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it lives and grows

By julianmh

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall484.0721
Fun1293.8421
Innovation1673.7821
Theme584.2121
Graphics864.1821
Audio4.838
Humor2.6016
Mood694.0020

Comments

landerack 2020-04-20 00:20

Hey~ I tried downloading it cuz I loved the pic. Then read the requirement~ Pls send me a note when it's up. It looks super cute and I really love the music track that you included.

landerack 2020-04-20 17:06

Yeeeees! I am the ultimate gardener! I really liked that. 'few people know how to grow it' it's a really nice qlue that is just enough info. Really fun :) good job ^^

moritz14 2020-04-20 21:55

Wow the sounds are crazy good! If i could earn money that fast in real life....I love that game!!!

perfectsquare 2020-04-20 22:12

That was a lot of fun. I was just going to grow one or two plants but one thing led to another and now I'm the ultimate gardener! Excellent job setting the tone with the music and art style.

adam-clayden 2020-04-20 22:24

Very nice game and fairly well polished. The water effects and sounds were well made and I had a lot of fun growing different plants!

pincushion 2020-04-20 22:24

This is a really nice game. The feel reminds me of Flower (where you play leaves in the wind) - it's so calming. The window scene and music set that tone nicely.

You really nailed the procedural plants. There were no strange plants that I encountered. They all made sense and looked nice. The plants also grew so smoothly. In general, performance wasn't an issue for me.

The mechanics were simple, but I still needed a minute to figure things out. I couldn't figure out if/how to sell the plants at first. Small money, but I was half way through before I realized that I could sell my old pots!

Really. Great job!

lex 2020-04-22 11:10

Got to say that I'm the ultimate gardener.

Nice game, great mood!

aflatthrasher 2020-05-02 18:02

Well that was a lot of fun. Simple, but kept my attention. Audio worked very well, too. I had to keep playing until I grew that last tree!

natpat 2020-05-02 22:10

I'm really glad I played this - the game I helped make was also a plant growning/tending game, so it's really interesting to see how others implemented it. I really love how your plants look and grow - the leaves swaying, growing up and sprouting new leaves - it's really great to watch. Having a few different plants to grow and different ways to take care of them was fun. I liked having to puzzle out how make money most efficiently and how to grow the star tree correctly! The sound effects and music were extremely fitting and worked very well with the game. Great entry!

dcrdro 2020-05-06 14:16

Technically interesting game . Liked thriving and withering effects. Generally athmospheric game. But unfortunately I'm bad garderner :(

voidsay 2020-05-06 17:23

Had a look at your code. Was presently surprised that you actually generate the plants. I would have just scaled an image and called it a day.

igor-kingamer 2020-05-06 23:51

Pleasant game! Oh, my two startrees almost died while writing this comment XD

It would be nice to have something like costumers asking for specific plants (and sell them at higher prices), and maybe some incentive to challenge yourself to be faster. Also, it could be interesting to have fixed places where you can place the pots instead of anywhere. I also didn't figure out things like how to sell at first.

jk5000 2020-05-07 06:36

This is overall an interesting and very relaxing game. I like both the music and visual style. The gameplay was okay, but I had a hard time earning much money. Overall is this a good compo game. Well done.

literal-games 2020-05-09 11:26

Very relaxing and impressive plant generation. Your theme is very similar to our game but has a totally different feel - I love the geometric shapes in the plants and the different growing methods. Would love to see this expanded!