The models are cute, I like the vibe! I didn't quite understand what to do with the crops after I harvested them. I brought them to the statue and that seemed to refill the bar at the bottom but I also discovered I can manipulate the bar with my mouse myself. Other than that good work!
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Farm Before The Storm's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Theme | #284 | 3.485 | 3.485 |
Audio | #550 | 2.955 | 2.955 |
Game Design | #561 | 3.030 | 3.030 |
Overall | #563 | 3.005 | 3.005 |
Innovation | #606 | 2.803 | 2.803 |
Fun | #682 | 2.803 | 2.803 |
Graphics | #694 | 2.955 | 2.955 |
Ranked from 66 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You have to tend to a magical farm in between the storms.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
I made all the code from scratch, but not the assets.
Comments
Nice concept, and the lightnings were cool! It was weird to me that I needed to water the crops during the rainstorm. I also wasn't clear on when the crops were done, they didn't seem to be ready yet, but they stuck in the same stage for ages.
Nice lightning effect! I don't understand why I have to put water in the terrain since it is raining...ahahah but cool idea for the game!
Really nice lightning effects! I love the adorable character you get to run around with!
I noticed the lightning didn’t always kill me when it hit—was that intentional? Also, is the time between lightning strikes random? After a while, it felt like the strikes were happening at the same intervals, so I could predict when they were coming.
I really enjoyed the farming part! It was kind of funny to see my crops get flooded, but I still had to water them.
Nice game, got a cute style. I didn't really need to hide in the tent but enjoyed running around and tending to the crops. It didn't feel tedious either, i felt like i was always doing something.
I think the crops mechanic, watering, etc. is working pretty well and it's pretty fun to play, nice job on the game!
Cute game! Took a while to get used to the gameplay but once you get in the swing of things you enter a bit of a flow state dashing in and out of the tent tending to your crops. One small thing, it looks like the progress bar actually accepts mouse input right now so I was accidentally able to drag the progress bar left and right while playing. Good work!
Love the sound effects and the art used! My only recommendation is to maybe make an indicator showing the player what crops they are currently carrying. Other than that, I like the simplicity of the game and the vibe it gives!
I liked the art style, it was very uniform and the map was cool to move around. It took a little bit to understand what order to use the tools and how to give items to the statue but I liked the gameplay overall.
Good game, Simple graphics but nicely executed. Filled the meter but didnt know what i should do after that will figure out in some time. But I still did escape the storm MY WAY(see the picture attatched) ;D
The music and audio is very well in line with the game just feels immersive.. Nice work!!
Also one bug (I think its a bug) is when I have no tools equipped I can get struck by lightning and not die. Let me know if its something already observed or I can replicate it again and share it here
Kudos for making a fun game!! :D
Ahah! That's a pretty valid way to escape :D
Thank you, and yes, I'm currently working on an after-jam patch and hopefully I'll be able to fix the problems you talked about before starting a new project. If I find time to do so, I could even add some extra content, but not doing any promises about that :D
(little note, somebody found out that you can interact with the harvest meter with your mouse. You can fill it easily and pray to the statue to see a little animation! :D)
Thank you again for your detailed review. People like you make this whole game-jam experience a lot better. You rock!
loving the game, cute graphics. nice sound design great work!
This is a really cool take on the theme, the gameplay was fun and getting struck by lightning was entertaining. Nice job!
I enjoyed the vibe of the game and I think you stuck to the theme well. I was a bit confused, even with the info in game things were not clear and I think the game suffered from that, but hey my game has the exact same issue haha. Great job on the loop though, quite fun!
Fun game. Fits the theme and I really like how each crop has different growing speed.
Cool game, I liked all the effects and the gameplay loop is quite nice, although my crops didn't seem to grow past what I'm assuming is the 2nd stage? Collecting them didn't do anything, and I did wait for a few minutes, if it takes longer than that I think it should be a shorter wait. Also, the bar at the bottom of the screen is interactable, just to let you know. Congrats on the submission!
Hello!
Due to time constraints and poor planning, I had to cut many essential parts of this game. The crops only have 2 stages. Freshly sown and grown up. Since I couldn't add proper UI and tooltips, I tried to give instructions on the game's description, which is not a good idea. I will try to fix them after the jam!
Thank you for playing it throughly and giving a long feedback. I appreciate it!
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