{"author_link":"\/author\/recursor\/","author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","comments":[{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:06am","epoch":1387166460,"text":"Pretty cool game. Fits the theme and is fun to play. Everything seems to work well."},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:27am","epoch":1387167720,"text":"Having to balance between the three variables is a nice unique idea. I did manage to grow some berries on my second try."},{"author_name":"postmodestie","author_uid":"8113","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1387225740,"text":"Very entertaining!"},{"author_name":"errorage","author_uid":"20786","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:52am","epoch":1387241220,"text":"Interesting idea. Fits the topic really well, as well as being entertaining."},{"author_name":"minibutmany","author_uid":"22427","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:54am","epoch":1387241340,"text":"I like this game! Really funny!"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:03am","epoch":1387241880,"text":"Great concept. I loved to retry, but I found too often nothing :("},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:40am","epoch":1387244100,"text":"@Masadow: Yeah. There are 26 possible Plant health combinations and I only had time to get 15 berries in the game (that is 30 different stories - 2 for each berry). That means that a bit over 50% of the time you will grow a berry. Not too bad, but I'd rather have it around 60% or so and make it possible to kill the plant. As always, I had other ideas to implement but ran out of time."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:27am","epoch":1387246920,"text":"Actually there are 27 possible plant health combinations :P"},{"author_name":"vinull","author_uid":"19362","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:12am","epoch":1387249620,"text":"The cat peed on the plant, I got sent to jail, the neighbor is poisoned - next time I'll just use some roundup and kill this weed! Very good use of the theme, and I love the intro music (should have it play during the game too!)"},{"author_name":"AnnaGavaldaKedavra","author_uid":"17388","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1387300260,"text":"Quite fun. Cool concept and funny stories."},{"author_name":"_zulli","author_uid":"20963","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:49pm","epoch":1387323840,"text":"Cool game! I laughed with some berry results like the gatorade one :P\rGreat job :)\r\rIf you have time, rate my game too! I would really appreciate it! :D"},{"author_name":"Und[0]ne Devs","author_uid":"28859","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:15am","epoch":1387329000,"text":"Very fun game!! Nice job with that seed ;)"},{"author_name":"Oli","author_uid":"29428","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1387383360,"text":"haha fun story and cool concept :)"},{"author_name":"xrm0","author_uid":"25867","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:30pm","epoch":1387455900,"text":"Fun game.\rI managed to grow berries having the watter always on (100% water). Shouldn't the plant rot?"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1387473300,"text":"@xrm0: A regular plant would, but this is not a regular plant."},{"author_name":"ThatGuy","author_uid":"17563","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1387479240,"text":"Interesting take on the theme and a nice story to go with it. Well done!"},{"author_name":"dylanwolf","author_uid":"20078","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 12:30am","epoch":1387499100,"text":"Neat concept, because I felt like I was playing for the chance to read the stories more than anything else. I wasn't exactly clear how the quantities matched up to the health meter, but I found around 4-5 different berries."},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1387546200,"text":"The premise is quite similar to our game, but it would seem that our executions differ a lot from each other :P.\r\rI think the text-to-gameplay -ratio could've been a bit better. I think I managed to get the same exact stories as vinull."},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 5:20am","epoch":1387602900,"text":"Cool stories! I never wanted to send it to the lab."},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1388097840,"text":"Very interesting idea. It takes some time to get the rules, but some of the endings are really funny. My favorite one is working as a statue in a museum ;)"},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 9:24am","epoch":1388308740,"text":"I cured alzheimer's :)\rPretty fun little game!"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1388863800,"text":"Nice simple idea, quite unique. Rated highly."}],"images":["ld28\/1105-ff848e54c04920a185ce12d4a797bbee.jpg","ld28\/1105-316c84fe3f48a8dcdfea0045ae795e1f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/proto.pixelbytestudios.com\/jams\/TheSeed\/TheSeed.php","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/eqehSXGdLMQ","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/proto.pixelbytestudios.com\/jams\/TheSeed\/LD48-The-Seed-Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/proto.pixelbytestudios.com\/jams\/src\/LD28-recursor-src.unitypackage","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21985","g_author":"1105","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"22014","g_title":"The Seed","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"570","g_commentcount":"22","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/1105-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/1105-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Three weeks after the passing of your grandfather you receive a package in the mail.\r\nWondering what it could be, you hurry into your office and grab the box cutter.\r\nThe box flaps give way and out comes a dirt-filled pot, a letter, and a strange looking \r\nseed protected in a plastic box. You open the letter and read it:\r\n\r\nDear grandson,\r\n As you know my affinity for all things botanical has lead me to many parts of the world.\r\n Just before I became ill, I took a trip to India where I tracked down a man known\r\n in the botanical world for having many fine seed specimens. He and I had dealings before and\r\n he owed me a big favor for saving his life during the Indian creamsicle tramplings. I wanted\r\n to do something for you to both encourage your interest in botany and perhaps better your future.\r\n The seed enclosed with this package is very special. It is rare. So rare, in fact that there is\r\n no other like it on all the Earth. It's properties and age are unknown, but my friend speculates\r\n that it could have been around during the creation of the world. If you are able to make it \r\n produce berries or fruit or whatever it has then it is quite possible you will posess something\r\n that no one else has. Depending on the properties of the product of this seed, it could make\r\n you very rich. I've enclosed a special pot for you to use should you try to grow\r\n it. Remember, every plant needs at least 3 things to survive: water, light, and food. Depending on\r\n how much you give or withold these three things during its growth it could very well \r\n affect what it produces.\r\n Love,\r\n Grandpa\r\n\r\n\r\n Instructions:\r\n\r\n Ensure that the plant has enough of each of the 3 elements it needs to grow.\r\n Note the 3 bars in the upper right corner. Each is divided into 3 zones that represents how long the plant has been lacking (below the left-most vertical bar), adequate (between the 2 vertical bars), or lavished (to the right of the vertical bar) in the particular element. Play around with getting the bars in different zone combinations to see what kind of berries you can produce! There are two stories behind each berry that you find.\r\n\r\nNote:\r\n There are 15 different kinds of berries and each can be identified by its shape and color.","title":"The Seed"}