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A jam submission

Drone HerderView game page

Protect your crops using a growing herd of drones
Submitted by sebastianhb — 1 hour, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#584.1094.109
On Topic#964.0184.018
Visuals#1473.9093.909
Fun#1593.5823.582
WOWIE!#1833.4733.473
Simplicity#2403.8733.873
Sound#8571.3091.309

Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Music Source
No music unfortunately

Credits
Just me - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCon757OipDPxXeDO7hbYy6Q

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Submitted

This is a very cool concept for the theme!! I really wish the drones were easier to "herd", but I'm not quite sure how that could be done. The animations feel really good, and it's super satisfying watching your swarm grow and just obliterate the slimes

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much, glad you had fun! I will try to change the behaviour of the drones to make them easier control in the future:)

Submitted

Acually a fun game. The drones were a little uncooperative at first, but after a while I got so many of them that it didn't matter. Good job!

Developer(+1)

Glad you enjoyed it - I will try to change some parameters to make it easier to control them after the jam ends:)

Submitted (2 edits)

The idea is really cool, but i struggled a lot to "herd my drones".. (probably my fault..)

Other than that it was great :)    (Ofc a music would be nice, but the game is already very good for 12 hours of work i must say)

Developer(+1)

Thank you:) -  I think you are right, I will try to tweak some parameters to make it easier to control once the jam ends

Submitted

Its a nice game but it needs more content. And sounds

Developer

Thanks - you are right on both accounts, I simply ran out of time:)

Submitted

I like the gameplay and art. My suggestion is maybe more upgrades or different drones. Anyways the game is fun. Great submission!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback - I would have loved to add more content, but ran out of time as it often goes:)

Submitted

Nice game !

Developer

Thanks:D

Submitted

A neat concept with the whole "herding drones" thing, although sometimes it was hard to tell if they were responding to your position or not.  Do the slimes do damage over time to the drones?  Because I had one drone just fall down and die nowhere near a slime, not sure if that was intended or a bug.  xD  Also I love the artstyle, it was very fun.  

Developer(+1)

Thank you - you are right, I might need to tweak some parameters to give the player more control over the drones! The drones just fall down at random, it should maybe have been in contact with drones instead haha

Submitted (1 edit)

Very nice game and fun game!
I just got stuck on round 11 where no slimes would spawn. (same as when Mann vs Machine softlocks)

Developer(+1)

Thank you - there is unfortunately a bug which means it is impossible to progress past wave 11, will be sure to fix after the jam!

Submitted

Very good game, had a lot of fun! Unfortunate that the bug couldn't get fixed, I'd have liked playing more. Although it would have been nice to perhaps have more diverse enemies. It feels like the drones would have just filled the screen after a certain point?

Developer

Will be sure to fix it when the jam ends! As you say I will also need to balance the game some more so drones don't just fill up the screen

Submitted

Nice little game! The concept is really good and fits the theme well! But it was really hard to control the drones, they move away from you too slow. Besides that, good game! Keep up the good work ^^

Developer(+1)

Thank your - and thanks for the feedback on the controls, I will try to tweak the parameters in an update to make it easier

Submitted

Your game idea is really well implemented - amazing job for such a short timeframe.

As others were stating, music or at least some soundFX woud have been nice. Other than that, this was an enjoyable gameplay!

Developer

Thank you :)! sounds were next up on the todo-list 

Submitted

Funny we had quite similar ideas for our games.

However yours is much more complete. I really like your pixel art.

(Just a pity you do not propose to play with arrows, for non-english keyboards)

Developer(+1)

Thanks a bunch! - sorry about the controls, I had never thought of that problem - will be sure to think of that going forwards

Submitted

Fun game. I liked the simplicity and idea of the game even the pixel art was nice. Would have been better with sound and music.

Developer

Thank you, you are also absolutely right - I just ran out of time

Submitted

Interesting, if only there were more props

Developer

Thanks - will be sure to add more in an update

Submitted

super fun idea! I love the sheep ai. Wish it lasted longer!

Developer

Thanks! - it should have been endless, but unfortunatly there is a bug in round 12 so it stops there for now

Submitted

cool game, i could see this as a bigger release if u keep workin on it

Developer

thanks a lot thats very kind

Submitted

fun idea, did you use any flocking behaviors?

Developer

Thanks, yes the drones use boid flocking behaviour

Submitted

Great fun, maybe some more ways to control the drones as you go, like power-ups etc. Would be interested to see more if you expand after the jam. 

Developer

Thank you - and thanks for the feedback, you are right - i wanted to include powerups and different drone-types, but ran out of time

Submitted

It's very fun to have an army of drones at your will. I'll definitely be returning to this game after the jam is over to get past round 11. Also, hello fellow Godot Engine user! 🤝 

Developer

Thanks alot - glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

epic

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