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Stem

By yamzho

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics1363.88
Theme1574.10
Mood4682.97
Overall4913.22
Innovation5483.05
Fun6332.95

Comments

afenda 2015-12-14 12:44

Yeh Yamzho !!! Good game :). Graphics are simple, without the end of bug is better. Animations are good but pity that there have no sound. Great job guy ;)

somnium 2015-12-14 16:46

Fun game!

I especially like how the different stats and obstacles tie into the game mechanics.

The graphics and UI are effective as well.

Great take on the themes!

dracolizardstudios 2015-12-14 16:50

Loved this game! I have a very high liking to the stile of the graphics, and the game is very fun and interesting!

rockford 2015-12-14 17:48

So cute. Miss some challenge at a time, but very good idea and stick to the both themes! tks

dmecke 2015-12-14 17:49

Nice idea well made into a game!
At first I found it very easy and it took a while that I found out that it actually increases in difficulty (it does, right?). An idea could be to split it up into several levels. Each level could introduce a new concept (item, good or bad) so the user gets continuously new content and and the game keeps interesting longer ("what else is here to see?") as well as it is easier to understand what all the items do.

ccglp 2015-12-14 17:50

1570cm. 13/10 would grow again.

It's a great game, maybe with a relaxing background sound and a little tweaks here and there you would have a complete game!

akhera 2015-12-14 17:51

Good concept with nice art, but does the difficulty increase at all? If it does it's way too slowly. I had to lose on purpose to end it. Having a score counter during play would be nice too.

yamzho 2015-12-14 18:14

Thanks all for the comments.

Yes, the game could have been harder, so I released a post-compo version which is.

I'll also probably release more post-compo versions, including the ideas I find interesting !

Finally, as said in the description, please rate the initial release only to be fair to the other contestants ! :)

Have fun and try as many games as you can !

piepenguin1995 2015-12-14 19:03

This is great! The intro is very well done as are the animations, and the concept is pretty neat. Shame that there's no sound, but I really like it.

micromacro 2015-12-14 20:18

I would have loved to run this, but every time I try to play it, it gives me a Java exception. :\

chubb1337 2015-12-14 20:18

The graphics are very smooth, and I like the stem with the little leafs and thorns. I only played the compo versions as that is the one I'm rating, 't was easy

johngalt 2015-12-14 20:20

Interesting system with 3 different attribute. Neat arts. I enjoy it a lot.

vascof 2015-12-14 20:20

Looks really nice, but is a bit too easy.

cynicalmonkey 2015-12-14 21:03

Hi, another similar game to mine, but on a different path :) I guess I am not the original thinker I thought I was!

I liked the style you chose everything stood out really nicely graphically. I think it needed some sort of evolution to it, not necessarily a difficulty spike just something you are growing to!

sharpfrog4 2015-12-14 21:28

Cute!

officialcodenmore 2015-12-14 21:42

Nice game, good graphics and nice controls. I wish it got faster sooner, but nice job!

grama 2015-12-14 21:51

loved the game. cool mechanics, nice visuals. it had some lag issues for me, but great entry. cheers!

aden-manson 2015-12-14 22:23

I love the graphics and really addicting gameplay :)

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-14 23:54

Good game, gets old really fast.

batmanasb 2015-12-15 02:31

The game is very shaky, hurts to look at

ingon 2015-12-15 03:45

Nice game, simple idea, good implementation.

A bit slow though, maybe some of the enemies could be faster/targeted?

sirsoltex 2015-12-15 05:24

Great game! love how the intro explains things as you play the game.

cremagames 2015-12-15 12:13

Loved it. Wish it were a little more difficult? I don't know, but I like the minimalistic graphics and the good concept. Congrats!

arcturusdeluxe 2015-12-15 14:42

Cool stuff. Simple gameplay, but it works well, and keeping an eye on all the stats adds some flavour to it. Great graphical style.

mistermortal 2015-12-15 15:15

Fun little game, love the clean simple graphics. It would be perfect mobile game ;)

aflatminerstudios 2015-12-15 16:26

Great mechanic that's easy to understand from the start. Love the minimalist look. Found myself playing for a long time!

frostvoid 2015-12-15 17:10

Nice little game. 1775 cm! :D

gogo199432 2015-12-15 18:01

Interesting game, fun for the first few minutes. After that it kind of drops :D The graphics were nice :)

madmenproductions 2015-12-15 20:08

The games nice and look great but lacks replayability, which I assume is what you were going for having a score.

retraffic 2015-12-15 20:34

Among the growing plant games this is one of the most fun to play. However the challenge is a bit low and there could be some kind of timer or points that grow over time so the player knows he's doing good.

dejvo 2015-12-15 20:42

Very nice game. superb presentation, cool idea and great concept. apply a bit of polish, add more features (like the plant would grow flowers depending on nutrition you've given it), and it'll be a good full fun game :)

jishenaz 2015-12-15 22:51

Lovely art style. At first I thought it was easy, but as I said that, it started getting harder lol. I could imagine simple, care-free music being used in this game.

zeezgames 2015-12-15 23:14

Ahh i liked this game i admit was a shame there wasnt any audio but it was still a good game and glad u sorted the bug out so we could play it :D

Well Done!

peekotus 2015-12-16 00:13

Really cool game but no sound :(

banana4life 2015-12-16 14:09

I think with background music it would be better.

xanjos 2015-12-16 17:20

Too bad there's no sound but I like the idea plus I love how well you've incorporated both themes into the game.

alpha_rat 2015-12-16 23:36

Simple and effective idea, I like the choice of very simple and flat graphics, thet look pretty good. It lacks some sound effects, and gets a bit boring and repetitive after a while as the difficulty doesn't seem to inscrease (or maybe it does, but way too slowly to be noticed or challenging), and there is not a lot of evolution going on.

alpha_rat 2015-12-16 23:42

After reading the comments I gave it a second try, and there is indeed a little inscrease of difficulty. But I still think it evolves too slowly to stay interesting

thecatspajamas 2015-12-17 07:29

I liked the visuals, and it was very clear what was good and bad. I thought it would be like snake where i could go back on myself, and I found that there was some limit to how far I could turn left and right.

I couldn't determine what the win condition was. I grew to about 1 meter and then let the controls go. I kept growing and eventually died, but I wonder if the game is too easy.

Overall I hope you continue to work on this project.

mar3k 2015-12-18 12:37

Simple, yet fun and relaxing game.

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-18 15:47

Very simple, but well made. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/l1a-s63Ve1s

zanzlanz 2016-01-03 20:41

Impressive work with the thoughtful interface and game design! It seemed to progress a bit too slow for my taste, but I did appreciate the way in which the health and difficulty worked. Awesome job!

haokarlos 2016-01-04 16:48

The starting menu is so beautiful that I would use it as desktop background hahaha I like the plant animations. I wish some more originality were added to the game design of there was some sound feedback.