SUPER PLANT FRENZY by Glint Games

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made by Glint Games for LD34 (JAM)
SUPER PLANT FRENZY: Survival of the biggest!

LEFT: TURN LEFT
RIGHT: TURN RIGHT

(you're the little green thing in the middle. Don't worry, that will change!)

Welcome to SUPER PLANT FRENZY, a game about eating other things that are smaller or similar in size to you. In order to become the biggest, you need to feed!

The problem is, this temperamental one likes to eat sometimes and doesn't other times. Watch the frenzy meter above to know when your sapling can eat! Watch out though, bump into bigger things (glowing red) and you will start to wear down your health! Reach 0 and it's game over!

The blue bar represents progress, fill it by getting your future PlantZilla to eat everything, and win the battle to become the biggest!

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.61 249
Fun(Jam) 3.64 170
Graphics(Jam) 4.00 211
Humor(Jam) 2.96 333
Innovation(Jam) 2.47 907
Mood(Jam) 3.29 451
Theme(Jam) 4.15 121

Feedback

Acerio
15. Dec 2015 路 03:04 UTC
Eh, you copied my game! I submitted first! Just kidding, the game was okay.
Jimbly
15. Dec 2015 路 03:09 UTC
Pretty fun! I got a score of 570 on my first game. Didn't realize I had a health bar on the side, might have been good if it flashed or something when I got hurt =).
馃帳 Glint Games
15. Dec 2015 路 03:10 UTC
Hehe Thanks for trying it your game looks nice I will play it soon :) gtg sleep now 3am uk
SovietBear
15. Dec 2015 路 03:19 UTC
While this concept has been done before, it was done very well by this game. The art was nice to look at and colorful, and there is a huge amount of growing, and there are only two controls! Nice work!
Archonthewizard
15. Dec 2015 路 03:20 UTC
Fun idea. Reminded me of pac man. Really liked the art style
rjhelms
15. Dec 2015 路 03:21 UTC
Really good take on a great classic game style. The sound and graphics really reminded me of the style of DOS games in the 90s - lots of fun!

I ran into a couple of cases where things didn't seem to work right when the plant grew - for example, one time I got stuck in the bottom wall of the playfield, and couldn't move anymore. Couldn't make it happen consistently, though.

And a suggestion: you should make it clearer that the file for download is an installer - since I didn't know it was, it made me a bit nervous when it asked to make changes to my computer.
Enchae
15. Dec 2015 路 03:23 UTC
Interesting. I was a little confused at first, but I understood soon enough.

The controls were a little difficult, but I assume that was for added challenge! Nice graphics, The sound all work well together, and that beat was bangin'. The polish left a bit to be desired, but eh. I can't really be a critic on that.

Overall, not bad.
Nega Drive
15. Dec 2015 路 03:27 UTC
Cool game! Very cute and polished. It took me a while to see where I was as the character starts out so small and relatively indistinct from the background. Also it would have been better if you dropped the two buttons theme and just went with growing, as the two button controls are a little confusing and don't really improve anything. Good stuff though.
MrJoshuaMcLean
15. Dec 2015 路 03:28 UTC
Congrats on getting both of the themes in! Really like the critters and the music. Controls are a bit disorienting near the walls, but I had fun anyway.
Fathom
15. Dec 2015 路 03:29 UTC
Awesome! Game feels fun, and I love the art.
cudabear
15. Dec 2015 路 03:30 UTC
A solid entry! I got to 1500 points.

The graphics here are great, they really get the job done. The already great gameplay is really complemented by it. Well done!
banana4life
15. Dec 2015 路 03:31 UTC
Fun little arcady game.
It was hard to find your character at first.
Sourtrance
15. Dec 2015 路 03:33 UTC
Awesome game! Easily the best one I've played so far. I like the fact that the enemies you can't eat have a glowing red outline. Also screenshake. Good work!
Drury
15. Dec 2015 路 03:42 UTC
This is like Snake and Agar.io had a baby. Pretty solid combination, slick use of themes too.
PuddleOfWater
15. Dec 2015 路 03:52 UTC
Cute artstyle :3
I quickly understood the green bar because of its words, but I needed to hypothesize to understand the two other bars.

I like how "the world ends" with you not being able to stop eating exponentially. =p
xdigdoug
15. Dec 2015 路 04:17 UTC
Very fun, good level of challenge! I made it to the end with 1 hit remaining. Game gets harder as you grow bigger and can't avoid enemies. Graphics and sound are great.
stargardengames
16. Dec 2015 路 14:28 UTC
I like the art style! I did find it a bit confusing though. Could have used a bit more tutorial. Good work overall!
StMatn
16. Dec 2015 路 14:47 UTC
Very cute game!
The graphics are great and the audio is very fitting!
Its a bit tricky to turn, when moving at the edge of the playfield. I wanted to turn 180掳 by rapidly hitting a turn key, but bumped into the wall and was a bit irritated for a little moment.

Would it be possible to ship the game without installer? I don't really like to install LD games, since most of them dont stay on my computer for too long and its a bit awkward to install and uninstall games. I personly like to unzip an archive, toss the game folder on to my desktop, play the game and delete the folder afterwards. The process sround playing the game is very quick that way. But thats just a personal opinion, which I do not involve into the game rating! ;)
Crawler Studios
18. Dec 2015 路 13:54 UTC
Well executed, fun game. Nice entry :)
SayRafon
18. Dec 2015 路 14:13 UTC
I love the graphics :)
the game is nice, good work ;)