Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Ellenary
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | Chronocipher | jam | 331 | 3.90 | 3.33 | 3.95 | 3.04 | 4.15 | 4.20 | 3.44 | 3.77 |
I really enjoyed this game. The atmosphere made by the music and artwork are really cool. I love that it's Twitch compatible, I can see this being really fun for viewers and streamers to play with their streams. It's witty and charming. Instafluff, MaayaInsane, and PatrikHerman did a great job.
At first I thought "Okay, what do I do? There aren't any instructions." But then I just tried it. I got a lot of enjoyment out of figuring out the mechanics. Every time I figured something out it was an "Oh!" moment where I felt accomplished. I thought after I'd planted all my seeds and grown them that that was it. Then I tried using the arrow keys and it expanded my field of flowers and let me plant more seeds and grow more flowers. This is really relaxing. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm not sure what the replay value is since it seems like it goes on endlessly, but I cherish what time I spent with it. I was at first afraid if I didn't go back to my old flowers they might wither and die, but that lack of punishment made me settle down and just enjoy planting flowers. It was really soothing and we honestly need more games like this. The flowers are beautiful. I think you did a great job.
I have a huge soft spot for puzzle games. This one is great because of its simplicity and ease of play. It was so easy to just pick it up and have one. I thought that the mechanics really encouraged trying things out. Puzzle 8 in particular is coming to mind, where you have multiple turns to make but only 1 turn square you can use. At first I thought it was a little annoying, but then I really thought about it and honestly that's the point of puzzle games. It'd be no fun if all of the mechanics were explained outright since there'd be no thinking or exploring. Excellent job in 2 days!
I've seen a lot of "keep the plant alive" games this jam (and even some last jam!), but this is by far the most beautiful one I've seen. I am astounded that all of this only took 3 days. I really appreciate giving the user a list of controls and the fact that there are multiple game modes is awesome. I wish there were some kind of feedback to let us know what we can interact with since I never could find the fertilizer, even using the plant care instructions here on the LD site. I see where it is but I don't know where to press E in order to collect the purple things outside, take them inside to make fertilizer, or feed the tree. Despite my personal shortcoming and inability to finish the game I really enjoyed it. The music is really soothing.
@eryph Oh, hey what do you know I played it in 4:3. Here I thought I was just able to float along because I was in space. Oops. I'll definitely try other resolutions and see what happens. Thank you for letting me know!
I love this! It reminds me a lot of an old Super NES gamed called Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Solid gameplay! I really appreciate having heart refill stations since I definitely am a terrible shot in games. The graphics are charming and I appreciate that you're fighting with love.
This game is so cute! I had to play it twice to beat it since I didn't initially know how to fix every dev's complaint so one gave up. I thought this really fit the theme. You included a list of controls for dumb people like me! Thank you! It feels like sometimes people forget instructions. The controls are really simple to master. The colors are fantastic because I can play this game with Flux enabled at night and everything still looks great. I wish some of the objects were a little more easy to identify like the blue object. Stress ball? Not knowing what it is makes me also want to chuck it out a window since the dev kept dropping it.