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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #468 | 2.981 | 4.000 |
| Presentation | #549 | 2.832 | 3.800 |
| Overall | #566 | 2.683 | 3.600 |
| Gameplay | #615 | 2.236 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- Neat idea but with no in game information on how to play people aren't going to get anywhere. No where near enough time provided to prepare before ghosts arrive even when you do know what you are doing. Cool idea but need to tone the challenge down, lower default volume, and get in game instructions in.
What do you like about your game?
This is very specific, but I'm proud of the explosion effects. They turned out better than I could have hoped.
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This game looks really nice! the graphics are really well done, though that pixel shader could've toned down a bit in my opinion. This game has a bizarre difficulty curve. Learning what to do took me a long time, this game is a game that certainly needs a tutorial. It was quite difficult to find out how to play the game, and even after that, it felt a bit unfair, as the enemies felt too punishing. Overall, this game looks nice and is quite unique, but the gameplay leaves something to be desired. Still, Nice Work!
The game is so good i think it just needed a tutorial for the mechanic on how to plant or water the plant or change the plant type , and also gonna be happy if u checked my souls like game and rated it
i love it!
Firstly, you should be extremely proud of yourself for this being your first game. Especially because you made everything from scratch! Secondly, why gun no shoot ): the ghosts showed up and I wanted to kill them but I couldn't. The farming is a cool idea but really needed some teaching from you to address what the player is supposed to do. Don't take my critiques as negatives, by the way, I just wanna help you grow (pun intended). keep it up my dude!
Thank you! Basically, the crops are ammo. The beans are for the rifle, the orange lilies for the rocket launcher and the red blossoms provide health regen. That's what ties farming into combat, you have to plant crops to keep you going.
The idea is cool and the potential is really big! I think it needs some kind of tutorial or just slow things down at start, because it was hard to understand what to do and i needed to try things.
And its hard to see controls
That little text panel should disappear after 10 seconds, then the controls should be properly visible. Originally I had no explanation at all, that text panel was a last minute addition. Thanks for the kind words!