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Grow a Game by cubicme

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made by cubicme for LD34 (JAM)
pretty much self-descriptive.

Press R to restart everything (when in the office).

you play as developers of a game, game designer, graphic artist, animator and programmer to develop a game. each one doing his/her part to grow the game.

we didn't get to do everything we wanted and had to abandon some of the stuff we did half-way through.

Music:
Paper Please Theme
"Don't let me be misunderstood" from Kill Bill Soundtrack


Game Design: Shiro
Art: Pouya
Animations: Ali
Programmer: @cubicme

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Post deadline update:
fix: initial dialogs didn't show up sometimes,
fix: unity prefab was not saved, so the font wasn't updated
add desktop builds
Web http://gamejolt.com/games/grow-a-game/113972
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11535354/ld32/GrowAGame_win32.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11535354/ld32/GrowAGame_mac.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11535354/ld32/GrowAGame-linux.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=16008

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.18 651
Fun(Jam) 3.09 573
Graphics(Jam) 3.53 480
Humor(Jam) 3.66 112
Innovation(Jam) 3.44 290
Mood(Jam) 3.23 496
Theme(Jam) 2.94 953

Feedback

Charging Llama
15. Dec 2015 · 02:52 UTC
Looks like it could be fun, but I'm not able to find anywhere to DL or play it at.
fergarram
15. Dec 2015 · 02:59 UTC
Unrunable.
The way you mixed pixel art with flashy drawings doesn't look cool.
AboLD
15. Dec 2015 · 08:54 UTC
The art and music choice are greats.
I love this Idea and the game experience.
Thumps Up Guys
SunShiranui
15. Dec 2015 · 11:55 UTC
Stealing music is not okay :(
piper82
15. Dec 2015 · 11:58 UTC
lacking polish but nice overall. it was fun.
flukeshot
15. Dec 2015 · 12:09 UTC
Haha, nice. I really appreciate the satire of it all, and the effort put into doing so many mini-games.
maunovaha
15. Dec 2015 · 12:11 UTC
hehe. Nice take on the theme. It reminds me of one game which I played (cant remember the name) and the game said "there is no game" and you had to discover it. Bonus points for not making typical "grow a worm" game :)
🎤 cubicme
16. Dec 2015 · 06:45 UTC
piper82: thanks :) yeah we were working on it until last minute. so many little things to do more
alirezalorak
16. Dec 2015 · 10:40 UTC
WoooW.. I like it... so cool, special shiro :)
tyrants.not.found.team
16. Dec 2015 · 14:31 UTC
Funny indeed, nice job guys! Could use a little more polish indeed and the Papers, Please theme gets a little monotone after a while, but other than that, funny little thing!

Cheers,
Ionut(Tyrants.not.found team)
kostak
17. Dec 2015 · 08:45 UTC
Where have I heard the melody of your game?
VladRusu
17. Dec 2015 · 09:12 UTC
Interesting idea. Music fits your game well. Took me a while until I figured out what I should do when in the office, then after finishing the first round of minigames, I got stuck for good. I think you have a really solid start for the game!
Tasgardyen
17. Dec 2015 · 09:16 UTC
Not bad, I liked it.. but it needs a little more story behind
Efuvex
17. Dec 2015 · 11:03 UTC
Unique ahaha. Interesting mini games. Personally thought the story was pretty great. Kinda described us.
StitchesMagoo
17. Dec 2015 · 11:07 UTC
Sick game guys, really terrific job on creating a sim game in a weekend. However I do think the high res and pixel art graphics from the game designers to the backgrounds is a bit disjointed. Otherwise a really good entry.
kmakai
17. Dec 2015 · 11:08 UTC
This was cool and a smart idea! I thought the animations were quite nice. It was not clear to me that I needed to hit "up" to hit the button in the first minigame -- maybe I'm dense but it did take me a bit. Not a huge problem though. Regarding the music, if you don't create it yourselves during the Jam, you should be using music that is specifically licensed and made available for purposes like this: i.e. creative commons or public domain. Anyway, good job completing an entry!
jackyjjc
17. Dec 2015 · 11:43 UTC
The dialogues are funny and it is interesting to have mini games as the game play. Would be better with more polish and more cohesive arts. Also I got stuck after the first round of mini games, are there any more I didn't discover?
🎤 cubicme
17. Dec 2015 · 12:00 UTC
thanks everyone :) these comments are one of the best things in ludum dare.
I was initially not very ok with using Paper Please theme, but it was a last minute choice, either that or no music, and it was such a great fit for the mood of the office scene. I asked a few dev friends and since we weren't being judged in audio, we just went with it, hope it doesn't cause any problem.
we talked about mixing pixel art with smooth character and animations and decided why not :) I just wish we had more time to add some nice particles, blood and sfx to "kill bill" (design) minigame.
🎤 cubicme
17. Dec 2015 · 12:03 UTC
jackyjjc: that was the idea, we were creating a game through the mini games, and then.. you were already playing the game we developed. we finished on a loop.
to be honest initially we had another game that would gradually be completed through these minigames and mechanics would be added to it. but we didn't get to finish that one. so we finished it like this.
🎤 cubicme
17. Dec 2015 · 12:06 UTC
kmakai: not at all, actually we talk about using "E", "Enter" and "Up" for interactions but i totally forgot to put it in place. although we wanted some player to struggle a little to solve animations minigame so we didn't include help for controls.
holgk
17. Dec 2015 · 15:52 UTC
Love the Kill Bill reference.
psychomonster
17. Dec 2015 · 17:40 UTC
+1 fort soundtrack +1 for kill bill minigame :D This was fun to play. Nice gag.... It was a little to much text skipping for my taste... but this is okay for me...
Drauthius
21. Dec 2015 · 17:48 UTC
Great game guys, different, in a good way. well done!^^
RARoadkill
01. Jan 2016 · 19:18 UTC
Very interesting idea, would be cool to see this more fleshed out, game dev sims are really fun
Creative Sectors
03. Jan 2016 · 11:34 UTC
[Lazarus-omin from Creative Sectors]:
Cool lil' project, which accurately describes some of the elements of the LD game making process. :)

I had no problems with graphics, and I liked the mini-games too. Best aspect was the humor though, at least for me.

Congrats' on the game, keep it up!