Grominows by mattrified

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made by mattrified for LD34 (COMPO)
Grominows came about from a small prototype I started a few months ago involving falling dominoes chasing the player.

Starting from scratch, I made this version in which little trees pop-up. Over time, if too many are grown, they begin to fall. The player, represented as a growing sphere automatically moves and is steered. If the player collects all the seeds, the goal will open allowing them to complete the game.

Left arrow, A, or Left Mouse Button rotate the growing sphere left.
Right arrow, D, or Right Mouse Button rotate the growing sphere right.

Ratings

Coolness 37% 1817
Overall 3.63 193
Fun 3.58 191
Theme 4.21 88

Feedback

pluberski
14. Dec 2015 · 15:47 UTC
I love this. Very cool. :)
aeveis
14. Dec 2015 · 16:52 UTC
Nice action puzzler! Turning with left/right can be hard sometimes, especially when it got fast. I do like the Tron mechanic though. Might be interesting if you had to wait for the path to fall in order to cross it (might be hard to time this though).
mukult
15. Dec 2015 · 00:44 UTC
Nice concept! :)
The Pelranthean
15. Dec 2015 · 00:45 UTC
Hard to control. But awesome!

Good job.
Blobo
15. Dec 2015 · 00:48 UTC
Pretty great entry! i loved how the mechanic was slowly introduced while playing.
PowerSpark
15. Dec 2015 · 00:50 UTC
Very solid, I liked it! Extending this would be a great idea.
Fervir
15. Dec 2015 · 00:54 UTC
That game over music, hahah!
Pretty fun game, liked the sounds the grominows make.
Waynetron
15. Dec 2015 · 05:16 UTC
Cute game. I like the sound effects and the mechanic. Making the player something with a front would help with steering.
TomenLuca
15. Dec 2015 · 23:01 UTC
The domino idea is very cool. You should've entered into the innovative category! The little screen that shows the first dominoes falling also really helps. Are you meant to be able to go to the next level if you fail however?
chabuduo
16. Dec 2015 · 11:15 UTC
That was interesting!
MintArcade
16. Dec 2015 · 11:15 UTC
Great fun. Such a nice game and mix of themes.
bainerd
17. Dec 2015 · 04:20 UTC
Fun idea. A tutorial might be nice.
richardboegli
17. Dec 2015 · 08:24 UTC
Interesting game. Some levels were really challenging.
simon.parzer
17. Dec 2015 · 14:11 UTC
Interesting 3d tron. The domino effect basically just runs down to being a timer, so some variable cause would have been nice (or maybe I understood it incorrectly..)
muumeroinen
17. Dec 2015 · 20:55 UTC
Quite interesting :)
shar
26. Dec 2015 · 20:16 UTC
Gorgeous game! One sample, exciting sfx! Interesting theme usage! gj ;)
rafaoliveira
26. Dec 2015 · 21:20 UTC
Interesting game, liked the sounds, but looks like you can always go to the next level, no matter if you actually pass or don't pass the stage, lol ;)
BoredOfYou
28. Dec 2015 · 01:10 UTC
Clever idea. Just dont like that part of the screen gets pushed away when it starts to tip over
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2015 · 18:40 UTC
Super neat concept! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/iU4q-3Z4nkI
Afendar
03. Jan 2016 · 11:05 UTC
funny derivation of snake game in 3D I Love it !