Toolip! by davekalina

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made by davekalina for LD34 (JAM)
A puzzle garden featuring 7 levels of hyperactive cross-breeding flowers!

How to Play:
Fill the flower pots with tulips of the matching color.

Keyboard controls:
Arrow Keys to move the cursor
X selects the next flower type, Z plants the seed.

Credits
David Kalina - Programming and Design
hxlnt - Art, Music, and Design
Made in PICO-8

Known Issues
There are bugs with the PICO-8 exported web-player's music playback that are making the music weirdly clipped. Will try to fix and update the version soon.

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1766
Overall(Jam) 3.41 427
Audio(Jam) 3.35 327
Fun(Jam) 3.23 449
Graphics(Jam) 3.27 607
Humor(Jam) 2.06 789
Innovation(Jam) 3.86 79
Mood(Jam) 3.26 476
Theme(Jam) 3.86 341

Feedback

walaber
15. Dec 2015 · 06:03 UTC
nice! took a bit to get the hang of the goal of the game and the patterns.
Jonathan Whiting
15. Dec 2015 · 14:06 UTC
Hey, this is really nice.
TomenLuca
17. Dec 2015 · 14:00 UTC
Took me a while to find out what the patterns of the different flowers were and how everything interacted. But once you get the jist of it, the game is very enjoyable.
Dry Tree
19. Dec 2015 · 22:37 UTC
Good job :)
I think it would have benefited from a tutorial
Funske
24. Dec 2015 · 17:17 UTC
I enjoyed the game. Music was nice it took a bit to understand what was happening, but after I figured it out the puzzles were really fun.
themadknights
24. Dec 2015 · 17:52 UTC
Wow, this is the first game I see in this LD using Pico-8. Good job! :) The game mechanics are a bit hard to understand at the beginning but then it's really nice!
justinooncx
24. Dec 2015 · 18:03 UTC
Pretty interesting game, although I managed to bug it somehow. After criss-crossing the flowers a few times, it went into a growing loop, constantly growing in a pattern around it, making the game unwinnable since it destroyed the nearby flowers. Otherwise, very nice idea!
SiENcE
25. Dec 2015 · 21:54 UTC
Interesting idea to play around with patterns to fullfill a result.

But you better write in the text a short howto. AT first it was not understandable to me, why i can't place the place flowers directly in the pots.

The icons on the right side are flowers. You place them yourself. But in your description you write you plant seeds. Also i would add a second layer for the pots, as it's not clear why you should plant the seeds outside the pots.

I mean...this is totally ridiculous :-).

But i like the idea. It's very innovative!! I also like Pico-8.
Steven Miller
27. Dec 2015 · 01:44 UTC
Really fun game! The later levels with the color mixing were really cool.
BunchaSapsGames
04. Jan 2016 · 05:05 UTC
Cool! I love more puzzle-based games like these. Really innovative design.
GeorgeBroussard
04. Jan 2016 · 17:46 UTC
Great entry. Love the music and art. Pretty deep little puzzle game.
DecayConstant
04. Jan 2016 · 19:12 UTC
Really digging the retro look, feel, and sound!
Would've been right at home in an arcade back in the day. :)