Grow quickly by congusbongus

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made by congusbongus for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

Watch them grow! Water the plants! Pick the fruit! Shoo the crows! anim.gif Grow quickly is an arcade farming game. Get higher scores to win bonus items! s0.pngs1.pngs2.pngs3.png

Ratings

Overall 73th 3.865⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Fun 104th 3.625⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 320th 3.038⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Theme 339th 3.115⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 46th 4.058⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Audio 31th 3.942⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Humor 128th 3.069⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Mood 130th 3.53⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Given 58🗳️ 51🗨️

Feedback

Khod
06. Oct 2019 · 11:10 UTC
Great game ;)
A little bit frustrated that I am not facing the spot/plant I am fixing.
adliberum
06. Oct 2019 · 15:56 UTC
What a lovely little game! Could definitely see this progress, would be cool with a bit less precision required to watering etc. Great work! :thumbsup:
Fezezen
06. Oct 2019 · 22:10 UTC
The rough idea was about the same as my game. I like the art and music, man.
Kazatan
07. Oct 2019 · 00:13 UTC
Love the music and the game. Found the controls a touch precise, but that just made it feel more like it was playing on a retro machine :laughing:
jwiggs
07. Oct 2019 · 05:21 UTC
What a cute little game! The levels were really nicely designed and well thought out. When I first saw each level I thought to myself "Oh, this is gonna be a breeze," and then the crows come. No matter how perfect you try and time things the crows just mess everything up, and I find that a really clever mechanic. No matter if the crow runs off with your fruit or you go to chase the crow away, your timing gets messed up and the panic sets in.

Music was :ok_hand: on point. Well done!
Calamador
07. Oct 2019 · 05:42 UTC
Best game I've played so far at this jam! Loved the art and music. The upgrades that you receive between the levels also shake up the gameplay just enough to keep things fresh! The little whistle that your character does when you interact with nothing was also a nice touch.

Only piece of criticism I have is that on occasion I have trouble moving where I want to and overshoot the crop I intend to be next to.
JustusPan
07. Oct 2019 · 06:56 UTC
Retro art/music and all of these work together make it a excellent game. I like the gameplay part which is easy and busy! Just like playing a real classic vedio game. Thank you for making this!
Fictions
07. Oct 2019 · 07:41 UTC
I love the music and the art style and I hate crows now xD Astonishing game :3~
Attala
07. Oct 2019 · 08:48 UTC
Music was great. I found it a little difficult to navigate with the keys while plant where dying all over the place :) Nice little game :)
mortalfosca
07. Oct 2019 · 09:02 UTC
Music and pixel art is beautiful. crows are a nice touch. with the menu and options its feels quite polished!
bravo!
n_one
07. Oct 2019 · 09:05 UTC
Lovely game! and also really fun! I love the audio and the graphics really, My weakness is the pico8 games! XD
Good Game
AppoxGames
07. Oct 2019 · 09:23 UTC
Good soundtrack and lovely graphics. The delay between the action was a little annoying since you want to perform your actions quickly but i can see its needed to balance the game.
Goodjob!
🎤 congusbongus
07. Oct 2019 · 09:32 UTC
@mortalfosca what menus??? Ahh I think you mean the ones that come with the TIC-80! You should try it out, it's a fun way to make games!
LegendaryHippo
07. Oct 2019 · 09:40 UTC
This was an amazingly adorable game. Loved it. Amazing work
HappySnake
07. Oct 2019 · 09:45 UTC
Okay I've rated this ultra high on almost every catagory. Amazingly cute, inventive, charming and fun. Great game based on such a cute idea! and so much more content than I was expecting when it booted up. loved it.
Adrien Dittrick
07. Oct 2019 · 09:52 UTC
That was fun!
I got a scarecrow :D
shared
07. Oct 2019 · 10:20 UTC
Very charming game, with some really enjoyable gameplay, the graphics and music are really cozy.
That troll at the end is so cruel though lmao
toasteater
07. Oct 2019 · 10:21 UTC
I like the music and sound effects! I didn't quite understand the conditions for completing a stage, but the gameplay itself is easy enough to grasp. Nice game!
pedromgdo
07. Oct 2019 · 10:38 UTC
Fun couple of minutes, i could see a mobile version of this being a thing.
Hajden
07. Oct 2019 · 10:43 UTC
This would have been perfect on the gameboy! Very charming, but a tough little game too. I found the controls a bit iffy at times, but the pesky crows were kept at bay.
triplefox
07. Oct 2019 · 10:44 UTC
The game is a bit addictive, but eventually I felt like there was a lack of decision-making going on. I just ran from one fire to the next the entire time I was playing, basically mashing the button. It looks and feels good, though!
NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 12:50 UTC
Very fun play my man
TasakaSama
07. Oct 2019 · 13:36 UTC
Well done but it gets so fast very hard anyway it was a great game !
Webus
07. Oct 2019 · 13:43 UTC
What are controls? How can I water plants? Pick fruits?
justinooncx
07. Oct 2019 · 14:13 UTC
>You found a machine-gun!

