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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #47 | 3.797 | 3.797 |
| Theme | #269 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
| Overall | #327 | 3.297 | 3.297 |
| Aesthetics | #359 | 3.405 | 3.405 |
| Fun | #363 | 3.162 | 3.162 |
| Mechanics | #456 | 2.797 | 2.797 |
| Music | #509 | 2.581 | 2.581 |
| Sound | #616 | 2.081 | 2.081 |
Ranked from 74 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
2
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Grass pixel art by txturs opengameart,Da font ,SketchyLogic bossmain track, Additional Sound FX by Will Leamon,,At Work (Loop) Author: HorrorPen
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Loved the concept. I really wish there was sound. also love how you get punished for shooting them enemies too early :)
Thank you!
We will definitely be fixing the sound once the jam is over. :)
Shame about the sound, I still had fun though. The little lemon is so cute :P
Good job :)
Thanks, glad you had fun! :D
I love this game , the art is so good. It's a nice job guys. I notice to you have a some bug with de music and the sound , I dont know if is a problem of the web version or in general , but when you advance in the game in some point de sound get off.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
The music doesn't loop, we didn't realise it until after the submission time ran out so we couldn't fix it but we are aware of it and it'll be fixed as soon as the jam is over. :D
I loved the introduction with all the puns and comedic explanation of the situation. It quickly paints the picture of what this game is about. Nice artwork on the zombies and roaches. The gameplay funny with hitting cockroaches being a nice touch for when the player is not threatened by the zombies. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my machine but I couldn't hear any sound (music or sfx) even though I can see them mentioned under your assets.
Pretty fun game, farming zombies with lemons kek
Really glad you enjimmed the game ;). The sound issue was because sound was the last thing we added and the git merge didn't take properly, so the looping wasn't applied unfortunately. The sound loop will be among the first things we sort out after the jam. There is audio setup in the options menu but it cuts off after about a minute anyway because of the loop issue. By default the sound is off for some reason with the web build.
Oh man, the git shenanigans. I feel you because we had a last minute git merge fail on a previous game jam with my team :P GG
It isn't the first issue we almost lost the whole project a little over 24hrs before it was submitted, but luckily i had made many backups. Thankfully Godot is very easy to debug when remerging :p My condolences for your last gamejam, hopefully it was a once off but with git who can ever be safe really.
I really like how many ideas you generated from a quote like 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.' We're all trying to fill the capybara-shaped hole in our hearts by killing cockroaches in this apocalyptic world where even the Grim Reaper has job security issues! Love all the references, and I really think cockroaches can survive the apocalypse lol. The gameplay might be improved, though. Adding footsteps or a CS-like enemy direction indicator can improve player experience a lot. I felt like a frantic deaf person while playing the game :)
Thanks for the feedback!
Sound effects and an indication (Jimdication?) when enemies are close/attacking will be some of the first things we add to it after the jam is over.
And thanks for playing long enough to find Jim's "son". :D
Love the headshots.
Strangely the whole things seems to take place on a beach at night, with the silver in the distance being waves breaking on the shore. Perhaps a weird comment but I loved that.
Good fun :)
Thanks!
The floor was actually just a really badly stretched grass texture, so I wasn't sure what people would think it looked like. You're the second person to think it was sand so that's interesting! Maybe when we work on it more after the jam we'll turn it into a desert or beach.
I'm glad you had fun! :)
I really liked the introduction and the story! Very funny!
As part of the game, it lacks of feed back to player (visual effects when hit, sounds that inform you that a zombie is just behind you). Any way, I really enjoyed the story background!
Thanks!
We had something that was meant to show on screen when the player is hit, and we added it to the game and everything but honestly forgot to program it to show up. It'll definitely be added after the jam, as well as the sound effects.
Keep on the good work!
did you forget to loop the music?
Also there is no sound effects for the game.
The aesthetic is nice but the lack of visual feedbacks kinda bring down the "juiciness" of the game.
The game is kinda laggy though, maybe try to figure out something.
This type of game is good, but with 360 degree defending, it'd make people feels nauseat after a while.
We didn't forget to loop the music originally, but Github corrupted our project on the second last day and the version we restored was from before we put in the music and unfortunately we didn't realise until the very end when it was too late to fix.
Thanks for the feedback!
oh I see, so this is part of the damage. That's unfortunate.
Fun game! Interesting combination of characters and mechanics :D I squeezed the lemon! xD Great job on the minimap and options menus! Great addon!
