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Garden Grow

By justinooncx

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun763.83
Audio1483.47
Overall1743.67
Mood2103.40
Humor2612.86
Graphics3723.31
Innovation3753.33
Theme4043.82

Comments

freddyw9 2015-12-14 04:16

I like it, it would be lice to see the flowers react to the rain/bird/lightning however.

lxxgarrisonxxl 2015-12-14 07:11

Score: 95

Fun game and great chiptunez

jerry111zhang 2015-12-14 07:19

Fun game! It would be great if we can the score in game.

catblocker 2015-12-14 08:05

I really liked it, good graphics, fun to play and just good overall

donar 2015-12-14 08:20

It's nice but not overwhelming. It would've been better to only go with one theme here, because now I've to rate both. "Two button controls" is pretty much there, the "Growing" part on the other hand is kind of there but not really. The game tells me "something is growing" but I don't see anything growing. It's basically highscore game but the score is called flowers and yes, you see some flowers when you fall down.

I think you'll understand that I can't rate high on innovation either. There is nothing "new".

Anyway, it's a fun little game to play and Audio and Graphics are also quite nice, regarding the time you had to create it.

piluve 2015-12-14 09:18

The game is cool,but sometimes a get stuck on the lower levels of the clouds and end up falling.

batmanasb 2015-12-14 09:26

You're very good at making transitions! Silky smooth!

timtipgames 2015-12-14 09:27

I like it a lot! The "vector" gfx clash a bit with the pixelart animations of the characters, but other than that: Good job!

oal 2015-12-14 09:28

Great music first of all. Nice power ups, and the controls work well.

gins 2015-12-14 10:34

Loved it, quite a meditative experience with that soothing music!

secularbaron 2015-12-14 13:22

Cool game. I made many flowers.

deadpixl 2015-12-14 13:25

Pretty cool game! I feel showing the flowers grow would of been cool and the cloud and lighting is a cool mechanic.

afenda 2015-12-14 13:28

I like music and old style graphics. I have 70 flowers before falling into this XD.

dustystylus 2015-12-14 16:43

Beautiful, very clean and polished work for a compo game, nice one! :)

mattress 2015-12-14 16:44

I really enjoyed the game! The difficulty is high, but it's not impossible. I haven't run into an impossible spot yet. I think that the rainbow lasts for too long, though. It's the best powerup.

pl0xz0rz 2015-12-14 17:31

448 points. Nice game! The only problem is that if the RNG hates you, it can make you lose.

scottthoo 2015-12-14 18:06

nice work !

anquetil13621 2015-12-14 18:25

A wonderful game with nice theme!! I'm love the music and mood!!

miznoruri 2015-12-14 18:48

score 141
Really love it!! I enjoy this very much!! Thanks for making this game!

2011petia 2015-12-14 19:39

Nice game :D i like it, this game have all entry
Overall = max
Innovation = max
etc = max

im-oab 2015-12-14 20:41

nice music. fun game.

eskivor 2015-12-14 20:59

Pretty original way to make a platformer game. Good game ! :)

pusty 2015-12-14 21:31

Was fun to play! Nice music!

officialcodenmore 2015-12-14 21:35

Nice tune, and it looks really nice. This would go good for mobile, nice!

christina-nordlander 2015-12-14 21:58

Very professionally made. The clouds are a bit too square for my taste, and the styles of some sprites don't really seem to match, but apart from that, the graphics are very good. So is the sound, even if it starts to grate after a while. Most importantly, gameplay is simple, fun and pretty addictive. The powerups add a nice bit of variety.

I like what happens when you die.

First game I played this LD. Hope they're all this good!

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-14 22:21

Nicelly done! Very polished effects that gives juice to the game. Congrats!

floppya 2015-12-14 22:56

Fun game, good tunes, good retro graphics. Nice job.

_benhumphries 2015-12-15 00:39

Great game! The movement felt a little bit clunky, but I played it for a good 15 minutes despite that. I think this game has a great chance of being a winner! Nice job!

