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THE GARDENER

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation124.31
Coolness355
Theme594.29
Overall1493.71
Fun1843.60
Mood3073.23
Graphics4513.15
Humor4652.39

Comments

rosden-shadow 2015-12-14 05:10

great concept and gameplay. loved it

nuprahtor 2015-12-15 17:33

I like the gameplay, and the second form of grass is very pretty

nnnnneeeedddd 2015-12-16 17:16

great innovation, good idea. Some of the levels were quite challenging, I think you should be able to grow plants off of other plants, so you can make a tower, I think that would be fun!!

Thanks for making this game!!

thewalkingkiwi 2015-12-16 19:59

Great mechanics! The lack of music kinda kills the mood though, please add some! Really fun game overall.

rjhelms 2015-12-16 20:01

Super interesting game. I love the progression of the mechanics as you go on - this would definitely be worth expanding on further!

auroz 2015-12-16 20:03

Interesting mechanic, although the game felt like it was running too slowly. Try bumping the room speed up to 60 in the settings for each room.

primitiveconcept 2015-12-16 20:04

At first when things started sprouting I thought to myself, "Great, another game where I grow plants."

Then, I realized what was going on and some of the levels are kind of complicated! I think you could have benefited from making 'SPACE' the jump button as well.

Great game!

x92rwzb 2015-12-16 20:05

Cool little game.

zguerrero 2015-12-16 20:07

Interesting concept, i enjoyed playing it, and liked the animations of the plants! But i don't exactly understand the way plants grow, is it random?

simon-parzer 2015-12-16 20:13

Amazing concept. I love the procedural plant growth.
This game would rock even more if it had actual graphics instead of just colored blocks. Right now it feels like a rough prototype, but a very good one.

kushulain 2015-12-16 20:14

It would just need some sounds and more graphics and I could play it for hours. :)

pepejson 2015-12-18 00:27

very good game, it was awsome to create your own path ;)

lkfumagalli 2015-12-20 03:49

Love the game mechanic but the level design needs a bit of work. At later levels it's no longer about any kind of strategy but just lucking out with how the plants grow and whether you jump at the right time. I'm extremely impressed with the way you get the plants to grow and it's a gorgeous effect, but it's hard to enjoy it while trapped by your own creations. The lack of music also takes away from what could be an immersive mood. Nonetheless, excellent work!

lurils 2015-12-20 19:49

interesting mechanic, could develop into a very nice game if worked on some more.

themeorch 2015-12-20 19:50

Nicely done -- the contrast between the gray tile levels and the colored vegetation is quite beautiful. I enjoyed playing this.

urbanhelsing 2015-12-29 20:59

Fun game mechanic. Would like to control the growth more.

vaclav 2015-12-31 14:02

wow, beautiful!

coderinsideyou 2016-01-04 01:23

Easily one of my favorites! Good work.

instant-noodles 2016-01-04 01:50

Clearly unfinished but the growing mechanics is probably the best i see so far !
Well done !

2016-01-04 04:15

Really great idea and already fun to play. Variable jump height would be nice (based on key press length).

swipefaststudios 2016-01-04 05:24

Cool game idea!!

rockhoppergames 2016-01-04 06:25

Saw this on the front page, and had to try it. A brilliantly creative game, and an impressive amount of development for 48 hours! I encountered a blue bush towards the end, though, and had no idea how I got it. Any clues there?

caryoscelus 2016-01-04 07:58

Wow, it gets really cool & beautiful on later levels.

Btw, the was a minor bug when gardener got glued below the "flowers" (i had to wait until that tree died out)

zenmumbler 2016-01-04 11:24

Excellent compo entry with an interesting idea taken to a high level.

zpeedtube 2016-01-04 15:47

Really like the concept and gameplay, maybe a little confusing at some points but I got the hang of it. Loved it! ^^