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Whispers of Life

By midnightmist

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4333.8123
Fun2703.8323
Innovation6123.4723
Theme4853.9522
Graphics2424.2823
Audio2033.9723
Humor5003.2220
Mood4223.8722

Comments

isabelle-szeto 2021-04-27 02:28

THE ART FOR THIS GAME IS ADORABLE!!!!! The music and atmosphere was so well done <3

midnightmist 2021-04-27 03:19

@isabelle-szeto Ahh thank you so much :smile: Going for some wholesome vibes haha

knipsch 2021-04-27 05:12

This game is so beautiful!! I love the aesthetic and the idea of whispering to flowers to regain your energy! The main character is super adorable too. Great job!!! :)

gamesbysaul 2021-04-27 09:08

The art for the game and the audio is lovely! Especially the sound that occurs when you whispering to the plants it was way too cute! Amazing work! :D

battlecat 2021-04-27 11:41

Really cute game. The music and the sounds made when whispering make this a cute game and quite atmospheric. The only "problem" I had was that I didn't find it immediately obvious what I was supposed to do without having to read the text but that's it. Overall an enjoyable experience.

goldenevolution 2021-04-27 11:53

I just love the look of the character so much, and the little whispering sound is very cute!

zizhen96 2021-04-27 12:35

I AM SO IMPRESSED THAT THIS WAS A COMPO, ITS JUST SO SO POLISHED! I also really love the character design, well done Manisha!

anchorlight 2021-04-27 12:54

Your entry is very polished and I like the unique mechanics. It only took me maybe a few seconds to figure out the mechanics, and the controls felt very smooth. I appreciate the light palette and music, and the presentation in general just removes the game of any sense of danger or dread (not that it's a bad thing).

Above all the game just feels very complete, and that's not something every Compo game can pull off. Well done!

cekitian 2021-04-27 13:22

Really cute aesthetic! Also the whispering to the flowers idea is really fun, and especially the sound xd

pune007 2021-04-27 13:25

Cute art and great and fun gameplay. what more to ask from a game-jam game. Really cool entry. Also is the character a radish and if so are the small things on his head mini radishes or horns.

gamesplusjames 2021-04-28 12:38

This was fun! I really love the artwork and it was a fun mechanic filling up on flower power! Great work! :)

midnightmist 2021-04-28 14:35

Thank you all for the kind words!!

midnightmist 2021-04-28 14:36

@pune007 Thank you!! and I have no idea what he is hahah just a random character I came up with xD He's just a little plant whisperer :)

midnightmist 2021-04-28 14:37

@anchorlight Thank you so much!! I was definitely going for something lighthearted!

blue-pin-studio 2021-04-29 03:07

Great submission! I gave it a few tries but eventually it becomes too hard haha. I dont really have any recommendations, the art and music were well done and fantastic whispering SFX

ursagames 2021-04-29 05:09

Hello! Your game was played on stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on 4/28.

You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://tinyurl.com/LDJAM48-ursa

midnightmist 2021-04-30 15:45

@blue-pin-studio Thanks for checking it out! @ursagames Haha thanks so much for playing, I was hoping to be on while you played but it was getting late. Enjoyed the playthrough! :D

tauheed-game-dev 2021-04-30 16:58

Really cute game​ but definitely a challenge. Really love the art and sounds and the gameplay is solid.

boxedmeatrevolution 2021-05-03 16:36

Fun and challenging! I think I made it through about 1.5 cycles of the soundtrack... though I'm not exactly sure. A depth counter would have been nice to better keep track of my best run. Also, I ended up always holding down the "whisper" button, because there didn't seem to be a penalty for doing so. Very nice art and sound effects! Congrats!

cvetk0 2021-05-03 23:05

Lovely game. The art is great and the sounds fit well. I just loved the little character and the way it enjoyed smelling the flowers. The color indicator reacting to the current flower is a great touch and nice use of screen space. Perhaps the music loop could be a bit longer though. As for the game play, it is really challenging and I wasn't able to get to the finish. But still I think it's quite well balanced. I had issues with sprite positions but good thing you put info on zooming on itch page. Had to zoom out quite a bit though so the game came out pretty small on the 4k monitor. Wish I could have played it full screen with properly positioned sprites.

Keep on jammin'! :slight_smile:

bitsandcrafts 2021-05-09 15:09

Very cute and solid audio. Cool mechanics and gameplay. Bit hard for me because I'm bad at videogames.

sleepystudios 2021-05-09 22:48

It's a really nice little game - the music and aesthetics work together really well. I liked how you gradually kept introducing new mechanics too. Nice work!

francisco-lucas 2021-05-10 00:37

It was a challenge, but I got to the end! Great game, it was very very cute :sunflower: I liked the sound when you pick up the flowerssss! I'll be happy if I can play my game too c:

chtimy 2021-05-10 06:47

It is kinda buggy in my side :( Some platforms are invisibles. We agree the flowers should be on platforms? Anymway, the graphism is cool :) I would really like to play to this game. I'm using firefox.

random-thoughts 2021-05-10 09:59

Really like your art style! Took me a bit to figure out what to actually do, I tend to press space to jump, which restarts the game. Otherwise, I like the energy management system, its forced me on more than one occasion to make risky plays. Overall, its a neat little game with a really cute art style, good job!

vixenmink 2021-05-11 02:05

OMG these pixels <3<3<3 Whomever is in charge of the art for this game deserves a medal

midnightmist 2021-05-12 16:52

Thank you all for the kind words!!

@francisco-lucas haha it was definitely unbalanced at some parts, so happy you got to complete it! Will be checking your game for sure!

@chtimy Apologies for the bugs. The zoom level of the browser really breaks it, maybe you can try zooming in/out to see if it looks right. I will try to upload a new version if I have time :)

@vixenmink Aww thank you so much! This was my first solo weekend jam and I dont consider myself an artist so I am very happy to hear this <3

soul-grinder 2021-05-14 23:06

Cool idea for the theme and for having to top up flower bars by whispering to them, nice pixel art and music too. Fun to play, nice work.