Eternal Home Floristry by Deconstructeam

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made by Deconstructeam for LD 43 (JAM)

A game about criminals preparing flower arrangements.

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A game by Deconstructeam:

Writing and design by Jordi de Paco https://twitter.com/jordidepaco

Art and animation by Marina González https://twitter.com/marineteta

Music and SFX by Paula Ruiz "fingerspit" https://twitter.com/thefingerspit

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Ratings

Overall 3th 4.509⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Fun 162th 3.745⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 47th 3.982⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Theme 144th 4.057⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 4th 4.736⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1th 4.582⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Humor 369th 3.144⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1th 4.7⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 59🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Colestia
04. Dec 2018 · 04:50 UTC
Ridiculously good for a game jam - amazing stuff from an amazing team!
daruudaruu
04. Dec 2018 · 11:17 UTC
This is extremely good. Well done, team! I love the narrative flow in this one. It's superb. The graphics are charming and comfy, and the music is astounding (fingerspit's a goddess with this moody, sorrow feeling). I love how the music was layered and progressed.

If I had to say ONE bad thing... I clicked the right mouse button a couple of times and I skipped some dialog when I didn't want to T_T

Good job!
Sapphiris
04. Dec 2018 · 11:55 UTC
I really LOVE this game! Congratulations! The story, the graphics, the music, the flower concept... Everything is beautiful. If I have to say something, I would like to exist a method to eliminate some leaves when you don't need them, I clicked them sometimes by error and I was forced to use them although I didn't want to.

Anyway, this is a WONDERFUL work.
Paul_P1
04. Dec 2018 · 16:05 UTC
It looks so good, too bad it's only playable on windows :(
The mood seems to be marvelous
Gatito deivi
04. Dec 2018 · 16:21 UTC
this was just... something i will remember. Thank you.
xPheRe
04. Dec 2018 · 18:35 UTC
No matter what you say, in my mind this are happening in the same universe as The Red Strings Club. It's always pleasant to live an experience designed by Deconstructeam. Thank you for this great artwork.
Haneton
04. Dec 2018 · 19:15 UTC
The narration was pretty intense and it made me feels many things. Thank you for this experience. I really like the graphics and the sounds too (the way each flower has its specific note trigger when you pull them out is so great).
I noted that at the beginning of this game some white text appears over white flowers which is a bit difficult to read. And also, I was unable to throw away decoration i didn't wish to keep for my bouquet (but I guess it didn't make a difference as the meaning come from the flowers we choose).
Eva Abollivier
04. Dec 2018 · 20:57 UTC
Great story and interesting themes. But that's to be expected from a Deconstructeam game! I love the unique spin you put in a classic dystopian setting, making a whole new experience.
mparl
04. Dec 2018 · 22:01 UTC
Wow, I absolutely adore the art and music, beautiful : )
DeathBySnail
04. Dec 2018 · 22:18 UTC
Well, this is a first. I don't think a LD game has ever brought tears to my eyes. Absolutely Beautiful work, on all three fronts. Truly a 5 star experience if there is one.
MateusBoga
04. Dec 2018 · 22:26 UTC
Ok, who is cutting those damn onions!
But seriously, this is beautiful. I was not expecting something like this out of this jam. Amazing job. I'm in tears.

Please make this a full game!
Hex Agendum
05. Dec 2018 · 01:54 UTC
So beautiful! What a touching story. Love the writing and the visuals.
kddressel
05. Dec 2018 · 04:32 UTC
really impressive. loved the attention to detail on the flower arranging, and that the stems stretch a little when you pick them. and i love the idea, haven't played a game about flower arranging before
Papabirb
05. Dec 2018 · 04:59 UTC
I had a feeling from the start that the not-divisible-by-3 amount of flowers meant I'd have one left over for something at the end. It was so good, though! At the beginning, I feel the cutscene was a bit too long, as I was eager to get to the meat of the game - but I also feel that it was the perfect intro, narrative-wise. There were some issues regarding what I'm gonna call "text popping", where dialogue would be on the side of the screen but then jump to the top when choices or flower arranging needed to happen - very jarring to see the text suddenly latch on to the top-middle like that. A lot of typos/wording errors as well in places, but pretty cool. I like how well the base music loops even with the addition of new elements for the different parts of the game. A bit more of a time sink than the other jam games, but it felt great to play! Good work!
Hugo kieffer
05. Dec 2018 · 08:20 UTC
this is amazing ! i love evrything you do guys keep it up
aeveis
05. Dec 2018 · 11:05 UTC
Very nice, really like how different things happen with the different flower arrangements, and choosing which flowers you have left. Nice pixel art, and the flower arranging was good too.

