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30 Days With Thiiis Guy by Beeb GameCodeCompany

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made by Beeb GameCodeCompany for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Made for: Harvest Theme

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Water, care, and interact with a wise-cracking tomato for 30 days then harvest him!

-Fully voiced and subtitled with 30+ unique talking clips

-Events such as drought, wild animal sighting, and bug infections keep things interesting for the 30 days.

-The tomato grows in size everyday it's kept alive!

-Play on Google Android devices, PC, and Web!

Glad I got as much done as I did...graphics are not where I want them to be and mobile port isn't as clean as I wanted either.

Always looking for a team next time, let me know!

FIX/CHANGES MADE SINCE RELEASE: I fixed the audio error that was happening for the web browser version of the game. I also changed the position and text of the "Save" button to "Sleep" since it was not clear that "Save" would progress the game to the next day...I don't think this breaks any rules since it was kinda hindering the game unplayable, even though it was my bad design.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GameCodeCompany/

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/30-days-with-thiiis-guy

Ratings

Overall 672th 3.063⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 535th 3.146⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 498th 3.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 364th 3.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 709th 2.479⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 369th 3.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 92th 3.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 660th 2.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 0
10. Jan 2023 · 11:27 UTC
Really？Rating ends in 17 days. All I can do now is watering the land. We need a time mechine
🎤 Beeb GameCodeCompany
11. Jan 2023 · 00:28 UTC
You need to click the "Zzz" button, then "Save and Continue". This starts the next day
Ninnec
11. Jan 2023 · 00:58 UTC
Really interesting game idea. I unfortunately killed the tomato. I got curious to see what would happen if I didn't water him for a few days.
Fluburbio
11. Jan 2023 · 01:03 UTC
Nice idea, I like the MS-Paint art style :) I ran into a few bugs : when I accidentally clicked "Save and quit", I was unable to resume my progress when clicking "Continue" because the game froze. I had to refresh the page and start from the beginning. On day 11, on the tomato screen the dialogue wasn't read and the game froze again :(

It's also not very obvious that you can click on the bridge or fence to go there, some kind of thext or highlighting effect could have helped.

Besides that, it's a neat little concept!
Sn4pi
11. Jan 2023 · 01:19 UTC
Cool idea, sadly I also ran into the "Froze on Day 11 and no dialogue" bug (he looped through his talk animation while this happened). Apart from this, everything the player can do literally needs no real explanation since there aren't that many different objects to interact with.
🎤 Beeb GameCodeCompany
11. Jan 2023 · 01:30 UTC
@flubrio and @Sn4pi, I may have fixed the audio bug. I don't expect you guys to play it again unless you actually want to. Just a heads up and thanks for trying in the first place! I'll be checking your work out this weekend.
Sn4pi
11. Jan 2023 · 02:24 UTC
I sure did play it again and the ending plus the "special event" (no spoilers) in the middle was nice.

I think it would have been a cool impact if the player had the opportunity to just leave the tomato without harvesting it. Good job!
coatline
14. Jan 2023 · 21:43 UTC
I like, style good, game interesting, not quite understand how fill water, plant grow, plant grow big, no news is good news, entry good. :tomato:
sillyman987
14. Jan 2023 · 21:47 UTC
An interesting concept, but a little boring after a few days
LDJam user 233347
14. Jan 2023 · 21:57 UTC
I liked the turd that I found over the river :smile:

good idea for the game, reminding me a lot of "the annoying orange" on YT.

