Alien Fruit Harvest by LDJam user 315277
The fruits are ready to harvest! Use wasd/arrows to move, hold space and move keys to jump.
This is my very first jam game. I tried participating in one before but wholly botched it. So this time, I determined to finish a game even if it was the smallest and stupidest game ever. It turned out to be even slightly enjoyable. Please let me know if you want to see a better version of the game.
| Link | https://kossnocorp.itch.io/alien-fruit-harvest |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/alien-fruit-harvest |
Ratings
| Given | 21🗳️ | 5🗨️ |
I'd like if the character stayed still while I aimed
I did find playing a bit strange—I liked how powerful the jumps were, but using the arrow keys instead of the mouse felt unintuitive for a game in this genre (which I would usually expect to have a drag-down, release-to-launch-up control mechanic). The result was that I felt I didn't have much control of my character, something that felt especially unforgiving when you can fall so far back down! I didn't know I was signing up for a sequel to "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy!" 🤣
Thank you for the submission, and happy developing!
Maybe the max jump is really too strong ?
It would be more fun and slightly less frustrating for me as a player to be able to control movement mid-air. Wonder if that would affect your intended difficulty though. Great game!
I don't think that there was really a need for the acceleration/deceleration on the ground to be so low (ground movement is super slippery). I don't *love* super punishing games (I quit basically immediately after losing progress, which was still a few minutes of gameplay), but I do know there's an audience for that. Personally, I think some checkpoints in the form of doors that close when you pass certain points to keep you from falling *all* the way back down would have been nice and encouraged me to actually collect more stuff.
I did love that the player alien character had a little wobble whenever it started and stopped. I can't tell if that's physics based or just an animation, but either way it's super charming :smile:
thanks so much for sharing, and congrats on your first ever jam!
however, i felt a bit not in ease with controls, since sometimes, i wanted to reduce the power of my jump, but once it's fully loaded you'll have to jump anyway. apart from that, i had a lot of fun, great entry!