P.S.
The graphics were nice

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-15 01:13

Really neat idea! I liked it :) I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/LlS8bcKfkfQ

funske 2015-12-15 01:30

Really good! The music is really nice and I really enjoyed. The graphics are great and keep to the style. Controls are really good. Again very good game.

yinyin 2015-12-15 01:32

311

nice

rnd 2015-12-15 02:02

Cool Idea, it will be more fun if we can see lot of flower bloom in end when we reach more score

zanzlanz 2015-12-15 02:14

Fantastic game all around - even seemed polished! :D I'm not sure if the difficulty is based mostly the random cloud movement or not, but I guess it's comparable to Doodle Jump's difficulty, which is a good thing considering how popular Doodle Jump became. Great work!!

logon13 2015-12-15 03:44

High score 135. I could see myself playing something like this on mobile. Love the music love the art a nice peaceful game

jeffry10000 2015-12-15 03:59

Really fun!

xodene 2015-12-15 04:18

A really nice game, I would enjoy a mobile port even more. I liked the design decision to have a like a cushion at the bottom of the level that really helps players recover from mistakes. Sound effects were just okay I thought. Minimalist art is fine but I'm not a fan of the color choices, some don't mix well.

fanatrick 2015-12-15 04:30

Cool game, nice finishing touch. Got to 125.

piper82 2015-12-15 04:46

felt like a little girl after falling into pile of flowers for the first time. caught myself with a smile like this :>
very fun to play

dyn 2015-12-15 05:09

Very good approach to theme.
You should publich thhis game on mobiles.

ianh 2015-12-15 07:18

The controls were really solid and the powerups kept things interesting. Cool game!

athenaofdelphi 2015-12-15 11:42

Great use of the theme. Loved it :)

rosden-shadow 2015-12-15 12:13

great sfx very fun and overall great game. oh and I didn't expect to see vivian in a ludum dare game.

zeezgames 2015-12-15 12:30

Hi, i liked this game and enjoyed playing it :)

the graphics were cool and the audio was nice and went with the game :)

Well Done :)

rhythmlynx 2015-12-15 12:52

Really nice. Simple but effective, really nice art+sound too

rzuf 2015-12-15 13:17

Wooo, your game is so nice! I love the music and overall lovely atmosphere! I scored 573 and falling on the flowers actually felt good. :D

jamaster96 2015-12-15 13:45

5 green thumbs up!

johanw123 2015-12-15 14:02

score: 303
Nice game it was really fun and well made, cant complain

mrnyarlathotep 2015-12-15 14:07

Good fun, gave me an Ice Climbers sort of vibe

xtremeprime 2015-12-15 14:28

Nice little game! I didn't expect to see Vivian James in a game O:

leeson 2015-12-15 15:26

Very fun and sticks to the theme

x92rwzb 2015-12-15 15:51

I don't know what I just played but it was very cool!

treslapin 2015-12-15 16:44

Felt really nice to play. I got 166 :D

danielsann7 2015-12-15 17:12

good game! the sprite of the character doesnt fit in the scenario that much because of the pixel lenght, but the mechanics are good, nice concept!

urbanhelsing 2015-12-15 17:54

Had a blast playing the game, really enjoyed it, just plain good.

rudenko 2015-12-15 18:07

got 234, nice! im started from GDevelop also ;)

local306 2015-12-15 18:25

Excellent job on the game loop! Cool concept too!

pjimmy 2015-12-15 18:41

very cute and funny game, reminds me of balloon fight, well done

jcmonkey 2015-12-15 19:20

cute little game.

si1ver 2015-12-15 19:31

Its Flower Power!
score 108!

recursor 2015-12-15 19:57

This game oozes old school personality and it was pretty fun to play too. Nicely done.

taffaz 2015-12-15 20:08

Really cool game, got to 228.

kimau 2015-12-15 21:35

Really lovely game I genuinely was smiling the whole time.

jomomomo 2015-12-15 22:07

Wow that was fun. The music was cute. Would be nice if there were a way to rebuild the bottom set of clouds...

broknecho 2015-12-15 22:10

That was really fun. Pretty tight control and was easy to feel if you made a mistake.

Well done!!

peekotus 2015-12-15 22:30

I like it, would be cooler if there was score

humanics 2015-12-15 22:57

Great game, nice music!

dj_pale 2015-12-15 23:23

Nice little game - a little bit hard to grasp the objective at first.

capitals 2015-12-16 01:49

Nice music. Simple gameplay loop. I love how the person falls onto the flowers. I would say it gets repetitive quickly.

drzanuff 2015-12-16 03:37

Pretty good! My High Score was 180. I liked the transition from the Game and the menu, very clever.

modoc73 2015-12-16 03:50

What a neat little game. Good job. I liked how smooth the transitions were from menu-game-gameover. Well done.

mikhail 2015-12-16 04:13

Great game! I liked it!

esayitch 2015-12-16 07:39

Very cool game. I loved the music in particular, I think some pixelart would have gone very well with the chiptunes xD

Good luck!

videodog 2015-12-16 09:25

The music is fantastic! Nice concept as well!

cimbaman 2015-12-16 11:01

Quick, fun and interesting.

littlethor 2015-12-16 12:48

That's so cute! The music is very sweet and the concept is interesting! Good job!

