{"author_link":"\/author\/phi6\/","author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","comments":[{"author_name":"tyrants.not.found.team","author_uid":"66002","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1450182840,"text":"Wow o_o like wow. This art style is awesome :D\r<br\/>I played the game mostly wondering around enjoying the art.\r<br\/>A bit confusing since I couldn't combine any items i collected (didn't know how, they kept failing).\r<br\/>Also nice music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As a side note for devs: you don't have to include the .pdb files with the game. It just makes the folder bigger for no reason :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job! (especially for the artists XD)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cheers,\r<br\/>Morco (tyrants.not.found team)"},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1450184520,"text":"I've included a (SPOILER ALERT) recipe book in the description above, in case you get stuck. Unfortunately we didn't have time to properly implement a recipe unlocking system. Something for the future!"},{"author_name":"Riftpoint","author_uid":"56172","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1450186560,"text":"I really liked the art style of this game! I enjoyed it a lot"},{"author_name":"Yamzho","author_uid":"40804","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1450187340,"text":"Impressive ! Well done guys ! The art, the music, the mood: amazing !"},{"author_name":"themadknights","author_uid":"64533","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1450187520,"text":"Wow... awesome"},{"author_name":"sleepYxy","author_uid":"54960","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1450191960,"text":"Amazing. Really nice art and sound! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's a bit hard without the recipe book but I like the whole exploring thing and those click moments when crafting a potion. \r<br\/>&quot;Burr Breaker.. hmm *click* oh yeah this cactus flower to the south!&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also a bug:\r<br\/>In the southeast there is a mountain path which can be walked into, if you fall down you respawn in the air and can't get onto land. Maybe close the thing?"},{"author_name":"treslapin","author_uid":"58303","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1450192440,"text":"Very pretty! I like the idea. Could be a really great game. Wish there was a potion to make me walk faster haha :D"},{"author_name":"A Flat Miner Studios","author_uid":"42150","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1450193640,"text":"Wow, very complete game!  Love the cell shaded\/3D hybrid style, amazing you could get that all done for LD!"},{"author_name":"QuestionableQuality","author_uid":"53106","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1450199280,"text":"I had a really hard time figuring out what to do, but honestly with how amazing it looked and the music and atmosphere, I was quite happy just wandering around combining things and exploring.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'd love to see this turned into something more! I was intrigued to find out why the sludge had appeared."},{"author_name":"Rodaja","author_uid":"29557","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1450211940,"text":"Art style is really nice, it stands out, congrats! The combination of 2D and 3D elements is nicely done, altough being a platform heavy game, the main character could have done with a shadow in order to make jumps a bit less frustrating, right now you just don't see how far you are jumping. Good, moody, relaxing game."},{"author_name":"lurils","author_uid":"16303","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:39am","epoch":1450226040,"text":"very nice entry, pretty full of content and nice art too."},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:41am","epoch":1450226160,"text":"The art is amazing!"},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:43am","epoch":1450226280,"text":"A very relaxing platformer :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The artstyle is very well-done, even with the simple geometry. Reminded me of Paper Mario.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As someone else said, I could just wander the scenery without much of a worry.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Awesome work!"},{"author_name":"ohmaigawd","author_uid":"60756","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1450226400,"text":"This is a beautiful game and I played to the end. Couldn't have done it without the spoiler book :)"},{"author_name":"TomBoogaart","author_uid":"36150","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1450226400,"text":"wow i really love the audio in this game, sets a very relaxing mood. I didn't really know what to do though, but I loved to just walk around an relax"},{"author_name":"ohmaigawd","author_uid":"60756","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1450226400,"text":"This is a beautiful game and I played to the end. Couldn't have done it without the spoiler book though :)"},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:46am","epoch":1450226460,"text":"Wow! Beautiful game! Well done."},{"author_name":"adaFish","author_uid":"56347","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:49am","epoch":1450226640,"text":"Gorgeous game, great concept, and fun to play. This is really impressive for a LD jam. I hope you expand on this because I'd love to play more!"},{"author_name":"newbeings","author_uid":"65418","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:54am","epoch":1450226940,"text":"Super impressive game for 72 hours! It doesn't feel like it was made in a short time. Great graphics - beautiful feel. Great jump!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I didn't have the patience to finish, but I grokked the mechanic easily enough. It feels like a game for kids - really soothing with find and combine puzzles. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think I'd like to have to combine something sooner in the game so that I understand that better. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great Great jorb!"},{"author_name":"GwakamoleStudio","author_uid":"65483","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:57am","epoch":1450227120,"text":"Love the art style.\r<br\/>Really enjoyable travel across this world :)\r<br\/>It could be cool if we get a combination book into the house, cause it's currently a little bit to difficult to find the right potion :p"},{"author_name":"Shivur","author_uid":"36762","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:11am","epoch":1450227960,"text":"Excellent Game!"