On Release

Clover Collector has been released!

It's amazing how much work can go into such a simple concept, and how badly I wish I could have gotten this out by St. Patrick's Day.. but here we are!

I've linked the Devlog above if you want to see the process, but the concept of the game was meant to be a simple point and click search and find game where you had to look for a Four Leaf Clover. So, mechanically it was simple but then I wanted to spend time embellishing the look and feel. 

Initially, I tried to make the game in Unreal, but had a lot of setbacks due to my time restraints and HTML limitations. I really didn't think I could achieve the feel I wanted with 2D Sprite, but I'm over the moon with the results. 

I have a strong desire to continue finessing the feel of the game and adding more features, story telling elements, and interactivity. I'm not sure if I will, due to the time as I'm already started my next Video Game Concept. However, if the desire is there from all of you, then I will be happy to dive right back in!

At the bottom of this post I will outline features I would love to add and I will be reading the comments looking for more great ideas! Happy playing everybody and I hope you have a great time!

Features Want List:

• More Clover Varieties
  • Potentially Dynamically Generated Pixel Art Clovers
• Enhanced Push Physics
  • The cursor pushes the clovers aside, it would be nice to add some follow-through for a more realistic effect.
• Better sfx
  • Miss clicks and Four Leaf Clicks need better sounds
• Music Options
  • The ability to select different tracks for your BG Music
• Menu Volumes Options
  • A Menu Screen for adjusting SFX and Music Volumes
• Difficulty Modes/Sliders
  • Ways to manipulate the Difficulty and Visual Rewars (like Medals?) if achieving a higher difficulty
• Hints!
  • A couple ideas floating around for Hints
    • Occasional Sparkle Dust in the "Zone" of the Four Leaf Clover
    • Hints are consumables and the amount of hints are based on Difficulty Levels.
    • Hints could be aquired through randomg game events like capturing glowing Navi-Like Fairies?
    • Sparkle FX around Cursor could become active the closer you get to a Four Leaf Clover
    • The Four Leaf Clover could have a subtle "Sting-Like" glow the closer you get to it
• A more rewards Collecting Animation
• Being able to Pluck any clover you select
• A fun collection board to showcase all your Four Leaf clovers at once
• Adding Subtle and not so Subtle characters in the Clover Patch
  • Something like Butterflies, Frogs, Snakes, Fairies, Beetles, etc..
  • Some could be "silhouetted" as a clover and leaps/flies away and moves off screen when you click on them
  • Others could just be random travelers moving the clovers  around and other subtle interactions with the environment for the user to discover
• Ambient Wind Animations
  • More than just the undualting x,y.. something that can breeze through the clovers causing a subtle wake of movement
• Cloud Shadows/God Rays
  • I know clovers are small, but would be nice to have Cloud shadows passing by, or the occasional god ray
• ... And More!