Plantown by ChrisAntem

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made by ChrisAntem for LD34 (JAM)
"Let it grow, let it grow"... With only the I and P buttons of your keyboard, try to make the best garden/town made with plants with the help of your little Plantinets !

Protect your bulb, do not let plants wilt, collect some drops and kill the enemies (and that is a lot) !

Controls :
Press [I] to stop the top left roulette and change tool, win some drops, fertilizer... Or enemies.
Press [P] to water the plants, fertilize or spray some insecticide.
Hold [P] to open the shop.

(Some speed skill and reaction are required to score a lot. We trust you.)

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.06 748
Fun(Jam) 2.61 912
Graphics(Jam) 3.76 332
Humor(Jam) 2.54 585
Innovation(Jam) 3.36 349
Mood(Jam) 2.97 719
Theme(Jam) 3.79 403

Feedback

gene-z
15. Dec 2015 · 16:51 UTC
Nice graphics , Nice ideia
jomomomo
15. Dec 2015 · 16:57 UTC
Can't play it, the IDS here at work has esy.es blocked.
xodene
15. Dec 2015 · 16:57 UTC
Great concept to go along with both themes. I was really impressed by the graphics, they're really well done! The controls were interesting but took some time to get used to.
-SPiRiT-
15. Dec 2015 · 16:58 UTC
The controls are too hard =/ Changing items is a hell, and i don't really know what i am doing

But the game concept is great ! Graphics are goods. No audio ?
Tipyx
15. Dec 2015 · 17:02 UTC
Very difficult, but you got here a nice idea :)
Chubb1337
15. Dec 2015 · 17:03 UTC
I like the idea of this, but damn I hate that roulette system, I always end up with monsters attacking me while I don't get any Pesticides. :(

Game could use some music and sound effects. Graphics are very good! Keep working on it, it shows great promise
Rob_Haines
15. Dec 2015 · 17:20 UTC
Lovely art illustrating an interesting little game idea.

Personally I found the drop-requirement for even the smallest structures to be a little too high, since those structures then decay over time anyway, & lost repeatedly due to the fertiliser sack failing to show up in the roulette for extended periods. (Could perhaps be worth buildings not collapsing from lack of fertiliser, but left on verge of collapse so first enemy who appears can knock them over like cardboard.)
🎤 ChrisAntem
15. Dec 2015 · 17:28 UTC
Thanks for all your comments !
There is no audio, we haven't had the time to make it (and we are not so good music players. Jox plays some kazoo and rattletrap and I have some rests of middle school's flute).
And for the difficulty... I made my best to reduce it and keep some challenge. Maybe with some practice (sorry for those who were frustrated).

Anyway we will keep the idea and improve it later.
(And thanks to Google for some franch/english approximative translation).
puddelipip
15. Dec 2015 · 21:05 UTC
Nice graphics! The control scheme is really hard to learn though, feel like i don't know what i'm doing (maybe that's just me)
DesignerNap
15. Dec 2015 · 21:11 UTC
a bit too tricky, but looks great :)
Max Amaden
15. Dec 2015 · 21:12 UTC
Really nice graphics and a cool idea! It took a while to figure out, but once I understood the game, it was really fun! Keep up the good work!
Taldius
15. Dec 2015 · 21:52 UTC
Nice game, pretty hard, but when you understand it, it's easier. The only problem I had is that I rarely had enough drops to buy something good in the shop, maybe that was because I wasn't good enough.
Anyway, good job.
TomenLuca
16. Dec 2015 · 17:39 UTC
Great graphics, would've loved some music with it.
Krafty
16. Dec 2015 · 19:28 UTC
This was a cool game but a little bit confusing =P good job!
blubberquark
17. Dec 2015 · 18:46 UTC
Looks great! I like the scale of the setting - everything tiny is big. After playing it a bit I managed to kill monsters, but never was succesful with growing anything. A simple improvements could be to always have a roulette running. - @OhHelloTilman
Nooner Bear
20. Dec 2015 · 20:33 UTC
I liked the art and aesthetics a lot, but I'll be honest, even after reading the controls I had no clue what I was supposed to do. Reading the text was quite difficult as well.
JoseArias
23. Dec 2015 · 16:31 UTC
I liked it. The controls are a bit difficult but when you get used to it, it works.