GMTK Game Jam 2020

How does your game fit the theme?
You are driving a lawnmower with no brakes that constantly stalls which prevents turning and cutting grass. You are trying to maintain a lawn that has grown out of control on a vehicle that is out of control!

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

We used pre-existing audio

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Rob StreetingSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Simple idea with great execution, nice :) I feel like you could have capitalised even more on the humour, perhaps with more time!

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Hijack Helpline

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Mystical_PigeonDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you! I wanted to do a lot more, but yeah time ran out. Unfortunately i was only able to devote about 1/2 time to it cause of taking care of our baby, but hopefully over the next months I can beef it up and make it even better :D

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Fred XVISubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Honestly, the idea is not terribly original. Vehicle out of control... yeah I have seen them. But there was none quite like this. Everything you do is out of control. No brake, ok fine. Weird steering, yeah that is fair but not crazy creative. Lacking gas cap, ok that is kinda funny. But then we get the best part.It randomly needs restarted. I love this because it locks the wheels and the speed so you lose control, but getting it back is not all that hard. Well done.

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Attitudes Matter

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Mystical_PigeonDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks :)

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Marxy 37Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Well, here's my list of "i liked your game, really fun, but i don't like...":

The first person camera: In my opinion it was 3rd person (or at least turned a lot less...)
The fact that if the engine is closed the mower keeps his velocity
How the turning works. i know is intentional, but still... made me confused a lot
Rocks. Why are rocks in my garden??? (Well, from a game design perspective i know, but still you get the point...)
That, instead of a percentage it show me the quantity of grass cutted
The thing was too fast, both in moving and steering
That my house is apparently a LIE (oh, and apparently i don't have any neighbours... and i'm in a flat plane...)

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Cuby Rescue Bot

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Mystical_PigeonDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

All valid. Glad you liked it :)

I was toying with the idea of freely looking around, and having to use the mouse to interact with everything (drag the steering wheel, click and hold the ingnition key) but limited time meant to the bare minimum to get it working
I think in future I'm going to have the engine dead slow you down, not a full stop but not full speed
I don't think I'll change the steering, but I may add a sensitivity option
Rocks were an easy model to add :P I was hoping to have more varied obstacles like trees, bushes, and a garden to avoid that would penalize you
Cause of how I was calculating cut grass a percentage didn't make sense from a dev perspective, but it probably would make more sense from a player perspective
I think the speed adds to the chaos, but perhaps there could be difficulty levels (like mariokart's 50cc, 100cc, 150cc) that change the speed
Again, I'd love to add more realistic decoration in future

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Theren_DrythornSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This is a great game! Super simple fun concept that actually fairly challenging. I will say the swinging camera is pretty disorienting, and would probably have a locked camera looking down on the scene. Still though, great game.

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Just Breathe

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Theren_DrythornSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

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Just Breathe

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waterpouchSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Simple, silly game. Well done!

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BAAAH!!!

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