tobia88 2015-12-16 13:46

I love your theme and really enjoy in the game play, well done!

jeff 2015-12-16 15:49

A really pleasant game! It would be cool to have levels or themes with a different enemies and difficulty.

mikaza 2015-12-16 18:50

Nice game !

newbeings 2015-12-16 19:23

The bounce feels right good! Nice responsive controls. Good work!

move127 2015-12-16 22:08

Nice game. It looks and feels polished.

realbogart 2015-12-16 22:13

Great!

rd127p77 2015-12-16 23:29

Pretty Fun. Good Job.

publicidadeba 2015-12-16 23:54

It was simple but every bit of it did it's purpose. Well done guys.

swellbastion 2015-12-17 01:54

I like this game because I feel like I could get really good at it, and it also is super chill, not stressful. Also justinooncx I really appreciate that you said you finished my game (boxage 263). That is impressive because it is so unrewarding. You get the boxage medalion. It's cool that someone other than me actually saw the end screen. Also the chiptune music just came on and it's really good.

swellbastion 2015-12-17 02:00

I would love a phone game based on this.

kunonooni 2015-12-17 02:43

The music is awesome! Love the pixel graphics and really simple gameplay. 202 was my highest :)

peachtreeoath 2015-12-17 03:47

What a fantastic mood this game creates.

walaber 2015-12-17 05:25

really nice job! I like these kind of endless bouncers, and the slowly eroding line of clouds at the bottom really managed the tension nicely. the different powerups were fun too. nice!

krafty 2015-12-17 06:40

This game was fun! I would like to see a depiction of the flowers or maybe a score. The graphics were nice, I didn't like the sounds very much though and they kept cutting out for me. I liked it! Really easy to figure out and I played a few times, I ended up getting 326 flowers =P

radmccool 2015-12-17 07:01

Cool game, definitely one of my favorites from this jam. Hop you get a good rank for this.

candlesan 2015-12-17 08:33

Wow really fun! High score was 167. Some great ideas in here.

richardboegli 2015-12-17 09:24

Quite fun to play. Easier with keyboard.

patomkin 2015-12-17 14:24

The art style is a little bit... well, random, because all the assets look different, but the idea is amazing. Had a good laugh when I fell down onto a pile of flowers that grew with my help :D

chabuduo 2015-12-17 16:46

Pretty awesome!

ghen 2015-12-17 16:47

really great game!, i love the screen transition when her fell of, really polish and well done :)

pontooncity 2015-12-17 17:15

Simple, fun game. Nice job.

soulbound 2015-12-18 05:12

Interesting game. Some music would have been nice, but the graphics and game play where excellent, nice work!

webravenz 2015-12-18 10:46

Completely amazing it was a very good moment thank you !

adsilcott 2015-12-18 18:37

A cute and fun game with good use of the theme. I love the music!

2015-12-18 19:24

Nice game! Simple and fun with a bit of a challenge. Looks good too!

fullmontis 2015-12-18 20:02

Nice game with responsive controls and fun gameplay, I really dig it. Only thing I would change is the pixel art for the main character that clashes with the rest.

steboots 2015-12-18 22:13

562. I liked this, I really did, not sure the balloon was a powerup I enjoyed, it felt like time taken away from playing, that said, I'm scoring favorably, not a bad entry.

torcado194 2015-12-18 22:35

wow this was awesome! really nice idea, simple and effective! got to 278.

pixelmonkey 2015-12-18 23:41

Very fun! Simple to understand and play, but still reasonably challenging! I managed 165.

boxedmeatrevolution 2015-12-19 01:40

I found this game very soothing. Great chill soundtrack. Simple controls. Pleasing thunder cloud fx.

boxedmeatrevolution 2015-12-19 01:55

I continued to play because it's addicting with its peaceful sounds :3 I like the little touches, like how things worth more points take precedence over things worth less. My only complaint is that when you fall onto the lowest layer of clouds you need to wait for low clouds to spawn in order to get up again. Maybe this could be solved if the lower clouds were more bouncy... Just a small nitpick though. Overall I've had fun playing this and made it a bookmark.

iamspencer 2015-12-19 04:50

holy hell, there's a lot to like about this game!

