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A jam submission

Sprouts & MonstersView game page

Gain money selling pumpkins and keep away the monsters from you house
Submitted by Borguir (@_burguir)
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#503.4173.417
Theme#983.6673.667
Overall#1093.0833.083
Polish#1172.7502.750
Limitation#1222.6672.667
Audio#1242.8332.833
Art#1323.1673.167

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Cool game. Could have used a bit of music, but good job!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun having headless horse mean looking for head instead of zombies XD. I had a lot of fun with this one. I liked getting as many pots going as I could and then frantically clicking around trying to keep up with all the pumpkins' needs. It was pretty satisfying watching them all grow and getting that money rolling in lol. Having to switch gears and defend them from horsemen and ghosts kept me busy too. The art was really cute too,I loved seeing the pumpkins go through all their different stages of growth. I could see myself getting pretty hooked on this with a few more things to buy and upgrade. Good stuff!

Developer(+1)

I´m really happy that you like it!! Thank you so much for playing :D I´m working in a few things to add once the jam is over!

Submitted(+1)

The two different types of gameplay in this game is very very charming, the art is sweet too, the loop is consistent and enjooyable. My issue was with the audio, really. There's not much music going on, but thats the main complaint I have. Otherwise, pretty solid game!!! Very halloweenful!

Developer

After playing your game, reading that you liked my art it´s a very good complimet! thanks for playing and I´m glad that you liked
There was no music because I can´t compse a cord lol, and I didn´t like the idea of just using a copyright free song. That´s something that I need to work on!

Submitted(+1)

In the beginning it was quite a hassle getting used to the controls, especially not being able to put back the cans of repellant after picking them up, and if clicking again even more repellants disappeared 🙃
But after a while I really got a hang of the game and it was super addictive! I loved playing the game and especially the audio was suprisingly satisfying, both when watering and spraying and getting finishedpumpkins! I also loved the art, both the amusing art for the different items (especially the smirking fertilisers) and the gorgeous pumpkin seedlings and the later stages of the growth! This game caught me by surprise, being much better than I first got the impression of. 
Also, having an optional tutorial might actually be the best choice you made when making this game. Not having to play the tutorial over again every replay (which is a problem with many of the games in this jam) made it so much less frustrating starting over! And having a tutorial at all (and a very simple one at that) made this game all the more enjoyable once I got started. 
The monsters made off with my head though, that's a bummer xD

Awesome game! Great work making this in two weeks!

Developer(+1)

Omg thank you so much for this comment, I even get a little emotional for the appreciation :´) i´m very very happy that you liked the game.
About the controls, I admit that it wasn´t the most comfortable it could be, it´s something that I need to improve in future projects!

Submitted(+1)

Overall, it was a fun experience, thank you! I enjoyed the core loop of defending at night and earning money.

However, from what I played, it did feel a bit aimless at times. I think I would have enjoyed it even more if there were progression features, like being able to upgrade and strengthen my turret, or grow different types of seeds.

Aside from that, I noticed a few minor bugs. For example, with a single click, I could plant pumpkins in all the pots while only spending one seed. I also encountered a couple of other small issues, like getting negative money.

Developer(+1)

Nono, thanks to you for playing my game! I'm so with you about the progression, my first intention was to make you able to buy other torrets with diferent bullets and interactions with the monsters, and then you could also bough others types of pumpkins, but I get this idea so late in the jam that I could only get to this ponit. 

Probably I will update the game after the jam just to get those ideas out of my sistem! So again thanks for playing, i'm so happy that you liked

(+1)

Surprisingly fun game loop here, bouncing back and forth between buying supplies, maintaining pumpkins, and fighting monsters. Makes you want to keep playing. I was playing this one on a laptop and I think a real mouse would have substantially improved my experience, but had a great time anyway.

Developer

Thank you so much!! I´m so happy about you finding it fun. Maybe it would be better for touchpads if you could press a button to interact with the pumpkins as well. Thanks for the feedback :D

Submitted(+1)

It was fun, but I wish I could just be in "watering mode" and not have to click the can button each time. 

It was stressful until my pumpkins were stolen, and then I got so much money for buying pots for negative money! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the watering mode idea! I didn´t think about that at all and it´s a genius idea. The negative cost for flower pots will hunt me for all the week lol. I´m really glad that you find my game fun :D

Submitted(+1)

It was really enjoyable frantically managing my pumpkin plots while defending them at the same time! I discovered that goodwill and kindness was the key to infinite wealth as allowing the headless horsemen to steal my pots made the price of the pots flow into the negatives. By flooding the market with pots, I was being paid to accept pots! I think that bombs may need a bit of a buff as I blew all of my wealth buying 40 bombs only to die impoverished as the bombs were not able to save me in time due to their long arming time.

Developer

Thank you so much for playing! I was wondering if someone would notice the pots things, and yeah, the bomb needed a little working. I'm truly happy that you enjoyed my game!