Slowly by Angelbait
A game about living your life as a tree. Nothing more. Enjoy the weather collecting sun and water to grow yourself to new heights!
Have fun and enjoy my first LD entry!
Have fun and enjoy my first LD entry!
| Windows | https://www.dropbox.com/s/hrnrihmttb750of/LD24-FINAL.exe |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=13636 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 45% | 641 |
| Overall | 2.64 | 558 |
| Audio | 2.57 | 316 |
| Fun | 1.92 | 693 |
| Graphics | 2.96 | 358 |
| Humor | 1.38 | 595 |
| Innovation | 3.04 | 296 |
| Mood | 2.53 | 425 |
| Theme | 2.88 | 380 |
I'm glad you didn't give up. A lot of people do, the first time. Make sure to come back next time with another entry!
As for the gameplay, this seems like it could be well-suited as a relaxing, don't-do-much game. I think you could make it more fun by making it like other relaxing hobbies, like fishing, where you pretty much do nothing for most of it.
So, you could make it more fun by requiring much, much fewer resources between each upgrade and spawning them much LESS frequently and making them easier to click (and move slower). I know that seems unintuitive but I think that here, since you are just requiring a fairly mindless follow-and-click action from the player, you don't want to draw attention to that by having the player do it a lot.
I thought it was innovative, although not very close to the theme, since you are growing and not evolving, and you really don't even have much choice in the matter. You can choose what order you level up each of the three attributes before unlocking the next level, but you can't go on growing roots forever or grow leaves until you topple.
I really liked how the resources spawned faster as you grew more roots and leaves. Makes sense :).
Overall, good job!