Sad Dads: Loop of Lawn Maintenance by Shay Cichocki
Sad Dads is a game where you have to keep your lawn maintained, and your spouse happy. You are able to upgrade your tractor to attempt to keep your lawn mowed but do know you also need to buy your spouse gifts to keep them happy.
Use WASD to drive, space for a BEER BOOST.

| Youtube | https://freaky-freaky-tarsier.itch.io/sad-dads |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/sad-dads-loop-of-lawn-maintenance |
Ratings
| Overall | 1464th | 2.932⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1302th | 2.864⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1386th | 2.727⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1217th | 3.182⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1400th | 2.659⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 1046th | 2.386⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 261th | 3.614⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 882th | 3.31⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 8🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
So 10/10 in realism!
Maybe datas at the bottom of the screen are not clear enough of what they do. It was a bit frustrating to be fully stoped without understanding why.
Nice entry though, this is a game I will try to complete just to see all the achievements I'm missing !
Some things did not like so much was: the walls, as they slowed you down and it was kind of hard to escape them again. Also I felt that the passing of time was not as pronounced as it could have been. maybe instead of a timer at the bottom, a simple day/night cycle or seasons changing, but of course this was made for a jam, so maybe kind of a stretch.
Joke asides: the gameplay is redundant, but that's not a big deal: the whole game is so funny, it just makes you want to continue, again and again and again... Good job with the writing!
I take it this is a game you cannot win, unless the divorce means winning. :thinking:
Anyway, great humour and mood and clever use of the theme.
UI could have used some clearer signaling why the mower was stopping, how much money you have, when is next shopping break etc. Now there are just numbers around and you have to determine what everything means.
Gameplay was ok, the mower would be stuck at the edge a bit sometimes and the reverse wouldn't kick in when I pushed back.