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Yuri's Planties by yuripiano

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made by yuripiano for LD 40 (JAM)

Hi! This is my first ever "game" of any kind, so please keep that in mind :D

The "goal" is to survive a certain number of turns (5) while making sure that the plants don't over-reproduce. Plants will reproduce into adjacent squares and die when they reproduce (unless there's a plant adjacent to it already).

Gameplay Left click puts down a rock that will stop plants from reproducing. S advances to the next turn. When the turn advances, the plants will reproduce.

At the moment, there's no game over or win/loss screen, and you can place an unlimited amount of rocks....

BUUUUUUT you can pretend it's a functioning game if you limit yourself to placing 4 rocks and then pressing the S key to advance a turn!
So, 4 rocks, press the S key, 4 more rocks, etc.
Try to keep the plant count under the max number of plants allowed, or see what the least number of plants you can end up with is.

Windows https://yuripiano.itch.io/yuris-planties
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/yuris-planties

Ratings

Overall 1018th 2.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1037th 2.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 793th 2.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 711th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1013th 2.471⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

hijomo
05. Dec 2017 · 02:35 UTC
I'm not sure of the winning conditions?. This is a good start for a puzzle game. The art is nice.
Skiastra
05. Dec 2017 · 02:46 UTC
The game is really fun if you limit yourself to four stones per turn. Awesome job!
democore
05. Dec 2017 · 02:48 UTC
Cute Art and a great start for gamedevelopment! Keep at it!
tthe
05. Dec 2017 · 10:53 UTC
Dead simple ... I like it. If you do limit yourself to 4 rocks, it's a pretty good puzzle / strategy game :)
NikorasuChan
05. Dec 2017 · 11:01 UTC
I think even limiting yourself to 4 rocks, this is still pretty simple. A restart button would be preferable.
🎤 yuripiano
06. Dec 2017 · 04:40 UTC
Yeah, a restart button would have been nice to add! As well as.. well... lots of things. ^^;
By the next jam, though, I should be a lot better at this (hopefully), so I can probably include something like a restart button! Or a game over screen... or "you win!" text... or... literally anything... ehehe... ^^;
sorlok
06. Dec 2017 · 04:45 UTC
Hmmm.. I'd like to try it, but it's not un-raring correctly. Would it be possible to provide a zip as well?
🎤 yuripiano
06. Dec 2017 · 04:54 UTC
@sorlok It doesn't work if you go into the Builds folder and then run it? O.O
I'm sorry, I don't know how these things work, so I don't know how to help you ;3; I appreciate your willingness to at least try to play it though > . <
felixsoum
06. Dec 2017 · 04:58 UTC
Good job on the art, I like how you even made the game icon a plant :seedling:. Interesting idea about blocking the spreading of the plants on a grid, I have never played anything similar to this. The game feels very logical, like a chess puzzle. I think this can be very appealing to many people.

My suggestion for next time, after you find a way to limit the number of stones the player can place, you could automatically advance the turn. I think it will help with the gameplay progression. Please continue to make games, I think you have a strong potential.
beanslasher
06. Dec 2017 · 06:33 UTC
Very unique...I love it hahaha It is an addicting game, 4 more rocks ahaha
🎤 yuripiano
06. Dec 2017 · 06:46 UTC
Aaaaah thank you guys so much ;////; I felt pretty bummed when I put this out, but seeing your support makes me feel inspired to try harder for next time!

@felixsoum Yeah, I'l definitely try to do something like that! I just didn't have the time/experience to do exactly what I wanted, but next time, I'll make sure I have something that functions a bit better!
nax_89
06. Dec 2017 · 06:54 UTC
5 turns, 4 plants :sunglasses: Nice idea for a puzzle game if you add the limitations and conditions to game, plus levels and objectives it can be great!
Shivur
07. Dec 2017 · 01:45 UTC
Nice puzzle game. It reminds me of the game of go.
kerneltt
07. Dec 2017 · 17:45 UTC
love the idea, keep going, hope to see a complete version someday, good luck
vfabien21
27. Dec 2017 · 10:36 UTC
That was a fun little toy (as we have to make thes rules ourselves ;) ) I have a sweet spot with the cellular automata games, so it worked very well with me. So of course, I would very much like to see an improved version of it ! (Other mecanisme, puzzles...)
oxysoft
27. Dec 2017 · 19:44 UTC
dangerously close to "Yuri Panties"!!