Gunther's Plant 😃 by Lemons

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made by Lemons for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Gunther's Plant :smile:

What

Gunther's Plant :smile: is a game about an old villager named Gunther. Gunther wants his plant to grow and to be as big as it can, but those gosh darn villagers keep getting in the way!

Controls

WASD - Control Gunther
E - Pickup objects J - Open quest journal
Walk into the plant or well while holding objects to interact

About

Gunther's Plant :smile: was made by @Mickson and @Lemon The game was programmed in Godot
Art was made in Aseprite
Sound and voice acting by @Mickson

Pictures

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Ratings

Overall 52th 4.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 92th 4.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 420th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 68th 4.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 647th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 100th 4.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 244th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

IzhVaryag
20. Apr 2020 · 04:10 UTC
it was fun! I like it! Does player win every time? :)
Shouji
20. Apr 2020 · 04:17 UTC
This made me laugh so hard! Great work!
🎤 Lemons
20. Apr 2020 · 06:03 UTC
@izhvaryag Thanks! There's two end states, one when your poor plant dies and another when you're beautiful plant friend reaches it's full potential
Sairentouddo
20. Apr 2020 · 07:51 UTC
Merci pour ce moment à jouer à votre jeu, je me suis bien amusé :)
Gray Fustos
20. Apr 2020 · 23:25 UTC
Got really dark really fast lol
B. Golda
22. Apr 2020 · 03:08 UTC
Good pacing and smooth gameplay. The sprite animations were great, everything was very clear.

One potential feature could be to have the plant have some "defences" as it levels up. Maybe have a chance of eating an attacking villager, though the health was quite forgiving.

Overall really enjoyed, great entry!
BlueMirror
22. Apr 2020 · 03:53 UTC
Really good game. Especially the humor about it all is really good!

I would prefer the villagers with torches to not just spawn next to the plant so I can plan better when to get them and do more decisions on my pathing.

All in all the game is a lot of fun!
Prof.Suarez
24. Apr 2020 · 04:38 UTC
This game is so meta. Thanks for the Review, I got to return the favor and play one of the best games in the competition, hands down!
EreHuc
25. Apr 2020 · 14:05 UTC
"give a baby to the plant", well that escale quickly ! Nice game, good job on the voice of Gunther had a lot of fun to play it, Good Job!
hiisileiri
25. Apr 2020 · 14:37 UTC
Poor citizens and animals; Was a fun game! I could not survive the case "Dog", because those villagers just keep spawning and having too many tasks to be done at the same time. Also Same short and looping background music is working, but bad in the long run. Graphics are simple, but awesome at the same time. It was fun to see that plant growing up and the plant is away from the city, and the main character: when put on a white robe, it is like a revealed scientist
Norris Eldridge
27. Apr 2020 · 02:08 UTC
I love it! Super silly, the voice acting is great. Game is solid. Some weird visuals sometimes and you can see the seems between tiles. Overall, great work though!
MasterPose
27. Apr 2020 · 02:37 UTC
Feed me, feed me Seyumor! I like this game, I don't think there's much to say about it, just a solid straight forward and funny entry. Very nice work, I got the bad end first then I tried to get the good end and i did it, but at what cost?
RubixNoob13
01. May 2020 · 05:45 UTC
OMG This game is GREAT! The voice acting is great! Unlike what the others said up top, I wasn't able to see seams between tiles (Windows 10 running the HTML5 version in FireFox) However, if you're using Godot, which I believe it said you were, check project settings and under 2D there should be a "use pixel snap" option, which *should* prevent tiles from not being aligned properly.
The only complaint I have is that I feel as though the game should pause when you bring up the quest journal. That's basically the ONLY negative I have about this game, other than (so far) I haven't been able to win... But I'm about to play it again and see lol
Balgorode
01. May 2020 · 05:46 UTC
Not sure what possessed you to make this game but alright... xD Kidding of course, really great work, in terms of legitimate critiques, the choice of controls was a bit odd, what I mean is you play with just one hand and I found that weird. Furthermore, as advertised, there were gaps in the pixels... That was also strange... Regardless, nice game!
🎤 Lemons
01. May 2020 · 05:50 UTC
@rubixnoob13 @balgorode

Thanks for playing!

Yeah, Godot seems to have some issues with tile seams on some configurations, none of the PCs we tested on had the issue so we didn't notice :(

Thanks for the feedback!
Goutye
01. May 2020 · 06:48 UTC
Was able to lose the game properly :smile: Great game, had a great laugh! Love the voice! I did another try and let the plant die right away. What a terrible little plant :cry:
Kaappis
01. May 2020 · 07:52 UTC
Yay I lost! Silly idea and good execution. My main complaint is that WASD + E feels akward to use in these type of games where you don't use mouse.
Furfel
01. May 2020 · 08:08 UTC
BRILLIANT! When I heard original voices, I already knew it - you got me with this game, 3x yes! Audio as said is amazing because of the voice. The idea - witty. Winning by losing? Clever!

PS. And tile tearing is not only Godot's problem, some OpenFL/HaxeFlixel games as well (https://haxeflixel.com/demos/FlipRotationAnimationTiles/).
Happy Fish Gaming Co
01. May 2020 · 08:18 UTC
Liked the voice overs and the dialogue boxes. A nice little game!
Fables
01. May 2020 · 10:45 UTC
Funniest game I've played, had a lot of fun playing it :)
The level of difficulty felt right too, so I feel like you balanced that very well.

Really well done!