- cool starting menu / screen
- cool end screen
- nice art
- insanely clever idea
- super simple gameplay, but still fun and challenging enough to make me want to keep playing

overall, I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one! Very lovely entry, great work, and please keep making games :)

kiketom 2015-12-19 11:16

I like the music :-)
It's so funny

scorched 2015-12-19 11:45

Simple, but gorgeous!
My score is 101

m-a-r-o-o-v-a-n 2015-12-19 12:08

Wow, Very fun game! Love the graphics, sounds, music and game mechanics!!

tomenluca 2015-12-19 12:18

This game was really fun! Music really adds to the experience. Would've loved to see something of the flowers before I fell down, but I must say, falling into a bed of flowers was pretty cool as well.

ssodelta 2015-12-19 12:49

Such a cool idea man!! really nice.

speciesunknown 2015-12-19 15:32

Very good, I got sad when I killed a bird until I read the instructions...

galvesmash 2015-12-19 18:55

It is really fun to play this game, I liked! Good job!

headmade 2015-12-19 21:11

Fun little game. Nice music and gameplay.
I only have one complaint. I don't like that I have to click left/right screen half, I would have much preferred left/right click.

imyellowfish 2015-12-20 04:40

Fun warming little game! Nice audio and graphics, easy to play and fun. Maybe adding more types of terrains(like ice or wind) will improve this?

themeorch 2015-12-20 20:24

This is fantastic. The platforming feels really good, the music is great, the artwork is nice. I had lots of fun playing this -- thanks!

blobo 2015-12-20 22:15

Pretty cool! i loved the powerups.

mitya1234 2015-12-21 07:05

I've seen the same game for pico-8 jam but i don't know who is the author.

oberynmartell 2015-12-21 14:03

Clever use of the theme! Well done!

elit3dgaming 2015-12-21 18:47

Very addictive very fun and challenging too, great game!

drauthius 2015-12-21 20:50

Pretty nice game. Would have liked a bit more consistency in the art (the characters are 8-bit-ish while the flowers and birds and clouds are not).

jacklehamster 2015-12-21 23:56

What a fun and happy game!

powerspark 2015-12-22 06:02

Very good game! Great music too.

voider 2015-12-23 03:29

Transitions between main screen and game are awesome ideas, music goes good and the game is really fun. Post-compo update of graphics was a huge improve. great entry!

zyxer 2015-12-23 03:49

Awesome game concept! Graphics and music fit the mood. Well done!

davekalina 2015-12-24 17:05

Very good, felt like a somewhat fresh take on the endless arcade game (and not a Flappy Bird clone) so thanks for that! Actually fun to play :)

terryg 2015-12-25 21:28

This is a LOT of fun!! Great job.

munchor 2015-12-27 14:42

I got 171 on my first try, I really loved this game, reminded me of a Minecraft mod that had similar mechanics (but 3D).

warboys 2015-12-27 21:11

Hah, I was not expecting that! From reading the instructions I was expecting some sort of growing game but I actually got a pretty fun survival platformer (never played anything like that before!).

Really interesting idea and it's a lot of fun. Nice work!

thebrickanator 2015-12-27 22:23

very fun and quite addiction :D I liked the style and falling into the flowers at the end! my high score was 151

euske 2015-12-28 07:41

Such a catchy music!

luxorix 2015-12-28 07:55

Very Good!!!

anael 2015-12-28 10:52

Really cool !! Well done !

stals 2015-12-28 14:11

Cool, got to the score of 305

drludos 2015-12-28 18:59

Wonderful game! Simple yet very addictive and fun idea, great execution (the jam version is quite nice, even if the post-jam one obviously looks better ;)).
A perfect entry!

frenchie 2015-12-29 04:15

I really really liked this game. It's definitely one of the most fun this LD! I managed to score 606 (normal version)

clabbage 2015-12-29 05:32

Simple but brilliant. I enjoyed this game a lot, just for the addicting nature of the gameplay, not to mention the lovely audio and attractive art.

landosystems 2015-12-29 16:43

Great game, loved how you got both themes in.

yuigoto 2015-12-30 01:37

This is pretty fun! I can see the 2-buttons theme in here, but the growing is kind of under everything, so it would be nice if you put something other than just a flower counter and a garden at the end. :P

The graphics and the sound, are great and the game has some kind of "nintendo-like" feeling for me. It's quite relaxing too!

Good Job! :)

blakeohare 2015-12-30 11:46

A nice charming quick game. Good job.

tanis 2015-12-30 11:58

It's a pretty fun game. Nicely done!

seconddimension 2015-12-30 16:09

Haha I was terrible at this, my best was 40. It was fun in short bursts though. I liked the music and the main character design

tortoise 2015-12-30 21:08

score 435, nice game, i enjoyed it and i liked how the clouds shrunk from 4 > 2 > 1 blocks in size.

beetracks 2016-01-01 16:22

Very good game! I saw some updates of it too, it's nice to see you keep improving its art. The game is fun and beautiful. Loved the ending, haha, pretty cool. Good job!

xanjos 2016-01-01 17:14

Simple concept but absolutely fun and addictive plus great use of both themes