Sapples

Submitted to the Spring 2D Jam 2021.

This game is very much a work in progress, due to kinda poor time management, a couple of oversights, and a sprinkling of bad luck when things kept breaking... However I know where I am wanting to go with this and fully intend to fix this and release an update that at the very least fixes all the game breaking bugs, and ideally gets it to a 'playable' state.  This will be after the Jam voting period ends just to remain fair because I didn't finish it during the submission period.

Because it seems unclear in game, I will outline the idea of the game more here so you know what to expect and look forward to.  The main goal was initially to gather as many Cuberries as possible, which kind works well with the fact that I couldn't get saving working (Pico 8 constraints, though I want to figure something out for this).  You could do this manually and grow and water them all yourself, or you could grow Sapples who are little plant people who walk around and farm for/with you.  Each type only has one specific job and so you will need multiple to work together, one will water, another harvest, and a third move the berries around.  They all will have a radius within which they can work to not make them too game breaking and to add an extra challenge.  You will be able to build up a network of Sapples that pass the berries to one another to take them to your home storage.  Your sapples will also need to remain watered and fed (they eat your Cuberries!) so you will need to make sure you grow enough berries and Sapples that can water to keep everything running smoothly.

While that is the initial idea, I had more ideas for this project that came up while I was working and considered them an 'if I get time' (haha!) addition.  I would like the ability to sell the berries to add a money element to the game which could then possibly allow you to get farm upgrades and buildings, maybe making seeds have a price too.  I also definitely would like to add more polish to the game, better animations and add some sounds.  Its a long road but we will get there, keep an eye on this page for updates!

Road to completion:

• growing plants.... again... I did it! (I think)
• controls page to outline controls
• clear outline of game goal
• the ability to save your farm
• Sapples that actually appear and farm for you
• Sapples desires so they eat your precious Cuberries to live!