{"author_link":"\/users\/denhette","author_name":"Denhette","author_uid":1228879,"comments":[{"id":780697,"author_name":"JCMonkey","author_uid":"jcmonkey","epoch":1649110570,"text":"i would like to see borders to keep the player on the screen, and maybe paths for the enemys to go through, which could give you some strategy to the game and make choices. nice game was fun to play.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":780794,"author_name":"OrdiNeu","author_uid":"ordineu","epoch":1649111338,"text":"Lived 93s. The coworkers' text blurbs were pretty funny, as was the flopping about to do stuff. No idea where the explosions came from, lol. Pretty good for 48 hours!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":785679,"author_name":"Nate954","author_uid":"nate954","epoch":1649144016,"text":"It's hilarious just flinging your body around the room into everyone and everything. I'm pretty sure that I was the reason every single one of my plants died XD Also dang you got a whole character creator into it! Awesome work!!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":785681,"author_name":"ColeSlaughter","author_uid":"coleslaughter","epoch":1649144041,"text":"Love the gibberish language in this game, lol\n\nThis one has a lot of personality, it's great!  Weird, ragdoll physics will never not be funny to me, so seeing all these little blockheads wobble all over the place was a real treat for me. :smile: ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":785712,"author_name":"csLupius","author_uid":"cslupius","epoch":1649144313,"text":"Interesting choice for character movement, it is definitely harder, most of the time, I was the reason plant died :)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":785734,"author_name":"Blue Pin Studio","author_uid":"blue-pin-studio","epoch":1649144494,"text":"Great submission! It gets very hectic very easily haha\n\nI love the whacky atmosphere and the sound effects. There was a little bit of difficulty picking up the watering can sometimes but honestly it was always my colleages that knocked over the plant before it managed to dry up anyway. :P","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":786769,"author_name":"Henrik Ganard","author_uid":"henrik-ganard","epoch":1649151688,"text":"I am a sucker for games with weird physics, love to crash around and bring the office into mayhem. However, it was hard and all of my platns had short, but exciting, lives.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":786851,"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"oadt","epoch":1649152287,"text":"Wow, how did you managed to implement these super realistic walking animations? Love the chaos that results from the simple mechanics!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":787734,"author_name":"Bauke Regnerus","author_uid":"bauke-regnerus","epoch":1649157947,"text":"That was hilarious, graphics, physics, music, everything!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":788177,"author_name":"LDJam user 202408","author_uid":"202408","epoch":1649160519,"text":"this game gave me a good chuckle I love it, it's funny how if you try to leave through the window the character looses its mind lol, but I really like this game and the little attentions to details here and there like how you can customize your character, really well done guys","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":788399,"author_name":"LDJam user 269161","author_uid":"269161","epoch":1649161650,"text":"118 seconds official world record where prize giv pls :smile: Very cool game, very nice animations and I also hate Steve from HR. He is an asshole!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":788411,"author_name":"zimennik","author_uid":"zimennik","epoch":1649161702,"text":"Just a normal day in the office!\nGreat game idea, gameplay is solid and I just love character \"animation\" =)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":788428,"author_name":"Anaxie Studio","author_uid":"anaxie-studio","epoch":1649161767,"text":"I love that not even the player character can walk right :laughing: \n\nThe dialogue is nice too. Really funny and chaotic.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":789757,"author_name":"Xeke-Death","author_uid":"xeke-death","epoch":1649168361,"text":"This was great fun. The controls made it just hilarious and I just wanted to bash into everyone and everything.\n\nI liked the different plants, the character combinations, and the audio. They suited the game well.\nThe NPCs comments made me want to throw some of them out the window, while others I would let look at my plant. But if they touched it, out the window with them. \n\nMy best was 106 seconds. Great game, I had a lot of fun.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":791153,"author_name":"Fis","author_uid":"fis","epoch":1649174103,"text":"Quite difficult to keep the collegues from touching the plant - nice usage of glitchy physics, thats always a nice experience.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":791670,"author_name":"hechi","author_uid":"hechi","epoch":1649176251,"text":"I enjoyed this entry. The clunky controls make the game really fun and chaotic :smile: ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":791686,"author_name":"LDJam user 279546","author_uid":"279546","epoch":1649176348,"text":"Tougher than I thought. Could only last a minute after a few tries. Good game though!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":791742,"author_name":"Andrey_Zhukov","author_uid":"andrey-zhukov","epoch":1649176579,"text":"That was the weirdest game I've ever seen on this LD.  An arthouse from the gamedev world.  :)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":794199,"author_name":"Laurens","author_uid":"laurens","epoch":1649186479,"text":"Total chaos! Hahah nice concept though, no way you're stopping them all ;) And yeah I also hate mondays..","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":794457,"author_name":"Raiponz","author_uid":"raiponz","epoch":1649187449,"text":"I have a plant at the office, and this game remind me how difficult it is to protect it from the stupidity of my colleagues. ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":795917,"author_name":"JoeDev","author_uid":"joedev","epoch":1649193496,"text":"As others have said, the realism of this game is depressing in its own way hahah. Hilarious, fun physics, and annoying coworkers! Great job <3","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":798705,"author_name":"Hawkin","author_uid":"hawkin","epoch":1649213805,"text":"This was so ridiculous and fun! I loved the spazzy way everyone moved about the office. \n\n![end.png](\/\/\/raw\/319\/53\/z\/4cf82.png)\n\nI surely could have done better, but this was my best of several tries :) Loved the character creator!!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":798706,"author_name":"Hawkin","author_uid":"hawkin","epoch":1649213806,"text":"This was so ridiculous and fun! I loved the spazzy way everyone moved about the office. \n\n![end.png](\/\/\/raw\/319\/53\/z\/4cf82.png)\n\nI surely could have done better, but this was my best of several tries :) Loved the character creator!!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":799959,"author_name":"teenythanos","author_uid":"teenythanos","epoch":1649230791,"text":"The flavor text combined with the movement and entire concept of the game is absolutely hysterical. \"Tell my wife I loved her\" \/ \"I've fallen and I can't get up\" are just so perfect.  This is also exactly how stressed I feel trying to take care of a plant IRL, so you nailed it!! ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":801160,"author_name":"Trexxak","author_uid":"trexxak","epoch":1649243784,"text":"Fun with Ragdolls :D Really loved the humour in this one, and the underrated dangers of watering plants without accidently unrooting them. Fun times were had, thank you :D","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":802226,"author_name":"marcmagus","author_uid":"marcmagus","epoch":1649253373,"text":"Thanks for bringing your game by my stream for playtesting! If you\u2019d like to revisit the play and commentary you can view the highlight at https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1447203075\n\nSolid game, I particularly enjoyed that you got *an entire character creator in*. Not sure if the amusing \"ragdoll bodies under floaty heads\" movement was an intentional design aesthetic or a happy accident of jam timelines but it was entertaining.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":803590,"author_name":"Bottled up Dark Peace","author_uid":"bottled-up-dark-peace","epoch":1649265054,"text":"I recorded myself playing, message me on the Jam\u2019s discord @ Dark Peace and I\u2019ll send it to you. This game is the definition of unexpected. From the character creator (why in a gamejam ?? XD) to absolutely everything that this game was. I just dont understand how you can water the plant without touching the desk and making it fall. I think that mechanic should be dropped, the coworkers survival is hard enough.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":805225,"author_name":"halflemonstudios","author_uid":"halflemonstudios","epoch":1649275920,"text":"Haha! Ah that was a solid laugh. And the actual gameplay supported the humour well, it wasn't just standalone. That's something rare to see this well done. I found myself knocking poor plant over a few times just to see the ending lines.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":805295,"author_name":"DS Nahogara","author_uid":"ds-nahogara","epoch":1649276343,"text":"This was so fun, being Shrek and trying to help is the top of the toppest! The art style and the wonky physics are IN point!  \"Except when i've got through the office wall! and my shrek's head got flying around until coming back to its position\"\n\nFantastic entry! :smile: \n","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":805326,"author_name":"Phoenix Fireflower","author_uid":"phoenix-fireflower","epoch":1649276524,"text":"Lasted 223 seconds (with a whole lot of luck). The concept is funny by itself, but the rediculous things the \"colleagues\" say and the text that appears after you've lost made this game hilarious.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":805367,"author_name":"Denhette","author_uid":"denhette","epoch":1649276788,"text":"@phoenix-fireflower That's a new record! The previous best was 118 (as far as we know of course, @everyone: feel free to prove us wrong :wink: )! Glad you had fun with it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":806540,"author_name":"Geryon Games","author_uid":"geryon-games","epoch":1649284580,"text":"This is a fun concept. At first I thought that the movement would be too hard, but it is actually really fun and works well.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":806728,"author_name":"Zoeluci","author_uid":"zoeluci","epoch":1649286088,"text":"It's definitely a very funny concept, and the weird walking and physichs really surprised me. I think it's diffcult to understand how to control the character, but I assume it was on purpose just to make everything more chaotic. Really funny and unexpected","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":807517,"author_name":"LDJam user 97711","author_uid":"97711","epoch":1649294293,"text":"the concept of this game is hilarious, and destroying everything in the office with the player is inherently very fun. I had a hard time understanding how to survive more than 10-20 seconds per round, though. overall a really fun experience!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":808374,"author_name":"dxk2294","author_uid":"dxk2294","epoch":1649307138,"text":"This is hilarious, I love the art style and the comments made by your coworkers. Great job!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":809669,"author_name":"danashrulez","author_uid":"danashrulez","epoch":1649332502,"text":"That was super fun! Ngl I really love the physics, or should I say the lack of physics :P cute cute cute!! It was fun face planting the co-workers to oblivion. Tbf 9\/10 times I myself destroyed the plant accidentally!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":810501,"author_name":"arya-s","author_uid":"arya-s","epoch":1649343499,"text":"Holy shit what a game.\n\nI already had a good laugh on the title screen with the character just lying on the floor but I did not expect those kind of game physics.\n\nHilarious.\n\nI really liked the dialogue bubbles of the coworkers.\n\nGreat submission!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":811688,"author_name":"Sawyer","author_uid":"sawyer","epoch":1649357430,"text":"This game is hilarious and very fun to play. The character customization is a nice plus and it feels like a full game.