Busy Farming by Pedryx

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made by Pedryx for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Busy Farming

In Busy Farming, the player starts with a small farm and a limited number of seeds. He must plant and harvest crops and sell them at the market to earn money. The player can use the money he earns to buy more seeds, upgrade his farm equipment, and expand his farm.

As the player progress through the game, they will need to manage his time carefully to ensure that his crops are tended to and harvested before they decay. He may also need to deal with challenges like weed and unpredictable weather.

Controls:

  • Left Mouse Button - Select/Plant/Harvest/Use/Buy/Sell
  • Right Mouse Button - Cancel Selection/Sell all

Tutorial:

  • You can select a seed from inventory and then click on the farm to plant it.
  • Plants need water otherwise they decay.
  • To water them click on the water can and then on the plant.
  • You can water plants only if you have enough water.
  • To refill your water click on lake WHEN WATER CAN IS SELECTED.
  • When plants are fully grown, they no longer need water, but if not colled in time, they decay.
  • To harvest grown plants click on it.
  • You can sell harvested products for coins.
  • With coins you can buy more seeds or upgrades.
  • To clean weeds or decayed plants click on it.
  • Try to collect as many coins as possible until the time runs out.

Weather Events:

  • Heat Wave - During a heat wave water consumption of plants is increased.
  • Rain - During rain plants don't need water.

Upgrades:

  • Water Can - Increase water can capacity.
  • Inventory - Increase inventory size.
  • Rain Chance - Increase the chance for rain.
  • Plant Overgrown - Increased the time for which plants can be harvested before they decay.
  • Watering - Decrease plant water consumption speed.

Features:

  • [X] Farm Plots
  • [X] Inventory
  • [X] Planting
  • [X] Plant Lifecycle
  • [X] Harvesting
  • [X] Shop
  • [X] Plant Overgrow and Decay
  • [X] Plants Watering
  • [X] Weed
  • [X] Weather
  • [X] Upgrades
  • [X] Time Limit and Game Over
  • [ ] Sounds
  • [ ] Balancing
  • [ ] Juiciness
  • [ ] Better Visual

Links:

  • GitHub - https://github.com/pedryx/busy-farming
  • Itch.io - https://pedryx.itch.io/busy-farming

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Ratings

Overall 641th 3.125⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 550th 3.111⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 679th 2.804⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 65th 4.276⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 665th 1.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 768th 2.5⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

rockford
09. Jan 2023 · 06:31 UTC
Nice to see more games made with Monogame <3.
Nicely coded. Fun when you know what to do.
I found the watering very difficult and frustrating. Got several seeds dead despite rain and watering.
Riesyeti
09. Jan 2023 · 16:18 UTC
Once I got the hang of it, it was really fun to try and get a higher score in the set amount of time! Maybe for a future version there could be powerups to automate things, and then you would have a cool idle game imo.
chispaLBC
09. Jan 2023 · 19:20 UTC
once you understand how it works it's actually pretty amusing. Nice job!
Zonoxx
09. Jan 2023 · 19:50 UTC
A bit confusing at the start but really cool system in general. The sprites for the plants and harvested stuff are top-notch. Could have used some audio and menu but other than that really enjoyable game, great job!
MistaGiggles
09. Jan 2023 · 20:36 UTC
Fun but a little frantic. Was confused why my crops died to quickly in the beginning before I realised that was the point.
Would be nice if there was a little more feedback when the watering can was empty. Think I was often trying to water crops with no water. Sometimes buttons missed clicks topo, which threw me off. Otherwise I had fun with this game. Very on theme and nice graphics
Lori Lou
09. Jan 2023 · 23:29 UTC
Like others said, more feedback would be cool but the main gameplay mechanics are well made! Nice job
LDJam user 0
10. Jan 2023 · 00:55 UTC
Nice little game! Could be animations on the water can when you get more water or make it more obvious you have to get the water from the lake.
LDJam user 142503
10. Jan 2023 · 02:55 UTC
Nice game,
You can add some [hot key] so player can chose the thing faster.Maybe 1 2 3 4.
@lori-lou "more feedback would be cool but the main gameplay mechanics are well made!"just what i want to say:)
Tevin
10. Jan 2023 · 14:11 UTC
Thats nice, i had some fun! My score is 727 / 37 / 29.
At first i did not notice when my water can was out of water because i was looking at the icon an thought it would lose the water on the image when it will run out of water.
Also nice twist with the heatwave. Once i lost everything to it :D
starofleaf
11. Jan 2023 · 06:11 UTC
This game made me feel flustered! Well done! I'm impressed.
GreenRadiation
13. Jan 2023 · 15:23 UTC
Interesting game, although personally it took me a while to figure it out. The art doesn't match the background a bit, but the gameplay is interesting. Great job!
williwiderstand
22. Jan 2023 · 21:59 UTC
Solid interpretation and interesting mechanics, though it needs a bit of balancing and visual feedback for what's going on. I wasn't really sure what to do until I played for a bit, then it got pretty engaging though.
LDJam user 5143
28. Jan 2023 · 16:15 UTC
Nice work