Looks great, but gameplay is really slow. Also for some reason my locusts dissapeared even when there's no chicken nearby.
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Hello, thank you so much for playing! It sounds like you’ve had a rough experience! I apologise for that.
I completely agree that the gameplay starts out way too slow, that’s something I really need to address. The reason for this is because once you get going, gameplay is way too fast. Once you have a small swarm, it’s too easy to completely destroy everything instantly. I’m not sure how the best way to nerf this is, so I just went with a slow start. I know it needs improving, I’m just not sure how.
As for locusts disappearing, that is very strange. Is it possible it’s a layering issue and they’re going underneath the ground layer of a tile (e.g. exposed dirt of a crop).
Or were they disappearing out in the white open?
Thanks again so much for the critical feedback, it really helps. Do you have any other suggestions?
No need for apologise, it's just a gamejam!
If dissapearing locusts was a layering issue they would've returned when away from crops, they didn't.
About suggestions: I think exaggerating can help make the game more interesting. Increasing eating speed and amount of locusts spawning after fully eaten crop will fix slow start, and making bigger crops with large groups of chickens further on map will force player to avoid them until swarm is big enough to eat everything and run away. This is the way I see it.
Oh, actually it’s possible the locusts disappearing was to do with starvation! Each locust has a limited number of jumps before it dies. Eating replenishes this but there wasn’t very good AI so it was way too easy for them to miss out on the feast despite being in the middle of it!
Thanks for pointing out that this looks like a bug, I will need to address it somehow to make it clearer or change it entirely.
And yeah, I definitely need to speed up the start, it’s just way too slow. Large groups of chickens is a fantastic idea, you’d have to be very large to survive in a cage with them!