Cactus Capers

yay ur game very goooooood!!! it was fun to play it and see what tipe of bullets gives each seed the aiming needs some work, maybe make the player move with keys but look & aim at mouse direction, that way u do not have to worry about direction to shoot... it was a little messy but easy to fix

I do wish the game had better controls, it could have been great otherwise. Combination of Arrows and mouse would have been fine with me, but then you also have to use Shift and Ctrl, that was bad choice for my taste (finger positions are awkward, which may be uncomfortable). Other thing was that you can't aim behind you, this in other hand makes that player can't escape at same time as shooting. But it is more of nuisance in overall game experience, as you have to move direction of enemies to be able to shoot, which isn't desirable when cornered and enemies are next to you. Also it affects other things, like just collecting/watering. About collecting things, it felt hard to collect things which are near you, maybe collision area wasn't large enough to get them moving, things further away are hit by 'triangle' and therefore start move towards player, which also keeps them on that area. Things near player are harder to hit with that triangle. Also when you are next to wall, projectiles could hit wall even you were not shooting towards it (I think because player collision area is the feet, which allow character to be visually next to wall, but this causes bullets to be created "inside" wall collision area as gun is there). This can annoy player and feel unfair, especially because of nature of gameplay: projectiles are scarce.

Game was nicely done otherwise and I could have spent more time with. My score was 3050.

This game is insanely fun and polished. Only thing I would have liked were the better controls - I'm okay with arrow keys to move, but it's weird that you would use the mouse to shoot, but you can only shoot when you are facing a certain direction? I feel like something like WASD to move and arrow keys to shoot in 4 directions would make more sense, if you don't want the player to shoot in all directions at a standstill. Other than that, great job

I like the use of theme here, growing different plants for projectiles. Art is colorful and fun, the menu is nice and intuitive, and there's a good amount of juiciness to things. Plants bend while being sucked, screen shakes (maybe a bit too much) while shooting, and there's a satisfying knockback when hitting enemies (though they go crazy when you get the machinegun :D). Overall it feels like there's a lot of polish in the visual department.

Soundwise the game is lacking a bit. Most of the sounds fit the game well, but for example the player getting hurt makes an explosion sound of a sort, which is kinda weird. Also, I would have liked some kind of damage feedback sound when hitting enemies. Although there are some minor shortcomings here, it's still a very good job for a jam game!

For me, the game was fun to play. The best part was finding new seeds, encountering new enemies and trying to figure out the best weapons and tactics. The overall gameplay was somewhat slow paced though, and in my opinion, could have been a lot faster. The flamethrower was obviosly the best weapon, but it was rare enough that I had to run all around the map to find enough seeds, which was good design.

My worst enemy in the game was the controls. I got used to switching slots and dumping stuff after a while, but having to use arrow keys to flip the character (great animation btw) to shoot left and right was ultimately my doom.

Despite some criticism here, I think it's overall a great jam game and I thoroughly enjoyed playing! Thanks for making the game!

I really like the overall style and look of the game. Very unusual concept and don't think I've seen one like this before. I found the controls to be good after a bit of getting used to. Sound is great. Nice work!

The game concept is interesting, the gui and gameplay is well polished and looks complete (apart form the control which was mentioned in other feedbacks) considering max 48h development time. I could achieve 850points only after few ronds :), but will try it later for sure! Looking forward to further updates!

The gameplay look was really unique I loved the idea. The only thing that didn't keep me playing longer was that I found the controls a bit unintuative. I would have much rather been able to play with WASD and spin the sight around 360 instead of it flipping with the facing direction. Overal one of my favorites of the jam great job!

So far the best game I've ever played in this jam!

All it was nice, but the need to unfold the main character to shoot in the right direction is a little tiresome. It would be logical for the hero to turn himself if I lead the cursor behind his back.

Sounds are great!

Got the Slime Rancher vibes~

The game is well rounded, solid art, gameplay, sound and it feels like a complete package. Gamepad support would be a nice addition.