Okay so on my first attempt I was just lost in beans and didn't really care about there was an invasion coming. I was just chilling and having a lot of fun building stuff and making more and more beans. I was going to rate it 4 (or 4.5 if I could) for game design, but when I saw beans automatically went to nearest house for resources and I could select them with mouse drag I went straight 5.
I loved the graphics of the environment, the music was cool. The game went chaotic when I had to manage so many beans. Overall a great game and a solid entry for the jam. I really have no complaints for the jam.
I would like to make a few suggestions if you want to expand this game after the jam which I think you should definitely into a full game.
- The art style felt different for beans and the environment, I'm not sure if you were going for this or not, but if you match the beans with the rest of the world they will look even more cute (or cuter!!).
- Please DO NOT CHANGE the walking animation of beans. It's the most adorable thing I saw and loved.
- Have a mini map
- Some UI clipped out of the screen and I had to pan more just to read everything.
- For the theme it was good to not to mention the controls, but for a full game you should.
- Create a cute story and have different modes like campaign, endless etc.
- A way to know which beans are idle. and how many are gathering food, wood, gold etc.
These suggestions are for the full game IF you decide to make once the jam is over. For the jam the game was excellent. It was a lot of fun. The most adorable game I have played in this jam.