A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Reap What You Sew is a top-down action/adventure/farming sim game where you own a plot of land next to a graveyard, and explore the graveyard to find new crops to plant. Most of these plants are cursed, however, so keep your scythe ready.
This game was made for GBJAM 5. Programming was done by me, the art was done byWayne Kubiak, and the audio was done byTim Schrock. It was created inHaxeFlixel, and the fonts were made byChevyRay.
UPDATE: Following several reports of crashes, I patched the game to better handle sprite recycling/sound management. Also, the Battle Farmer's portrait was showing up in the inventory screen regardless of the class you selected, so I had to fix that while I was in there.
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows,macOS |
Rating | Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars (30 total ratings) |
Author | kyatt7 [Impostor Cat Games] |
Genre | Simulation |
Tags | Farming,Game Boy,GBJam,Halloween,Skeletons,Spooky |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard,Gamepad (any) |
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Just had the chance to play a bit more of this at home. I got further than the last time I played (not too long ago actually, just last night at PlayTest PlayFest) but the game crashed just as I was completing "the ritual"
Runs slower on my PC, but otherwise I love it ^_^ cute, pixelated farming sim in a Halloween-like setting.
Got bored recently and decided to spruce up the game's cover art, going from GameBoy to NES.Looks good.
Chiming in on the crash reports; I've been seeing this one pretty persistently.
The output I get when I run the game (to a crash) from a command line is:
Not Sound
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
Error after opening sound data
Googling that error and haxeflixel showsthis issue on the OpenFL library github,
Maybe a recompile with an updated OpenFL would fix the issue?
Crashing is still a major issue, crash time seems randomized. Save feature would be ideal. Minor tutorial for healing and such would be best, possible bestiary or plant ledger would be a cool addition.
UPDATE: Crash seems to occur most commonly at about 5am in the game. Game progress seems to have no effect on changing crash occurance.
Such an adorable game! I loved it, although I didn't figure out how to heal (because I am a moron) and had to start over due to the lack of a save feature. (I eventually figured it out due to reading a YouTube video comment.) But I enjoyed it enough towant to do it all again, so that's a good sign. :) The bit at the end, with the two gravestones... is that symbolic of something?
I did enjoy the game - the sprites had a pleasingly retro vibe for someone who grew up on the original Game Boy, and it's an interesting take on the gardening sim style. I also liked destroying the local ecosystem with my scythe upgrade.
On the negative side, the game crashed for me after I grew my first pumpkins. This, combined with not have a save feature, meant i lost all my progress, which killed me. I think this was also after your patch.
I did a youtube video on it, which has more of my "in the moment" thoughts:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrkGTAtkQOI - someone left a positive comment even with the crash.
This was wonderful! I loved the Game Boy feel to the graphics, I really like the idea of a harvest moon-like game where you're actually growing your enemies, and I thought the art style was super cute. I also like how the level layout makes it look like you can only cut down those circular bushes when you get the upgraded scythe, but you can suddenly cut down the hedges too.
I think I hit a bug at the end though? I planted the final seed and let it grow into a flower, then the camera panned up to reveal the two coffins and...nothing happened? I walked up there and tried cutting down the fence and interacting with the flower, nothing seemed to work. Also I noticed some brief slowdown when picking up lots of items.
Otherwise, this was super fun, with well thought-out gameplay and a great look.
HaxeFlixel - It's like Flixel, but exports to targets other than Flash, which is useful in 2016.
4 years later and its used for one of the most popular games ever