Grow your Planet by Natrium729

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made by Natrium729 for LD30 (JAM)
The goal is to take pictures of animals on different planets that are connected together.

Press shift to take a picture.

A walkthrough is available here:
http://ulukos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/walkthrough.txt

Postmortem here
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/14/grow-your-planet-postmortem/

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.24 374
Audio(Jam) 3.27 292
Fun(Jam) 2.87 477
Graphics(Jam) 3.62 275
Humor(Jam) 2.61 298
Innovation(Jam) 3.23 266
Mood(Jam) 3.50 176
Theme(Jam) 3.26 335

Feedback

Tanner
26. Aug 2014 · 09:38 UTC
Really nice music and art.
ponk
30. Aug 2014 · 23:35 UTC
I love the drawings!
TKia_
31. Aug 2014 · 03:37 UTC
Like the music, and the hand drawn actually adds a bit to the charm of the game. Also, I'm always a fan of picture-taking gameplay.
Crefossus
31. Aug 2014 · 03:52 UTC
Great audio and art. I wouldn't have beaten it without the guide. The fruit/bird was tricky even with the guide. Pretty calming game.
jukimv1986
31. Aug 2014 · 04:09 UTC
So weird and charming! Good graphics and mood. Remember to rate other games to receive a score!
psychonull
31. Aug 2014 · 04:21 UTC
nice audio and art, it get's you playing. great little game.
gwa
31. Aug 2014 · 15:35 UTC
Nice style :)
draxov
31. Aug 2014 · 15:36 UTC
A charming game, like the music and the different variations of it, the whole photo mechanic is satisfying and reminds me of pokemon snap.
pjimmy
31. Aug 2014 · 15:40 UTC
great drawings, well done :)
chikun Dev Team
31. Aug 2014 · 15:44 UTC
Inspiring work! Beautiful artwork and a captivating premise.
~funkeh
tchem
01. Sep 2014 · 00:23 UTC
the art and idea are awesome,,, i loved it,,, so unique and beautiful!!!,,, congrats !!!
Nooner Bear
01. Sep 2014 · 00:25 UTC
I like the hand drawn art aspect. The music did get on my nerves after a while.
rhaasken
01. Sep 2014 · 00:36 UTC
I enjoyed exploring the worlds and seeing what kind of changes came about when I connected them. Nice job!

It was pretty tricky to figure out though, especially the toucan.
Xanjos
01. Sep 2014 · 00:45 UTC
Pretty fun point and click adventure. I enjoyed the photography concept and I really liked the hand drawn art style. Platforming elements need some working on however (it was hard to see where I was aiming the grappling hook although to be fair, it didn't really gel well to the overall gameplay experience).
🎤 Natrium729
01. Sep 2014 · 00:57 UTC
Thanks to all for your kinds comments! I would have never thought people would like it so much!

@Nooner Bear
The music was made really quickly before the deadline, so it is normal, I suppose.

@Xanjos
The platformer parts were done something like 5 minutes before the deadline. I am not satisfied as well. I added them to reinforce the "connection" part of the theme, but I haven't had time to finish. I was also obliged to duplicate them instead of making four separate levels :'(
bw
01. Sep 2014 · 02:21 UTC
This is bonkers.

I never did find the snow hare.
oakus
02. Sep 2014 · 09:34 UTC
I like the collecting element of game, but the thing with robot is a little bit clunky for me. Either the levels for robot to go throught should be a little bit different and more challangind every time or there should be some new mechanic, like digging stuff, or moving something somewhere or connecting something.
Overall the art and music is good and finding ways to take a picture of animals is definitelly satisfying. Although I could figure out what to do with that piece of ice (or what is it) that appeared in the middle world when I connected it with the right one.
ceosol
06. Sep 2014 · 13:42 UTC
I like this entry. I dropped the fun score a little because you should not need a guide to play through a game made in 72 hours. I noticed something was odd, but never would have thought to use the apple like that. The music was perfect for the mood you were setting. I was sad that the planets didn't actually get to the point of hugging each other :)
lotusgame
07. Sep 2014 · 22:43 UTC
Charming game !
Acuity
08. Sep 2014 · 00:44 UTC
I like the hand-drawn art, but it's hard to figure out what to do in the very beginning.
elefantopia
11. Sep 2014 · 03:17 UTC
Good artwork!
Njord
11. Sep 2014 · 06:10 UTC
I really loved this. The graphics and the audio are neat, the idea is fun and original, and it's really cute, really relaxing. Awesome work !
fisholith
14. Sep 2014 · 06:28 UTC
Cool game, I love the photo mechanic, and the artwork. :D
Took me a while to figure out how to connect the worlds, but I like how they alter each other.
Keep up the good work. :)
Hypnohustla
14. Sep 2014 · 16:36 UTC
Beautiful graphics. Hard to understand at first but it was very interesting nevertheless :)
sephyka
14. Sep 2014 · 19:07 UTC
Charming and moody game. Very pleasant to play with!
porglezomp
15. Sep 2014 · 03:50 UTC
Great game! You need some better ingame instructions, and the connecting the roots feels a bit broken/repetive. Still fun!
igoramendola
15. Sep 2014 · 06:34 UTC
Cool! The gameplay is really innovative. Also, the game has nice graphics and good music. Very nice work :)