That’s all super helpful - thanks a lot for the info!
I have a basic understanding of Blender (shapes, bones, UVs, keyframes), but my ideas rarely leave prototype stage so nothing as polished as Enchairted Forest.
Thanks for the feedback! A few people have said that a “birds blasted” counter would have been good, so I’ll bear that in mind for next time.
I wanted the movement to be “awkward” so it couldn’t be relied upon. Hopefully it was more of a “challenge” and less of an “annoyance” - maybe I could have polished it with more time.
That’s the same reason why I didn’t put the farmer in a wheelchair - I wanted him to have to grab his chair and jump around on it. You get a randomised impulse of movement (up + the desired direction) every time you hit the movement key. I thought a rocking chair had more of a classic “farmer” feel than someone using a wheelchair.
Originally I had the farmer able to rotate, he would tip over if the player was too quick, so I removed that feature instead of coding a fix for it (e.g. righting yourself) in such a short amount of time!
Excellent game, especially for three days.
Very slow to get started but it was an efficient use of a small number of assets. I’d be really interested to know the pipeline for making the art.
The whistle was invaluable!
