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Sir Sprout and the Semi-Aquatic Rodent Menace by dydx

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made by dydx for LD32 (JAM)
Sir Sprout returns hence, from lands far off, to an infestation of Semi Aquatic Rodents! Using his trusty seeds as weapons, he must traverse various obstacles.

This was our second time doing Ludum Dare (first time for Ian and Chris S). Hope you have as much fun playing our game as we had making it!

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Created by:

Chris Kim - Programming
Jordan Cristiano - Programming
Ian Cuslidge - Design & Levels
Chris Scott - Art & Animation

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Music by HorrorPen: http://opengameart.org/content/loop-house-in-a-forest
Licensed under CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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Tools we used:

Engine: HaxeFlixel
Sprites: Aseprite
Tiles: SPARTAN
Levels: Ogmo Editor
Code: FlashDevelop, Sublime Text
Collaboration: Slack, GitHub, Dropbox
Web (Flash) http://hamfisted.github.io/ld32/demo/flash/
Source https://github.com/hamfisted/ld32
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=38961

Ratings

Coolness 88% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.71 141
Fun(Jam) 3.83 77
Graphics(Jam) 3.36 482
Humor(Jam) 3.07 418
Innovation(Jam) 3.56 226
Mood(Jam) 3.50 206
Theme(Jam) 3.75 239

Feedback

Lissar
21. Apr 2015 · 03:55 UTC
Actually pretty cute! Didn't realize at first that I could grow trees, though.
Shivur
21. Apr 2015 · 04:01 UTC
Wow so cute and very good game!
garrisondarkwind
21. Apr 2015 · 04:06 UTC
I quite enjoyed this game; the mechanics of attacking versus block placement were much more highly polished than I was expected. I appreciated the slower, pleasant pace of gameplay and also appreciated the phenomenal animation work. Great job!
LeftRight92
21. Apr 2015 · 04:06 UTC
Adorable game and the various applications of the seeds made you have to think about what you needed to do. Could have tied in with the theme a little more strongly, but I see the inspiration nonetheless. Really nicely done.
spreadtheflow
21. Apr 2015 · 05:13 UTC
Really nice game. The gameplay is fun and the use of seeds for attacking and planting trees can bring some interesting puzzle mechanics. On top of that the animation is awesome, there is an old cartoon feeling to it!
muromets
21. Apr 2015 · 05:17 UTC
Had a lot of fun! Great game, loved the part were u have to jump from mushroom to mushroom to pick the falling seeds
dyfer
21. Apr 2015 · 05:31 UTC
A pretty cool game design platformer with nice mechanics. Not so fan of graphics.
monika
21. Apr 2015 · 06:20 UTC
Really cute. I thought it did a good job letting me know that there were certain things I could do in certain places, even if I hadn't realized that there were seeds following me. Some good old-school "this is a special area and you should do something to it" messaging.
fluidvolt
21. Apr 2015 · 06:36 UTC
Wow this was really cool! I love the tree mechanic. I started gaming the system by jumping off trees while turning them back into seeds. I really love the animations, Sir Sprout looks so squishy and happy when he jumps! Fun level design too: I was sad when it was over.
Kahztein
21. Apr 2015 · 09:22 UTC
It's adorable! We need a puzzle game of this!
revx
21. Apr 2015 · 14:41 UTC
Great game. Really fun tree-growing mechanic, although it was a little hard to figure out at first. Loved the animation of the sprout :)
Incredible Ape
21. Apr 2015 · 20:06 UTC
Interesting mechanic. It would have been nice to not have go through so much work deconstructing/reconstructing a setup when I failed a puzzle. Maybe have the dirt kill the player so you get a clean restart if you mess up?
CptDustmite
22. Apr 2015 · 09:01 UTC
Super cute and quite fun!
DarkwindMedia
22. Apr 2015 · 16:05 UTC
Cute game and fun concept, but sometimes I feel it is hard to climb on the stem I created
winmac32
22. Apr 2015 · 19:37 UTC
You've got an interesting game mechanic here. I like it.
ianb96
22. Apr 2015 · 19:39 UTC
Pretty solid mechanics and nice animation!
novadream
22. Apr 2015 · 20:26 UTC
So at the end you're just trapped? :P

Nice graphics, innovative game mechanics, and pleasant puzzles! ;D
louis.denizet
22. Apr 2015 · 21:15 UTC
That was really cool, immediate fun and innovant : great job!=)
DesignerNap
22. Apr 2015 · 21:24 UTC
Nice audio and good clean fun!
roving-stone
23. Apr 2015 · 01:47 UTC
Sir Sprout's animations were really cute. The attacking/growing trees mechanic was really well executed!
Lancelot Gao
23. Apr 2015 · 01:52 UTC
Really like animation effects！Good job！
TeamQuadratic
23. Apr 2015 · 02:17 UTC
Cool concept. An expanded version with some polish would be cool!
stvr
23. Apr 2015 · 02:31 UTC
Really great! I love the sprites and their fun, silly animations and there are TONS of levels (I got stuck tho). Yay HaxeFlixel!
TheMeorch
23. Apr 2015 · 03:24 UTC
Cute graphics and animation! I liked how the seeds had multiple uses -- nice interpretation of the theme!
Tangible Games
23. Apr 2015 · 03:32 UTC
Well well :) This is a gem, albeit a hidden one! Animations/characters are great, these enemy beavers (?) are very funny. Growing mechanics is very nice (not easy to find, but then it works great - including horizontal growth!), and there are lots of other gameplay elements, which was unexpected for me - jumping mushrooms, stone walls.
If nitpicking, some visual feedback of level completion could be nice - currently the game just pauses for a moment.
Jellyhard
23. Apr 2015 · 03:36 UTC
Haha, we made a game about shooting seed too! Great minds think alike, right?
Anyway, great entry, very well realized.
mortus
23. Apr 2015 · 18:33 UTC
Very nice mechanics and fun idea! Would love to see more levels! (and hear some sounds, it's amazing how even the simplest sfxr sounds could benefit a game!)
Manu & Wan
24. Apr 2015 · 00:42 UTC
One of the best entry for me. The last level is more challenging and that's for the best ;)
PapyPilgrim
24. Apr 2015 · 11:17 UTC
I really like the feeling of tossing a seed, the different ideas, and the smooth difficulty curve. Great job, great entry!
there were a few collision issues with the logs, and I lost some seeds outside the level.
I also feel like the quality of the levels is a bit inconsistent after the one were you have to bounce back and forth above lava to catch some seeds.
once again : great entry
psychonull
25. Apr 2015 · 00:12 UTC
Great game! In general terms everything is nice, but it's remarkable how well the game progresses, adding more mechanics and getting more difficult.
6DownStudios
25. Apr 2015 · 05:06 UTC
Great stuff! The platform-puzzle mechanic is real nifty. Sprout's animations are great too, simple but very effective, good use of gesture. Well done guys, I dig it!
pythong
26. Apr 2015 · 15:22 UTC
the graphics turned me off at first, but i admit, i played through the whole game because the mechanics were great! good job!
Arche-san
02. May 2015 · 16:44 UTC
Nice concept. There is a good difficulty curve. The seeds match perfectly with the theme.