I really liked this game! To me, it gave off Earthbound x PowerWash Simulator vibes. The hints of something sinister going on under the hood in the town was a really interesting way to implement the limitation! Also, I found a weird bug that made the character move left when pressing the volume keys on my keyboard lol. Overall one of my favorites from this jam so far!

I wanted to love this (it's an interesting concept and the art is really cool), but the controls really held it back for me. Even with an upgraded tool, I couldn't stomach taking on any more leaves after my first yard. I'd also be curious if there could be alternate approaches to implementing your yard clean-up mechanic that were simpler or required less tedium (vs a reworking of the broom/rake controls). I'd love to revisit this again in the future if you work through the core mechanic, as it seems like you have an interesting narrative brewing, Thanks for making and sharing your game!

The art is very lovely, and it was a good way to use the theme to drive the gameplay, since in autumn it is the main season we have fallen leaves. I liked the idea of it being a horror game of some sort, but for me, it didn’t really work.

As others have pointed out, the broom controls aren’t very good, even tho I liked how it worked and the idea can be improved. Maybe having a way to change the direction that the broom is pointing to? Since not being able to change did make some leaves be stuck in corners of the map. Also, making the leaves go 90° degrees of the players would be better, since currently it feels like they go in a diagonal? I did have some fun when I got used to it and was able to move piles of leaves easily.

The horror can also work, but having the scary items be visible easily removed the surprise of them, probably making them fully covered by piles of leaves would have helped a lot. And it would be better to the items to vanish when they are off-screen, instead of having the static overlay show up without any explanation.

For, what it seems like, a first game, it is very good and has potential into being a joyful cozy-horror game to play. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish it, I did the farmer’s work and in the middle of the butcher’s task, my browser tab closed, and I didn’t have it in me to do it all again, sorry for that :’(

As another bit of feedback on the broom, I can actually see how it is kind of accurate to how brooms function in real life, but amongst other issues, the fact that it only pushes clockwise causes problems when you end up near the fence. The ability to flip the orientation may help, though I sort of see why you would want to start with something that doesn’t work as well, in order to make the better items in the later levels seem more impressive. Since it seems like a fair number of us couldn’t make it through the first level, maybe just reducing the number of leaves (or having them closer to the edge) would help with the difficulty curve.

Really good game! I love the art style !

I haven't made it past the first level because I find the broom way too hard to control, and it doesn't push the leaves far enough for my taste. You can work around this by spamming your mouse clicks, though.

Anyway, that being said, it's a solid game! I'm looking forward to seeing what's next and checking out your other projects!

This game was actually quite lovely! The broom was, as others have pointed out, a complete nightmare for someone as impatient as me, but after that the game got on quickly and the progression was satisfying! The art is well-done and fits perfectly with the theme of the jam and the overall feeling of the game!

The racking of the leaves with the broom was honestly very frustrating, I couldn't manage to finish the first yard even if i tried for 10 ish minutes. I think the rotating broom had to do something with it. It might have been a skill issue on my part though

Other than that, the theme, and the music was really good! The art was super nice, very pleasing to the eye, so good job on that!!! 

Really satisfying game! I found the progression a little slow to start, but that could just be me being bad at the game 😅. That said, I enjoyed the upgraded tools, and gathering the leaves into piles felt really rewarding. The visuals and audio worked well together to create a cosy atmosphere. Overall, a lovely game, great job!

It was really satisfying gathering all the leaves into one big pile, then pushing them out in bulk and watching that meter jump up! I loved how the mechanics progressed with each new tool, keeping things from feeling stale. The leaf blower was by far the most fun. I gathered up a huge pile and just went to town with it XD. Stepping into each new yard felt a little overwhelming at first, but after putting in some elbow grease, seeing everything finally cleared out was so satisfying. I liked how you could really see the results of all that work. 

I also thought I caught someone watching me from the forest, which had me pretty intrigued about what was going on. I'm glad I got to find out what that was all about in the end! The art and music were really nice too, and I liked how the cozy leaf-clearing gameplay had a little bit of mystery going on in the background. Good job; this was really enjoyable.

Didn't finish the first yard. I understand this game requires some patience, but the broom rotating around the player made it so much more difficult than it should've been and made the whole thing feel like an actual chore rather than a game. Nice artwork though.

Peak game. The art and the music are amazing, the tools are well balanced to the sizes of the gardens, the flashes were fire, peak. I hope to see more games from you.

Love the art, music and mechanics. Although I found it a bit frustrating that the tool rotated around the player instead of at the center of the player. It made it harder to rake the leaves in the direction I wanted.  I personally didn't have enough patience to complete the game. The cleanup took too long for me . I got the to the second yard and was happy to see that I got a more effective tool but lost motivation to continue after seeing how much bigger the yard was. Great job to the team!

Nice game! You made something special here! Love the art and the plot!

The broom could push the leaves a bit further to make the first level a bit easier. Also, the “looking away effect” was a bit to jarring for me. I think you may want to add a seizure warning, its a bit too flashy and aggressive in my opinion.

The game's mechanic to me feels like washing the dishes. It's a bit anoying at first, but then you hit this kind of flow state and when you kinda do it mindlessly and then all fo the sudden you're almost done. I like the tool update progression, leaf blower felt so satisfying. Also i really appreciate the little hints and foreshadowing throughout the levels

This game was fun, the theme fit very well with the autumn part of it and it also looked very nice, the raking/brooming part of it felt sort of strange in how it sweeped sideways and was also very tedious due to how little you pushed at once. Other than this good game!