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Mother Nature by ethankennerly

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made by ethankennerly for LD33 (JAM)
Mother Nature:
Draw to destroy humans!
Do not draw on forests.

What is the highest level you can reach?

By Torri Lindsay and Ethan Kennerly

Playtested by Alan, Mark, Jennifer, and Leandra at Noisebridge in San Francisco.
Web (Flash) http://finegamedesign.com/mother-nature
Source https://github.com/ethankennerly/monster
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=3040

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1796
Overall(Jam) 3.67 174
Audio(Jam) 3.15 370
Fun(Jam) 3.48 232
Graphics(Jam) 3.76 344
Innovation(Jam) 4.10 27
Mood(Jam) 3.22 452
Theme(Jam) 3.48 503

Feedback

Suese
24. Aug 2015 · 07:31 UTC
w00t L13. Fun
frondeus
24. Aug 2015 · 14:45 UTC
Not bad but easy .
ehtd
25. Aug 2015 · 00:42 UTC
Managed to get to level 13, nice game, one of he best LD33 entries I have played at the moment :)
AzureKnight808
30. Aug 2015 · 04:41 UTC
Very simplistic yet effective gameplay mechanics!
I think what would make the game more effective is to improve the graphics, to make it more clear that I'm destroying humans. Perhaps have animation of destroyed buildings, and people running around. Also, the human count shouldn't be the number of buildings destroyed, but that times 100 or something.
Lastly, pause for a while at the game over screen because I didn't even have time to read my score.
LeafThief
02. Sep 2015 · 11:22 UTC
The more I destroyed the more they built. A nice simulation.
anjack
06. Sep 2015 · 22:27 UTC
Very cool concept! Would probably work better on a phone, with a touch screen.
Zephyr Raine
06. Sep 2015 · 22:50 UTC
Loved the graphics, but sound effects quickly became a bit annoying.

I liked the concept and theme interpretation though, good job !
bossmojoman
06. Sep 2015 · 23:40 UTC
Nice take on the theme, this would make an addictive mobile game
cbear_wallis
07. Sep 2015 · 04:08 UTC
i liked this a lot. I think if you added more mechanics to the game it would grow to be really cool ^_^
CreamyBacon1
07. Sep 2015 · 04:35 UTC
Top score 6417. Got to level 17, I think it's impossible after that. Good job!
CosmicAdventureSquad
07. Sep 2015 · 05:12 UTC
Satisfyingly nihilistic!
Brightstar
07. Sep 2015 · 05:40 UTC
I liked this. Seems like it would fit on a phone nicely.
nomand
07. Sep 2015 · 06:24 UTC
Neat take on cellular automata. Needs some ambient forest sounds and maybe particle effects, birds etc flying off, more juice :)
ZNCatlaw
07. Sep 2015 · 06:31 UTC
This was rather stressful! Around level 9 it gets really tough. I was only able to make it to level 11. Who is the real monster, though!?
paquinn
07. Sep 2015 · 08:16 UTC
Really great, simple enough to understand easily and captivating enough to keep trying to do better. Ended up having a really good theme of "against the humans" that just worked well.
wooltech
09. Sep 2015 · 12:31 UTC
I really liked this, and the way the humans spread like a virus. Took me a go or two to realise that 'Draw to destroy humans' just meant mouse over them.

The graphics are spot on for what this game is, although maybe an effect or replacement for the cursor would be a nice addition, along with a game over screen rather than just restarting straight away.
wooltech
09. Sep 2015 · 12:33 UTC
Oh, also you might want to disable the right-click context menu, as you can use that to move over trees without killing them.
Dunric
10. Sep 2015 · 19:17 UTC
Simple but fun just like games supposed to be.