Less shooing, more shooting!

Surprisingly fun and challenging game, if a little simple... The game certainly knows how to keep you on your toes, for better or worse. Controls are a smidge iffy at times, but I never lost a level... if it's even possible to lose. Also love the little texts at the bottom. Good job!
Gold5Games
07. Oct 2019 · 14:36 UTC
This was a fun one to play. Sucked me in for several levels. The controls could be a bit odd, causing the character to walk too far, but otherwise a great little gem with pleasant sound.
Ekaterina
07. Oct 2019 · 15:18 UTC
What a cute game! As a farm fan, I approve!
Dominas
07. Oct 2019 · 17:33 UTC
Lol'd when got uzi. It was fun
The Osk
07. Oct 2019 · 19:39 UTC
Such a lovely game! I'm sure this entry will rate high. Level design was good, and gameplay was fun. And I always wondered if a good game was doable in a tic-80. I guess I have an answer now!
rob1221dev
07. Oct 2019 · 21:00 UTC
The scarecrows were terrible at their job, but at least they tried.
Enver Arco
07. Oct 2019 · 21:16 UTC
wish I had a shotgun to shoot the birds
FredFilo
08. Oct 2019 · 06:31 UTC
Great game ! Nice art and music. :)

It was bit difficult sometimes to face the direction I wanted. Also, I think that the watering and harvest cycles were too fast. There is almost no downtime. And all those crows were stressful ^^;
3mpty
08. Oct 2019 · 12:26 UTC
Loved it, most fun I've had so far, kinda wish it introduced new mechanics a teeny bit faster and I didn't understand when the level would end, but otherwise it was great, awesome music and the sound effects are cute. Awesome game.
Odeyalko
08. Oct 2019 · 14:04 UTC
looks good, plays nicely
tobb
08. Oct 2019 · 18:50 UTC
Fun little game!

The resource management is smart and handles quite well. The Graphics and the music fit really well together and really give it that 8-bit aesthetic. Personally would have prefered controls that favoured the mouse but maybe thats just me!
Ossi
09. Oct 2019 · 07:42 UTC
A really tough but very fun game! Cute artwork and music! The different states of the plants really add a lot of frantic tension to the game and the birds certainly don't help matters! This is a really great game, I love it!
p-r
10. Oct 2019 · 00:01 UTC
Very cute
Jimbly
10. Oct 2019 · 00:42 UTC
My score: 4375. That was pretty cool! LOL'd at the last bonus item. Controls once and a while didn't do what I expected (maybe I was trying to start doing something right before a previous animation finished, and ended up whistling into thin air instead of watering or picking what I wanted), but only a few times, so wasn't a big deal. Liked the sound and music.
BanJaxe
10. Oct 2019 · 10:01 UTC
Lovely pixel art. Fun gameplay that is tense but balanced and innovative mechanics. Great entry!

Only minor problem sometimes it felt like I had to double tap to pick the fruit.
Bungalow
11. Oct 2019 · 06:52 UTC
The frantic-ness, intuitive controls, cute artwork and nice sounds wrap up to make a really good game! Awesome job!