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Gardian

By d1gital-cuts

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall853.9722
Fun3093.5222
Innovation1813.6722
Theme3303.8022
Graphics634.4022
Audio384.0722
Humor2.126
Mood604.0221

Comments

gizmolo 2018-08-13 23:59

Uh-oh I think you linked the edit page and not the game's page!

d1gital-cuts 2018-08-14 08:31

Oh crap, I screwed up D: Thanks for pointing that out!

martin-schneider 2018-08-14 19:07

Nice little puzzle game with some cool music! Good job! :)

mikomikisomi 2018-08-14 19:08

What a gorgeous and stylistic game! I hope you're able to rate more games to get this noticed more, it's really nice. I got stuck after a couple of levels since there's really no instructions, but what I was able to play I loved. Great job on this!

glowt 2018-08-14 19:14

Ooo this game looked and sounded sooo great. Really loved the art style and all the polish you guys put in to the feedback. I had a bit of a hard im totally getting a hang of the different puzzles and sometimes a beat them without really knowing why. Perhaps a bit of a tutorial would help, but what the heck it's a game jam :). Had a great time with your game, great work.

P.S The music was totally my jam

jimbly 2018-08-14 22:08

Beautiful! I love the style. Perhaps more purple.

I had a lot of difficulty figuring out the mechanics - even when I would beat a level, I would sometimes have absolutely no idea why. Maybe a few levels later I figured things out - I think I was unclear on the sparkles on the ground being where I needed to plant things, and that a single plant could get multiple souls floating on them.

Really a lot of levels, impressive amount of content! I think I made it through about a dozen (got to one where I could plant a star-shaped plant that I had no idea what it did, and got stuck there).

d1gital-cuts 2018-08-14 23:30

@jimbly Thaaanks <3 Yeah I was trying to let whoever is playing to be able to figure everything out on themselves, but I definitely could've done a better job pointing certain important things out, and also probably should've made sparkles more visible

I actually thought I made not enough levels (there's 16)... If you're curious, the star-shaped flower destroys the black vines next to it :3

jesusache 2018-08-15 04:44

Took me a while but finally got that final puzzle. I'm amazed at all the cool brain teasers you managed to get done in just the 3 days. GARDIAN.PNG

d1gital-cuts 2018-08-15 12:56

@jesusache Oh wow, well done! Didn't expect anyone to have the patience to finish the whole game, hats off to you :D

purrfexionator 2018-08-15 20:28

Incredible game! I didn't make it all the way through, I got stuck on the level with the weeds. This game is innovative, fun, and absolutely stunning. I didn't really get what to do at first, in fact i'm still not sure i understand, but it seemed like an innovative concept, and the entire experience was filled with beauty and charm every step of the way. Amazing job!

johnyf 2018-08-15 22:31

Badass game

aug 2018-08-16 18:16

I get a black screen on the web version? Seems like I can control my character and I hear music/SFX, I just see nothing. As for the original version, I loved the graphics and the audio was charming, but it was very easy to get stuck - I appreciate the no tutorial approach, but certain things could have been laid out more intuitively. Great job on your first Ludum Dare!

mindfungus 2018-08-17 02:39

it's beautiful! I enjoyed figuring out what the different flowers were doing, and even if for some i was still unsure, i was able to get through a number of levels. i stopped a few levels after the teleport flowers were introduced. the music is also very good! the hint stars were crucial! thanks for including those

zicboy 2018-08-17 05:17

Really liked the idea!

seconddimension 2018-08-17 11:21

I saw you posting screenshots during the jam and really wanted to try this. The web version didn't work for me, but the download was fine. I loved the graphics, audio and mood, so high marks there! I did really struggle with the actual gameplay though, I tried for a while, but I was just baffled. Would love to try again with a bit of an explanation of the controls and mechanics.

nyri0 2018-08-18 22:04

As many have said before, it is a bit hard to figure out the mechanics. But that's an really interesting puzzle game with awesome graphics and cool music, it's good to see that level of quality in a game jam!