Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD38 → herbarium
By tmw
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Really enjoyed this. I'm a sucker for any type of farming/growing game!
The graphics work really well with the mood of the game and I enjoyed the puzzle aspect very much. It must have taken a lot of effort to make the levels get progressively harder, so well done there, the game 'flows' very nicely ;)
Yeah, the water flow is kind of wonky, but it's understandable and honestly not that bad/does not affect your ability to progress. This is a very good puzzle game, in my opinion, and the difficulty curve is really fluid. Great overall audiovisual presentation as well, looks and feels very polished in a distinctly non-game-jam way.
Cool idea, the game looks really nice.
It's really annoying that you can't place earth when there is water at the current position. Like this it's really hard to build anything after the first few seconds as you can't even block the water flow.
The water physics is what makes this game different and more of a thinker than it seems, despite the water being quite wonky and unpredictable at times. I like the way this game has clear progression and even has a level introduction screen! Part of me wishes my garden was this complicated.
Great idea, love the puzzle element. I failed hard lol. great game :-)
Really great game idea and nice concept. the water "physic" is great and the game is really challenging ! Great job
Great idea! Love to see cellular automata based puzzle games. I was also flummoxed by being unable to place blocks where water is. Water trending right made waterfall super hard. Really like it!
Good puzzle game with a nice difficulty curve. Graphics are nice. Sometimes the flow is quite confusing.
But overall nice job.
I enjoyed this, nice idea! As others have mentioned I found the water physics to be a little difficult to predict, and had the occasional flower that stubbornly refused to take any water regardless of how much was passing over it!
Great aesthetic and nice level design! I like that it's possible to overwater a plant and kill it. Nice puzzle game.
Love simulation games like this. Bravo on going for a challenge with PICO!
A cool physics simulation game! It's impressive that you made so many levels in such a short time. And the level designs are strategic, which the water flow has to be managed dynamically in certain situations. Well done!
@t-mw, Great game! Really cool take on the theme, the graphics look great, and you nailed the water behaviour. Great entry!
It was really cool how the water could naturally form waves. Very creative work.
Cool idea, pity about the performance and bunching up of the water. I think if you continue work on it you could get it to be a nice puzzle game. I like the art. Needs some music.
http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2821 I used the same water mechanic on one of my jam pico8 games. It runs a lot faster and doesn't bunch up so much. Maybe take a look at the source.
That's nice graphics even with low pixels! Puzzle design is very creative, too. It's a great one!
this was a really great idea and very well executed - the water was very slow which made for many moments of boredom - great entry
Wow, very neat game, congrats! Nothing more to say here :)
Great game, very original! I enjoyed playing a lot until I got stuck in the waterfall level. This game would benefit from being able to start at any level. You might be interested in my cellular automata game engine, where you can specify this kind of water physics with just a few lines of code. Check out my project [CellSpace](http://tmtg.net/cellspace.js/)