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Small Plot Agriculture by SimonLarsen

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made by SimonLarsen for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Small Plot Agriculture

Sow seeds and tend to your crops to earn the biggest balance by the end of the season. Every crop will need to be planted in a certain constellation - take care and try to fit as many crops on your plot as possible!

Visit the shop to buy seeds and an assortment of automated gardening machines. Maximizing the use of machines is the key to a high score!

In your storage box you’ll find any and all gardening tool you’ll ever need! Watering can, hammer?, broom?! every tool has its use, but you can only carry one tool at a time. Here you’ll also find the seeds and gardening machines that you’ve bought from the shop.

Don’t spend your entire fortune right before seasons end! You’ll be scored on your balance at the end of your game!

Controls

  • Arrow keys: Move
  • X: Use item / Interact
  • C: Harvest crop / Cancel

Helpful tips

  • Use the broom to get rid of pesky crows.
  • Keep an eye on the clock. Your score is your final balance, so make sure not to spend all your money towards the end.
  • Take a nap in your house to recover your stamina. If your stamina is fully depleted you'll faint on the spot.

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

Screenshot 3

Credits

  • Lukas Hansen (@lukaserritsoe): Artwork
  • Simon Larsen (@simonlarsen): Programming

Notes

The following music tracks are used in the game: * Rugar - daisy (CC BY-ND-NC) * Rugar - march of infinite pride (CC BY-ND-NC) * Rugar - my girl, the princess (CC BY-ND-NC)

The music was not composed for this jam. For that reason we opt out of the Audio category.

Post-deadline bugfixes

0.1b

  • Fix inventory not being reset when restarting game.
  • Fix issue with repeated inputs in menus.
HTML5 (experimental) https://tangramgames.itch.io/small-plot-agriculture
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/small-plot-agriculture

Ratings

Overall 256th 3.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 244th 3.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 612th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 353th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 83th 4.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 529th 2.971⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 286th 3.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

blinyadebil
03. Oct 2023 · 11:32 UTC
Nice game and very cute graphics! I liked the game loop, but I think that it's getting a bit too straightforward once you figure out the basics.
Unbugged
03. Oct 2023 · 15:16 UTC
Wow! I mean wow! :laughing: I fast-travel back to childhood. I could imagine myself being that little kid again cursing on the crow on my 8-bit NES. Great job! This could be polished through the roof. Even if you opted out of the audio cat, the music has been picked perfectly! Awesome work!
Bobafett89
05. Oct 2023 · 17:54 UTC
Nice little game. I enjoyed the game loop, but once you get a hang of it, it becomes a little bit too easy. Also crows always fly to crops once you plant them, if you didn't plant crops for some time. Also, it is a little bit annoying to not ba able control music volume. Though I liked the idea of planting crops in different patterns. Overall, nice little game. Good work!
P.s. I think it would be better to make scoring system depend on amount of gather crops rather than left money.
CardboardMoon
07. Oct 2023 · 01:35 UTC
The art is incredible! One part that frustrated me pretty quickly was the instant destruction of a crop once a crow hits it - a tiny bit of grace with that would've felt much better. I couldn't get harvesting to work either (I only worked with carrots), though maybe I was doing something wrong. I assume that's how you gain more money. Good choice of music, fits really well. I might try to play again to really get into it more and I'll update this and my rating if I can!
orangeoceans
08. Oct 2023 · 05:04 UTC
I thought this was pretty charming! The cauliflower and tomatoes were a bit hard to plan around since their shapes changed, especially after I have a few sprinklers up. At one point it became impossible to place the cauliflower I bought, but maybe that's just part of the risk in investment.
PurpledArtFrog
10. Oct 2023 · 16:07 UTC
A small tutorial would have been a nice addition. Other than that very well rounded game. Consistent art - fitting audio. Very good job with this - unfortunately I kind really rate as I didn't make an entry myself.
HolySparks
11. Oct 2023 · 19:16 UTC
R$840 on my first try! Really fun game and just wonderful art.
You already have in the most important feature: not allowing to use the watering can on invalid spots (already wateder, empty lot, rock etc)
I just could use any other cue that my stamina is running out, I passed out a handful of times... Maybe when on ~20%
Ron88
13. Oct 2023 · 14:12 UTC
Lovely game! The graphics were cute. I wish that the birds would eat the crops a little slower because I could not make it in time to grab the stick and chase them away.
koboldskeep
14. Oct 2023 · 19:37 UTC
Nice look and aesthetic. I didn't realize harvesting plants was its own button, I was expecting it would be a tool like everything else and I accidentally destroyed all of my crops. -_-
Vyndilis
14. Oct 2023 · 20:13 UTC
Great game! The gameplay is addictive. Really nice and cute graphics. I love the animations!

Good job!
3mpty
15. Oct 2023 · 00:53 UTC
Awesome little game, I love all the personality in all the animations, so much character in such a small package!

Really well polished fundamentals but I did find it hard to figure out how the mechanics worked, the hammer was really confusing for a very long time but eventually I figured it all out. A bit more explanation on the clock could have helped me plan out my season better too as I kinda got surprised when the game just ended. But the fun part was tending the garden anyway so it doesn't really bother me.

Awesome work, really good jam game!
A1stakesauce
15. Oct 2023 · 02:59 UTC
Honestly could play this all night. My only complaint is the placing of the items feels just a little bit touchy. Very good job. A lot of fun! Add some CORN!!!
Beeb GameCodeCompany
15. Oct 2023 · 15:00 UTC
I really enjoyed this, might even come back and play again sometime. Really satisfying gameplay loop and the game is really polished. Controls were kinda finicky here and there, like someone else said a tutorial or more intuitive directions would've been nice at the start, other than that I think it was good. Decent use of theme with only 1 item AND the odd patterns you had to plant the seeds with.