I didn't really understand a lot of what was going on. I think it looked nice, felt nice control wise. Audio was good. I didn't like the lack of a pause or the fact that it was difficult to figure out exactly what was happening.
Also, I'm not sure what the crows do because I had many land in my wheat but it didn't seem like they were doing anything to my score or the wheat.
Hi, thank you so much for playing my game!
The crows eat crops, so if you let them build up, then crops you take too long to get back to will be eaten and thus, you will fail to get any score from them.
In the interest of doing better in the future, would you mind answering these questions for me:
Can you elaborate on the feeling you had of not knowing what was happening? Any opinions on what would have helped you not feel this way?
Had you looked at the "How To" screen? If so, what was your general opinion of it (helpful, not helpful, etc), and how did it influence your understanding of the game?
What did you think about the length of the gameplay time?
"Not knowing what was happening" was too vague, and I apologize for that.
What my issues were:
I was having a hard time figuring out where my scarecrow was in space on the map.
Couldn't tell if my scythe was hitting the crops correctly.
It also took me a little bit to figure out that there were 3 harvests needed per wheat. So it seemed like something was wrong with what I was doing, but it was actually harvesting them one a time, which was not intuitive to how a scythe would work.
I did look at the How To screen. I had to do it after I jumped in and was very confused. I think it explained some components well, but again the 3x harvesting wheat was confusing. Also, the "you have one night" was a little confusing. I think the moon going across the sky indicated time in the level, but it was hard to tell how much time was left based on that.
I don't know the length of gameplay time because I backed out to the menu and it started me over (though I think that was something I did with the browser on accident) and then I had a work meeting I had to get to after I played for like 45 more seconds.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. The points you've mentioned make a lot of sense and will definitely help me get better at handling communication of gameplay elements to the player, namely time and hitboxes, as well being mindful of base UI considerations like the inclusion of a "BACK" button. Thanks again for playing!
