the name. Would be fun if stuff happened 2x/3x as fast with a lot of materials all over the area growing at once to really go for the frantic part. Nice!
exhidor
15. Dec 2015 路 16:30 UTC
I love it ! great job !
jim3wg
15. Dec 2015 路 16:32 UTC
Nice one, well done ! love to see my plants growing, back to real live i have to check my real garden ;)
CalmKai
15. Dec 2015 路 18:33 UTC
Good idea!
redzero
15. Dec 2015 路 18:50 UTC
Great concept! Really fun to play.
the-arrival
15. Dec 2015 路 20:21 UTC
The controlls were a bit off and i麓m missing music in my little garden :) Sometimes stuff died, even if i was sure to water them enough... just like in my living room.
Eldraev
15. Dec 2015 路 20:32 UTC
Nice concept. Its fun to try and optimize your processes to get the best possible score. I had some problems actually getting the game to realize which plants I was trying to water though.
liquidmedia
15. Dec 2015 路 21:03 UTC
Cool Thanks for the grate game.
skysthelimit
15. Dec 2015 路 21:37 UTC
T to plant seeds? bit of a stretch could use a different binding.

Enjoyable game for such a simple one though.
Warboys
16. Dec 2015 路 09:29 UTC
Not my type of game but I can see the potential here. It would be great if there was some more feedback from your plants... I guess that's unrealistic but it would do wonders to help the player in-game :D
Osaft
19. Dec 2015 路 14:34 UTC
I love it
pkenney
19. Dec 2015 路 21:17 UTC
Wow nice design and implementation, that's a lot to get done for a jam! You had models, various systems, an economy, a shop, sounds... nice work!
Namek
31. Dec 2015 路 17:55 UTC
Graphics style is awesome. Some anti-aliasing would made it a lot cooler. I don't like those little mountains, could be some nice landscape.