Farm Them All

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The Challenge

Farm Them All is a completely crazy game where you drive agricultural machinery like no other… This game was presented as part of Ludum Dare 52, where the theme was “harvest.” We were a team of 5, and our goal was to have fun over a weekend while working together on a one-off project.

Our Approach

The theme didn’t inspire us initially, but then we decided to draw inspiration from the mechanics of the famous game agar.io, which involves eating lots of little pellets to become the strongest. In Farm Them All, it’s relatively similar, as you need to harvest as many plants as possible to become the strongest. Working as a team of 5 on such a short project, our real challenge was to organize ourselves to work together without stepping on each other’s toes or ignoring anyone’s ideas. This was only possible in such a short time due to the communication we established from the beginning. We were all in the same house (though not always in the same room) and were always connected via Discord for less important messages.

To maximize our time during this GameJam, we used Unreal Engine 5.1 and JetBrains Rider, two very powerful tools that we all mastered!

With a clear concept of our game, we were able to distribute the roles. My tasks were:

The Ludum Dare 52 was a real challenge for us, but we managed to bring out the best in ourselves without pulling all-nighters in order to efficiently produce this game. It also provided an opportunity for many of us to step out of our comfort zones. For me, it was a new experience working on user interfaces.

- Lucas

A bit of context…

The local farmers have all gone mad! You have no choice but to get into your farming vehicle and defend your farm. The best defense is offense, right? So, harvest as many plants as possible to increase your power. You can use some of your power to buy very useful upgrades to destroy the other farmers.

How to play?

Have you ever played agar.io? If so, you already know how to play. If not, it’s simple… Start a game and drive your vehicle to harvest plants and gain some power. Once you’ve done that, buy upgrades to become the strongest. The upgrades cost power, so be careful to manage your economy well. When you have more power than another player, you can kill them by crashing into them. Once you become strong enough, you can even destroy buildings!! Sounds fun, right? ^^

Keyboard controls:

Move: WASD
Speed boost: Left Shift
Look around: Mouse
Protection shield: E
Fire a missile: Left Click
Buy an upgrade: 1 to 5
In-game menu: Escape

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