I did accidentally right mouse click sometimes which would make me skip through dialogue by accident.
Great job!
a333
06. Dec 2018 · 20:34 UTC
All fives. No questions. You bastards.
Smurf
07. Dec 2018 · 09:00 UTC
Wow. From the first note, I was impressed by the music. The graphics are charming and the writing is excellent. You are the first game to make me guffaw out loud. Excellent work, I hope you all continue jamming together in the future.
Linheha
07. Dec 2018 · 22:23 UTC
This is my favourite game entry so far! The mood is amazing, and I love the concept. Also, it reminded me a lot about The Red Strings Club, and then I realised that IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG! So now I'm looking forward to play your next game :)
I'm impressed how you manage to polish your game in this short amount of time. Good job! :)
Yury Kozhenov
09. Dec 2018 · 01:53 UTC
Wow, that really is something amazing. Can't believe you've made such a masterpiece in 72 hours, great job! My favorite game at the jam so far
Drauthius
09. Dec 2018 · 10:33 UTC
Amazing and beautiful entry!
mirsakka
09. Dec 2018 · 19:31 UTC
Beautiful! Beautiful story, characters, graphics, idea, atmosphere, music! Never played flower arrangement game before... Almost had a tear at the ending.
Torn
10. Dec 2018 · 01:55 UTC
I am at a loss for words for the quality of this game.
I'd give a 6 for mood and 5.5 for graphics and audio, but I can not.
My only, and by that I mean the *only*, gripe was the spelling mistakes.

Gosh, most proper paid games these days aren't even as good, and that's accounting for the length of the thing.
Fattori
10. Dec 2018 · 07:41 UTC
1000 on mood, love this.
peterfonts
10. Dec 2018 · 14:56 UTC
¿Qué deciros? Enhorabuena por otro juegazo realizado en tiempo récord, las diferentes consecuencias con cada decision (flor xD) que tomas, la historia, la música, y muchísimos detalles.... increíble.
Creo que habría que pulir un poco la colocación de las hojas decorativas y su uso (no es del todo intuitivo), por todo lo demás, espectacular! :clap_tone2:
Raveroth
10. Dec 2018 · 16:21 UTC
Best game so far, congratz to all the team!
Ente
12. Dec 2018 · 01:38 UTC
Very beautiful game! The dialogues, the mood, the music, the drawings! <3 Thank you for this game.

Only two negative things I can say about it: 1. I don't have windows, so I had to play it at a friend's computer and will probably not play it a third time to test out different bouquets to see what will change. Which is kind of sad. 2. there were some dialogues that doubled. One of them said something and then the same sentence was displayed from the next character too. It happened two times and both times I felt I missed one sentence of the conversation.
Kciwsolb
13. Dec 2018 · 15:46 UTC
Great mood. The art here particularly made this a joy to play.
xarona
14. Dec 2018 · 02:01 UTC
I loved the game, the dialogues transmitted a lot of very nicely with the simple but beautiful graphics. I very much enjoyed playing it.
I second @ente though on the negative bits, though.
verysoftwares
21. Dec 2018 · 17:52 UTC
wow. this is some great writing, barring a few grammatical errors. very touching.
acaral
25. Dec 2018 · 18:43 UTC
Clearly your entry is above other games. I see clearly that you are pro. So I have only one thing to say: great entry!