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Save the Oak

By gv1351

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio7161.85
Humor8022.03
Theme9093.07
Graphics9392.39
Fun9702.50
Mood9802.23
Innovation10102.15
Overall10492.57

Comments

submundo-games 2015-12-14 18:33

nice game dude.

bobismijnnaam 2015-12-14 18:37

Cool visuals, as well as an interesting idea. The size of the in game objects could've been bigger, like maybe zoom the camera in a bit next time? And also the waves spawned a bit too quickly to collect the seeds it seemed. But it was fun to shoot the animals and help the tree :)

eerongal 2015-12-14 18:41

Neat little game. Took me a bit to figure out i could hold down shoot instead of clicking it for each shot. Nice work!

qkerguelen 2015-12-14 18:45

I love the idea of protecting nature by killing animals with a gun. Fun one

r-t-sonneveld 2015-12-14 18:49

Pretty challenging game, could have used some more polishing. But overall pretty good :)

graceavery 2015-12-14 18:49

Controls work well, found the initial difficulty a little high. Love the caterpillars, good work! :)

xwarzonex 2015-12-14 19:02

Cool concept

dooskington 2015-12-14 19:10

Fun game! The sounds hurt my ears though.

manusaiz 2015-12-14 19:12

That was fun! I want to find out which seeds are good and which ones are bad. Good job!

bloodjohn 2015-12-14 19:12

without imagination

fakefrogsonly 2015-12-14 19:15

The momentum-based movement, whilst unexpected, certainly added a lot to the fast-paced gameplay.

piscythe 2015-12-14 19:19

This game made me think of impending doom more than growth. I really wanted the tree's health to be tied to its growth, but alas, I found myself desperately dashing around trying to prevent each and every blow. It was difficult balancing seed collection with keeping both sides of the tree within my weapon's video-game-flamethrower reach.

wolvesofodin 2015-12-14 19:26

Nice game, it's pretty tough.

jcmonkey 2015-12-14 19:37

nice game

chewie 2015-12-14 19:48

Need some more polishing on the game play and graphics, but it works =)

darkflint 2015-12-14 22:04

Cant play, Avast is blocking it :(

againey 2015-12-15 18:56

A small suggestion on the seeds: If they were to flicker a few times before they disappear, that could be a helpful indication for the player to decide whether to keep running toward them or to give up and manage something in the other direction. Or in the case of blue seeds, when to start running toward in the hopes that they'll disappear before the player gets to them, making it easier to get to other seeds beyond the poison seeds.

jcwelgemoed 2015-12-16 07:37

Nice entry. The fonts are a bit much though - made it hard to read especially when pressing escape to quit as example. I died a lot, and quickly so I reckon difficult needs to be scaled a bit better to give players time to get comfortable with controls first.

poptartftw 2015-12-16 11:12

nice game!

zedutchgandalf 2015-12-16 12:50

Neat little game!
Just a heads up: this is not PC only, it's Windows only. Computers running Mac OS X and GNU/Linux are also, by definition, "Personal Computers" :)

triello 2015-12-16 15:38

I like your art style! Good work.

weeping-rupee 2015-12-16 18:55

the circle of life concept is cool but the game was not what I was expecting based on the description and logo ( I thought it'd be a bit more peaceful, haha)

My chief complaint: when i held down shoot my game made an awful noise.

sir-magic 2015-12-16 20:11

Interesting concept with a tree that progresses with you

fergarram 2015-12-16 21:17

I don't like the graphics, It crashes all the time, sound effects play more than once.

mikhail 2015-12-18 01:03

Nice game i like it!

elliotfiske 2015-12-19 23:37

It doesn't seem to run for me - is there maybe a 64-bit version?

imyellowfish 2015-12-20 04:09

One problem about the audio: If I hold my mouse button, the shooting sound will play for many times, which produces an unpleasant sound effect.

dustoutgames 2015-12-20 08:30

I like defense games in this style, but I think some more work could have gone into balancing. The game feels a little bit unfairly difficult at times. Maybe some power-ups or a way to help collect seeds. I think something might have been wrong with the shooting sound effect, but everything else seemed like it worked pretty well. Fun once you get the hang of it!

troma 2015-12-23 21:44

good concept and nice game.

jstan 2015-12-24 03:53

I really like the gameplay. Keep good work.

krafty 2015-12-25 23:15

This game was alright, although I think it should be a bit more polished. I died a few times without anything hitting the tree; maybe having a health meter for the tree would be good rather than having it get killed in one hit. Good job :)

joror 2015-12-27 21:55

Quick shootin' game - pistol totin' treehugger defence. :)
Died a few times not knowing why (bad seeds? bird ate tree?) and in general ignore the color of the seeds since there was no way to avoid them.
Could have used some music for mood, but still a nice little game.