Coexisting Worlds by PurpleApes

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made by PurpleApes for LD30 (JAM)
It is a sort of strategy game!
The goal is to grow a tree on the other side of the river!
It is finishable but can take time, or not?
It is not fully tested and not fully finished !

There is 3 kind of being:
1_the Trees
2_the Fungi
3_the birds

And 3 kinds of energies:
A_Tree Energie: each tree has is own reserve which increase automatically(tree need to me mature to use action and generate energie)
B_Fungi Energie: each fungi has is own reserve and need to be feed by trees to increase
C_CoEnergie: global energie depending of the number of fungi and tree connected

There is 7 actions in total:
_Grow fruit : require tree energie, and each tree can grow a limted number(2)
_Call bird: require an amount of Coenergie(selection of a fruit)
_Feed a fungi:no energie require, stop treeenergie regeneration and give energie to a fungi
_create connection: require fungi energie
_help tree: reqquire fungi energie and that the tree is connected , tree need to mature to use action( a purple circle appear when this happen and dissapear after tree is mature)
_create a fungi: require Coenergie
_send bird: require Coenergie, create a tree

We hope it is clear enough considering that there is not lots of indication during the game!

Comment on the jam:
First participation in ludum dare jam!
Obviously the game needs a lot of refining :D
Do not hesitate to comment and report bugs!
There is No Sound in the Game, we did not have time :(
Ps: This game is based on the mycorrhizae behavior;)

Edit: Thanks for the Comments So Far! They are very helpful for a future version of this game!

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Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.05 782
Audio(Jam) 1.41 662
Fun(Jam) 1.80 760
Graphics(Jam) 2.06 744
Humor(Jam) 1.65 586
Innovation(Jam) 2.89 466
Mood(Jam) 1.97 702
Theme(Jam) 2.54 606

Feedback

nerd burglars
26. Aug 2014 · 18:38 UTC
You may be too smart to make video games. It seemed like a game a scientist would enjoy playing.
hogtrick
26. Aug 2014 · 18:58 UTC
Very nice idea. Gameplay needs refine.
cstudios
27. Aug 2014 · 21:08 UTC
Idea is good. The controls are realy not responsive, maybe refining the controls, adding more elements and giving more feedback to the player would improve the game a lot.

Keep the idea, and rethink the whole concept. Maybe you should use a grid system for planting :)
JoeEliTommy
27. Aug 2014 · 23:22 UTC
It's an interesting game. I like the concept of guiding the growth of nature.

The controls and feedback definitely could use improvement. I reached the end screen, but I still don't feel like I understand exactly how everything worked. For example, I'm not sure when I'm allowed to connect a fungus to a tree. I understand that connections require FungiEnergie, but is there also a maximum of 3 connections allowed for each fungus? I suppose that's what you mean by "connection limited"? Tutorials and instructions are important!

I'm happy that you included a victory screen -- this is an example of GOOD feedback to the player!

-- Tommy
Aaron San Filippo
28. Aug 2014 · 19:00 UTC
It sounded interesting; but I had a really hard time understanding how the game worked with the confusing UI and directions :(
Nooner Bear
28. Aug 2014 · 19:43 UTC
The game looks like it could have been neat, but I can't say I quite understood what I was doing.
jukimv1986
30. Aug 2014 · 14:19 UTC
A tad confusing, would need more in-game feedback for me to work. Good effort!
Sunflower
30. Aug 2014 · 14:24 UTC
Alright, I can't really tell what was going on, it told me to select a tree to connect, but after clicking the tree multiple times I've got no indication there is a connection. Maybe there actually was. >.<

It seems like it could be interesting after some polishing (what couldn't, though? ^^"), but so far somewhat unclear instructions with weird names, and my inability to establish apparent connection between the tree and the fungus caused me to quit. >.<
waynaul
30. Aug 2014 · 14:46 UTC
Great game. I had difficulty with connecting the mushrooms - I'm not sure why, but the concept is original.
kyru
14. Sep 2014 · 20:24 UTC
Interesting idea and use of the theme. May need some more explaining and help in the game as far as what to do.