Her Garden by Gaeel

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made by Gaeel for LD30 (COMPO)
Her Garden is an exploration/gardening game.

When you start the game for the first time, a garden will be made for you. This garden is yours to enjoy. You can relax, meditate and watch time go by.
You can also tend to your garden, or visit the gardens of other daughters, to bring back rare and beautiful seeds...

Due to poor network code and poorer foresight, level loading can take some time, it's perfectly normal for up to 20 seconds to go by on a slow connection...

Use the arrow keys, WASD or ZQSD to move and the space key to gather/place...


Post-compo changes (Dowloads tagged "Post-compo" only):
- Fixed "highp" shader bug, fixes compatibility with some GPUs and MacOSX
- Fixed "invisible" plants, tweaked plant rendering for more beauty...

Planned features/changes/future edition:
- Name your home garden
- Leave messages
- Remove Away world editing
- Auto-plant seeds (simulate natural growth)
- Uproot plants
- Multiple portals, portals single connect.
- Make-your-own portal
(Most of these will probably be a different game somewhere down the line)

Ratings

Coolness 63% 3
Overall 3.56 226
Audio 3.97 26
Fun 3.06 545
Graphics 4.31 31
Humor 2.13 694
Innovation 3.44 337
Mood 4.23 13
Theme 3.62 289

Feedback

ponk
25. Aug 2014 · 01:42 UTC
Great and brillant work !!
AawWWwwWrrrRhhh... !! Those pixels... BEAUTY!
Niavlys
25. Aug 2014 · 02:05 UTC
Awwww, would love to try this, but:
Error: Cannot compile pixel shader code:
0:11(1): error: illegal use of reserved word `highp'
0:11(1): error: syntax error, unexpected ERROR_TOK, expecting $end

stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'newShader'
main.lua:78: in function 'load'
[string "boot.lua"]:407: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:399>
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
Niavlys
25. Aug 2014 · 02:33 UTC
Hmm, I simply deleted "highp" in line 11 of shaders/lighten.fs, and it seems to be working now... I'm able to see, hear and interact with my garden and others' too.
Brilliant work on graphics, Proteus-like audio and network code! There's no goal in your game, but nothing new here ;)
Niavlys
25. Aug 2014 · 02:43 UTC
I was about to say that maybe the white noise was a bit too loud sometimes but then I realized it was simplynoise.com still running
SaintHeiser
25. Aug 2014 · 16:23 UTC
Visually is great! Lights effects looking amazing!
Shivur
26. Aug 2014 · 21:58 UTC
Relaxing!
capsizedmoose
26. Aug 2014 · 22:00 UTC
This game is so pretty! :O
Boberro
27. Aug 2014 · 16:25 UTC
Wow. So this is what löve looks like...
🎤 Gaeel
27. Aug 2014 · 17:02 UTC
Hey guys! Thanks for the praise, it means a lot! I had a lot of fun making it, and started to wonder how much was just programmer-porn n.n

Niavlys: Thanks for pointing out that bug, you can try the Post-Compo for a fixed version. This time there's not explicit goal, but a few implicit ones:
- Increase the diversity of one's garden,
- Be friendly and help decorate other gardens

Boberro: Love2D is great for doing 2D image blitting, has a few blending modes (for Photoshop style layering) and proper shader support, so with a little know-how and a bit of tweaking, it can look however you like ;)
If you look through my LD entries, they're all Love2D except for Crobal&Friends and OMFG Aliens!
Morusque
27. Aug 2014 · 22:12 UTC
These dithered gradients are gorgeous.
Pierrec
28. Aug 2014 · 23:21 UTC
This is...whoah. Can't find the words. I want to play for hours but I'm so tired. I need to play it again tomorrow. One of my favorite so far!
bentog
29. Aug 2014 · 21:30 UTC
This is beautiful, amazing graphics and mood. Would like to see more things to do in it. Good job!
grayhaze
30. Aug 2014 · 17:16 UTC
A really relaxing, zen-like experience. I could see myself spending a long time gathering and arranging things into the perfect garden. I'm glad to see that you plan to be able to uproot plants in the future, as that's really the only thing I can see missing at the moment. Good work! :)
grayhaze
30. Aug 2014 · 17:17 UTC
I forgot to mention that I *love* the ambient soundtrack and audio cues. They really add to the atmosphere of the game.
Ekilibr
30. Aug 2014 · 18:59 UTC
My 5 stars for the mood and graphics, which are absolutely amazing :) Well done !
Nooner Bear
30. Aug 2014 · 19:05 UTC
Certainly a unique art style! Not sure what I was supposed to do, but still really neat looking.
KingBolonzo
30. Aug 2014 · 20:25 UTC
Nice art looks amazing
LandoSystems
30. Aug 2014 · 20:44 UTC
Lovely art style, very chill and relaxed mood. Great work!
alvivar
30. Aug 2014 · 20:59 UTC
It throws me an error :(

http://www.dropbox.com/s/o0r5vg23007qndz/20140830150341.PNG
slowfrog
30. Aug 2014 · 21:09 UTC
Intriguing and beautiful game, relaxing even. Graphics and ambient sounds build a unique atmosphere.
Literal Games
30. Aug 2014 · 21:21 UTC
Hm, had some visual issues with little black boxes around every sprite... Still, pretty game if I imagine they're not there and a neat idea! 5/5 for theme and innovation, and graphics because I feel like I'm so close to seeing something really pretty!
hbocao
30. Aug 2014 · 22:26 UTC
This is aweseome! It's different, moody and beautiful. Very cool experience! Yes, do expand the concept and think mobile. Keep it simple, though. Amazing entry.
elemel
30. Aug 2014 · 23:52 UTC
Beautiful.
RaycoSantana
31. Aug 2014 · 12:54 UTC
Pretty cool, loved the art.
CoolIron
10. Sep 2014 · 06:47 UTC
Awesome idea! Great job!
crazyrems
14. Sep 2014 · 09:55 UTC
That garden ! It's nice to put rocks around and plant the best flowers. It would be nice if there's a post-postcompo with plant uproot :)
thing
03. Jan 2015 · 22:19 UTC
Where do I go to download on Mac?