Green Thumb: Balcony Bounty by tomd1013
Controls:
A - Look Left
D - Look Right
Q - Lean Left
E - Lean Right
Left-Click - Press Button
Description:
This is an entry for Ludum Dare 46. The theme for this jam was "Keep it alive". Models were created by https://argagaming.itch.io/
You have planted a couple of watermelon plants on your apartment balcony.
Using your remote-controlled gardening kit, keep those melons safe for as long as you can from crows that try to eat them.
And don't forget to water the plants!
Textures and sounds that were not custom, are under Creative Commons 0. The game was created using Unity, Blender, Krita, and Audacity.
| Youtube | https://tomd1013.itch.io/green-thumb |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/green-thumb-balcony-bounty |
Ratings
| Overall | 2047th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 2259th | 2.69⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 697th | 3.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1475th | 3.548⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1860th | 3.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 863th | 3.158⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1809th | 3.026⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 15🗳️ | 17🗨️ |
didn't get very far as i couldn't figure out when i need to use certain things, definitely fit with the theme though!
But now I can say I've slaughtered over two thousand pesky birds to keep my melons alive on a quest to achieve a nice score of 69420, only to overshoot and get 100368.
However, I found a bit frustating that we are forced to look at the right or left to use the remote control, so we can't see exactly our actions directly, we can only hear them.
Overall gg for your work !
maybe if you lowered the frequency of crows, and made it so pressing the hammer when there's no crow smashes the melon? that way players would be leaning over back and forth to check when it's time to smash the button, engaging more with the unusual control scheme.
Also, when i turned to the left and right, there's a long smoothdamp time before the head comes to rest looking at a remote. I kept trying to press the small red button during this time, but missing because of how long the head keeps turning/damping. I like that it takes a long time because it adds complexity to the neck rig, which adds to the challenge of switching positions, but didn't like that i spent a long time aiming for the button on the remote. If the water and hammer buttons were really big and arranged vertically instead of horizontally, you could keep the look time but have a less uncomfortable experience trying to aim at and push buttons.
Anyways, this was fun and an unusual take on the concept of taking care of a plant! Great job :D