EDIT: I didn't rate Audio as I played on browser and no audio came through
osh.studio
15. Jan 2023 · 04:27 UTC
the first time the tomato spoke was so funny, watering voice clips got a little repetitive. Wasn't too much going on but I still felt compelled to keep watering thiiisssss guy. Simple + sweet
Globul
15. Jan 2023 · 10:22 UTC
My talking tomato is dead after 18 days ;( Nice tamagotchi like !
pauljs
15. Jan 2023 · 17:42 UTC
Nice idea! Very similar to my game in a way but way more playable! Congrats!
cat chef
15. Jan 2023 · 17:50 UTC
Loved it--This is probably the only game I've found with extensive voice acting, congrats! The audio probably would've benefitted from a pop filter, but the voice acting was very lively and made me chuckle a couple of times -- especially the lampshading line of "Kinda feels like I say the same things everyday..." Also for some reason the delivery of "More water. Greaat." killed me. I was doing a perfect run but was kind of excited to kill the tomato in a subsequent run, but then the (spoilers) happened and I was actually sad when I killed the tomato:( Played again to the end and had an enjoyable time playing! Thanks for this fun wholesome entry, good job!!!
Wouter52
15. Jan 2023 · 18:47 UTC
Haha cool game! I must say that the graphics are not my taste though. The gameplay felt a bit repetitive. But then I remember that growing tomatoes usually are ^^" I loved the voice acting and the comments the tomato made! And the ending was pretty funny! First I thought the game would take a dark turn after the tomato said someting about getting stronger than me.

Other feedback: maybe you could have done a bit more with the woods. Some eastereggs for instance, or some additional bugs you needed to splat. Also, I thought to do a little experiment by not watering the tomato for 3 days, thinking it would beg for water or something. I was surprised that there was a tombstone there so fast! Maybe you could have made the tomato beg for water 1 day before dying

I had fun playing yours!
🎤 Beeb GameCodeCompany
15. Jan 2023 · 21:37 UTC
@pauljs @cat-chef @wouter52 Thanks guys for playing my game! I'll try and give yours all a go. I'm glad some of you enjoyed the actual talking, I knew this wasn't going to be a game that would standout for the graphics or coding, I was hoping the audio would help it standout.
Zidoolan
16. Jan 2023 · 20:52 UTC
I played to the end. I feel like the tomato is a good friend now so felt awfully guilty on harvest day. All very Charlotte's web but with a mean alternative ending :laughing: Love it. Speech is really funny and it's a very imaginative idea. Great job.
cat chef
19. Jan 2023 · 05:50 UTC
@beeb-gamecodecompany it absolutely did make it stand out for me! Your delivery and comedic timing were exceptional, and the quantity of dialogue implemented without bugs is a huge achievement. Hope to see more voice acting in future games c:
Sheree
20. Jan 2023 · 10:17 UTC
Cool game! I found the watering mechanic a bit annoying on laptop but the comedy was on point! Art work was hilarious and once I worked the game play out it was a nice light play through :) Didn't encounter any of the bugs mentioned above but I only played through once.
Schmalex
21. Jan 2023 · 19:55 UTC
Cute little game and while it didn't have much gameplay to speak of i did find myself playing through the whole 30 days si i gyess it worked haha. The voice fits the tomato so well somehow.
Ava Skoog
22. Jan 2023 · 18:30 UTC
Nice idea with some cool elements going for it, just a bit rough on the execution 😅 I think 30 days were too many for the amount of variation/events provided, making a lot of it feel like filler. Maybe a few really focussed days would've been better.

Props for the voice acting! Wish there were other sounds/music too. Going between screens and getting water from the river and so on felt intuitive and I didn't need instructions 👍 I liked the little newspaper and the drought was a great mechanic.

Bugs didn't seem to do anything if you ignored them? In general it seemed very hard to lose without trying (which I tried after beating the game the first time) and even then you were able to water your tomato back into life after turning into a tombstone haha 👀

Good foundation that could grow into something quite neat with a bit more time spent 🌱🍅
Ismael Rodriguez
23. Jan 2023 · 17:41 UTC
I actually like the derpy ms-paint style! I'm not crazy about losing control and needing to wait while Tom talks to me before I water him. I also feel like the act of watering, progress day, water, progress, isn't very fun and just feels like repetitive busy work. VO's were a nice touch of character. Good job!