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Lawn Mower's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #8 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Audio | #9 | 3.133 | 3.133 |
| How well does the game fit the themes? | #11 | 3.733 | 3.733 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.053 | 3.053 |
| How much do you enjoy the game overall? | #22 | 2.600 | 2.600 |
| Gameplay | #26 | 2.400 | 2.400 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How long was your dev time?
3 hours
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Fits the theme very well, visuals are interesting, pretty damn good for 3 hours! Controls are a little clunky at first but you get used to it.
This kind of game fits the theme extremely well, and if you lean into the satisfying nature of getting a job done, it would be very enjoyable, too. I feel you could adapt this game to create one that's similar to Powerwash Simulator, where the cleaning looks and feels good to do, and there's juuust enough variety in the gameplay, so you feel compelled to finish it. Add some particles, juicy sound effects, maybe an upgrade or two, and this could be addicting.
Nice work. Looked good. Played good. But as someone said, as soon as I realized there was no change in the game play, I stopped. Some variety would've kept me playing to try and finish it.
Cheers!
My God, that's a lot of grass!
I only cut for a few minutes and I was done... kinda like in real life! hahaha If only there was a nice satisfying sound when you cut over each patch. Great job on the entry though!
interesting combination of 2d and 3d sprites
Excellent entry, well polished. I did find contrasting styles of the 3d and 2d pixels a bit odd, but it worked.
I posted a longer comment on the page itself, but I just wanted to thank you here as well. I scored 1572 seconds -- 26.2 minutes -- and your game had grown on me within the first three minutes. I really love how this game doesn't cloy for my attention. There is no reason I "needed" to beat it. I was free to develop my own motivation, or not! Almost like the game plays "hard to get." It is very much a "realistic" game in that sense; its motivation structure emulates real-world activities. And as with real-world activities, "fun" becomes a choice you can make, a state of mind one is free to call upon at will. That, to me, is profound.
This game is relaxing, meditative, cathartic, and ultimately joyous.
EDIT: Now that it has come time to rate, I will add that the mix of 3D voxel and 2D pixel presentation left me feeling a tad confused. In contrast to the leisurely pacing and "feel" of the controls, which felt deliberate; it would be a stretch to say this contrast in visual styles were meaningful in any symbolic capacity. Regardless, the end result WAS overall pleasing enough to look at for 30 minutes, so you're on the right track. It just wasn't anything exemplary.
To go above and beyond next time, I recommend either going voxels for everything; or at least a unified palette between 2D and 3D so the two halves blend together a bit more seamlessly. (Alternatively, as with The Amazing World of Gumball, you could go the entirely opposite direction with mixed media; as long as it's a deliberate, calculated departure from cohesion.) Of course, this is but a nitpick compared to my emotional experience with your game. I felt it stronger and more deeply than any other game on the roster so far; playing this game was almost like reading a good book.
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This was clearly the least fun things to do when I realised I coulnd't get that last piece of grass, stuck between rock on the top right corner 😂
Overall great gameplay, i wish there were a bit more challenge (like getting damaged when hitting the rock). But overall great game :). Congrats
Love the sounds and music! But this _is_ the second lawnmower game with mouth noises
Fit's the theme realy well, but you didn't had to make a boring game. Played for 30 secs.