ocwal 2021-10-02 08:39
Let's gooo!
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Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Dubious mushrooms
By nevyn, ocwal, failuer, Jacksilver, mascoll and KlasW
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 349 | 3.81 | 26 | |
| Fun | 832 | 3.35 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 300 | 3.72 | 26 | |
| Theme | 59 | 4.37 | 26 | |
| Graphics | 376 | 4.00 | 26 | |
| Audio | 135 | 4.00 | 26 | |
| Humor | 583 | 3.19 | 25 | |
| Mood | 284 | 3.85 | 26 |
Let's gooo!
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We're on like Donkey Kong!
Group selfie is a nice touch, looks like you had a lot of fun. Did you by any chance really wanted mushroom theme? :smile: I would very much like it as well. The art, especially the mushroom sprites, is awesome. Mood and music was also on point. I would prefer if only one mouse button rotated the scene and the other planted since I often planted by accident. I escaped with a score of 20 and it is fun and cool game. Good job.
who knew balancing mushrooms could be so hard?!!! This is a really clever implementation of the theme - i really loved the music. It made retrying and retrying and retrying worth it because listening was so relaxing. The game play is very difficult - clearly has a learning curve. I liked that a lot. Whenever i messed up i knew it was something i could have avoided. Really solid.
I think a couple of things to note - SFX go a super super long way. Even if it's a stock crumple paper sound effect when you're planting a mushroom, or a bloop when clicking a button (just something to say when something happens) i feel that really really brings together the game in a profound way.
Otherwise, this game is awesome. Music slaps. Well done :)
A really nice game with a calming music! I liked the mechanic and it fits the theme really well!
I know that one of the mushrooms was indeed not a mushroom. I'm on to your games. You can't hide from The Patriots, even down in the deepest dirtiest hole.
Good stuff, looks like y'all had a lot of fun!
Atmospheric, but unclear gameplay and graphics :) Still, good job, shroom-shroom!
I think the mushrooms grow a bit fast because I wasn't able to keep up with them if I planted more than one at a time. Otherwise I really liked it. The mushrooms were neat, and I liked seeing the different kinds.
Loved the music art, and overall vibe. The gameplay was challenging as well. Nice entry overall.
Fun take on the theme! The art was neat, music was good and overall you created a calming mood with urgency lol. Interesting mechanic with the mushrooms growing in different conditions but also rotting if you left them too long. Overall great entry and great job!
Amazing game! :)
Dont get this game at all. Plant mushrooms? And collect them? Gameplay could be more active.
@ks-zealot - Thank you for the feedback! The challenge become bigger if you try to grow the larger mushrooms on the platform edge for highest points, with the tilting platform the risk is bigger, but so is the reward! :D
I really like this concept. Thanks to the music and the generally chill gameplay, the game is almost meditative. The music is very nice, even though the loop is short.
I didn't like the dissonance between the art of the background and the art of the character and mushrooms. It should all keep to one style, otherwise it just sort of creates graphic noise that could work in some crazy acid trip kinda game, but doesn't work here. Chose one style and stick with it for all your art needs :smile: The pixel art on the mushrooms is nice, and I really like the changing states as the mushroom grows.
Once I developed a strategy of leaving old mushrooms in for counterbalance, I could just keep going forever :grin:
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PS. Your cover art is very nice! Like an illustration from children's book :) - "The Awesome Adventures of Mr. Mushroom"
Nice concept, simple but effective. I really liked the ambiance of the game. Also the 3D / 2D mix works really well. Great entry !
good idea loved the music but hard to know where you are
I absolutely love this. Such a fun concept and executed extremely well. The look of the game is awesome, the 3d and 2d elements mixed together works so nicely with the game. The music is actually really relaxing as well!
love that the game is simple and straight forward, thank you for this game
An interesting idea of mushrooms growing on a mushroom with pleasant aesthetic. Very relaxing experience and a nice atmosphere!
It came to my mind such an idea may be useful if you want to develop this game further: Instead of mushrooms growing on a large mushroom. You are the keeper of a huge mushroom that grows huge pimples / pimples / blisters etc. You have to swing the bucket to catch the sick growth and pull it out, otherwise the hat of the great mushroom will fall towards the pressure of the blemish just like now. Such gamplay will add another layer of difficulty and the possibility of caring for other mutants of the mushroom. After each fungus healed, you pull yourself up and that is where your time and extra points are summed up. Then you go down and there's a new mushroom even more sick, etc. and so on. :mushroom:
Grats to the Team! you have a nice protoype to expand!
implementation of Unstable as a core mechanic is really cool, good job on that, as well as all the assets created within the 48 hour time frame. Really good job on the first jam entry.
Could use a bit of sound effects to make the game even further more immersive - the balance could use a bit more polishing because you die wayyyy too quickly the moment just 1 of your mushroom gets harvested around the edge in the shadow, or one of them grew too big compared to the others and tipped the platform way too quickly.
It's a very fun concept, just needs an incentive for me not to just plant 2 mushrooms at a time on opposite ends of the platform, collecting them, then waiting for the platform to reset and doing it again. I'd suggest making it so that you always need to have at least one mushroom on the platform, or making random mushrooms spawn as well when you have less than 3 planted or something like that. Also want to agree with alex on the sfx, the music is just great, but the lack of some sounds takes a bit of depth out of the game. Overall a very very well made game and an extremly fun experience, i liked it a lot, thanks for making it! Also love the group pic, wish i could have been with my buddies as well during the jam xD Cheers everyone, y'all are great!
The art style for mushrooms looks super good! The music is also really nice, it adds a lot to the atmosphere of the game. One of the mushrooms has hit box a bit weird. Great job with the game!
Excellent work by the artists.