Gardening Angel Kung Fu by ted

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made by ted for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Ready to grow glass flowers on Cloud 8? Ready to kick some alien butt? All this and more in the daily chores of the Gardening Angel!

It's a fast-paced arena-style arcade game. Smash crates for seeds, plant glass flowers, and defend them from stomping aliens (and your own feet!) while you wait to harvest them for maximum points.

Keyboard and gamepad supported.

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I made the music in GarageBand, but the SFX is all from FreeSound.org. So, no points for audio. :)

Ratings

Overall 137th 4.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 180th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 338th 3.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1387th 3.583⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 403th 4.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 40th 4.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 295th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

misterG420
21. Apr 2020 · 10:32 UTC
Haha, this is enjoyable! It a unique interpration, fun and kindof weird but nice touch overall. How did you come up with that idea? Will you expand on the game concept and make a bigger game out of it?
Thijmen
21. Apr 2020 · 20:28 UTC
I really enjoyed this, good job!
Nick Rasmussen
21. Apr 2020 · 20:30 UTC
Cool little game! Loved the break-apart effect on the boxes. It sometimes felt difficult to attack in the direction I wanted to, and the aliens would occasionally over off of the platform, but all in all I really enjoyed it.
Shigure
21. Apr 2020 · 20:33 UTC
Cool idea! Actually laughed out loud when the angel kicked the title screen. Really like the mood of the game. Controls felt a bit weird. Moving around was kind slow and I didn't like being stuck in a direction once I started attacking. Aliens moving out of the playable area felt a bit unfair. Overall, a great idea, but it lacks a bit of execution in my opinion. Still a really solid entry.
Sheepolution
21. Apr 2020 · 20:34 UTC
Very cool! Love the punching animation. I wish I had some kind of dash to dodge the bullets. Right now I won by simply ignoring the robots and walking circles. But the game looks great and I like the concept. Good job!
21. Apr 2020 · 20:36 UTC
Solid one (unlike those crates!)
Gallahron
21. Apr 2020 · 20:43 UTC
Best game I've played so far! Sometimes punching felt a bit temperamental but I think I was clicking too early. It would be nice to have some indication on when I could punch again.
DeadBoyGames
21. Apr 2020 · 20:43 UTC
I really like the style of this one and the start screen is so impactfull with the beat. The problem is it crashes me after certain time on launch cant get past the tutorial select screen. It happens after a certain time nothing else seems to be triggering it (like a button press or anything). It happens also if i just wait in the start menu for long enough. Will keep an eye on this because i'd really like to try it.
Karas
21. Apr 2020 · 20:45 UTC
Really cool games. The concept is really funny, and I love the kung fu animations ! I was a bit confused by the keys but overall it was really fun to play :)
DubDisk
21. Apr 2020 · 21:09 UTC
This was really cooool!
Steve Sparkes
21. Apr 2020 · 21:13 UTC
Such a stylish game! The intro alone is worth a high mood score haha. The camera work when fighting is really fun, and I enjoyed the low poly art style. I tried to cheese the game by constantly spamming attacks, and staying invincible, but the aliens would often shoot me at just the right time to get a hit, hah.

It's a fun game but the difficulty curve could do with some tweaking! Level two was a lot harder than the first. It's a really solid entry, and I hope you keep making games! Good work!
kimkillaqueen
21. Apr 2020 · 22:37 UTC
Favorite Line: "[Above is] Cloud Nine, where nobody has to work"
This is a pretty unique little gardening fighter, everything moved and animated pretty smoothly which is pretty great for a 3D game to accomplish in such a short time, nice touch on the dynanmic camera when fighting enemies!

I had a little trouble managing to hit enemies and not get hit in the process by other enemies, but I'm sure I just haven't come up with the optimal strategy yet :smile:
SplitPainter
22. Apr 2020 · 05:00 UTC
This was so fun! As a maker of weird games myself, I love seeing other weird / outworldly games in Ludum Dare. Gameplay wise, it is kind of easy to "cheat the system", but the overall experience is cool.
Fractal Flower Girl
22. Apr 2020 · 18:24 UTC
I like how funny the title screen and tutorial were! It was a little hard to control, and it was hard to score many points, but it was still fun. Great job!
Pietro Ferrantelli
26. Apr 2020 · 21:18 UTC
Really fun game ! Love the artstyle and the gamefeel, we can feel each impact and you really nailed the attack feeling, it really fits the martial arts animations ! Everything is well put together, the audio is neat and there is some great attention to details like this amazing title screen.
Local Minimum
06. May 2020 · 17:46 UTC
The crate punching was very satisfying. In the beginning I tried planting and kicking bugs but pretty soon I realized I could just as well keep running in a circle planing and picking and not mind the bugs at all. So there probably needs to be some balancing there in the gratification of hurting the pest and the risks in letting too many spawn without dealing with them. Very well made little game though!
NoThoughts
06. May 2020 · 19:29 UTC
i get so much fun, awesome game