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Keep Plant Alive

By cninja

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall17073.2827
Fun18383.0227
Innovation19792.8827
Theme1804.2027
Graphics9353.8228

Comments

doodlebrisk 2020-04-20 22:15

I also made a game about taking care of plants! I was a little confused about the size of the map. I tried exploring but couldn't get very far before the plant died. I liked having to kite the monsters away, so I had enough time to water the plant.

huthuthunter 2020-04-20 22:21

The game was pretty fun. I loved the pixel art especially.

cninja 2020-04-21 09:54

Thanks for your comments!

@doodlebrisk I wanted to make it a little hard by having one longer dead end, anyway this game is pretty buggy, especially with my pathfinding script (slimes can stack in one place making it impossible to make it to the end).

@huthuthunter I'm also glad with my pixel art, tbh that was one of funniest part of making this game!

bredcrumb 2020-04-21 11:14

Fun game! I really liked the pixel art :D Although I think that the wells are a bit too rare and you can't explore the map :D

ja-viera 2020-04-21 11:24

I really liked the concept and the idea of finding wells to keep the garden running, it was fun trying to discover things, but I wish the character could run faster, it was kind of frustrating. Also, I don't know if there is a way to win, but if you could only lose, maybe you could have shown some kind of score (it could have been just how many seconds you managed to keep the garden alive)

timetravelhamster 2020-04-21 11:28

The art is very nice and gameplay is good. If i can suggest something it will be to pay more attention on collision boxes and Z-orders of the sprites for the next game. Thanks

rodi 2020-04-21 11:31

Interesting game and cute art style

antraxxx 2020-04-21 11:45

Great first game ! The graphics are very cool.

cninja 2020-04-21 12:17

@ja-viera you can win by using every well (four), also I spent too much time changing my concept and left numbers (player speed etc.) as it was.

@timetravelhamster z-oder is my next goal, but thanks for suggestion!

And everyone else - thanks for playing!

2020-04-21 13:18

I enjoyed the game! :) super cute graphics! It took me a while to realise that you didn't have to go back to water the plant though

gwandalf 2020-04-21 17:28

This game is very cute! For a first jam it's really good! I loved the little spaces that are only used for walking around. Even if you get quickly stuck by the slime.

cninja 2020-04-21 17:59

@gwandalf when I started working on slimes I checked time and it was already pretty late in my country (and also that was last day of jam) so I decided to use someone else's script. Well, it ended as you saw, but next time I'll try to do pathfinding by myself. Thanks for your feedback!

primalshadow 2020-04-21 18:29

I LOVE the art style. It was a bit confusing at first figuring out that I didn't have to bring water back to the flower. Also, the character couldn't move after I lost and tried again. But overall, very fun.

abb1x 2020-04-21 18:34

Nice Idea ! The art was very great! but no sounds effects :(

bohrmaschine2000 2020-04-21 18:40

Use more sound. The game need a bit more UI for Interaktions

wallaby 2020-04-21 18:47

Very challenging to me. I like it!

2020-04-21 19:53

For a first game, it's good. Well done.

n-feofentov 2020-04-22 12:42

Nice entry for a first try) Good luck!

mobiledev 2020-05-04 09:32

My run went way better when I found out that you don't actually have water the plant when you get to the well. I think there are way too many slimes right at the start, but I managed to save the plant anyways, so it's hard but no impossible. Overall, good game. Great job.