Grow Germinate upGrade entanGle by justalocalhero

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made by justalocalhero for LD 41 (JAM)

4X Gardening.

You start with a single daisy. Spread some roots to scout your surroundings and gather water. Use your resources to expand or upgrade. Fight back pesky weeds and fungi.

Ratings

Overall 856th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 893th 2.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 906th 2.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 975th 2.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 870th 2.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 365th 3.409⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 929th 2.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

DangerousFat
24. Apr 2018 · 03:59 UTC
This is a neat game, it's impressive that you did it by yourself. Congratulations! Feel free to give my group's game a play! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/elite-beat-zombygons
Badical
24. Apr 2018 · 05:23 UTC
Have no idea what I'm doing :( Loved the music, though. Congrats on the game!
Hare Software
24. Apr 2018 · 12:57 UTC
Nice music, good art and fun idea. Very well done!
Team Orange Pop
24. Apr 2018 · 22:15 UTC
Lots of fun. Wish the baddies hurt you.
Poorwill
25. Apr 2018 · 06:10 UTC
Nice mash-up, audio and presentation. I wish my clicks would be just a little more responsive so I'd understand if I was moving the camera or spreading my roots :)
Sibi
25. Apr 2018 · 06:26 UTC
Nice game but I had some trouble with getting the resources I wanted. Especially getting more suns. I was mostly just hammering E to get enough resources since there didn't seem to be anything bad happening to you anyway. Could use some balancing but I enjoyed the art and music and had a relaxed time :)
:thumbsup:
Autumnotopia
25. Apr 2018 · 08:39 UTC
I liked how little pressure there was, I feel like for a gardening game it's very fitting haha. It gets repetitive eventually, but for a jam game it's pretty impressive how long I stayed invested.
🎤 justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 19:19 UTC
@Badical Ahh, sorry it wasn't more clear. Glad you liked the music at least
🎤 justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 19:20 UTC
@DangerousFat Thanks. I had a lot of fun wearing different hats
🎤 justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 19:22 UTC
@Team Orange Pop Yeah. Probably would be an improvement. I was a bit worried about not being able to balance in time and locking players out. Should have added at least a bit of danger though.
🎤 justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 19:23 UTC
@Poorwill no doubt. I had a few other bits of feedback in mind that I just completely whiffed on at crunch time.
🎤 justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 19:26 UTC
@Sibi I probably should have given some more thought to resource costs. I'm glad you enjoyed some of the aesthetics.
🎤 justalocalhero
25. Apr 2018 · 19:28 UTC
@Autumnotopia I'm glad you enjoyed it. No doubt there could have been more varied content. I did want there to be a pretty relaxed pace. I'm glad you got a fair bit of gameplay out of it.
HPMNK
26. Apr 2018 · 00:02 UTC
I thought it was a bit rigid at first, but then i saw you did it all by yourself , so congratulations for the effort. I love the idea of having "war fogs", not usual in games like that.
I raised up my vote by 1 point, for the work : D
🎤 justalocalhero
26. Apr 2018 · 00:48 UTC
@HPMNK Just wait till you play the sequel "Frogs of War." That'll really impress you. Kidding aside, thanks for the feedback. There are a lot of improvements I would have liked to get to.
MartinTristan
26. Apr 2018 · 01:36 UTC
a simple tutorial would be really helpful. i was confused on what to do until i noticed that your resources goes up when you end your turn. but overall, great job!
Maduke
26. Apr 2018 · 04:33 UTC
Pretty interesting and relaxing little farming simulator you have going here. Not much to do objective wise, but otherwise plays well.
Kovakomes
26. Apr 2018 · 09:34 UTC
My sunflower empire rules over all! Muahahahahaha! Oh, also, cool game. Well done.
🎤 justalocalhero
26. Apr 2018 · 19:13 UTC
@Kovakomes be a kind overlord please
Beebo Studios
05. May 2018 · 00:12 UTC
Nice little game! Visuals and music work quite well :)

It's a bit difficult to keep track of different plants you own. And do the enemies attack/can you actively defend against them or are they just randomly moving?

Apart from that, good entry! :)
🎤 justalocalhero
07. May 2018 · 12:52 UTC
@Beebo Studios Quite a lot I didn't get to unfortunately. You can fight against the weeds by building next to them and choking out their resources. The mushrooms will try to spread spores to random tiles within a certain range before dying off.

Had I made it a bit farther, the baddies would have been able to harm you and hamper your resource growth; you would have had defensive growth options.

Thanks for taking the time to play and give feedback.