One Minute Mow

Welcome

This game is part of the Chill Jam 8 game jam.

Welcome to my first ever game, and first ever game jam. I had lots of ideas and features I wanted to add, but the time limit forced me to focus on keeping it simple and finishing the game.

I didn't have a lot of time to spend, so it's pretty bare bones, but it's the first project that is playable, has sound, UI, and is published anywhere.

Game Jam Themes

• Main Theme - ANYTHING Spring Related
  • The first thing I thought of when I saw spring was getting the mower out, changing the oil, sharpening the blade, and getting the grass looking nice for the rest of the season
  • I wanted to add some maintenance mechanics like oil changes, air filters, sparkplugs, etc. but didn't have time
• Additional Theme - Out Of Time
  • You only have 60 seconds to mow your lawn, get mowing!!
• Wild Card
  • I had a neat idea for the "Twisted Imagination" theme, but didn't have time. I might add that in the future
  • (I don't want to spoil it as it will be a confusing surprise when you're playing)

Things I Learned

• GPU Instancing
  • With there being lots of grass, I got a huge increase in frame rate by using GPU instancing, which I haven't used before
• Finishing Touches
  • Sound, UI elements, exporting a project
  • This is the first time I've gotten far enough into a project to do any of these things!
• UV Mapping

Game Engine

This game was made in Godot 3.5.3 using C#.

I used Godot 3 because Godot 4 doesn't support web export for C# at the moment.

More Features

Let me know what you think of the game and some of the ideas I talked about above, or any other ideas you have. I think I would like to keep working on this project for a while and add some more features in the future!

What your high score was in the game??