Baum by Waterman7

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made by Waterman7 for LD29 (COMPO)
You are a tree. Use your roots to grab as many bones as possible without touching the spiders.

Controls:
Mouse to aim, click to send out root.
Hover over spiders to prevent them from moving.


Check out more of my stuff on my website:
http://w7games.bplaced.net/

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.46 289
Audio 1.37 1049
Fun 3.15 433
Graphics 3.82 186
Humor 2.63 421
Innovation 3.58 211
Mood 3.76 97
Theme 3.70 187

Feedback

Maxom
28. Apr 2014 · 00:51 UTC
Holy shit! This is awesome!
Liens
28. Apr 2014 · 12:32 UTC
Wow cool and creepy, pitty there's no audio though.
goerp
28. Apr 2014 · 12:55 UTC
Wow, great mood! And what a original (weird) game.
The old black and white style makes the lack of sound fitting, it's a silent movie!

And there's at least one surprise.

Do you make more games?
WeaselZone
28. Apr 2014 · 13:06 UTC
Heh, nice touch with the balloon - very cool atmosphere!
philip_sinclair
28. Apr 2014 · 13:06 UTC
interesting concept, and nice looking. creepy!
ezolotko
28. Apr 2014 · 13:06 UTC
This one is cool
WeaselZone
28. Apr 2014 · 13:06 UTC
Heh, nice touch with the balloon - very cool atmosphere!
conormn
28. Apr 2014 · 13:07 UTC
I've always wanted to be a bone eating tree. Thanks for making a dream come true. Very nice :)
hexagore
28. Apr 2014 · 13:08 UTC
Loved this, didn't read the instructions so I didn't know how to deal with the spiders but in a way that made it more challenging :)
local minimum
28. Apr 2014 · 13:11 UTC
I really liked the graphics and nice little complexity of the game. Very straight forward to get going. If there had been fitting music to the feeling of the visual effects and the digging and spiders and happy balloon... then it would have been perfect.
okkolobr
28. Apr 2014 · 13:56 UTC
Really nice ! Loved the old movie look. Nice gameplay idea, made me think about Sleepy Hollow. Great job !
Caridorc
28. Apr 2014 · 14:12 UTC
Beatiful game! I've composed some music for it (you can make a post-compo version with the music). Here you can download my music https://www.dropbox.com/s/bmzo1pjxy5ie60z/Background%20music%20for%20Baum.wma just write 'Music by Caridorc' somewhere in the game or in a read-me file. I hope you will enjoy my soundtrack!
hathol
28. Apr 2014 · 16:58 UTC
Awesome mood and art style!
Celt
28. Apr 2014 · 17:01 UTC
this is worth beeing developed further!
Doubstract
28. Apr 2014 · 17:28 UTC
Never seen anything like this before, great job!
jorgemoag
28. Apr 2014 · 19:18 UTC
Wow, I love it! +5 Mood
Kep
28. Apr 2014 · 19:48 UTC
Super creepy, and strangely compelling.
There should be a way to fight spiders, or they should kill you instantly. The waiting helplessly for death part sucks.
Still, I enjoyed the game.
DavidErosa
28. Apr 2014 · 21:06 UTC
This game is creepier than most zombie-based games I've seen xD Really nice looking and great interpretation of the theme. Thanks for making it!
oatsbarley
29. Apr 2014 · 07:51 UTC
Interesting! I definitely agree with the other commenters that music would have made it even better.
BuKaneerz
29. Apr 2014 · 09:11 UTC
Really good concept !
Your art and mood are so cool,
This game need a little music (:
zzorn
29. Apr 2014 · 12:24 UTC
Ah, those dark and creepy trees, munching bones hidden from our eyes beneath the ground.

Great fit on theme, and moody graphics.
Bekokstover
29. Apr 2014 · 18:29 UTC
That atmosphere sure helps the game a lot. I wish it had some sound, but the quiet of the black-and-white movie screen is also really creepy. The mechanics work well, and are surprisingly engaging. That feeling when one crawls up your roots! :D
Snoother
29. Apr 2014 · 19:58 UTC
Nice black-and-white graphics, really stylish. Game was a bit slow but nevertheless fun.
Daylon
29. Apr 2014 · 20:01 UTC
Very interesting! The atmosphere is quite something else, and it's quite difficult to manage the spiders when there are quite a lot of them. Great game!
SecondDimension
29. Apr 2014 · 20:06 UTC
Nice, simple game with a a good style. No audio for me though.
TobiasW
29. Apr 2014 · 22:55 UTC
"You are a tree. Use your roots to grab as many bones as possible without touching the spiders."
*looks at the image below*
*looks at the description again*
Hu.

Weird, creepy, slightly funny and stylish at the same time - I like it! The silent film (well, actually silent - pity there is no music!) look is pretty well executed.

The gameplay is fun, but I think a goal or fail condition would've enhanced it - like a timer, for example.

All in all, pretty cool and well done!
Jonochrome
30. Apr 2014 · 09:44 UTC
Woah.

