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Virens by Dis0rder

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made by Dis0rder for Ludum Dare 52 (COMPO)

🍃 Welcome to station Hortuxx-DC! 🍃

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This intergalactic garden represents the latest advances in botanical science and agriculture!

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Features: - Your very own space-sapling - Six interactive utilities - Station Head providing advice and lore (Show him your items!) - Mellow auditory ambience & gobsmackingly green colors

Input using mouse or touchscreen.

Mobile support?? :iphone: Try it on your phone! :fourleafclover:

Tools used: - Clickteam Fusion 2.5 - GIMP - Audacity - sfxr - AmSynth - Calf-Plugins

- Sooperlooper

#madewithfusion

The post-mortem of the project can be read here.

.MFA https://dis0rder.itch.io/virens
Browser https://dis0rder.itch.io/virens
.EXE https://dis0rder.itch.io/virens
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/virens

Ratings

Overall 277th 3.083⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 322th 2.521⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 265th 2.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 117th 3.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 313th 2.667⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 121th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 147th 2.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 154th 3.333⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

diesdas
08. Jan 2023 · 22:17 UTC
LOVED the intro and the music, really creative. The mechanics were a bit tedious after a while, but simple to understand without explanation!
Arthur Mairs
11. Jan 2023 · 04:07 UTC
Simple enough it didn't need a tutorial! My plant died quite a lot :(
AdamWatters
11. Jan 2023 · 12:21 UTC
I think that the animations could have been a bit faster and overall the game could have done with a bit more polish. The game's idea wasn't bad though. The mechanics were also fairly easy to grasp which is a big plus.
vinzBad
12. Jan 2023 · 16:13 UTC
Played until the end and loved the vibe of this game especially the sound effects. The screen transitions felt a bit janky and sometimes the items interacted with the plant when I already switched to the item select screen. Maybe interactions could be locked while doing the transition?
math_daemon
12. Jan 2023 · 16:24 UTC
Nice and chill, music fits perfectly. It does not respect my phone orientation and always is in landscape mode, should be portrait though. Hope you know what I mean :laughing:
jitspoe
13. Jan 2023 · 03:03 UTC
Using the scissors was a little unintuitive. I first tried clicking on the buds, then the scissor, but not the scissors then the buds.
Beeb GameCodeCompany
14. Jan 2023 · 22:00 UTC
I liked the atmosphere of this game quite a bit. Music was really appropriate, I literally checked to see if there was a mobile version of this because I was thinking of switching over to a phone since it feels so much like a phone game. Was fun, I would've liked to of seen a better ending, like a reason for harvesting the seeds, maybe sending them to another planet so this plant can grow elsewhere. But, I see you did this in 48 hours instead of the 72, so time wasn't on your side lol.
cactusdan
16. Jan 2023 · 04:06 UTC
I really liked the game's atmosphere and the audio design. The animation to switch screens was very slow for me, and I think I would have found it a lot more enjoyable if I could switch between screens faster. I felt the game was very easy to understand and I liked that I could just jump in and start playing.
atmospherium
16. Jan 2023 · 05:38 UTC
Nice game. Really enjoyed the mood and the audio went a long way to making this feel engaging. It felt like a good balancing act throughout. As others have mentioned, having the screen scroll faster would go a long way in improving the feel. On the whole, this was an interesting take on the theme and a nice game (with mobile support!), so you should be happy with what you've accomplished.
Samuli
17. Jan 2023 · 17:07 UTC
Atmosphere was really nice with the music, but the screen transitions were very jarring and slow when playing on PC. All the tools could have just been on the plant screen. Gameplay itself was chill and easy to understand.
Onizik
18. Jan 2023 · 14:58 UTC
It's simple, but interesting game!
I'd like to add more speed in changing screens (played on PC).
Well done!
Sarah
27. Jan 2023 · 05:13 UTC
I like the idea of going back and forth between screens but it was a bit painfully slow! The button to move back and forth wasn't always working for me either. I think having the tools on the planting screen would have made things a bit smoother, but it was still very satisfying to grow things :3 The whole vibe of the game was nice, with the music! Overall, really nice job!