Invasion by epriestley2

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made by epriestley2 for LD24 (COMPO)
CONTROLS
Arrow keys to move.
X to interact.

HINTS
Some plants are sturdy enough to be climbed. They grow more leaves than usual.

There's an ending, although it may be difficult to find.

Ratings

Coolness 93% 2
Overall 3.45 132
Audio 2.61 299
Fun 3.14 199
Graphics 3.31 226
Humor 1.93 419
Innovation 3.82 42
Mood 2.85 262
Theme 3.73 79

Feedback

link2x101
27. Aug 2012 · 02:42 UTC
Confusing at first, but an interesting idea.

Lovely tiles, smooth control.
Sound was strange, low quality, but fitting.
Leebo86
27. Aug 2012 · 02:44 UTC
Interesting gameplay. I really liked the little robot's animations and sound effects. I kinda suck, because I wasn't able to get very far, but I liked what I saw.
Brian Crick
27. Aug 2012 · 02:49 UTC
Conceptually, I love the idea of breeding plants that help you move around -- it feels totally natural, and fits with the theme perfectly.
sboerwinkle
28. Aug 2012 · 00:12 UTC
Awesome game! If you get stuck, get innovative. It's very rewarding! Haven't finished playing it yet, but about to add to bookmarks!
yettatore
28. Aug 2012 · 02:39 UTC
The best "evolutionary mechanic" that I play as yet!!!
savethejets1
28. Aug 2012 · 03:36 UTC
Cool Idea.

The Graphics are really good too. Good stuff!
Spotline
28. Aug 2012 · 04:06 UTC
This game kept me playing for a hour...
thewiseguy99
28. Aug 2012 · 06:30 UTC
Addictive, kept me playing for ages, planting, watering, climbing. Very cool. Very good effort/result.
Starmen
28. Aug 2012 · 15:43 UTC
Quite a nice game. I think some extra polish on the visual end would've been nice. The player sprite seems weird compared to the rest of the game because of the difference in scale. The idea is nice though and the gameplay seems really well executed.
emveyh
28. Aug 2012 · 16:30 UTC
Cool game :) the sound was not too annoying, the graphics are nice, the controls were really good. I really liked the idea that you have to grow plants in order to progress. Well done! :)
JaJ
28. Aug 2012 · 16:30 UTC
I actually liked the sound effects. Nice to play around with, but I didn't get to the ending.
Zamando
28. Aug 2012 · 16:33 UTC
Cool idea. Takes a while to understand what to actually do.
K1NET1K
28. Aug 2012 · 16:33 UTC
I like the simple but nice graphics
Robotic
28. Aug 2012 · 16:34 UTC
Really nice, it doesn't even need instructions, the game suffices itself, and everything felt natural, great feedbacks. It could have a bit more work on the sound (the metallic spider bot in this natural, virgin world is perfect), and also sometimes I couldn't climb on plants, don't know why. But great game for sure.
kevincorrigan
28. Aug 2012 · 16:35 UTC
Nice game, I like the idea, I couldn't find the end, but I had fun trying:)
SimianLogic
28. Aug 2012 · 16:46 UTC
neat idea -- wish there was more feedback on how to progress (i tried pollenating the far stalk with leafy pollen, but that didn't seem to do anything)
KEFIR
28. Aug 2012 · 16:47 UTC
This one is very good! I didn't figured out yet how to climb the plants.. After some time of seeds emission game starts lagging hard and it's become impossible to play.
gustavodort
28. Aug 2012 · 16:50 UTC
Man, I spent some time cultivating plants!
Krobill
28. Aug 2012 · 17:11 UTC
This definitely speaks to the scientist in me ^^
Well done!
BrothersT
28. Aug 2012 · 17:12 UTC
Fits very well with the theme, and the concept is really good. My criticism is that the pace was perhaps a bit slow, at least to start with.
Kassoon
29. Aug 2012 · 21:52 UTC
I really liked the robotic slicing walk sound. A bit slower paced backtracking for water and waiting for plants to grow, but I also thought it was really cool
yenz
31. Aug 2012 · 02:35 UTC
Good graphics, gameplay, and sound effects, just wish I could find the ending.
dector
01. Sep 2012 · 16:15 UTC
Nice game, but it fully loaded CPU after first harvest.
Andrew
02. Sep 2012 · 22:21 UTC
It froze after the first plant spat out its seeds, but it's an interesting concept.
bvanschooten
03. Sep 2012 · 20:20 UTC
Great work, very original. This game reminded me how much I like farming type games. I would have liked the possibility to destroy plants and seeds, as I had to carry away large amounts of seeds one by one by the time my plants were growing tall.
CataclysmicKnight
04. Sep 2012 · 02:19 UTC
Very addictive! Laptop overheated and all I could think of was coming back to play more of it; I wanted to get further :)
csanyk
17. Sep 2012 · 01:24 UTC
Ran OK through several generations of plants, then the framerate dropped way down. I'm not sure if there was a goal in mind or what I was trying to accomplish through crossbreeding, but it seemed interesting and cool. I thought the spider droid animation was pretty sweet. The sound effects got a little repetitive, but were good -- I'd just like it if they were mixed up with a little more variety.