Growth by Cherno
Growth is a game made by Yan Chernikov for the 34th Ludum Dare competition. The entire game was made in around 12 hours.
Ludum Dare 34 had a tie between two themes: "Two Button Controls" and "Growth". I chose to incorporate both themes into this game, because they seemed to compliment each other nicely.
Use the left and right arrow keys (two buttons!) to guide your growing plant to victory. Try and get the highest score possible, and then brag about it to your friends. Or if you don't have any friends, you can tweet your high score to me @TheCherno, and I'll be your friend.
Music was made by me in around 40 minutes from conception to completion, which has to be some kind of record. You can find it here: https://soundcloud.com/thecherno/growth-ludum-dare-34
You can find me via the links below:
YouTube: http://youtube.com/TheChernoProject
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheCherno
Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheCherno
The development of the game from start to finish was streamed live on http://twitch.tv/TheCherno
Thanks for playing! <3
Ludum Dare 34 had a tie between two themes: "Two Button Controls" and "Growth". I chose to incorporate both themes into this game, because they seemed to compliment each other nicely.
Use the left and right arrow keys (two buttons!) to guide your growing plant to victory. Try and get the highest score possible, and then brag about it to your friends. Or if you don't have any friends, you can tweet your high score to me @TheCherno, and I'll be your friend.
Music was made by me in around 40 minutes from conception to completion, which has to be some kind of record. You can find it here: https://soundcloud.com/thecherno/growth-ludum-dare-34
You can find me via the links below:
YouTube: http://youtube.com/TheChernoProject
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheCherno
Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheCherno
The development of the game from start to finish was streamed live on http://twitch.tv/TheCherno
Thanks for playing! <3
Ratings
| Coolness | 44% | 1611 |
| Overall | 3.68 | 169 |
| Audio | 4.14 | 17 |
| Fun | 3.42 | 285 |
| Graphics | 3.13 | 460 |
| Humor | 2.50 | 413 |
| Innovation | 3.37 | 352 |
| Mood | 3.24 | 302 |
| Theme | 4.28 | 66 |
Feedback
fishbrain
13. Dec 2015 · 15:23 UTC
I really like this (once I figured it out) and played it quite a few times. Cool tunes too. Good concept!
greenscreen
13. Dec 2015 · 20:25 UTC
x100 better than the last one. Java was a good choice :)
Abominas
14. Dec 2015 · 03:30 UTC
high score 18443!
Move127
14. Dec 2015 · 03:51 UTC
It's hard to get the hang of, but it's a great game with nice visuals and audio.
StarchyPancakes
14. Dec 2015 · 03:52 UTC
Couldn't run, a java exception occurred on boot. Running Windows 7, 64 bit.
mf1214
14. Dec 2015 · 03:55 UTC
Nice game. Simple but fun.
zybit
14. Dec 2015 · 03:56 UTC
Here I was thinking I had a shot at having some of the better audio... then I came across this...
eerongal
14. Dec 2015 · 03:56 UTC
Interesting game! The unpredictable/forced movement makes it interesting in an "auto-runner" type game! nice work!
Dooskington
14. Dec 2015 · 03:58 UTC
Fun concept! Got a little annoyed at the controls at first.
yumaikas
14. Dec 2015 · 03:59 UTC
This game takes a lesson out of the pages of Super Hexagon: Have a superb soundtrack. Make trying to guide an out of control plant fun.
XbooperxdX
14. Dec 2015 · 04:01 UTC
Simple, yet fun and a challenge, and with good music! Great work Cherno
qwetro
14. Dec 2015 · 05:07 UTC
Cool game, I did play it for 5 minutes and get high score of 11083. Haha
Crafting4U
14. Dec 2015 · 06:06 UTC
Controls were a little tricky to get used to, but overall, it's a simple and fun game. The lighting looks good for pure java, and the audio for your games is amazing like always. I enjoyed watching bits of the stream while I was making my game. :)
Gunn3rboi
14. Dec 2015 · 08:52 UTC
Great fun game, smooth gameplay nice art and great music, good job.
Taffaz
14. Dec 2015 · 13:48 UTC
Cool game, not sure I was very good at it though.
guigrillo13
14. Dec 2015 · 15:01 UTC
Awesome game play!!! What did u use for the curves?
Blake_Lead
14. Dec 2015 · 15:13 UTC
Great game, I really had fun with it ! And well done with the growing plant, I'll definitely dive into the source to see the magic when I have the chance.
RikkyPikki
14. Dec 2015 · 16:52 UTC
Good music and the plant animation is very cool. The gameplay is kind of meh.
CodeNMore
14. Dec 2015 · 20:11 UTC
It felt a bit strange at first, but for some reason the simplicity of everything is great, and it looked and felt quite nice. Great music, too!
x92rwzb
14. Dec 2015 · 22:50 UTC
Pretty good music. Controls were a bit shaky but I suppose this was intended. Overall this game is a fun game to play.
alek345
15. Dec 2015 · 12:02 UTC
Really great. It's really simple but still fun. Good job!
Zeriver
15. Dec 2015 · 14:14 UTC
Solid game, at first i wasn't able to control plant very well but after few tries i got grasp on it. Pretty fun game to play, could be easily imported to mobile devices, think about it ;)
Linus123xbb
15. Dec 2015 · 17:23 UTC
Addicting game, it was very fun to play. The music was amazing. Especially considering it was composed in only 40 minutes. Great job!
Gamepopper
15. Dec 2015 · 23:17 UTC
Great entry Cherno! Loved the music and the vine effects, was a bit sceptical of it being a Java game but I already know you work incredibly well in the language. Great stuff!
PickleCrew
19. Dec 2015 · 09:41 UTC
Wow, very addicting! Got high scores of 66965. Love the music Cherno!