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Plant Simulator: Chemical Warfare by DracoLizardStudios

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made by DracoLizardStudios for LD34 (COMPO)
Plant Simulator: Chemical Warfare

Inspired by the Wild Coyote Tobacco Plant and its chemical weapons

Play as a plant and defend your self from your enemy with chemical defenses that all exist in real life!

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Build by Zack Bond in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 34 Compo

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Tools:
Unity 5.2.0
Photoshop
Visual Studio
TwistedWave Online
WordPad
Font: Surfing Capital

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Directions:

NOTE: There is a How to Play scene in-game

T: Spawns in a Trichome that when eaten attracts predators (Tricomes last 10 seconds when spawned)
L: Pumps toxins into a leaf that can kill smaller enemy's (Caterpillars can eat toxic leaves without being hurt)
Trichome[Mass Action]: Spawns extra Trichomes
SOS: Attracts a horde of predators (Only use when a enemy leaves the war zone)

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Tip:
Use your resources wisely defenses only regenerate after you a stage is complete or is failed.
Windows http://www.mediafire.com/download/wvxts8a9dlksylt/Plant_Simulator_Chemical_Warfare_-_Windows.zip
OS/X http://www.mediafire.com/download/5vgedd8d8quwh3q/Plant_Simulator_Chemical_Warfare_-_Mac.app.zip
Linux http://www.mediafire.com/download/d5ricoc59n779z0/Plant_Simulator_Chemical_Warfare_-_Linux.zip
Source http://www.mediafire.com/view/a1v3h6efxecanbc/Source_Code.rtf
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=64815

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1727
Overall 3.10 602
Fun 2.55 840
Graphics 3.80 170
Innovation 3.25 413
Mood 3.17 341
Theme 3.55 625

Feedback

Somnium
14. Dec 2015 路 14:56 UTC
Interesting concept, and very nice graphics!

It was a bit hard to see the effect of the poison leaves, which made the timing a bit tricky.
icereci
14. Dec 2015 路 17:12 UTC
I like the atmosphere and graphics. Wasn't a successful gardener, but enjoyed my time playing.
Jynshi
14. Dec 2015 路 17:12 UTC
The graphics are really nice!
Milo
14. Dec 2015 路 17:13 UTC
This was an interesting concept, though it took a bit of trying before I figured out precisely what things did, even after reading the instructions. I guess the lack of immediate feedback from any action makes learning somewhat difficult.
馃帳 DracoLizardStudios
14. Dec 2015 路 18:53 UTC
Thanks for the feedback! I have added more descriptive controls in the description.
Tasteslikefuture
14. Dec 2015 路 19:27 UTC
Surprising amount of depth to this game. Sort of like an rts/tower defense hybrid. Good job!
mrjorts
14. Dec 2015 路 20:24 UTC
Nice looking game. It was pretty hard to tell the cause and effect of the different actions, so it felt a little trial and error. The atmosphere and sound effects are nice.
uvwar
14. Dec 2015 路 20:34 UTC
I won but I had no idea what was happening, I never saw the beetles or caterpillars crawling onto the stalks (are they supposed to?)
zguerrero
14. Dec 2015 路 20:41 UTC
Cool concept! Their could be more feebacks to unterstand what exactly is going on, apart from that, it is great!
馃帳 DracoLizardStudios
14. Dec 2015 路 21:18 UTC
I'm planing on finishing the stuff i could not get done in the 48 hours, when i do that it will be uploaded here for all to play: http://dracolizardstudios.com/
馃帳 DracoLizardStudios
14. Dec 2015 路 21:24 UTC
@uvwar they only climb up the main stalk stem, i did not have time to add complex AI were they will climb over the smaller stems.
Zadow
15. Dec 2015 路 00:28 UTC
Fantastic mood and graphical appearance~ Was fun to play, kind of like a plant tower defence, but I think it was a little unclear how to defend yourself properly. Good work, would totally play a polished plant tower defence game!
Leaghorn
15. Dec 2015 路 04:19 UTC
Cool concept. Good execution
Tensoplast01
16. Dec 2015 路 08:21 UTC
Very cool, graphics are pretty cool, and the gameplay seems to works well! :)
Krafty
16. Dec 2015 路 08:49 UTC
I like the idea, nice graphics! Sort of like a vertical tower defense game. It's a bit confusing and it would be cool to have music and sound effects but good nonetheless! :)
Hot Box Games
18. Dec 2015 路 00:06 UTC
Nice idea with the real plant defences but I felt a little lost sometimes for what to do, graphics are nice though.
rnlf
19. Dec 2015 路 13:32 UTC
I couldn't play the game (64 bit Linux) without installing a full multilib environment (would rather not do it).

If you upload a 64 bit Linux build and drop me a link on twitter, I'll give it a second try!
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2015 路 18:39 UTC
Lovely graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/iU4q-3Z4nkI