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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Visuals | #7 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
Engagement | #7 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
Sound | #8 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
Overall | #8 | 3.606 | 3.606 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The entire farming loop felt rock solid. Simple and engaging, it really did boil down what makes simulation games so addictive and enjoyable. The horror segments were a great change of pace, and I was genuinely unsettled when the tanky wolf melted into a puddle of flesh and the weird red bugs came out of it. The whole game gives me Darkwood vibes. The ending felt just a bit abrupt, but I definitely see where it was trying to go thematically. Over, very impressive game for the amount of time given!
There were some really unsettling moments and I love it! The sudden switch to the hunt sequences were a bit jolting to me and put me on edge. Got to the fire sequence and the game ended so idk if that was the end or not? Either way I really enjoyed it!
I really love the idea behind this game, playing as a farmer who has to protect his farm from wolves, then an unknown entity (entities?). An evil farming game is RIFE with possibilites should you continue to keep working on this. Like many others have stated, I'm impressed that you were able to implement two distinct styles of gameplay! I'd have loved to have more things to work towards, since at present money only serves to buy crops. I think a cool dichotomy is having to budget to be able to grow crops, but also having to budget for defense sections by maybe buying traps and better guns. Nice work!
Cool game -- I got to the where little red bugs were all around and I was using a torch to scare them but accidentally died from the fire -- maybe day 20+? Lots of mechanics all in one tight package!
Super cool! Can't believe you got to so much. I took out the wolf one time and a bunch of red stuff came out and my sheep all ran away, then when I woke up all my crops were gone?? I didn't want to play much after that, but cool regardless!