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A jam submission

CantaloopView game page

Play as a cantaloupe in a top-down roguelite. Plant crops, fight worms, and survive until the countdown ends.
Submitted by thediamond88 — 1 minute, 4 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artwork#31583.2353.235
Enjoyment#37492.9412.941
Audio#53352.4122.412
Creativity#58612.7652.765
Narrative#59121.9411.941

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
loop sounds like cantaloup and i love cantaloupes

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
TheDiamond88

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I love the artwork, though the gameplay could use some more improvement, in terms of difficulty (the worms get to you fast wow) as well just features I suppose.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The game's art is cool, the ememy spawning could be more balanced though since they overwhelm you really fast

Submitted

Really fun game! I’ll admit it took me a while to get past the first few minutes, maybe I’m just bad at it. I really liked how you used the theme, it’s a great idea since roguelites fit perfectly with it, and that hadn’t even crossed my mind. The sound effects also add a nice punch to the actions. Anyway, congrats on the game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you!

and trust me the only bad thing here is the game and not you lol

I was the one who made the game and i still cant get past the first 3 mins

Submitted

I see. PVZ inspired roguelike shooter game. I like the cantaloupe guy, very interesting take on the theme :)) 

A few issues I had was that the peashooter gun doesn't lock-on enemy correctly sometimes - I guess it's an issue where the lock position is not aligned with the barrel. Moreover, the retry button doesn't work properly, cause when I press it it go back to the beginning scene but nothing moves afterward, only the looping ambient noise. Lastly I guess the map doesn't have an end point on any of its sides, so I just.... walk away :)))) 

Well, just some thoughts of mine. Some improvement post-jam could help a lot, cause I think it's still a really cool concept. Keep up the good work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the review I really really appreciate it 🙏🏼 


And yes, all of what you mentioned are bugs that I could not fix in time


Im currently working on an improved version fixing all of these problems with better balancing and quality of life stuff and I'll release it when the voting ends.

Submitted

very good art
Submitted

enjoyable little guy. I wish I could've done more about the endless torrent of worms

Developer (1 edit)

Yeah the balancing is terrible

I made the game and I could not even pass the last 2 minutes lol

unfortunately  didn't get any time to play test it

Submitted

Funny take on the theme haha. I like all the small "juice" you added to the game. It's kinda interesting that the gun shoots all by itself even though you had a button to control the shooting, so I'm not sure it was a bug or a feature where you try to make it survivors-like.

Developer(+1)

Thank you, but what do you mean when you said I added a button to control the shooting? Because there isn't really one,

The only other button other than the wasd keys in the game is the "e" button which plants seeds.

Submitted (1 edit)

Ah, it says Mouse - Aim and Shoot on the game page, so I assumed it means you have to manually aim and the manually shoots the gun like a usual FPS game or a top down shooter game, but now I see it can also means just aim with your mouse. No worries though. Also the seed planting mechanics is kinda interesting take on the upgrade loop of a survivors game.

Developer(+1)

You actually don't even aim with your mouse lol it's auto aim, thank you for noting that out I will edit its description 


And yeah thank you I actually really like the concept and I'm gonna continue on developing this game

Submitted(+1)

I kinda wish I'd been able to aim and shoot myself instead of it being automatic, but the game's very cute and I had fun playing!

Submitted

This game is fun.

Submitted(+1)

Nice little game

Submitted(+1)

Fun vampire survivors like game!

The game had good and fun upgrades, and the fences were a great obstacle.

Overall it was a simple but really fun game. Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun survival gameplay! Also great name selection xD

Submitted(+1)

Nice gameplay, I think with some more powers it would be awesome!

Submitted

Is there a way to harvest plants or do they give you their boost automatically once they've grown up?

Developer

They are supposed to give you the boost once they are grown up.. but you dont actually even need to plant them you automatically get the boosts as soon as you select the packets for some reason

Submitted

cantaloup sounds like loop hahah

nice game, maybe regeneration of life over time could be more generous though, cool game

Developer

Thank you :)


I added that and the other 3 mechanics in the extra hour they gave us lol so I didnt even play test them