Pollinate the Garden by PBG

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made by PBG for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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How to play: Arrow keys to walk. Pick up pollen from flowers and distribute it to other pollinating flowers.

This is a little experiment I made for ludum dare 46. I am trying to learn threejs and javascript, so I made this "game." It's not much of a game really, I just want to start learning games with my own engine.

Ratings

Given 4🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

Pilarius
22. Apr 2020 · 13:39 UTC
Quick reminder to get more players: Use a thumbnail for your game. Otherwise your game is presented with this grey box. Some great Games are not played because of a missing thumbnail ... You can still change it by editing your submission page :)

![GreyBox.png](///raw/c26/8/z/32518.png)
🎤 PBG
22. Apr 2020 · 14:52 UTC
thanks. Its really not clear that I did not have a thumbnail. updated!
DrJedd
22. Apr 2020 · 15:39 UTC
Nice little game, I love the walking bee concept and its animation!

The music and sfx are also fitting, and overall the only thing that prevented my immersion is the arbitrary square box and generic blue skybox.

The gameplay loop is there, but it's too easy because of two reasons:
- There's no timer to "catch" or "disseminate" the pollen (or it's really long)
- As more flowers grow, the game becomes exponentially easier

Congrats on making the game from scratch and thank you for sharing the source.

Keep it up!
JulienLussiez
23. Apr 2020 · 14:21 UTC
I saved the garden !! :)
It's cool that you made it with Three.js ! Making your own game engine is really ambitious, I hope you'll succeed in making it! Great start, it's promising.
Alkis
23. Apr 2020 · 14:26 UTC
Very nice and fun little game. I really liked the animations and the music. Good job!
Twistashio
23. Apr 2020 · 14:29 UTC
Really neat concept, however it never felt like I could lose. The game gets super easy once you grow the garden since the flowers get really close to each other. The bee character is really nice and enjoyed walking around pollinating the flowers. Good Job!
mmemim
23. Apr 2020 · 14:30 UTC
Really cute and simple game, loved it! The walking bee is adorable.
🎤 PBG
23. Apr 2020 · 15:17 UTC
Thanks a ton!

@twistashio @drjedd i totally agree its too easy. my philosophy for jam games has been that if i cant dial-in the challenge in the time that i have, i prefer things to be too easy than too hard. This game in particular has ZERO challenge, mostly since i considered it an exercise in coding rather than a proper game.