Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → LD46 - Grower (not a shower)
By boboman and Bad_Luck_Brian
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2381 | 2.79 | 24 | |
| Fun | 2251 | 2.70 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 2259 | 2.65 | 24 | |
| Theme | 763 | 3.86 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 2163 | 2.65 | 24 | |
| Audio | 1352 | 2.85 | 22 | |
| Mood | 1777 | 3.05 | 22 |
First of all, love the name! Interesting interpretation one the concept. I might've found a couple bugs, I stopped growing at level 10 and there was no endgame event. The snow cloud got stuck on the left side of the screen so I didn't have to deal with it at all after about level 3.
Also, you might want to put this on your profile, it's still showing "Crazy Cat Lady" as your main game.
@shaolin-dave Awesome feedback man! Much Appreciated, I haven't gotten to any playtesting but I plan on reciprocating tonight! The cloud got buggy for me too but only on the webgl build, I didn't have time to triage it before submission deadline unfortunately. Also, spot on with end game state. Level 10 is as far as you can actually grow, but every grow beyond that rewards much more points, and is still a heal. So for now the game is simple high score race.. Keep the level 10 plant healthy by healing via GROW, but don't drain your water so far you start taking damage. Eventually I wanna make the rain and snow clouds disappear, and the Snow cloud AI more aggressive, better artwork and animations for the damaged plant -- for now only the level 10 plant has different sprites for different health levels.
Will update profile!
I was so focused on getting water that it got me 3 tries to understand what was each bar and how it worked XD. It's an interesting idea, it's like a little resource management game. I also got to level 10 but nothing happened after that...
Very good job on this game! It's really helpful that different sound effects play when you are in the snow, etc
I really enjoyed this game, it took me a few attempts to understand what all the bars meant and how to keep my poor plant alive lol. So maybe a short tutorial at the biginning that points to the bars and explains them would be good, alongside an introduction to the snow cloud on level 2 that gets increasingly aggresssive as the game pans out. My snow cloud got stuck on the right side of the screen after level 3, so it was smooth sailing for me! haha Anyway, great game, very enjoyable!
Very simple game with a great concept supporting the theme! I liked the music, it was very fitting! The gameplay itself was good too! Very nice little game with a very happy grower :)
The handcrafted art is cute. I love the minimalist interpretation of the theme. As someone who lives in the desert, I can definitely appreciate the need to keep plant watered.
Nice work this jam!
Nice interpretation of the theme! I spent a while figuring out what everything was but after that i had a nice time. Good job! (However, I did encounter the same bug as Shaolin dave with the snow cloud getting stuck on the side)
Nice little game! It's definitely a bit easy in its current state (although largely just because of the snow cloud getting stuck, hah), but it seems like a good start!
I appreciate you all playing and thanks for pointing out my cloud bug, I finally got it fixed! I will probably work on a good tutorial, a more interesting end game state, levels, and/or increasing difficulty system once judging is over. I wonder if a tutorial would violate the rules? Cheers!
@ankou @m3mz @silas-reinagel @chilleh @ponypen @tsombi100
@francisco-caal Thanks for playing, I realize I forgot to tag you! I am working on a better end state and in future jams will make the game 'conclude' for effect. Appreciate the feedback!
fun game, I dig the concept, but I kinda wish there were meters to let me know how my progress was going. I dig it though!
Looks like the bug is fixed because I haven't encountered it! I didn't have any trouble understanding the game, but the increased difficulty and a better end game condition would be great :). Good job overall!
I wasn't sure what was happening or why- some sort of feedback to the player would have been nice. When I lost, I wasn't sure if it was because of snow, too much rain, too little rain, etc.
Nice interpretation of the theme and congrats on the entry!
I think the sound effects went a long way in this game in terms of conveying the mechanics a little easier. Unfortunately, I don't think it communicated enough, and I didn't get a lot of fun from playing it. I think a lot of it was the lack of visibility into whether my work was helping or hurting.
I first stayed in the rain as much as possible and couldn't grow except the first time. Then I tried just avoiding the snow and eventually just died when I accidentally touched it. I think the commands as they are needed first time help a lot, but maybe something more to explain when the timing is right, like a meter or an indicator would help.
Otherwise, I think I kind of figured it out, but couldn't get past the phase where I was gaining/losing petals frequently. I think it just became too hard at that point and the erratic behavior of the rain and snow made it too hard to progress past it.
Great game! However the cloud froze on a single x point but other than that great audio and art.
Haha I love the idea of using jingle bells for the snow!
Cute game! Love the art style, music and snow sfx as well haha. I think it might cool if there were some items that you could pick up or some other UI elements to keep it interesting. Either way great work