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Ecowsystem by concalf

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made by concalf for LD 38 (JAM)

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Links

  • HTML5: https://www.concalf.at/ludumdare/LD38/
  • JAR: https://www.concalf.at/ludumdare/LD38/ld38-ecowsystem.jar

Goal

  • Have as many cows as possible!

Controls

  • Left Mouse to drag and drop birds, cows, trees and mountains
  • Right Mouse to move camera

Gameplay

  • Feed the cows with small plants
  • Hungry cows will fade out until they die
  • Cows will create pollution when eating
  • Plants cannot regrow on polluted areas
  • Trees will counter pollution but they need to be watered
  • Put mountains in front of clouds to stop them and let it rain
  • Place trees below the rain to water them
  • ... and did I mention the sharknado? Don't let it kill anything!
  • The sharknado will attack the birds first, then the cows

Other

  • no sounds for Internet Explorer, no music in Edge
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/ecowsystem

Ratings

Overall 328th 3.455⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 325th 3.273⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 183th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 109th 3.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 143th 4.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 74th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 429th 3.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Iak
01. May 2017 · 06:40 UTC
cow pollution and sharknados are a fearsome combination indeed. I find myself wanting to protect the birds so they can save the planet from incoming meteors, which does decrease the number of surviving cows quite a bit.

Fun idea with a good feel to it, though I think it might have more potential as a puzzle design with different levels where you have to get X amount of cows or something under specific conditions to proceed, as I reckon the number of plants spawning will probably put a hard limit at how many cows you can possibly get for the arcady highscore? Mmmaybe.
La mecanique du plastique
01. May 2017 · 18:21 UTC
Nice game, very simple and pleasant to play. I didn't read your gameplay notice and it was very instinctive and clear, my progression in comprehending how it works was quite smooth. Well done !
The sound design is pretty clean and efficient too. I think it would make a good mobile game. The only thing I would say is still lacking is an indication of how many cows you'll have to gather to win.
It's rated !
Fiote
02. May 2017 · 13:41 UTC
Nice little game ^^ loved the art style and the sound effects. Too bad sharknado got most my cows lol.
Wevel
03. May 2017 · 17:47 UTC
Took a while to figure out how everything works but when I had it was fun to try and stop the cows being killed. I think it would have been nice if you could zoom in or out, would make it easier to see everything that is going on.
Rodrigo Denúbila
04. May 2017 · 02:57 UTC
really nice! I loved the art style
MartensCedric
06. May 2017 · 21:20 UTC
Nice little game, the sharknado was a great add that made the game much more fun! :smile: good submission overall
pcmaster
12. May 2017 · 16:12 UTC
10 points for the sharknado and the 'pollution' :) Very cute and polished, fun to play :) Great work!!!
rplnt
12. May 2017 · 17:48 UTC
Very polished game with very nice graphics, good audio and complex enough gameplay. I found it a bit too hard to be honest. I think it would be challenge even without the sharknado, so it might be better to have it run past just once in a while. It was just too fast for me on the small world. But maybe it's just me, seeing how @pcmaster got 10 cows :)
Hierophant
13. May 2017 · 03:15 UTC
This was a pretty funny game. I really liked the graphics you used. The gameplay was simple enough understand after a few moments of playing around, and after looking at the instructions. A couple of comments: I had trouble controlling the pollution with the trees. It wasn't clear if you were supposed to drop trees on pollution, or leave them near pollution. I also wish the camera had been scaled out a bit further, there's already a lot to micromanage, so restricting the information the player can see at a glance isn't necessary to providing a fun challenge.

All in all, I enjoyed it a lot, best of luck in the comp. If you like, please take a look at my game, linked on my profile page
Rialgar
13. May 2017 · 09:16 UTC
I absolutely love it in every way I can think of. It is beautiful, it is funny, it is endearing, it is challenging.
szimano
13. May 2017 · 19:56 UTC
nice little game with a very pleasant and cheerful graphics as the strongest point. would be nice to have some kind of mid-achievements though.
Joror
13. May 2017 · 22:03 UTC
Cool chill mood, great graphics. Sprinkle in a simple gameplay goal, and you got a completer game.
The birds don't seem to interact btw?
+1 for pun, +1 for sharknado
zotapianola
13. May 2017 · 22:30 UTC
Lovely, fun, very well polished. Great work! One of my favorite games, so far!