PlantGrow by Muffinhat

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made by Muffinhat for LD34 (COMPO)
A game of plants, rain, and patience.

Ratings

Coolness 28% 2043
Overall 3.13 570
Fun 3.07 545
Graphics 3.13 460
Innovation 3.40 323
Theme 4.00 233

Feedback

lgbpaiva
13. Dec 2015 · 07:36 UTC
Really nice design, I don't know if it's mean to be but sometimes the plant grow paralel branches and the flower jumps from one to another.
Dakkon69
13. Dec 2015 · 09:25 UTC
Looks neat, your web build resolution is all messed up though, lots of screen clipping, hope thats fixed by the final turn in! :)
Jakylgamer
13. Dec 2015 · 10:51 UTC
pretty cool idea :) but yea the window is a bit messed up but fullscreen worked well enough.
OfficialProjectFantasy
13. Dec 2015 · 13:48 UTC
That art though, awesome but simple!
fishbrain
13. Dec 2015 · 15:09 UTC
Nice look to the game, although I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing :/ promising little idea though.
Tensoplast01
13. Dec 2015 · 18:30 UTC
Very nice art, simple, but i didn't find any challenge.. The only challenge I found was to wait.. That's a shame because you could do better with your game, and his very great concept :)
David
13. Dec 2015 · 20:54 UTC
I really love the background, but i have to say, that paint SkillZ (sorry, not harm meant, i like the plant, but looks a little of the whole style looking at the rest (background, rain, and plants)) But still a cool game.
SadSmile
14. Dec 2015 · 19:06 UTC
Neat game, i just would have prefared a "real time" aproach in growing the plant because the "round based"growing part feels kinda strange to me. STill a good job
Luke
14. Dec 2015 · 19:07 UTC
The movement is kind of jumpy, but other than that it's great. :D
nonetheless
14. Dec 2015 · 19:20 UTC
I dig the step movement. Nice entry :)
Komradus
15. Dec 2015 · 11:39 UTC
I liked the colour scheme, it's quite a pretty game.
Kaupenjoe
15. Dec 2015 · 19:14 UTC
I really like the visuals and the game fits perfectly into the theme, overall I kinda feel like there's a little bit missing from the game, but I also think that it's a good idea and can be improved :D
amras0000
16. Dec 2015 · 02:31 UTC
The growing mechanics look really nice and smooth. The main issues I had with the game design were that I had to stop every couple moves to restock on water, and more importantly, that my plant got despawned as I went along.

I'd have loved to zoom out by the end of the game and see a giant branching behemoth that I've built.

Maybe in place of the red circles which force you back, you could have markers where you end that particular branch, leaving the flower there? Then you could assign a random position somewhere along the existing branch structure that the player could continue playing from. Aside from the resulting aesthetic, it'd mean mean the player could gather the water droplets more quickly as time went on. While they're a nice balancing mechanic early on, they quickly get tedious with having to constantly stop and wait. If you could grow out your water gathering operation, they'd remain a limiting factor early on but would become less of a bother late game.

Bugs:
-I ended up having two parallel stocks turning simultaneously, about 200px apart horizontally. The flower would jump between them if I mashed right or left enough.
-The A/D keys would become unresponsive if I turned too far in a given direction. Not sure if that's intentional or not, but I'd like to be able to make fuller spirals.
fullmontis
18. Dec 2015 · 12:58 UTC
Excellent game with a great use of both theme! I think you did a very good job.
dreamlogician
02. Jan 2016 · 21:27 UTC
I found this really soothing to play. Nice job!