HEY! I got to play this on Saturday but with the kids with me I didn't get a chance to rate the game but here's the link to the gameplay https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2565381393?t=02h10m28s with my daughter. Now that the dust of all the streaming has settled, here's my feedback.

Gameplay:

• Such a simple concept with a lot of possibilities! I loved how there was no real one way to approach this game, especially as I watched my daughter explore some critical thinking. I felt like there aren't enough games the really challenge the kids anymore, especially on mobile games where the games seem to be insulting our intelligence more than anything.
• I only got to play up to stage 5 but the progression was fantastic, allowing room for players to first learn the game, to exploring the game, then adding a bit more challenge! Didn't even really need a tutorial, it was nicely intuitive.

Audio:

• Moooo, Sfx were great for what it is, thinking the portal and hitting the hay could have better effects but for an indie title that isn't much of a priority.
• I'd love to hear some ear candy level of of music that would further match the cuteness of the game, especially something attractive for kids, the current percussive track does add a bit of that puzzling feeling though so something that includes this feel. I actually wouldn't mind throwing together another kid track. I made a upbeat version of Row Row Row Your Boat/My Bonnie for another kids game. https://glimmusic.com/services.html Click the Kids Upbeat Dance Track. If this is something you'd like, let me know.

Visuals:

• All the assets were simple and easy to identify as objectives! Only thing i'd probably like to request is a way for the dashed lines to pop a bit more as I felt that my daughter was not entirely aware of it as much.

Overall I'd love to see more of this game especially as a mobile app since I've noticed that kids lean toward that more than pc's now. Hope you continue to develop the game!

Thank you for your time and for creating such a wonderful thought provoking game

Regards,
- Glim

This was great! I really had fun with this one and played it all the way through. 

I really liked having 'time spent in the level' as a metric, this was an interesting and unique spin on the tower defence idea. I remember playing very early Warcraft 3 maps where part of the tower defence was to build a maze from your towers to increase the exposure they had to the creeps. Is this perhaps where your idea comes from?

Player onboarding might be something to look at here - it is always a challenge but is usually worthwhile. I got the idea pretty plainly, but I know that someone without the context of old school TDs or gaming in general might struggle linking the concepts together.

Controls where good, UI was good, and the sound design was fine. I would have liked access to more data during the run, even if this was an optional pull out tab or something. I often wondered how much milk I made in the previous run, to try to work out how much more I needed to get from the next one. 

Thanks for some good bovine fun!


/jam/feedback-quest-8-indiegames-x-indie-streamers/rate/3259119?b... -> our team has this one in if you wanted to go and take a look, all the feedback we can get is super valuable. 

Thanks mate!

This was cute and lovely!  I really enjoyed the sound design and tinkering with my solutions to get utterly absurd paths and results.  Each time I sent the cows out, it was a treat to watch them go.

A few critiques:

1. The portal colors can be very similar for certain people.  I recommend giving them different shapes (inner or otherwise) to help people with vision disabilities differentiate between them.
2. The lack of a tutorial might be fine,  but I think one with the basic concepts would go a long way in terms of building player faith in the system early on.
3. Tooltips (doesn't have to necessarily be next to the mouse) would be very helpful in explaining the various land types, or buttons.
4. The game speed resets between levels.  It would be nice if it remembered my previous selection.
5.  A breakdown for the star breakpoint values would be nice.
6. There was a small hitch when the milk full animation played for the first time.
7. A previous round breakdown (milk and income) would be nice
8. Sometimes the result of a placement didn't have the expected result I had in my head.  This is largely not really an issue due to the visible path, but it did give me a little pause and wonder about it a few times.

VOD is linked below, and will be available for 60 days. Please reach out if it is needed for longer, and a highlight can be created.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2556818774?t=1h20m41s

Hello! Welcome to Feedback Quest 8! My name's Hythrain, a co-host and one of the streamers for this event! This feedback is being written live as I stream your game! If you're interested in seeing my live reaction, let me know and I can send you a link to the VOD once it's posted to YouTube!

So my normal approach for any game in these events is simple: I get the game, make sure it's not a virus, then play it with as little information on how to play as possible. This way, I can judge how intuitively someone can figure out the game. Only if it's obvious that I need to read more will I do so. I note this so you can get a sense where some of these feedback comes from. In addition, I want to note that feedback and rating are different; don't use this feedback to gauge what I'll rate, nor should you view my rating as entirely indicative of my feedback.

Who would've thought a game about cow herding would be more fun than cow tipping?! Trying to figure out how to solve each stage was a lot of fun. Given the game's design, I have to imagine there must be multiple solutions per puzzle.

One thing I wish was present was the ability to know what each tile did. While some were easy to figure out at a glance (such as the money tiles and the walls), some were less so obvious.

I also wish that cows wouldn't change their behaviour when placing fences down when said fence doesn't affect their old behaviour. I had this happen on the last stage I played, where placing a fence two spots right to where the cows would go caused the path to shift one tile to the right. It was a change that made no sense.

Lastly, it'd be nice to know the pathing the cows will take if they go through a portal. That way, even the portal pathing can be more properly planned ahead from the start.

That all said, I had a lot of fun! :D

I found the game very entertaining! I jumped in without reading the page description, so it took me a little while to understand that the goal was to make the path longer instead of shorter.

I played through all the levels, but I’ll be honest — there were still some things I didn’t quite understand. I think it would help a lot if hovering over elements gave a short description of what they do. For example, the up and down arrows aren’t obvious at first, and the portals took me a while to figure out. Even after finishing the levels, I wasn’t sure what was better to upgrade — the cows or the milk production.

It’s also a bit tricky to tell which path is longer. Maybe adding a tile count or estimate would make it clearer. A “Start” button on the UI would also be nice, so the game could be fully playable with just the mouse. And a “Reset” button would be great too, so players could easily restart if they had a rough beginning.

Overall, I really enjoyed it! A few small improvements to clarity and usability could make it even more fun.