Thanks we are glad you enjoyed it, and also thanks for the minimap and options praise they were a pain to make.
bonkers! the 100 lemon surprise was really worth the long silence in the desert :-) Wish there would be sound though.
Really glad that it was worth it, we were so annoyed that it was the last thing we edited and git didn't update it properly. It will be fixed in the first "patch" when the jam is over. there's another surprise but its not for a while so it will take a longer stroll through the wasteland.
Really fun game! The UI is unique yet really intuitive. The game loop is really fun, and after a while, you really start feeling pressured and giving your best to survive.
Thanks for the great feedback, we didn't get a lot of time for balancing. Hopefully you see the secrets we have for killing zombies...also there's a hidden reference in the level that some people may appreciate ;)
fun game , i like the Aesthetics and the doom style gamplay , the only thing is that the game starts with the music at 0 , so i didnt know it had music until my third try
Thank you!
We realised the music volume after uploading, so we made a note about it in the games description, it will be the first thing that we fix after the jam is over.
Death?? Lemons?? A CAT?? JIM??? Great job here guys, keep up the good work!!
Thank you! :D
I like the theme. The Story is Jimazing :)
Thank you for playing, you're Jimply the best! :D
I just played the game, it is fun. the idea is beautiful :)
I like the music too, I am sorry it has a problem not looping :(
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D
My team mate has figured out how to fix the music, so it's something we will be fixing once the jam is over.
Yeah, Good work! very cool (with Dani sound ) :)
It made me scream just a wee bit when I turned around and there was a ZOMBIE in my face! True Story. me and zombies never did mix well, yet I still play games like "7 Days to die" and this game.
Really a nice story and I can see the game being fleshed out. The environment is a bit bland and even though I saw the notice about the music, there was no option to adjust the music in the menu for me.
Either way, this game made me smile :)
I jumped so many times when playtesting this! Either because a zombie managed to creep up behind me, or the Jim Reaper, or... Well, I won't spoil anything else that's in it. :p
In the options menu there should be tabs in the top left, one of them is for Audio and you should be able to adjust the music slider there, did that not show up? (The music doesn't loop because it was the last thing we put in and apparently we missed a tickbox when exporting so I think there's only around 30 seconds of music unfortunately.)
I'm glad that the game made you smile, thank you for playing!
Pretty jimpressive little game! I enjoyed the creative writing the most. Would be cool to see more shooting visual feedback. I recommend making the mini-map a little more zoomed out with the speed of the characters. I was also confused about the limes and thought it was bugged, so was pleasantly surprised when I saw them be picked up eventually. I think it'd also be cool and more challenging if the zombies targeted other characters that I could protect.
Glad you enjoyed it, that's definitely top of the list along with some features we had planned but didn't have time to put in. I will definitely look into improving the minimap. The limes are definitely not bugged and after you kill some more zombies there's another thing to see. The protection part is interesting, I will chat to my teammate and see if that's something we can add, thanks for the feedback.
edit: i was half asleep when i read your comment and missed the jimpressive at the start of that, fantastic!!
I like the idea of protecting other characters. Maybe even something like sometimes when defeated the zombies turn back into humans and have to be protected while they escape into the forest around the outside of the map, as a reward they could drop some jimportant items and upgrades. I jimagine that it could make the gameplay more jimmersive and jimpactful, and it would definitely not be jimpossible to add.
Also, thank you so much for playing it long enough to find out the reason the limes are there!
(Just to add, I'm the other person who worked on this game, not a randomer.)
I knew it, your jimmunication seemed familiar. That sounds like a very fun idea!
The sprites looked great and I especially liked the way you displayed progress and health in an original way through the lemonade, which was not obvious at the start but quite easy to figure out! The music unfortunately cuts off after 1 loop and additional sound effects would have been a nice addition. The background story was also really good!
Thanks we really appreciate the feedback, unfortunately the music was the last thing worked on so we didn't get to add the effects we have for the hit. We are glad you liked the health bar as well.
We had a lot of issues with git the music was set to loop but must have messed up. I will change that when It's okay to though thanks for letting me know.
interesting game and art style. is shooting zombie has no SFX?
We didn't get the time to add them unfortunately :/ the sounds were the last thing we added and were royalty free.we made all the art except a floor material, glad you like the art.
I love the title and the aesthetic. Also the intro art was a nice touch.
Thanks, my teammate did a great job and i'm glad it's appreciated. Also if you kill 100 zombies something cool happens.