Feel like there needs to be more of a pattern to the spiders so you can better strategize when to make your move, but... woah.
pLaw
30. Apr 2014 · 14:12 UTC
Really cool. I like the simplicity of the concept. Presentation is also quite good.
Kalabasa
30. Apr 2014 · 14:15 UTC
Nice simple casual game. It's perfect for a mobile app! :)
ccglp
30. Apr 2014 · 14:16 UTC
Dark and creepy moody, so cool!
akymos
30. Apr 2014 · 14:44 UTC
Unmotivated vintage graphics made the gameplay a little funnier. Good job.
vilya
30. Apr 2014 · 23:41 UTC
Very very cool. Well done! The only thing that could improve it is audio, I think.
finefin
01. May 2014 · 08:39 UTC
very nice game that looks awesome and gets hard very quick.
thumbs up!
terraco
01. May 2014 · 08:52 UTC
Those damn spiders!
jsspiegel
03. May 2014 · 20:37 UTC
Really creepy and unique style, and fun too!
Oddly Shaped Pixels
04. May 2014 · 10:42 UTC
Really nice aesthetics and the mechanic is simple yet well implemented and addictive as well. Nice entry!
pansapiens
04. May 2014 · 10:48 UTC
Really cute, stylish and engaging to play. Although the visuals evoke movies from the silent era, I'd probably still like some sound, even if it was understated. Also, I felt like the difficulty curve didn't ramp up enough after a while - sure, I eventually died, but it felt more like eventual bad luck than the game exceeding my skill level (if that makes any sense). I think this would be even more fun on a touch screen since you could disable multiple spiders simultaneously (until you run out of fingers).
FREEZX
04. May 2014 · 20:03 UTC
Very nice atmosphere there. Has a creepy mood, and the gameplay is veryoriginal :D
hyouko
04. May 2014 · 23:38 UTC
Wonderfully creepy. I understand the lack of audio given the aesthetic, but I think a tinkly piano soundtrack would work really well here.
sP0CkEr2
05. May 2014 · 04:52 UTC
nice work - some creepy sounds would have been nice too - great job
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
05. May 2014 · 18:31 UTC
beautiful, weird and fun!!! Loved the black and white!
jtpup0
05. May 2014 · 20:25 UTC
I really like how creepy the atmosphere is, as well as figuring out that bones are good and crawly spider things are bad, nice game
Toby Pinder
06. May 2014 · 19:54 UTC
Loved the aesthetic!
zebi24
07. May 2014 · 10:24 UTC
You really did awesome job creating a creepy atmosphere with visuals and I really like the ability to stop only 1 spider, that makes the game really fun to play, great job!
psychonull
07. May 2014 · 21:49 UTC
Really good entry. I would love to find more games as innovative as this.
Shivur
08. May 2014 · 00:21 UTC
Cool original concept.
BadgerPriest
08. May 2014 · 06:21 UTC
Really digging the silent-movie vibe.
Zerkruemler
08. May 2014 · 08:43 UTC
Cool black and white style. Sounds would be fun.
BubuIIC
09. May 2014 · 08:26 UTC
Good idea - great implemenatation. Especially the setting which creates a dark and atmospheric mood. I like it very much!
alshirah
09. May 2014 · 11:34 UTC
Great game. Great Graphics. No Audio. Overall I like it
jacklehamster
09. May 2014 · 12:04 UTC
Nice vintage movie style but a bit hard on the eyes. Interesting new gameplay.
XenosNS
10. May 2014 · 02:32 UTC
Love the style, very tim burton.
JaJ
10. May 2014 · 11:34 UTC
Really great style! Audio could really improve this game.
ioboi
10. May 2014 · 13:11 UTC
Difficult and creepy, I like it!
Jupiter_Hadley
10. May 2014 · 20:05 UTC
Love the graphics and gameplay! I included it in part 20 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/LetpuBbjABA
angelk
11. May 2014 · 08:42 UTC
The film grain texture is really great, this would have felt like a totally different game without it. Nice job.
BubuIIC
11. May 2014 · 14:10 UTC
Very cool, I enjoyed the ambience. Thanks for rating our entry, by the way. And finally a web game, I can play on Linux.
udo
12. May 2014 · 13:39 UTC
I loved this, the idea, the graphics, very well done :)
PaperBlurt
12. May 2014 · 13:57 UTC
Woah.
The style and mood is real scary.
Interesting and fresh gameplay.
badlydrawnrod
15. May 2014 · 19:51 UTC
Fantastic look and feel to it, and I liked the balloon. Right up there for mood, despite the lack of sounds.
PlasterPhantom
16. May 2014 · 15:07 UTC
Graphics were cool, no audio sadly. Reptitive gameplay though, lacking feedback on the balloon "power up"
NightShadow0
16. May 2014 · 15:19 UTC
Definitely original haha, the art style is pretty appealing.
jsmars
16. May 2014 · 18:11 UTC
Really fun and creepy! Could really use some audio :)
xdegtyarev
17. May 2014 · 00:04 UTC
haha, dat ambience so depressive! injoyable game! :)
xdegtyarev
17. May 2014 · 00:06 UTC
haha, dat ambience so depressive! enjoyable game! :)
BadPaul34
17. May 2014 · 21:08 UTC
That's so cool! Great little game, unique with a good concept. Like the atmosphere that really fits to the theme. Miss the audio, too bad :)
wademcgillis
18. May 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Fun little game!

I could never get the balloon though.
elefantopia
18. May 2014 · 23:02 UTC
The mood is entrancing... I like the graphics, gameplay? soso.
pixelpun
19. May 2014 · 01:53 UTC
Something about this really creeps me out.. :P cool game!
wschorn
19. May 2014 · 03:21 UTC
salad fingers creepy
DaanVanYperen
19. May 2014 · 20:50 UTC
Very artistic!
Kragnir
20. May 2014 · 00:12 UTC
Cool idea, think you created a nice mood with the graphics and effects. The gameplay could use some work and needs something that makes it interesting.
alpha_rat
09. Dec 2014 · 18:25 UTC
awesome graphics and atmosphere on this one