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ɹǝɯɹɐɟ ǝɥʇ by BooleanByte

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made by BooleanByte for LD31 (JAM)
Game from game jam at Bitraf in Oslo.

Just walk around and use the hoe to make flowers grow.
Use left mouse button to move around and to pick up the "hoe of awesome grow", and use right mouse button to use the "hoe of awesome grow".

Made in a hurry after fully realizing the initial plan for how to make the game went "crash n burn" when having almost no progress because of lots of time went into organizing and research of how to make it in bge(blender game engine) for some reason. Therefore the game is losing alot of mechanics.

So the objective would just be to enjoy the joy of making something grow... digitally.

18.12.2014
Uploaded a fix making the mouse only react on a click instead of toggeling 15 times a second.
Windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/ludumdare31/?source=directory
OS/X http://sourceforge.net/projects/ludumdare31/?source=directory
Linux http://sourceforge.net/projects/ludumdare31/?source=directory
Source http://sourceforge.net/projects/ludumdare31/?source=directory
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=36132

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1550
Overall(Jam) 2.38 987
Audio(Jam) 2.68 506
Fun(Jam) 1.85 1010
Graphics(Jam) 2.27 904
Humor(Jam) 2.11 736
Innovation(Jam) 2.12 948
Mood(Jam) 2.83 662
Theme(Jam) 3.15 813

Feedback

wandersenus
07. Dec 2014 · 23:30 UTC
seems quite simplistic, neat , and nice
uberscientist
10. Dec 2014 · 19:34 UTC
Ah ha you have to hoe at least twice to get the flowers to grow :)

Relaxing
Frozen Fractal
10. Dec 2014 · 20:39 UTC
¿ǝʌıʇɔǝɾqo uɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ sI
madalaski
13. Dec 2014 · 13:43 UTC
A nice minimalistic game. Controls could do with an overhaul.
danidre14
13. Dec 2014 · 19:35 UTC
Cool game!
CMWeissMedia
13. Dec 2014 · 20:22 UTC
Clicking is a little buggy, I feel like I drop the hoe a lot when I'm trying to use it. Other than that, it's a fun and simple idea.
Victory Garden
14. Dec 2014 · 05:48 UTC
Had a lot of issues with almost constantly dropping my hoe when I was trying to use it--had to keep picking it up over and over and over, with no indication as to whether I actually picked it up or not.... The music is good, though, and I like the plant animations a lot. Fun to watch them growing.

Thank you for the game!
alyphen
14. Dec 2014 · 14:46 UTC
The controls were really finnicky, which kind of broke it for me. The mechanic was nice, so if it was neatened up a bit, this could turn into something quite nice - as a web game, this could do quite well, I think, but it doesn't really fit as a native game, being as simplistic as it is.
FloatingGhost
14. Dec 2014 · 15:25 UTC
Sound is very relaxing, hoe kept being dropped for some reason though
gebirgsbaerbel
14. Dec 2014 · 15:34 UTC
Nice idea. However for me the controls were very clunky, which made the game by far less enjoyable. Very often the farmer would just drop the hoe, but it still looks the same, and then you use right-click and nothing happens. You do not see that he dropped it until you move to another field. Felt very annoying.
MjSpeCter
17. Dec 2014 · 17:48 UTC
Nice and simple design! Reminds me when I used to help out my grandparents garden... OH GOD WHY! But idea pretty simple and good.
Basim
17. Dec 2014 · 20:44 UTC
Nice and neat, I realise it was made in a hurry but you can could have improved by adding some UI etc.
Poxymyr
18. Dec 2014 · 18:07 UTC
I didn't played long, but I really enjoyed it! I'm just disapointed the music stopped playing u_u
lxd1
18. Dec 2014 · 21:19 UTC
fun
cxsquared
18. Dec 2014 · 22:30 UTC
Really great zen like game. Great work on the music. Very relaxing.
Mechatodzilla
18. Dec 2014 · 22:45 UTC
Actually found this nice and relaxing. Really appreciated the music. Congrats on submitting!
Budaniel
22. Dec 2014 · 06:23 UTC
Really didn't get what I was supposed to be doing, and the controls were pretty finicky. I never did get a plant to grow and the hoe kept getting stuck and I would not be able to pick it up and carry it.
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 20:20 UTC
nice work