Update 15.12.2024 20:50 now actually playable; don't separate the .exe from the .pck (they need to be in the same folder to make the game playable)

It's Time to Collect your Thyme before it withers away and your clients who were looking for their next high leave your shop unsatisfied. 

Buy, plant, harvest and pack your thyme, sell it to your customers, and get a rating for your product before its time to start anew. With over 5 different sorts of thyme, "basically unlimited"™ possibilities for combinations and a never ending flood of customers (unless you haven't harvested good thyme for a long time) you can play this game until the end of time.

How to play

Overview

There are four areas between which you can switch: the customer-area, the shop-area, the plant-area and the process-area.

In the customer-area you can interact with customers who each have different desires. You can see their desires by hovering over them. Be fast to satisfy their request as they will get mad and leave if you don't serve them fast enough.

In the shop-area you can buy seeds (on the left) but beware of thieves (on the right) that will open your doorlocks - which you need to close by clicking on them - and will steal your seeds as soon as the door is unlocked.

Next, you can plant your seeds in the plant-area. Simply drag and dropa seed you bought to a pot. You can also combine two seeds to cultivate hybrid plants. Then you need to add dirt and water to the pot and the seed will grow into a plant. There are five stages to plant-growth: small, medium, grown, dry, dead. You should harvest your plants when they are grown and before they turn dry or die - as you will get more money if the quality of your plants is better. 

At last, you need to process and pack your thyme in the process area. Drag the harvested plant from the pot to the cutting board (on the left), take the knife and cut the plant. Next, you can either go straight to packing (on the right) or you can combine the processed plant with another processed plant of the same sort but different quality. This way, you can increase the quality of your processed plants: the new quality will be the average of the combined qualities.

When you packed your thyme you can go back and deliver it to your customers. You will get money to buy more seeds, plant more thyme, and have a fun time.

Controls

[A] - switch area to the left

[D] - switch area to the right

[LMB] - click and drag stuff

Credits

Jasper Freh - Programming, Game Design

Josef Killinger - Art, Game Design

Lars Kling - Programming, Sound, Game Design

Junes Albert - Producing, "Programming", Game Design

Additional Info

This game was made using Godot during the Hackathon X GameJam 24.2 in the span of 48h. The theme was Time to Collect.