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Growcoon

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iamspencer 2015-12-14 17:40

Pretty simple, but it's actually calming/relaxing to just grow a garden haha.

I'm definitely going to be having this in the background all day, slowly but surely growing my corn-empire, nice job!

miltage 2015-12-14 18:09

Not incredibly clear what the tools are or what they do. Some tooltips or item names would help. Without your instructions I would have been forever lost. Also the mix of keyboard/mouse controls is a little awkward, I'd make the entire interface mouse driven.

Good work overall.

johntherobot 2015-12-15 03:47

Not bad gameplay! The controls are a bit counter intuitive, which distracts from the overall experience. The core of the gameplay is there though. Good job!

retraffic 2015-12-15 12:22

It's a nice little game. I like the idea of having to wait for your plants to grow. Feels relaxing after the stressful days of Ludum Dare. ;)
What I'd recommend is giving a bit of feedback on the controls. It's at no point really clear what does what, even if you already used it before. The symbols are just too similar.

gamecook 2015-12-16 16:59

Had a really hard time figuring out what to do. Could be a good concept but really needs more hand holding in the beginning so it's clear how to get started. Great work!

alloyed 2015-12-19 19:34

Got a blank screen in Firefox. Worked fine in Chrome.
Without maintenance(watering, fallow etc) it doesn't feel like much of a game. There isn't a way to do better at it besides figuring out the cost/sale/time ratio of plants and exclusively planting the best one.

brainstorm 2015-12-20 19:07

It have some charm, but controls felt a bit irresponsive (I haven't managed to buy nothing more from the seeds catalog) and it's not clear what tools make. Next time try to do something not ambitious as that. Remember that there are only 48-72 hours, and that sometimdes simple and innovative thing are better!

2/5

ninos 2016-01-01 10:41

Really liked it, it took me some time to figure out the controls but when i got them the game was really calming 10/10