},{"author_name":"Eldraev","author_uid":"60546","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:55am","epoch":1450237800,"text":"I love the graphics style of this one. The textures and sprites look amazing together. The concept is cute and fun even if the game isn't the longest. The music gives the game just the right atmosphere and the dynamic change in the &quot;boss fight&quot; was done really nicely.  The only thing I think might be nice is if there was a small shadow under the character to indicate your position when you jump in the platforming parts."},{"author_name":"_HopFrog","author_uid":"64957","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:33am","epoch":1450247280,"text":"It's awesome! I think I would pay for a polished version of this! :D"},{"author_name":"Tapehead","author_uid":"64267","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1450290660,"text":"overall a cool game :)"},{"author_name":"Softsound","author_uid":"65867","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1450292040,"text":"Amazing art style, downloading now!"},{"author_name":"mockthebear","author_uid":"16447","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1450292100,"text":"the art woork, with the msuic and scenario... omg!"},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1450292640,"text":"Excellent creative team at work here making a very high quality entry. Sort of Paper Mario like but different, will try and complete this one later."},{"author_name":"Neil","author_uid":"25892","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1450294140,"text":"Incredibly impressive art and end result! I really liked it, glad I played the version with the recipe book, otherwise it might have been a bit frustrating. I stuggled a bit with the perspective and some of the jumps, but a great game!"},{"author_name":"cynicalmonkey","author_uid":"53023","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1450294740,"text":"i liked the papercraft art style"},{"author_name":"wine","author_uid":"22152","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1450294980,"text":"Really nice work :) Well done!"},{"author_name":"tayl1r","author_uid":"5556","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1450295340,"text":"I just finished it! Was a bit lost until I found the path down to the water but it's all good. So nice looking and polished."},{"author_name":"Bacontree","author_uid":"65110","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1450296720,"text":"Wow! This is a winner for sure. Love it!"},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1450299360,"text":"5\/5 everywhere ! As simple as that"},{"author_name":"Herzucco","author_uid":"29052","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1450304880,"text":"REALLY good graphics, I'm jalous about how you manage to mix 3D and 2D with so much talent"},{"author_name":"OddballDave","author_uid":"11892","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1450305660,"text":"Outstanding graphics, and great audio. The crafting was a little frustrating when non of the combos where working and I'd have to keep going back and forth to restock. Other than that it's a great entry. Good stuff."},{"author_name":"Christina Nordlander","author_uid":"20504","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1450309500,"text":"This is just all around lovely! Fun title and nice set-up. I always like potion-crafting in games, and the graphics are great, though the more cartoony sprites stand out a bit against the style of the backgrounds. However, neither style is bad. I love the fact that it's set on a floating island, and the protagonist is cute. And the audio is one of the best I've heard in an LD game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The one thing that brings it down a bit for me is that some of the jumps are way too hard. Most of them only needed practice, but having to do diagonal jumps on the lily-pads almost made me ragequit. Other than that, the game world is very well-designed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>So great premise, great mood, great graphics\/music, lots of ingredients. What's not to like?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun thing I noticed (spoiler-spaced for your convenience):\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The final jumping sequence had me stumped, until I found out that you could place bounce-mushrooms on top of one another."},{"author_name":"Leaghorn","author_uid":"45380","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:17am","epoch":1450311120,"text":"Love the graphics"},{"author_name":"Aaranos","author_uid":"51253","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1450326120,"text":"Really well made. The art is fantastic and the audio fits very well. The gameplay is some what tedious but also fun and creative. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I've attached a screen shot of a bug I found. I ventured into the mountains because it let me and then endless falling loop.\r<br\/>http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1ZYGYAt.png"},{"author_name":"oz2mura","author_uid":"64744","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 7:57am","epoch":1450338720,"text":"Love the Art style, music really fits with the game and helps set the mood, the day\/night cycle also helps set the mood. Took a while to figure out what combines into what, and had to manage the resources to make sure that I could. Would love to see a postmortem for this project."},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:30am","epoch":1450344300,"text":"Thanks @Aaranos, the bug is now fixed :)"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1450391220,"text":"saved to my games folder, simply because I love exploring this little world you built!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>perfect length for a LD game, and I truly hope you build upon this, I just absolutely love the environment \/ atmosphere \/ overall vibe of this game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>great art, lovely audio, solid gameplay, good, good, good stuff. Excellent job, one of my favorites! :)"},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1450395720,"text":"Wow! The sense of discovery that you inspire with the visuals, music, and open ended gameplay is really impressive. The 2D-on-3D art style is particularly striking.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'd love to have the main character move more quickly, and adding a little shadow below her would help with platforming.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all, beautifully done. Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1450445040,"text":"This is sucha a great game! You really did an amazing job on the graphics for such a short timespan! I think that the shadow under the character should be more evident since makes navigation in the 3d environement easier."},{"author_name":"Xeke_Death","author_uid":"19338","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1450446480,"text":"I finished it without the lily pad potion, or the recipe book..! I feel accomplished..!\r<br\/>The game looks amazing, and the sound works really well...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I didn't really see much connection to the themes, outside of it being a garden, and you grow some mushrooms..."},{"author_name":"sonelliot","author_uid":"55213","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1450482360,"text":"Amazing game guys! I love the art style and aesthetics. I really enjoyed exploring the world and figuring out which potions I needed to progress. The Fartichoke potion made me laugh. :)"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 12:51am","epoch":1450485960,"text":"Lovely art and music"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:47am","epoch":1450521720,"text":"Ridiculously pretty, the platforming is a bit frustrating."},{"author_name":"FiSilva","author_uid":"56232","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1450553940,"text":"Gorgeous mix of 2D\/3D art and lovely music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Got stuck in a falling and respawning loop"},{"author_name":"hyperscope","author_uid":"61330","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 2:21am","epoch":1450577760,"text":"This game is most definitely in the top 3 LD games I've played for visuals. The game as a whole was very strong but I can't stress enough how on point the visuals were from top to bottom. The subtext was very polished, unobtrusive and helped the game flow in the right direction. Day\/night cycle was a nice touch. Amazing job all around!"},{"author_name":"PixlWalkr","author_uid":"26777","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 6:11am","epoch":1450677960,"text":"Awesome game, I like the art style also.\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"Alex Rose","author_uid":"19499","time":"Jan 1, 2016 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1451689500,"text":"Really nice looking, pretty fun. I glitched through the majority of it but it was a fun exploration game. Would've liked shadows for the jumps, 3d platforming is always tough. Also the last boss was a bit anticlimactic. But generally very nice, I like the character design a lot too and the UI."},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1451741520,"text":"Really great music and atmosphere, and the gameplay is solid. I did find the combination of cartoony sprites with painterly environments a little bit jarring, even though they were both excellent on their own. Great game overall."},{"author_name":"SinclairStrange","author_uid":"44332","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1451778300,"text":"That was one of the best games I've played for a jam in a very long time. It was beautiful and it played extremely well. It gave me such a Sega Saturn vibe! The whole atmosphere, gameplay, artwork, sound was just spot on. Perfect score dude!"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 12:26am","epoch":1451866860,"text":"I somehow like the artstyle. \r<br\/>Very time consuming without the recipes, having to walk back and forth when you picked up too few resources takes some time with the pretty slow walking speed. \r<br\/>I'd like to note, that inventory management was quite a hassel, cause I picked up the first resource I found until my inventory was full. When I found the second resource, I had to click a while to drop most of it again. But then it often would pick up the dropped items instead of taking the newly found resource.\r<br\/>Still, it was really enjoyable exploring and building endless leaf bridges."}],"images":["ld34\/29305-b9af71c620476fb79abe372b20cb86ad.jpg","ld34\/29305-9924934bb3602d5feeeda4e36836bc1f.jpg","ld34\/29305-c5d9d770857022fd475b57638200e094.jpg","ld34\/29305-43c3c4714de554ee1438274669f6fbf3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=peGeyDw-ZQs&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLAe62e_qwzQ9k-_oho5hWetpirH-QM4CK","text":"[TRAILER]"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/tbcn5pp2n8c9lcb\/LD34_Win_2.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows (bugfixes + recipe help screen)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ics7vqg0f4glk1p\/LD34_Mac_2.zip?dl=0","text":"Mac (bugfixes + recipe help screen)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/16100235\/LD34\/index.html","text":"Web (slightly worse performance)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6748","g_author":"29305","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6780","g_title":"Witchgarden Leafiosa","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"73","g_commentcount":"54","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29305-shot0-1450282843.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29305-shot1-1450282843.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29305-shot2-1450282843.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29305-shot3-1450282844.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Our resident WITCHGARDENER wakes up to find all her plants are destroyed. Her only clues are the numerous puddles of sludge leading into the dense forest.\r\n\r\nAn open world adventure game with platforming, potion crafting and Metroidvania elements.\r\n\r\n\r\nControls\r\n--------\r\nArrow Keys\/WASD to Move\r\nZ\/Space to Jump\r\nX to Harvest Ingredient\r\nI to open Inventory, Crafting and Recipe Book\r\nC to Throw Potion\r\nESC to Pause\/Show Options Menu\r\n\r\n\r\nHint\r\n----\r\nExperiment with as many combinations of ingredients as you can. Not all ingredients can be paired to make potions. Good luck!\r\n\r\n\r\nRecipe Book\r\n-----------\r\nHere are the potion recipes in case you get stuck and want to progress. We've added this help screen to the latest version.\r\n\r\n1. Flower Pollen + Onion Flower = Lily Pad Potion\r\n2. Bamboo Leaf + Cabbage Seed = Leaf Bridge Potion\r\n3. Cactus Flower + Berries = Burr Breaker Potion\r\n4. Mushroom + Rubber Plant = Giant Mushroom Potion\r\n5. Artichoke + Cabbage Seed = ??????????????????\r\n\r\n\r\nCredits\r\n-------\r\nArt: @MD_Doodles and @downplusb\r\nAudio: @ogresounds\r\nCode: @phi6\r\n\r\n\r\nSoundtrack\r\n----------\r\nStreamable here: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ogresound\/witch-garden-leafiosa-ost-ld34\r\nProduced by Robin Ogden (Ogre Sounds)\r\n\r\n\r\n","title":"Witchgarden Leafiosa"}