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Growth Spurt

By cole-and-jordan-studios

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4633.6325
Fun4183.5625
Innovation2233.7625
Theme7963.4325
Graphics7273.4125
Humor224.3725
Mood1763.9223

Comments

triangle-point 2022-10-04 01:45

really fun loved the eating sounds and animation keep it up lots of fun

gamedevzach 2022-10-15 04:10

I'm not sure why I eventually snapped like a rubber band but I really enjoyed the game :100:

senover-games 2022-10-15 04:51

The idea is great and the mechanics easy to understand. This has to be one of the funniest games of LD51! Music, sounds and graphics gave me a big smile. :grin:

sean-esopenko 2022-10-15 06:11

Thanks for sharing our game on your stream! Your game's pretty funny, I like the concept. I kept getting confused by the trees in the background, I thought they could be eaten. The body getting hauled around by the neck was a good touch.

artofluba 2022-10-15 06:28

Haha my head popped off nearing the end. Pretty funny! As for feedback, I wasn't entirely sure why there was no HTML5 version (hi I'm new here) but now that I know it was made with Unreal Engine... well that makes sense. Good job, looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with next jam!

thristhart 2022-10-16 00:06

Very funny! I was frequently giggling at the inherent silliness of the whole thing.

jonathang 2022-10-17 20:05

It has that Garry's Mod style jankiness that makes it hilarious! Sometimes it's hard to figure out which trees provide energy and which are just in the background, and sometimes my neck exploded for reasons of physics weirdness. Also there seemed to be a bug whereby if I tried to play again, the energy never depleted and I could just wait until my neck was long enough to eat the moon.

aj-studio 2022-10-18 04:48

Strongly recommend playing this one. Good job guys πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—

sillyman987 2022-10-19 23:14

Really funny! Thanks for making my day better. :hugging:

cole-and-jordan-studios 2022-10-20 02:16

@sillyman987 No problem! That's my job.

cole-and-jordan-studios 2022-10-20 02:27

@jonathang Huh, I thought that bug with the bar not depleting was fixed. Definitely some physics weirdness lol. Thanks for the great feedback!

cole-and-jordan-studios 2022-10-20 02:38

@artofluba actually it's made in Unity, I uploaded a WebGL but it was broken for some reason (βŒ’_βŒ’;) Thanks for the feedback!

cole-and-jordan-studios 2022-10-20 02:48

@gamedevzach ah yeah- probably the hang glider or one of the other guys gotcha. rip

artofluba 2022-10-20 03:15

@cole-and-jordan-studios oh it’s Unity!! I didn’t know haha. Ahhh bugs bugs bugs XD

sphinx 2022-10-20 03:26

My neck was going crazy when it got real long lol. But who cares, I love this goofy little game! The art and the sfx are so on point!

cole-and-jordan-studios 2022-10-20 15:57

@sphinx Thank you! Yeah the neck is insane; I did a bunch of stuff to try to prevent that, but I just accepted at some point that it would happen, especially when it gets long enough.

brainloaf-studio 2022-10-20 20:20

now i am become death, destroyer of trees.

as someone above mentioned, this has the beautiful charm of garry's mod. big fan of the exploding neck physics and the spacex sponsorship!

cole-and-jordan-studios 2022-10-20 23:04

@brainloaf-studio careful I might have to use that quote

n4tticus 2022-10-21 01:49

The presentation on this game is great. The music sets the stage well and as it goes it gets goofier and goofier. The fact that the eating noise is a vacuum cleaner is hilarious and I audibly giggled when I saw the SpaceX rocket. I wouldn't be surprised if the inspiration for this was a fever dream you had the night before lol

adafheyesh 2022-10-21 02:10

Funny game! Being to able to stay low and just eat the respawning trees made it so that I basically never worried about the obstacles until the very end. Maybe if the energy consumption increased each time your neck grew, it would mean the player would have to go for the higher ones and dodge the obstacles.

kobato-games 2022-10-21 03:15

I had a great time with this game. It was fun, the concept was executed well and I love the leaf eating sound effect that (to me) gave the impression of the giraffe being a hedgetrimmer vacuum XD. My only criticisms are that the first small plane was kinda hard to see once the giraffe got really tall and I did not realize the movements were mouse-based at first because it did not say so in game.

I would definitely recommend uploading a web version from Unity so more people might try it.

stephen-kyranakis 2022-10-21 03:42

Excellent work! I loved the physics-y-ness of it, and it was probably the funniest thing I've seen this jam. Well done!

chrisgauthier 2022-10-21 03:47

One of the most bizarre games I've ever seen! Well done lol!

itsboats 2022-10-21 07:15

Nothing could have prepared me for this madness xD Funny game! I didn't realize the first time the paraglider guy is what killed me, I thought he was just chillin!

ava-skoog 2022-10-21 17:09

Amazing πŸ¦’ Simple but fun and intuitive. Nice music, but I guess you didn't make it since you opted out of the audio category? Still a good fit, slightly hectic but playful! Graphics are perhaps "bad" but there is something to be said for the nostalgic charm of barely shaded low-poly art with way too detailed textures 😁 Feels like something I'd get on a demo CD-ROM with a box of cereal in the early 2000s. Obviously funny. Loved the dragon giraffe in the background. Neck parts bugged out a bit and didn't quite stick together but again charming. I didn't seem to be able to eat the lower trees anymore when my neck got longer, was that intended? I guess the eating noise was meant to be blades/shears but combined with the hose-like neck I interpreted it as a vacuum cleaner πŸ‘€ Also funny, but sound got a bit harsh and grating. But nice simple fun and good use of the theme!