rantt 2015-12-14 04:09
Pretty creative use of both themes. Congrats on finishing your first game. I enjoyed it. Nicely done :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → Grow From Earth
By jamesmowery
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 81 | ||
| Theme | 282 | 3.96 | ||
| Humor | 607 | 2.06 | ||
| Audio | 673 | 1.73 | ||
| Mood | 783 | 2.43 | ||
| Graphics | 790 | 2.45 | ||
| Fun | 806 | 2.62 | ||
| Overall | 849 | 2.74 | ||
| Innovation | 856 | 2.38 |
Pretty creative use of both themes. Congrats on finishing your first game. I enjoyed it. Nicely done :)
For a first game in just a few hours this is really good! Congrats, well done.
good idea. Found it hard to control. Perhaps the position of the mouse could help guide it's direction rather than the movement of the mouse. Overall I found it moved too quickly. Try it at 1/2 the speed then speed it up?
@Elenesski Good point about the mouse controls. I probably should have left them out to be honest. I was just wanting to cover as many people as possible (including on the off chance there was anyone who might have difficulties with a disability or anything like that). But definitely the preferred way to go is with the left & right keyboard keys (or on a touch screen).
I'd definitely tweak the speed. I actually wanted to add bar that would fill up showing you how much faster the game was running if you didn't pick up the collectables.
Thanks so much for the feedback.
And thank you rantt & RhythmLynx for the kind words!
This was your first game? Congrats! :D
Keep it up! Good work!
Very nicely done! I'm so glad you're getting into game development and can't wait to see what you make in the compos to come.
Congrats on what you accomplished in such a short time ;) tis cool to see that your first game was part of LD :P and this was a good use of the themes too.
Tip for the future, Phaser.io can be buggy. Overall good work!
I think the difficulty level could increase a bit more slowly, but overall very well done for a first game! Congrats!
Interesting 'reversal' where the sun keeps the speed instead of growing the plant. I was so focused on playing the game, I never got to see my final score, but you already know it needs a reminder for it. Good job on your first game.
Good use of theme. Simple and fun game. Well done!
Great for a first game and the time you did it! Great work!
quite entertaining, congratulations on your first attempt :)
The most important thing is that you managed to finish a working game in so less time, for a first LD it's very positive !
You can improve it with a very little thing : find a way to keep the score somewhere visible when the player lose. ;)
Hi everyone. Thanks so much for the great feedback. I've taken in consideration a lot of the comments, and I have added an improved version with sound effects, a game over screen, and some tweaks to the game speed. You can access this under the "Web (Post Ludum Dare)" link.
Thanks so much for checking out my game!
Very creative. It gets a bit to difficult later on but I like your implementation of the theme.
Would make a really fun mobile game! Graphics got more and more choppy the faster I went up.
That's really impressive for your first project and the amount of time you had. My greed made me want to keep collecting the sunlight heh
Good work for a first game, and learning the framework... It took someone else telling me that the mouse controls were based on screen position rather than seed position before I got that...
quite good for 9 hours and first time! controls felt very tight.
Nice use of both themes and it works on mobile :)
Procedural generation could use a bit of work. Please make sure that getting suns is possible. Adding more sounds would help with the game's feel. A good first attempt.
You should be proud of this game! For a first game, knowing you had to learn all those things, you made a lot! You choose something simple to make and you do it! Congrats, I hope you continue to learn and make more games!
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-Alex
both theme fits very well. its interesting to the growing concept of a seedling with this gameplay. gj
Pretty good! My high score was around 15, I think... I'm not sure because it disappears when you die. :)
I always need more time to really finish my Ludum Dare games too, but it's still a lot of fun to program or learn something completely new and then share it with other people.
Managed to score 39 (and 97 on post-Dare)! :D
An entertaining game that reminds me of Flappy Bird's rogue-scoring gameplay.
Any changes that I would have made have already been made on the post-Dare version (namely the game over screen). The audio on the post-Dare version is also hilariously entertaining, and the gradually speeding-up gameplay makes it fun to play.
Congrats on both your first game, and first dare! I hope you continue developing, and return for the next dare. :D
Used both themes! Got 5/5 on themes :)
Nice use of themes. I miss audio in the game for create a better mood, but good work.
Happy to see a Phaser Developer