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Growy the Flowy

By optimus6128

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness355
Theme404.36
Graphics1403.87
Overall1693.68
Fun2783.43
Innovation3803.32
Mood3933.08
Audio5912.36
Humor6272.02

Comments

frostvoid 2015-12-14 01:06

That's a really nice game. Love the graphics and adherence to the themes. A score (plant height) would have been a good addition.

mithreindeir 2015-12-14 01:23

That's a lot of fun! The graphics are simple yet very good. Having a score as well as moving obstacles would be good.

acotis 2015-12-14 02:15

Addicting! I like the effect of the of offshoot vines, and I was pleasantly surprised by the non-infinite ending :)

insertnamehere 2015-12-14 02:40

Love it! The graphics look awesome, the gameplay is strangely sathisfying and the sound effects.. ahh.. the sound effects...

gironc 2015-12-14 02:44

Adictive and beauty, i love it!

rockybdubs 2015-12-14 03:03

fun!

programgamer 2015-12-14 03:19

I have to admit, that's a novel mechanic if I've ever seen one. Good job!

flatline 2015-12-14 03:22

The parts growing off to the sides really makes it look great and organic :)

karlipoppins 2015-12-14 03:23

I just loved this game. Missing a highscore to give it some replay perspective. I love the art style and the way that the plant is handled. Beautiful job!

irwatts 2015-12-14 03:24

Nice flowing art. I really like the fire effect upon impact!

burgerdare 2015-12-14 03:26

very neat! Certainly not the only "growing vine" entry into this compo, but definitely one of the more polished ones. The pixel art and color pallet is clean and pretty, and the burning effect when you fail is very well done. Overall, an excellent submission!

pat-aftermoon 2015-12-14 03:28

Nice job, good idea and interesting mechanic.

zesterer 2015-12-14 03:38

Nice to play. There doesn't seem to be much of an objective however.

candlesan 2015-12-14 04:22

Really great theme interpretation!

pixel-jolt 2015-12-14 04:28

poor growy :( you were inconveniently long but we still loved you even more than you can imagine!

Finestep 2015-12-14 04:36

Very solid. The visuals are a reward in themselves.

morseamalgam 2015-12-14 05:33

Very pretty game. It's probably not doable with Pico-8 but it'd be kind of neat if you could export the final version of Growy you made. Sometimes I just 'wandered' around making circles for fun.

edriavw 2015-12-14 06:31

great growing effect, love it

bobrocket 2015-12-14 06:39

The graphics are very pleasant, I could totally see this as a mobile app in the future :D

a333 2015-12-14 08:22

Very nice growing algorithm, and graphics are fitting. I like the how the vine handles too.
Couple of powerups (which you'd need to entangle to get), more kinds of obstacles, scores - this game have the potential to grow =)

batmanasb 2015-12-14 08:52

I can tell you're an artist so I'm going to go hard on you, the boxes are awful! Hideous texture. However the plant is orgasmic, although if it had a bud at the end I would get less long :P But good job overall.

nusan 2015-12-14 10:38

I like that plant visual. Keep up the great work !

zaniarm 2015-12-14 13:00

I love the graphics and the visuals of the game.

2015-12-14 13:20

Growy is awesome!
Excellent idea, beautiful visualization!

2pae 2015-12-14 13:21

Very nice growing animation and effects, very style!!!!

browny_09 2015-12-14 14:29

Loved this! I love the look of the vine as it grows. Very well done, very addicting. I wish I could just zoom out and draw pictures with this effect.

anael 2015-12-14 14:42

cute

aamatniekss 2015-12-14 17:08

I like it! Was pretty hard to understand what to do in the start, but it's fun once you understand the basics :)

otiose-ent 2015-12-14 17:44

The stem generation and look is very nice!

lafunk 2015-12-14 18:05

Quite engaging and visually pleasing! It could use more challenge though. Nice work!

daandruff 2015-12-14 18:40

I love that you made this with pico, and it's really well done too!

blobo 2015-12-14 22:47

Amazing graphics! however a scoring system would be nice. i really liked how smoothly the plant generated, while still being pixelated!

xodene 2015-12-14 23:06

I really like the visual of the planet growing. This could be a really relaxing and fun game with the proper music and polish.

galvesmash 2015-12-14 23:33

Very fun!Growth mechanic is fantastic! Good Job! Should have a good soundtrack to play and relax!

iamspencer 2015-12-14 23:49

wow, really great job, especially for your first pico-8 game, it looked nice, sounds were fitting, and the death animation was really cool.

the control was nice and tight, and I could easily spin the plant around, avoiding obstacles, and forming some really pretty formations.

overall, this is an excellent entry, nice job! :)

lawendt 2015-12-15 00:10

Nice art and controll of the growing, but no fun Gameplay.

mattlevonian 2015-12-15 02:31

Pretty damn well put-together. A fun little game.

farelle 2015-12-15 03:27

I like how fluid it's growth feels :)

dj_pale 2015-12-15 13:10

Nice graphics - good to see generated art and not only tiles from Pico-8 carts. Would have loved a little bit music as well.

tibyte 2015-12-15 15:53

It's a good base, but there are many things missing, I know it's LD but a better background e.g. would be nice :)

toadpud 2015-12-15 17:19

This is quite relaxing to play! I love the way vines spread out from the main branch. It's a pleasurable experience.

nirabazgames 2015-12-15 19:30

Beautiful style of your growing! )

aemiliu5 2015-12-15 22:13

awesome mate!!

headmade 2015-12-15 23:01

Nice game. My favorite part is the vine growing animation. Looks really nice.
I think the game could be greatly improved by one simple addition: a score. I can't see how far I've come. I can't compare my runs and I can't progress or compete so there is very little reason to play more often.

freaknarf 2015-12-15 23:23

Nice quiet game ! I loved licked rendering of the plant and smooth/addictive gameplay ...
Neat entry !

lukezaz 2015-12-19 05:40

Surprisingly fun and nice to look at. Loved the animations and death sequence.

23 2015-12-19 05:54

Lovely game, thanks for making it!

cynicalmonkey 2015-12-19 07:49

After seeing your game on a lets play I came here to come check out the source because I found some of the things you did cool but by submitting it the way you have you putting it behind a $15 paywall. I know within in the rules of the compo it's allowed but it doesn't seem within the spirit of why the source is there in the first place

fuzzywuzzie 2015-12-19 16:55

Nice and simple! I was just getting the hang of it and saying it was too easy when I lost horribly, so that's moot. A "high score" and music is all you need to publish this!

trasevol_dog 2015-12-19 19:10

Very nice entry! A general goal (score or ending for example) would have make it better though... But them leaves look güüüüd!!

optimus6128 2015-12-20 22:17

@cynicalmonkey: You are right.
At the day of the release I wanted to upload and go to sleep. I had an FTP which is still down. Later the next days I thought to upload to bitbucket, which I forgot. I did it now, updated the source button.

scorched 2015-12-22 21:06

Amazing graphics!

holyblackcat 2015-12-24 17:42

Great game! I liked the difficulty curve.

mrpiglet 2015-12-30 17:39

A very pleasing little experience, thanks :)

swedishpancaces 2016-01-03 14:41

I like the game, though I would have liked some kind of leader board or some kind of score. :)

zanzlanz 2016-01-03 20:48

Very nice looking game! It was calming and enjoyable to play. Nice work! :D