Bean Farmer Extreme 2 by bytecauldron

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made by bytecauldron for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

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Defend your farmland from scourge of birb. CAW CAW CAW.

Music by Craig Alan Carroll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azl0xuR4nJ8

Ratings

Overall 134th 3.914⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 47th 4.083⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 470th 3.19⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 638th 3.25⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 400th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 53th 4.052⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 66th 3.917⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 363th 3.518⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Vidu
09. Jan 2023 · 05:10 UTC
That's so cool, I love the overall mood and the feeling ✨
Congrats !
kenneth-dd
09. Jan 2023 · 05:40 UTC
Simple idea and hardcore, and well polished! The tension is insane tight, every wave it's feel like barely holding. I enjoyed it very much!

btw, this 'caw' power up is op. loved it. LOL. by-btw, is there a Bean Farmer Extreme 1?
haztro
09. Jan 2023 · 06:57 UTC
I love beaning!!!
ectucker1
09. Jan 2023 · 21:10 UTC
I love the little animations on the sun; feels fun to have it react like that!
Fuzzy Lobster
10. Jan 2023 · 02:44 UTC
CAW CAW CAW
lotus dev
10. Jan 2023 · 02:49 UTC
This game is so cute!!!!
Chrispy977
10. Jan 2023 · 03:08 UTC
Fun stuff, high pace action shooting and crows. The combo I never knew I needed.

Pretty straight forward with the controls, thought at first I didn't realize I could go side to side. Fire rate once you got the 3 shot felt super slow and even after getting an upgrade for speed it didn't seem like it was shooting much faster at all. Combine that with the difficulty ramp and I got board pretty quick at that point since it felt like there was no way to kill all the birds.

Another sick addition though would be if the lines were a music sheet and if you matched the note playing in the music it would super power it (scope creep pretty hard there, but still would be super fun).
dramonsa
10. Jan 2023 · 03:13 UTC
Probably the best game I played so far, really entertaining it was a really good moment! Maybe the difficulty is too high, but I'm not sure if I play the right way
LDJam user 245646
10. Jan 2023 · 08:06 UTC
I’m really beaning to the extreme in this one!!
Indronna
10. Jan 2023 · 08:42 UTC
Got to wave 10 (16890 pt)
Really addicting and fun game, love the sun animation when picking an item,
I felt like the first level was a bit too hard though ^^
Nougato
10. Jan 2023 · 08:46 UTC
Really nice! I love the 8bit music, with the animation it reminds me of some gameboy games ! a little too hard for me 😁
matimat
10. Jan 2023 · 12:56 UTC
Bravo ! very cool, I got caught up in the game for at least 20 minutes. I went to wave 4 (3580 pts)
Substain
10. Jan 2023 · 14:44 UTC
Wow. Harder than it looks. got only to wave 4 with score 3320. Solid game!
morpheyz
10. Jan 2023 · 16:59 UTC
CAW CAW CAW

Pretty hardcore, but I enjoyed it a lot. The art is hella cute. :D
wargaming72
11. Jan 2023 · 01:48 UTC
good hardcaw game, I love playing I might try and beat wave 7
crashbashash
11. Jan 2023 · 01:49 UTC
Very challenging but rewarding game. Loved the crow powerup, especially what happens when you reach 4 crows on screen. That really made my day. Love to see more from you.
LDJam user 279867
11. Jan 2023 · 06:15 UTC
This game is definitely a challenge, but I was always having fun. The massive amount of birds made the gameplay really intense and I found myself laughing at just how fun it was.

One suggestion would be to improve the notification to the player that they need to be _under_ the power ups and hit `E` to select them. I got stuck there for a little bit
craigalancarroll
11. Jan 2023 · 13:54 UTC
@nougato Thank you! This is actually my first 8-bit song. It was really fun to write!
craigalancarroll
11. Jan 2023 · 13:55 UTC
@dramonsa Dang, thank you! Difficulty scaling is pretty tough in these tight-turnaround jams, but we're planning on making a polished version once the voting is done.
craigalancarroll
11. Jan 2023 · 13:57 UTC
@pyspher9 Thank you! We'll definitely look into making the player experience tighter. Definitely don't want snags where the player is confused about what they should be doing next in that scenario.
Bowen
12. Jan 2023 · 05:05 UTC
CAW CAW CAW!
DzejPi
12. Jan 2023 · 15:39 UTC
This was some proper extreme, button mashing fun. First round is pretty challenging, but once you get into it, this is super fun! Probably the most fun and engaging game I've played this jam so far! Very good choice of colors - it looks great, but at the same time, pleases my eyes! Animations were fun too - especially the sun on the select screen! Also, you have some really great music here! Definitely one of my favorite games of this jam!
craigalancarroll
12. Jan 2023 · 16:21 UTC
@dzejpi Thank you! We had a blast making it. I've wanted to give an 8-bit song a serious shot for a while, so when we came up with this idea, I decided I would fully commit to it. I'm very happy with my peppy, over-the-top arrangement of Simple Gifts.
DDRKirbyISQ
13. Jan 2023 · 21:56 UTC
Probably played this for longer than I should have...(wave 16).

This is an example of the whole being more than the sum of its parts, I think. The mechanical gameplay is actually pretty brain-dead (as long as your bullets are hitting something, it doesn't matter too much where you are), and the upgrade system isn't very interesting (fire rate over everything else, wish 3 bullets wasn't a trap!), but the cute/humorous aesthetic and music and everything combine to make something that is enjoyable anyways.

The background track sounds really derpy at first blush but is deceptively well-produced with pitch slides, tasty aliased triangle bass, and some nice noise drum/fx fills.
Ethan Hair
14. Jan 2023 · 01:36 UTC
Absolutely loved it lol
Jesseww
14. Jan 2023 · 05:08 UTC
This game was very well executed. Just fantastic. I had a blast playing it, tried quite a few times and made it to round 8. Honestly, I'll probably open it back up and play again sometime.
MiltonNH25
15. Jan 2023 · 02:33 UTC
Good job with the game. It was pretty fun to play even with the gameplay being pretty simple overall. The art and music worked well with the game. I also felt it was pretty balanced as it never felt too easy. It would be cool to see more upgrade options and more choice for the upgrades, since there tended to be multiple of the same upgrade in the choices.
Rocktavious
16. Jan 2023 · 02:21 UTC
The game is super fun but very hard. I love the music and the simplicity.

I think the only improvements you could make are just adding more variety of upgrades and just more content overall but thats expected for a game jam so I think you did a great job keeping scope small and getting a small polished thing out.

Great work!
johnnysix
27. Jan 2023 · 23:37 UTC
This was a blast, the only minor crit is the bird speed consistency - if maybe variations of the crows ( like the big crow ) move differently, you'd be able to be more tactical I guess. My slow wits often got owned by a fast moving bird that emerged from what hard formerly been a slow moving line.

The music was epic btw!

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