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I am Tree by SundanceKid

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made by SundanceKid for LD 41 (COMPO)

This is my take on the theme: a calm, relaxing naturey builder and at the same time an exciting, fast paced action game where you play as a tree. Defend yourself against lumberjacks and woodpeckers as you collect rain to grow your tree and gain more health. The goal is to live as long as possible.

iamtree-titlescreen 0.png

iamtree-beginning 0.png

iamtree-sunny 5.png

iamtree-rainy 67.png

Controls:

Build - Right Click

Throw Apple - Space

A thrown apple will go towards your mouse position. The further your mouse the harder the apple will be thrown. To build onto your tree you need at least 100 nutrients, which is gathered when raindrops hit your leaves.

Made with Unity, written in c#, art done in GIMP, music and audio recorded with Audacity and some with Bfxr.

PS my high score is 5 minutes 22 seconds

HTML5 (web) https://sundancekid1019.itch.io/i-am-tree
code also downloadable on itch.io https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Baju4HhdS6yph7RE-jAgonPEfUWkIGQT
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=1owDkiiSpyc7Nr3ceU8lYvu-PLJI708gN
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/i-am-tree

Ratings

Overall 212th 3.594⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 147th 3.656⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 299th 3.469⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 548th 3.125⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 229th 3.531⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 316th 2.922⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 66th 3.694⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 170th 3.414⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Untitled Studios
23. Apr 2018 · 02:14 UTC
My favorite game so far! I loved the surprises around every corner. I won't spoil em' for anyone else though.
Tero Pulkkinen
23. Apr 2018 · 02:34 UTC
Looks quite interesting.
Serious07
23. Apr 2018 · 02:36 UTC
Fun little game, I'm realy liked how apples become a deadly weapon :D
Pahlsoftware
23. Apr 2018 · 02:37 UTC
Struggled a bit at the start to even grow, but once I got the hang of it I enjoyed every minute. This is an amazing game!
JanGamesDev
23. Apr 2018 · 03:44 UTC
It started well, then I made some bad decisions and I died, fun game.
FussenKuh
23. Apr 2018 · 03:51 UTC
Interesting. Took me a few attempts to actually figure out how to play and I was handicapped by the fact that I couldn't see the whole screen at the same time thanks to my crappy screen resolution. But, none the less, I had fun once I figured out what I was doing!
Lawrence
23. Apr 2018 · 04:05 UTC
Ok, I'm really bad. It took me 5 time to figure out how aiming works. :smile: But I got it then and it was fun.

Good job!
Lemons
23. Apr 2018 · 05:17 UTC
Very interesting! I love the concept, took me some time to master but I had a lot of fun.
Jack Hipson
23. Apr 2018 · 22:51 UTC
Great game, lots of fun! I feel like it doesn't fit the theme very well though. Also, the lightning strike before the rain is a bit loud gave me a good spook ;). Other than that good job!
morphine
23. Apr 2018 · 22:51 UTC
I really liked this but I think you have a bug - I got to around almost as high as the screen and had a lot of health. I fended off someone with a drill and still had a lot of health then out of nowhere the screen just popped up and said I died. By the way I laughed out loud at the 5000 years old thing - classic.
🎤 SundanceKid
23. Apr 2018 · 23:03 UTC
@jack-hipson thanks for the feedback! I struggled with the theme at first, but I think the combination of a relaxing building game with a fast-paced action game fits the theme alright. :)

@morphine I'll look into it but one thing I should have mentioned is that lumberjacks (and drills especially) can take away a lot of your health in a short amount of time. Maybe a warning sound when you get to low health would be helpful. Thanks a lot for the feedback. :)
Willops
24. Apr 2018 · 20:55 UTC
You did an amazing job here! definitely one of my favorites, I found myself playing this one for quite a while. My one criticism is that you could have done the theme a bit better, as the combination of builder and action isn't that "incompatible". Still! excellent entry, you're in my top 5 :D.
blobo
24. Apr 2018 · 21:08 UTC
Very well done. I found it incredibly satisfying and funny to mercilessly murder lumberjacks with an apple.
foolmoron
24. Apr 2018 · 21:40 UTC
Didn't realize I could build sideways until I got pretty tall, but that was pretty cool. The mechanics encouraged you to build like an actual tree. The drill instantly got me... death screen was amazing though.
DUUUUDE
24. Apr 2018 · 21:43 UTC
I love that you throw apples to kill humans. The message at the end of a run was neat!

Now that I think about it this tree is evil. It's not only killing humans, is feeding on their bodies!!

GG Keep up the great work!
przekop
24. Apr 2018 · 21:45 UTC
Feels good. But how do I fight those fires!?
Carvster
24. Apr 2018 · 21:46 UTC
Survived a solid 4 minutes 40 once I worked out what to do! simple concept but quite satisfying
LeReveur
24. Apr 2018 · 21:46 UTC
Fun idea, good realisation - good job!
Just one thing : why a screen so large and wide ? It was not very easy to play with only the center of the game ^_^
ramon15749
24. Apr 2018 · 21:50 UTC
I found the game and the music really relaxing. Took me a while to understand the aiming mechanism though (but maybe it's just me). Really fun game to play. Good job!
🎤 SundanceKid
24. Apr 2018 · 22:02 UTC
@lereveur Sorry about the resolution, I have a pretty big monitor and didn't notice. Easy fix with itch.io :) Thanks for the feedback.
PowerSpark
24. Apr 2018 · 22:05 UTC
Quite a funny game, great execution of mixing anxiety and relaxation. My 3 minutes felt like 10 because of how hostile everything was. I must say that the leaf blocks apples would fire from seemed a bit random. Good job on crafting a solid entry.
Tikikala
24. Apr 2018 · 22:52 UTC
i think the only thing stopping me progress is how do i deal with fire
🎤 SundanceKid
25. Apr 2018 · 17:28 UTC
@tikikala unfortunately fire is the only thing in the game you don't have control over, but usually fires will go out pretty quickly. :)
fazz
25. Apr 2018 · 21:37 UTC
This is definitely the most unusual game I've played so far, well done!
drludos
26. Apr 2018 · 23:45 UTC
A very unique take on the theme, I love it! The game is quite challenging, it took me a lot of tries before being able to grow a very large tree. The fire is annoying, but the chainsaw machine are even more deadly!

I love the humor of the game too. Congrats on this relaxing yet challenging entry!
Jezzamon
15. May 2018 · 06:23 UTC
haha this is fun, the drilling machine was a good surprise