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Quackenfarm by InitialPosition

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made by InitialPosition for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

Did you ever want to play a farming simulator where you have to think about your moves? No? Well... you get to play as a duck. Convinced now? Nice.

Quackenfarm is the hit round based action gardening simulator featuring a duck. Because of course it is. Plant plants, watch out for weeds destroying your soil and be sure to have your rent ready when you need it...

Features

  • Duck
  • Farming
  • Rent
  • Music I spent way too much time on AGAIN
  • Duck

Images

mainmenu.png

imag1.png

Controls

  • Mouse.
  • There is a tutorial ingame. You should read it. But trust me, it's mostly mouse.

Changelog

Please note that all versions after 1.0.0 were made AFTER the Compo phase ended. Please keep that in mind when voting.

1.0.1

  • Added more explanations to the tutorial
  • Added missing sounds for
    • attempting actions without action points
    • game over
  • Fixed some GUI layout problems
  • Random quality of life improvements

1.0.2

  • Fixed a memory leak related to harvesting weeds and advancing rounds too fast

If you are a Linux user: My Linux buildchain is broken and I was not in a state to fix it yesterday. I have tested the Windows build with wine and it runs very well so you can use that for now. A native Linux build is coming later.

Link https://initialposition.net/LD/50/Quackenfarm_WIN.zip
Windows (NEWEST UPDATE) https://initialposition.net/LD/50/update/Quackenfarm_v102_WIN.zip
Link https://github.com/InitialPosition/LDJAM50
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/quackenfarm

Ratings

Overall 149th 3.729⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 122th 3.75⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 189th 3.583⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 279th 3.694⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 85th 4.081⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Audio 24th 4.083⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

Andy Beers
04. Apr 2022 · 15:25 UTC
Awesome game, I love the duck! Art is really cool music makes me happy, the font is over the top and makes it hard to read certain things. It seems like a super interesting concept with lots of different strategies, really loved this one. Great job!
J0ye
04. Apr 2022 · 15:27 UTC
You know, I have a soft spot for cute little games, which let you relax for a short while. Especially those who incorporate the capitalism-born payment scheme and anxiety based law that is paying rent.
With Quackenfarm you get what you see. A nice way to pass a little time of the day. Or a **lot**
Attala
04. Apr 2022 · 15:31 UTC
I tried just using mouse and it worked ;) Clever game idea. Like the graphics and music. Specially the music.
PhoenixofForce
04. Apr 2022 · 16:09 UTC
Has a duck 10/10

More like 9/10 because u lied. "Mouse." in the tutorial i had to use my keyboard :O
NullDev
04. Apr 2022 · 16:18 UTC
I liek duck

duck make happy

duck duck

duck
teenythanos
05. Apr 2022 · 01:54 UTC
We love a cute protagonist duck. I tried very hard to get him to pay his rent, and I am apparently unfit for the job. But I still had a great time playing, and the music is lovely!
DibbleChud
05. Apr 2022 · 19:22 UTC
Goose
Skruffye
06. Apr 2022 · 15:01 UTC
Wow, this was great! Felt really polished and that soundtrack was... unexpectedly jazzy. :laughing:

I feel like, if you were interested in taking this any further, I'd love to see some kind of campaign with upgrades to your farm and tools!

Great work!
Wainini
06. Apr 2022 · 15:03 UTC
Graphics are great, the sounds are amazing, and the music is superb! I really enjoy the experience. Still a bit confused about when I can move or not. After I plant, I can't move, but if I do something else after I plant, I can move. I will definetly play the game more. Thank you!
Jupiter_Hadley
06. Apr 2022 · 16:55 UTC
I love the art! I included it in my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/PKNtuuCFWt0
adam-gould
06. Apr 2022 · 20:39 UTC
That certainly didn't *feel* like a compo game. Very polished and slick. The tutorial is a little clunky, but hey, for a compo game it was fantastic. The little details and movement, the soundtrack, everything is just so smooth. A very impressive entry.
realryanrogers
06. Apr 2022 · 22:01 UTC
Thank you for sharing! This was a very interesting. Soundtrack is great, graphics are cute, loop is very good.
Eli Haun
06. Apr 2022 · 22:49 UTC
Nice! its a duck!
LDJam user 76491
07. Apr 2022 · 00:43 UTC
Such interesting game! Polished and addictive. Great work :smile:
SMdG
07. Apr 2022 · 10:07 UTC
Really fun game to play. Liked the graphics and all the feedback mechanics of the game. Felt like a polished game.
clemall
07. Apr 2022 · 20:59 UTC
The music is so cool !! The game is well polished and feels great to play.
The graphics are also beautiful.
Fun game, I liked it. Great job!
pikachurian
07. Apr 2022 · 21:20 UTC
the gameplay loop felt nice. The art was simple and appealing. There was one glitch in the game where harvesting just stops working for some plants. Besides that, I really enjoyed this game. Good job!
Frib
08. Apr 2022 · 13:36 UTC
Pretty decent gameplay loop but I think I figured out the optimal way to play pretty quickly. But at some point harvesting stopped working for me (v1.0.0) so I don't know how far I would have gotten and if the weeds would've done anything to throw a wrench in my strat.

Other than that hiccup, nice game, nice music, nice duck, good stuff!
LDJam user 0
08. Apr 2022 · 23:05 UTC
Quack! Quack quack quack, quack.
Gildar76
08. Apr 2022 · 23:41 UTC
Cool music and gameplay. I also like the simple art style!
LDJam user 249705
09. Apr 2022 · 11:11 UTC
Really like the art. Very relaxing game.
Aka Black Dog
10. Apr 2022 · 12:36 UTC
great game, a little confusing at first
velvetlobster
11. Apr 2022 · 12:05 UTC
this reminds me of the untitled goose game
velvetlobster
11. Apr 2022 · 12:06 UTC
but where you are actually the goose farmer, cool and funny idea
arya-s
11. Apr 2022 · 12:28 UTC
Thank you for streaming and reviewing my game even though I wasn't there to see it live!

I like your game concept, it's fun running around, planting and growing things and strategizing how to plant so that harvesting is efficient.

I thinks some of the UX/UI could be improved, for example showing an area of effect on the action I have selected around the mouse. I also had an issue of wasting turns because of that, but for a compo that's totally understandable!

The art style is cute and the audio is fitting. I was hoping for a few quacks :)

Great job and thank you again!
SketchyGalore
19. Apr 2022 · 23:11 UTC
Love the music! Also really like that this game was done turn based, made the time management much more interesting!