FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD34 → for the trees

for the trees

By omaha

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio204.11
Mood24.65
Graphics424.33
Overall593.95
Theme954.19
Innovation2713.48
Fun4923.14
Coolness192233

Comments

ditto 2015-12-14 18:13

I loved this! Really really calming, makes me wish I could go a similar route with my own game instead of forcing a bunch of hectic input and stuff, lol, thanks for making it!

johntherobot 2015-12-14 21:41

Excellent! Relaxing and the art was incredible. Simple but powerful. Great job.

fluidvolt 2015-12-14 22:47

This was lovely. Really good audio/visual design -- the soft billowing tree foliage and the woody kalimba notes when you grow a tree is really great. The only thing I would suggest is the player's walking speed seems a bit too fast, considering everything else about the game encourages patience and calmness. Nitpicking, I know.

I really loved this game. One of my favorites I've played so far.

dusho 2015-12-15 12:30

I was going for large aesthetic forest and then it went puff
nice one..

codecranker 2015-12-16 02:08

Love sprinkling water around. Nice presentation.

dayko 2015-12-16 21:06

Great atmosphere, very heartwarming :) Well done !

thedashdude 2015-12-16 21:10

Quite fun, nice sounds, was pretty. I would have liked a slower player (I don't say that much), and the watering sound detracted from all the others. Really nice anyway.

lurils 2015-12-16 21:29

Very pretty game, really like the mood of it, the art style and sounds work really well.

31eee384 2015-12-17 02:35

Nice little game. I've gotta agree about the movement, though: having the player move faster than anything else on the screen has a weird feeling in an otherwise ambient, relaxing game.

omaha 2015-12-17 05:02

Thanks everyone!

I definitely see where you're coming from regarding the movement speed. I fear my original plans to make an action game bled into my later attempts to make something peaceful.

I tend to make the same mistake in every LD: I don't turn all my systems into an actual *game* until late in the weekend, leaving very little time to balance and correct the finer details. I will try to remember this the next time around.

01010111 2015-12-18 05:31

Great job :) I'm really impressed with the graphics and style you pulled off in this, and the audio fits perfectly, and the ending is really special!

gokottastudio 2015-12-19 20:01

Nice look!

foolmoron 2015-12-19 23:13

Very awesome aesthetic! I love that it's a relaxing and passive experience, but the controls still feel really nice to play with. The way the trees grow and start to bloom colors is very mysterious and satisfying. Glad I played to the end. Very emotionally effective game.

blobo 2015-12-20 17:25

This was really cool! i loved the art of the trees, and even the colors of the water particles. really cool!

publicidadeba 2015-12-23 02:05

Relaxing and great mood. 5/5 for Innovation, Mood, Theme and Audio! Well done!

nirabazgames 2015-12-24 20:05

Nice little game for relax! I twisted his hand in a circle)) at the end "for Eleanor" :)