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Treevolution by djacobs7

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made by djacobs7 for LD24 (JAM)
Story:

According to a forgotten ancient legend, 10 million years ago there were only 7 things.
The 7 things were:
Fish. Yarn. Buttons. Communism. Magic. Hats.

This was an odd legend.

From these 7 things, humanity evolved. And so did lots of other things...

Nobody knows for sure, but one popular opinion states that people grew on trees.

Your challenge is to outsmart evolution. Combine elements to grow trees, and evolve humans before 10,000 BC.

Notes:

Game play should be pretty self explanatory. Easy to figure out the rules, really difficult to win.

Here is a spoiler to get you started:
hat + magic = rabbit



Credits:
For how to generate dynamic trees: http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/abop/abop-ch1.pdf

Music is by Edward Grieg, thanks to Kevin Macleod.

Web https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82485367/treegame.swf
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=14619

Ratings

Coolness 22% 986
Overall(Jam) 3.38 65
Audio(Jam) 2.75 128
Fun(Jam) 2.92 123
Graphics(Jam) 3.54 91
Humor(Jam) 3.85 11
Innovation(Jam) 3.38 47
Mood(Jam) 3.25 57
Theme(Jam) 3.38 48

Feedback

daydalus
28. Aug 2012 · 00:10 UTC
Pretty funny and original game you have here. Graphics had a nice indy feel to them. Still haven't figured out how to make humans, but did find some funny combinations ;) The buttons felt a little unresponsive at times, and it was a little tedious waiting for my tree to get destroyed so I could start over. Great game though, good work!
Cell
28. Aug 2012 · 06:25 UTC
hah, i like the humor.
axcho
28. Aug 2012 · 06:29 UTC
Art and music were great, personality and humor were great too. I wish the game moved faster so I spent more time making choices and less waiting for the animation to hurry up already. Maybe my computer just chugs when the tree gets too leafy. :P But still.

It would be great to see this on an iPhone or something. Something faster.
YopSolo
28. Aug 2012 · 19:34 UTC
Really funny, well done :)
tcstyle
29. Aug 2012 · 21:06 UTC
Well done with the style and humor. Gets frustrating after some time trying around to combine stuf.
DevoreUK
31. Aug 2012 · 17:57 UTC
I couldn't work out the combinations :( me being stupid?

Love the art, music, text everything really. Neat concept. Wish I could have skipped some of the animations though, that would of kept me playing longer.
Teknik
01. Sep 2012 · 18:46 UTC
great game. a little slow at time waiting for the tree to grow and de-grow. but awesome none the less.
chumez
02. Sep 2012 · 11:49 UTC
Nicely done, the art and the music fits, a bit confusing at times, but interesting nonetheless.
hgcummings
02. Sep 2012 · 12:05 UTC
Quirky and really nicely presented. A bit tedious having to wait a long time when you choose an incorrect combination, although some of the correct combinations are quite amusing. Reminds me a bit of the old LucasArts point-and-click adventure games, where things always made sense on some odd level of logic (e.g. you need it to rain, so you start washing a car and naturally it rains immediately afterwards).
Andy Go
12. Sep 2012 · 11:47 UTC
Good.
But I have to say it's a little boring to combine a lot of things without results.There should be more possible combinations I think.
bvanschooten
15. Sep 2012 · 22:49 UTC
well presented, interesting to play for awhile, but I could find little logic to the combinations. Slow end animation made me quit early.