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":811689,"author_name":"poupiste","author_uid":"poupiste","epoch":1649357432,"text":"Funny characters movements ans replicas, loved the total chaos !","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":811750,"author_name":"fraanns","author_uid":"fraanns","epoch":1649358231,"text":"Really fun and hilarious entry. Knocking other coworkers over is really fun. Also, really cool that you included character customization. As a suggestion I would try to make the character controller feel more responsive. It is almost inevitable that you knock the plant over yourself.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":811755,"author_name":"BangKerpow","author_uid":"bangkerpow","epoch":1649358292,"text":"I've never seen a character creator in a jam game before, that's a nice touch. The physics were fun and it had a unique concept.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":811768,"author_name":"ReRonin","author_uid":"reronin","epoch":1649358414,"text":"@fraanns \n>It is almost **inevitable** that you knock the plant over yourself.\n\nIt is, isn't it \ud83d\udc40","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":814127,"author_name":"FallingFlatStudios","author_uid":"fallingflatstudios","epoch":1649399224,"text":"I'm not going to lie; there was a little doubt going into this game; I didn't know whether it would live up to my mountainous criteria for anything concerning media. But, after a few minutes of getting to know the controls, mechanics, and witnessing the act of John Krasinski getting de-atomized by Shrek through sheer willpower, the game really started to click with me, resulting in an experience I soon won't forget. \n\nDon't forget to say hello to my new sleep paralysis demon.\n\n![demon_19.png](\/\/\/raw\/2fe\/72\/z\/4d807.png)\n\n10\/10 Nothing will make the screams go away.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":816334,"author_name":"Cain Sanches","author_uid":"cain-sanches","epoch":1649445909,"text":"I laugh so hard playing omg that was amazing !","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":817524,"author_name":"elysiagriffin","author_uid":"elysiagriffin","epoch":1649469067,"text":"Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!\n\nIf you\u2019d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: \nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1450167991?t=03h45m21s\n\nGood luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D\n\n\ud83d\udc9c Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady\n\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/elysiagriffin","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":820860,"author_name":"Smoofy","author_uid":"smoofy","epoch":1649549197,"text":"maybe i'm easily pleased, but personally i love this. the ragdolls, the costumes (i used shrek), the sound effects from the annoying colleagues, it's all great. i especially love the text system. the scenario, unlikely as it is, is funny, the art is great (voxels are yes), and the office was well done. the apparent infinite supply of colleagues is a bit concerning, though (maybe we should dial 911 on that), but all jokes aside, great entry. thanks for suggesting this to me, i love it.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":822477,"author_name":"Borabee","author_uid":"borabee","epoch":1649604101,"text":"I got to 83s! I think this is the most original take on the theme I've seen so far and the game is just pure chaos! XD Well executed down to the details, with the fun dialogues and I can't believe you managed to include a character creation haha. Really well done, I had a lot of fun!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":825193,"author_name":"Lazzor","author_uid":"lazzor","epoch":1649699018,"text":"Great humour and great fun all around. If I weren't distracted by reading all the jokes I maybe could have gotten further than 143 seconds. But I guess that's not too bad considering I probably watered the game plant more than my house plants... Guess I should do that some time :D","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":833610,"author_name":"Sarah","author_uid":"sarah","epoch":1650318872,"text":"I love the way the characters move around, its ridiculous and a bit hard to control which is part of the fun. I was having a hard time watering it though, but then when someone ruined it, everyone blamed the poor plant xD\n\nOverall, the graphics are cute but the music is a bit loud, but well done!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":834030,"author_name":"LDJam user 4886","author_uid":"4886","epoch":1650365793,"text":"What a weird concept :D Reminds me of old PSSSSST! from the Spectrum age, but voxelized and in an office!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":837536,"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"jupiter-hadley","epoch":1651490186,"text":"Really challenging game! I included it in my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you\u2019d like to take a look. :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/e8i89EcGrVo","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld50\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mboeckx.itch.io\/un-rooted","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"67604","g_author":"1228879","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"291351","g_title":"Un-Rooted","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"807","g_commentcount":"51","g_site2_node_id":"277342","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"277342","n_urlkey":"291351","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/un-rooted","n_slug":"un-rooted","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"228879","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"922431","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":277342,"parent":276397,"superparent":9,"author":228879,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2022-04-04T21:54:08Z","created":"2022-03-14T15:58:20Z","modified":"2022-09-22T11:53:21Z","version":922431,"slug":"un-rooted","name":"Un-Rooted","body":"Ever brought a plant to the office to cheer the whole place up?\nWell, if you have, you know how 'bringing a plant to the office' ties in with 'delay the inevitable'!\n\nJump right into the action in Un-Rooted; the game where you try to keep your precious office plant alive for as long as possible while all your colleagues just HAVE to touch the thing. 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