Brutal Harvest by Harlow

made by Harlow for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjxSZx4DqQ

About The Game!

Some say that the end of the harvest is the most brutal time of the year. Rushing in time to make sure the crops don't go bad. This year the harvest may have been a bit too abundant, which means war.

Brutal Harvest is a wave based 2.5D shooter focused on collecting crops and defending them between waves. Take on a variety of enemies as they fight back from being harvested.

Controls

WASD - movement.

LMB - Fire weapon.

Space - Pick up and drop cops.

1234 - Switch Weapons.

Ready for the harvest?

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Goal: Survive the waves of enemies and secure your harvest at the barn.

Team!

Frogawee/Harlow - Programmer Avian - Artiste

Assets

Art and programming all done in house during the Jam period!
Sounds where edited and mashed together via a sound library (We wasn't sure if this was allowed in the audio category so we opted out)
Music was done in FLSTUDIO by Harlow!

We hope you enjoy playing our game, we had a lot of fun making it.

ITCH.IO	https://frogawee.itch.io/brutal-harvest
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/brutal-harvest

Ratings

Overall	139^th	3.909⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Fun	45^th	4.091⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	349^th	3.391⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Theme	206^th	4.022⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	167^th	4.152⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Humor	96^th	3.75⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Mood	226^th	3.727⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Given		26🗳️	24🗨️

Feedback

Avian

05. Jan 2023 · 10:26 UTC

First

cactusnyak

09. Jan 2023 · 18:47 UTC

Just wow! Very dynamic game with great visuals! I especially liked the tractor, huh. The site where the game is downloaded also looks cool. It is also worth noting the work of the developers, the game works without errors

Creamsicle42

09. Jan 2023 · 18:53 UTC

Very fun game play! During my first "crows attack" wave, I didn't know that I was supposed to follow the truck and felt like I died for no reason, also the enemies were very tanky, and I felt that they took a bit too long to heal. Also, I loved the art style and all the animations.

Mazeraser

09. Jan 2023 · 18:55 UTC

This is so cool!

JustinMullin

09. Jan 2023 · 19:32 UTC

This is really cool, awesome art and animations, lots of visual polish all over the place. The shooting especially feels very solid, though a bit less so on the shotgun, which seems a bit too "splashy" and unpredictable? I'd really love to be able to progress past the second wave, but it seems I just randomly die when the crows start attacking, despite apparently being clear of all enemies.

The death animation is just wonderful though, so it was a pleasure to die a few times trying to get there. =D

* Update *

After coming back to this game a bit later, I realized that I was taking hits from crows eating the crops I'd harvested. It wasn't very intuitive that this was the case, since it directly takes out my hit points when it happens, but after this discovery, I was able to play through the rest of the game and beat the game. Very nice work, I like this one a lot!

![brutalHarvestWin.png](///raw/c01/z/55766.png)

ChipChipperson

10. Jan 2023 · 00:27 UTC

Really enjoyed it, fun little experience, aside from the shotgun being a little underwhelming, I really like it!

HypernoodleJon

10. Jan 2023 · 01:36 UTC

The art is lovely, and the corn's voice kept me chuckling as I fired at them. I can absolutely see a ton of care went into a very high level of polish. The only point of confusion was following the tractor, didn't know that the crows taking from the truck was hurting me. In this case a separate health for the truck may have cleared that up, but regardless I quite enjoyed my time playing!

JormaRysky

10. Jan 2023 · 17:51 UTC

This is decent top down shooter, with some nice controls. I especially like clunky way gun rotates. Enemy designs look good and adding both vegetables to harvest and crows to be annoying was good idea.

Graphics are well done. If there is something to improve, characters (and some objects) could do drop shadows. In game palette also could be bit more unified. Menus are beautiful, nothing to improve here graphically.

Keenao

10. Jan 2023 · 23:47 UTC

This was pretty cool. Loved the art. I didn't want to change weapons too much... I don't know if that's a bad or a good thing... but I had fun.

Zonoxx

11. Jan 2023 · 10:09 UTC

Overall, really impressed with this title. The art and sound design is stellar. The way it all works together is very satisfying. Also really great menus. Had a lot of fun playing this :)

elFlashor

11. Jan 2023 · 12:04 UTC

I like this one a lot :) Amazing job overall, it has interesting gameplay, it has levels and variety with the crows attacks, and an end. And nice graphics and fitting music. I could have enjoyed a harder difficulty curve, maybe some curveballs here and there, but otherwise it's a solid gamejam game!
Congrats :)

Minakorii

11. Jan 2023 · 20:33 UTC

Pretty cool game ! switching weapon is very nice
I really enjoy playing this game

Hawkin

12. Jan 2023 · 02:40 UTC

The art design was so great! Funny little demented corn creatures, haha.

It took me some time to realize I had to pick the corn husks up once they were dead. The tutorial screen said "pick up/put down" .. but not exactly _what_ (and my brain quickly forgot about it). Some indicator (at least for the first corn) would have been a dead giveaway, like the arrow floating above the cart!

Once I figured that out, it was on!

![cornman-corn.gif](///raw/319/53/z/56352.gif)

I also found a bit of a glitchy area where the sprite didn't switch back :)
![Screenshot 2023-01-11 203943.png](///raw/319/53/z/56353.png)

LDJam user 262142

12. Jan 2023 · 09:38 UTC

ayy i also found the glitchy hawkins found but besides a visual silly this game is pretty well-polished! I love the screenshakes and especially the bullet time with the scythe hits mmmmm mmmmmmmmmm :thumbsup:

🎤 Harlow

12. Jan 2023 · 20:11 UTC

@hawkin and @shreemp Oopsie! Thank you for pointing this out I'll make sure to do a lil fix after the voting :))

And I agree! I wish we put a bit of time to doing some lil tutorial/popup things, 100% noted for next time!

Multipixels

12. Jan 2023 · 20:36 UTC

Had a blast playing the game! The art is amazing and weapon variety was fun too! I wish it were possible to pause the game though. That aside, great work on the game!

pazzi

13. Jan 2023 · 03:42 UTC

This was one of the best I've played so far, out of over 50 games. Really polished, hard yet balanced, fun.
You absolutely nailed it xD

TPunisher33

13. Jan 2023 · 05:00 UTC

This was a blast to play but super unforgiving. I wish I had a bit more leeway to see what's above me as I was shooting most of the crows blind. Definitely loved playing as anime Rayman, 10/10 on that part.

HayriCakir

13. Jan 2023 · 16:42 UTC

Good mechanics, loved the slow mo and sound effect when we get hit. Very solid entry mate!

Lomby

17. Jan 2023 · 00:38 UTC

Thanks for your comments and feedback on my game, played yours on stream today if you wanted to watch initial thoughts and feedback, it starts here: youtu.be/a12mtQSnQ2o?t=12622

Nice game, loved the sprites just poking out over the top of the crops!