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Pirate Software - Game Jam 14

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A jam submission

Weed WhackerView game page

THE WEEDS 😱
Submitted by MOONtyzoo — 3 days, 2 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#15.0005.000
Playability#1004.0004.000
Cleverness#4233.0003.000
Artistic Style#4693.0003.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • I like mowing lawns. I did let four gnomes and focus on protecting one which was super easy. I feel like I could have for YEARS. Still enjoyed my time keep making cool games <3

Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Ummmm..... uhhhh... hmmmmmmm............ yes

Tell us about your game!
Weed Wacker is a fast-paced arcade-style game where you use a lawnmower to protect your garden gnomes from mutant weeds. Try to keep every gnome alive for as long as possible, as you are scored on their survival time.

Controls
Use your mouse cursor to aim, and hold shift to accelerate

Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

Extra Notes
😎

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Comments

DARKERDIVERSIONSSubmitted325 days ago

17450 first score....i really like the idea of this game, it plays quite well.


SHIFT was down the whole time...lol.

I like the indicators for each gnome so you know where they are, the white arrow colour change and size change if they are in danger nice telegraphing keeping the player up to date... takes a while to figure out, but its there...nice work. Some nice details....

Are you going to keep going?....love the characters eyes..

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Micro Blast
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MOONtyzooDeveloper324 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I'm not going to continue on the project since the code is kind of falling apart and it's a hastle to work with. I haven't made a game in a while so I favored the quick and easy solutions instead of mulling over how to structure it for the long run since that would have slowed me down on getting a game out.

I've reflected on what worked well and what was missing with the game and decided that I should shift focus to quality over quantity. I'll be moving on to working on simpler and quicker game projects to try some things out like improving game feel.

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SimpatheySubmitted326 days ago

Game was fun towards the end but maybe started out a bit too slow. I think one thing you could add post jam would be maybe a mini map. That way the player can strategize their path better to protect the gnomes. Also rather then the clock counting up forever, I would make the grass more aggressive and count down from 5min or something to reach a win state. I really liked the little polish details like the sound the lawn mower changed based on speed, the trail effect of the character, the little arrows on the edge of the screen. Well done! 

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Grandma Don't Click That!
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Gizmo199Submitted328 days ago

This was really fun!! The difficulty curve was really solid. My only wish would have been an option for mouse locking as my cursor kept leaving the game window frame ( I have 2 monitors. haha). Overall though it was really cool! Simple, to the point, and most importantly fun! :D

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EUREKA!
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Matthias TrinleySubmitted328 days ago

that was fun

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The All Consuming Entity
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Puputskov328 days ago

I wish I had a lawn mower

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AmeriponSubmitted328 days ago

Quite fun little game! I there weren't any settings for the audio that I could find. I was able to hear some audio faintly though. It would be nice to track and see which Gnomes were in danger, but I really like the little dude using his lawn mowing machine to protect them from the weeds! Fun!

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The Rumor Academy
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ckdarbySubmitted328 days ago

I enjoyed playing the game! I thought it was very much on point with the theme, double points for that.

Here are my notes I jotted down from playing:

  • Don't think the music was working? Or maybe there wasn't enough time to implement.
  • A tutorial or instructions would have been nice at the start
  • Mouse cursor too small. Sometimes I lose track of it.
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The End Always Comes
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MOONtyzooDeveloper328 days ago

Thanks for the feedback! I burnt out before I could implement music and sound effects which is why the game is so silent😅. I challenged myself to try to do as much of the assets as possible on my own but sound and music was way harder than I thought so I decided not to stress myself out with it since I had already done so much.

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ckdarbySubmitted328 days ago

Well done. I totally understand. I only streamed the development of my game jam and tracked all my time.  It took me 64.5 hours to do my game jam, and ~42% was on the Polish stuff. 

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