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Botany Blast!

By joniv

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1473.5722
Fun743.7522
Innovation1383.4722
Theme1313.7522
Graphics1183.7222
Audio1593.2222
Humor1053.3819
Mood1653.3320

Comments

dooskington 2024-10-07 06:39

Fun little game. I like how the bugs explode when you shoot them. Also the controls and concept is quite easy to understand

jk5000 2024-10-07 09:24

A simple and fun little game idea. Perhaps a bit too many bugs, but okay it's pretty funny shooting them. Visuals is good, and I also liked the sound effects. Some music would have been great. Overall a good jam game. Well done.

oldzombie14 2024-10-07 18:58

this is so good for reducing stress LOL

paroxysmal 2024-10-07 19:01

Great entry! Like the management aspect and it plays really smooth. I am one of the odd balls though a prefer inverted controls for "FPS" games like this

jaco-van-hemert 2024-10-07 19:47

This concept feels pretty novel -- combining a bit of shooting with cosy gardening. It feels like it would benefit from having a bit more things to aim for (though I don't fault you for that, being that it's a compo game); e.g. other plant types or whatever, so it seems worth going through the maintenance of shooting off the bugs.

Perhaps the bug shooting would be more fun if there were fewer bugs but they run around so you have to try a bit to hit them?

imberny 2024-10-08 01:14

This rules! TF2's sniper's retirement plan. I only wish the water sfx was a seamless loop.

sdcorpse 2024-10-09 20:26

Add some ore to mine and it will lookes like deep rock galactic. Collected 150 coins. it was fun)

adrien-tremblay 2024-10-10 02:48

Very relaxing game. Graphics look good! The POV camera movement was nice. Bugs didn't spawn for me though? Maybe I didn't play long enough

vittima 2024-10-13 08:50

I really liked the idea and it was a lot of fun to play. I like the animations when the bugs fly away, it's very funny. I didn't find any flaws in the game, it's a pretty simple but original idea that can be played for a very long time)

arstotzk 2024-10-13 16:28

Yes tiny creatures, get it. In general, the game is fun, but it lacks some kind of goal for the player

tetrergeru 2024-10-14 20:44

Fun game! At first I didn't understand that you actually have to water plants more then once (I guess I am a bad gardener :sweat_smile:) I also intuitively expected plans to bloom, but they didn't. A good entry overoll!

bernhard 2024-10-17 17:29

Planted 18 plants, watered them all, and then there were so many bugs it was quite creepy :scream_cat: I sold the bug infested plants, made 305 coins and lived happily ever after :blush:

Oh, I really liked that the bugs only are visible through the scope, nice detail!

vfqd 2024-10-19 08:30

This is great, really nice camera work

valmontechno 2024-10-19 13:41

A bit radical as an insecticide!

I find it a shame that there is not much left to do when all the shelves are full but otherwise very nice.

zirrrus 2024-10-19 17:17

Really cool mechanic with the scope! Seems like a perfectly _scoped_ and executed jam game, great job!

ms-malloc 2024-10-20 02:30

I liked the magnifying glass/scope mechanic. Fun short game!

knarf 2024-10-25 22:28

Ha yes the quiet and relaxing joy of gardening ... few neightboors and bugs injured in the process but it's all biological agriculture ! Managed to have every spot taken and few big plants focusing on them between waterings Very funny and smart take on the theme for a compo ! Shooting sound was a bit brutal in this calm but that's ok XD well done !