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A jam submission

Colorful mowingView game page

Colorful lawn-mowing at its finest!
Submitted by MobDev
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#3081.8373.000
Use of the Limitation#3091.6332.667
Overall#3441.5822.583
Concept#3561.6332.667
Presentation#3741.2252.000

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Simon Moberg

Software used
Blender, unity, illustrator, audacity

Use of the limitation
The player battle itself by preventing itself from crossing it's path, painting the ground in a new color

Cookies eaten
20 000mg of paracetamol cruncherz

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Comments

(+1)

Some on-the-fly observations:

  1. Misspelling ‘wWhen’.
  2. Controls are QWERTY-only instead of layout-independent (not easy for my AZERTY!).
  3. Is it expected that the lawn mower goes behind the floor if you exit the grey area? It sounds like it is, but the fall is slow.
  4. The concept is interesting! :)
  5. I am not entirely convinced as to the connection with the constraint, although this is debatable.
  6. I like how the level select interface unveils progressively.
  7. Is there a key to restart a level? It would be useful (instead of having to jump off the edge of the level).
  8. The score adds speed to reflection. Remark: if the player were forced to get a perfecly cut lawn (which is not the case here!), then tile-based movement would have perhaps been a better choice, since the controls are not that easy to master.
  9. About the controls: I am wondering whether allowing continuous increase/decrease of speed (instead of step by step) would have been more practical; I am not sure.
    I think having the speed indicator also in game would help gauging the speed more precisely, especially for stopping.
  10. Falling out of the area is a bit horrible. XD I would have preferred walls to contain the player, but maybe you wanted an extra layer of difficulty through this.
  11. Level 5 seems untitled.
  12. I like the particle effect for mowing. :)
  13. You can mow diagonally (ie skipping a tile that is aligned vertically or horizontally with the previous tile); it may be expected. In a ‘perfect-puzzle’ setting, this could be a problem, but not here.
  14. ‘I got hit by the 'rona fever (which does exist, see Stefan Lanka and David Crowe for example)’
    I also submitted too late to Mini Jam 110 (for another reason), so, I can relate. The most important thing is to have created the game. :)

I like the concept in itself and context (I don’t recall playing a lawn-mowing game before, although some may exist!); I am just wondering whether playability could be enhanced, and I also think the connection to the limitation is not that strong (once again, this could be discussed).
It could surely be extended with other interesting mechanics, such as different types of grass (e.g. tiles that you have to mow several times), allowing the player to spend his score/money on upgrades for the lawnmower, and so on. :)

Developer

Hi! I really appreciate the exhaustive feedback! 

1) Yea... It was in my to-do. 

2) I will use horizontal/vertical input instead in new version.

3) Yes, intentional. Should probably make it faster to restart.

4. Agree!

5) Initially I had multiple colours for multiple cuts. The self -enemy limit is a bit weak, perhaps clearer if you die if you cross your path (like snake).

6) Thanks, my first attempt ever doing something with multiple scenes so that's something I early knew I'd like to grasp.

7) no key, can add in next version.

8) yea,i considered that, but speeding around were too much fun. But it would make it more puzzle.

9) Difficult without analogue inputs. Also, mowers typically have fixed gear speeds. It adds ability for muscle memory even if it may not be intuitive. I wanted to tweak the speeds to match tile spacing for full u-turns - gear 4 makes perfect 4 tile radius etc. 

10) I agree, it's not nice

11) Ill look at that

12) I find it satisfying!

13) Yea, i kept it. It is at expense of time so it is fine. Adjusting it could make you unintentionally cut some tiles while turning etc 

14) agree! I had to force myself to finish game breaking things to make it playable, thus some bugs like 1/2/3/7. You make stupid things having fever or spend 10 times as long figuring out a bug compared to normal temperature. Like when I spent an hour not realizing I had disabled debug.log MSG's to console =).

I have some ideas and drafts for some low poly lawn mower tycoon game. Planning turns, seeing progress and the soothing mowing engine sound is a nice combo worth exploring.

There are some games on Android app store you could check out.