Lawnmower Kills is the third (mostly) AI-generated game I’ve created using Rosebud.AI and was timed and released for the debut 13-song album on Tuesday 7/23/2024 “Mowing That F-Ing Lawn” by AI Kills (my AI “band”, if you will). It’s not a sim lawnmowing game, it’s more of an arcade score chasing game.
HOW TO PLAY
Move the lawnmower around the screen to completely mow the grass. As the levels progress, you’ll encounter up to three levels of grass to mow before it’s completely mowed, snakes that appear and attempt to strike you — don’t touch the snakes, it’s game over — and gophers that appear and revert the grass, requiring re-mowing to complete. It’s also a race against time and maintaining fuel in the mower. If you run out of either fuel or time, the game is over.
Lawnmower Nightmare is an arcade-style game, not a sim, with high score tracking.
CONTROLS
Arrow keys to move lawn mower
Press F to use fuel/time boosts
Change background music by pressing the number keys
ATTENTION: mobile phone/smaller screen users: play the game using either Rosebud source link instead below:
Lawnmower Nightmare v0.95.1 🕹️ Play on Rosebud AI (iOS/Android / smaller screens)
https://play.rosebud.ai/games/140fa2f3-9d35-455d-81d0-6784fc9fdbf7
Touch/Mobile Controls
Touch/click direction to move lawn mower
Right click for fuel boost (note: normal browser context menu prompt is disabled during the gameplay scene)
Alternatively, you can use a program like Joy2Key (https://joytokey.net/en/download) to map whatever keys you like to a controller, virtual pinball buttons, etc.
Exclusive bonus music tracks
Lawnmower Nightmare contains the following exclusive bonus tracks, that are alternate versions of the same tracks on AI Kills debut album:
“Lawnmower Nightmare” – the game title track
“Oh I Mow That Lawn Again”
“Grass of Doom”
“Lawn of the Damned”
You can listen to AI Kills debut album “Mowing that F-ing Lawn” on all major music platforms: Spotify, iTunes/Apple, Amazon Music and many, many more music sites.
Developer notes
This is my third published game on/using Rosebud.AI. The process continues to be a bit deceptive compared to other AI generative tools. This is not nearly as simple as putting up a text prompt or three and having the fully playable game. A human being is very much needed to produce what’s playable herein at this time.
No idea if their long range goal is to try and make it easier for non-programmers, but I’m not sure how a completely novice programmer would create a game like Lawnmower Nightmare without a fair amount of trial, error and frustration. If you’re already a programmer or have been one, then it’s fairly easy to create games using Rosebud.ai and the tool is useful for rapid prototyping game ideas, which is what I like about it.
Score Chase Lawnmower Nightmare at PGM iScored
Lawnmower Nightmare has been added to our PGM iScored so you can share your best score on ARCADE mode only, please here: PGM iScored
Or, if you like, you can post your highest score in the comments here. Have fun!
hi Todd!
How do I start a game of Lawnmover Nightmare. The music is great and want to get a score on the leaderboard.
Thanks
1. Click on the green START with your mouse that is moving in 90 degrees to start. By default (in yellow) the arcade mode is selected, which is what we’re score chasing.