Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → Project sandtree
By rikstar
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 67 | ||
| Innovation | 271 | 3.47 | ||
| Graphics | 509 | 3.47 | ||
| Overall | 620 | 3.21 | ||
| Mood | 637 | 3.07 | ||
| Humor | 759 | 2.14 | ||
| Theme | 840 | 3.23 | ||
| Fun | 939 | 2.57 |
I think this game has a lot of potential. It took me a while to realise what was going on but I think that is all part of the idea of it.
For some reason I really liked with at you did with the trees. having them grow properly like that.
My only main criticism is the controls. 2 button controls isnt very appropriate for this. Give us a wasd controller at least.
Oh and the centre dot isnt centre. But you probably know that.
I like the art style, especially the effect for the trees growing. Took me awhile to figure out seeds could only be planted in certain places. I put a bunch of them under the sand. After I planted some trees I wasn't sure what to do next.
I like the universe and the colors. I spend a few time to understand how to move seeds because you need to have your cursor on the right side of the seed so you can hold it. I also tried to uses white blocks to climb to unreachable places but the fact that most of the blocks have unclimbable slopes I finaly gave up.
The slow pacing and the graphics were quite nice, but I could not really figure out what to do. I might be stupid but I did not find any trees.
Cool! I suggest you work in the game after the jam. It has a lot of potential
It didn't open in Mac Platform. But looks awsome!
I tried moving white blocks to rech into the "building" but since i couldn't climpt the white blocks that seemed not doable, couldn't find any seeds.
I didn't expect the slope of the movement to be a problem. I will release a fix for this and make the player walk on steeper slopes. I have also found the bug with the center of the mouse and it will be removed. Thank you all for the feedback!
It feels really satisfying when you plant a tree, and once I figured out how to use the white boxes to reach higher levels became more interesting.
A few small things which I think would really improve the game:
1. Centre the crosshair. Unless there's a reason it's off centre?
2. I agree with other raters, get rid of the 2 button thing and use normal wasd. When I plant a tree I want to backpedal and watch it's growth.
Cool game I think it has potential.
Really creative idea! nice work of the two themes as well!
I definately agree on the second point you made. I had the same feelings about the current system. But I kept hold of it because of the theme. Hmm but I can't reproduce the bug that the crosshair is off centre; I will have a look at that.
Nice work
Beautiful game and enjoyable gameplay, good job
Well, the game was kinda boring, which is sad as the idea is good and has a lot of potential. The graphics are nice, I love the No-Texture style so thumbs up from me!
Interesting game, wish I could move faster! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/S5oK4fsls3Q