Eggplant Kindergarten by LiquidBrain

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made by LiquidBrain for LD 41 (JAM)

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Welcome to the eggplant kindergarten! This is where you make eggplants grow to their full potential!

Explanation

Now, your job is simple. Click on the wells and poop piles to make the little ones do some work. If you click on, for example, a well, one of the teachers will bring water and water the eggplant so it'll grow bigger. And that's exactly what we want.

You also control the money in this operation. Use right click to upgrade wells and poop piles, to speed up production.

The little ones loves worshiping eggplants and their goal is to create a statue, that's your goal as a big human right now. Help them upgrade the statue so it'll become a mighty fine eggplant made of stone.

The team:

@dudum-lare was the graphical artist and programmer for this jam

@liquidbrain (aka Glaze) was the main programmer and music producer

Tools: - Photoshop - Paint.net - Unity - Audacity - FL Studio

Gameplay Screenshots

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Feedback

We'd be really happy if you left some feedback, thanks!<3

Ratings

Overall 86th 4.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 245th 3.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 622th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 976th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 292th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 16th 4.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 6th 4.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Marsepstein
24. Apr 2018 · 01:41 UTC
Really liked the 'calling eggplant' voice mechanic for onboarding me on how to play, while still letting me click around. Nice job.
Theras
24. Apr 2018 · 17:41 UTC
The voiced tutorial was great. To be honest I have no idea why i kept playing but I did and thats a good sign right? The loughting at the end killed me :)
blobo
24. Apr 2018 · 17:47 UTC
Amazing. Those eggplants in the background... oh my. All around, i loved the music, the art, and the voice over you did. I had lots of fun with this. great work!
NerdyTea
24. Apr 2018 · 17:59 UTC
This was an incredible amount of fun. I actually saw the cover image on your blog post while I was developing my game. I knew I had to play the game as soon as I could. I was not disappointed.
Victrola Sage
24. Apr 2018 · 18:01 UTC
I loved this, I dunno, I just ate up the fun theme/style. I played the whole game and didn't find any bugs. Really good job on everything, it really came together!
Seanale
24. Apr 2018 · 18:03 UTC
I love it. I felt very weird, but it was a good weird. 10/10. Would Eggplant again.
tajamsoft
24. Apr 2018 · 18:07 UTC
Really smooth gameplay, the voice-over introduces the game very clearly and effectively! The graphics are very fitting for the game (Mini-Humans growing eggplants!), and so is the music.
Siactro
24. Apr 2018 · 18:09 UTC
It is amazing how much work you guys managed to stuff into this in such a short amount of time! D: Respect! I really enjoyed the overall character of the game, the handdrawn graphics and animations, the simple voice acting, the Eggplant education lesson disguised as a quiz! ;D Really liked the whole presentation and the game itself! You seem to be a perfect team and it really shows in this! :) Really great game you guys! <3
doomista
24. Apr 2018 · 18:29 UTC
I don't really understand which two incompatible genres were mixed, but the game was fun and that counts!
Joe Cowman
24. Apr 2018 · 21:12 UTC
Hahaha I took a screenshot of the "You Win" screen. Really great game! I especially loved the voice tutorial, the art, and the music.
BalladofSong
24. Apr 2018 · 23:04 UTC
I loved the audio tutorial and the cute music! Good Game, very funny!
Toulou
25. Apr 2018 · 10:46 UTC
Well this is certainly something I'll never forget. Very funny concept of game, and oh boy the graphics are hilariously uncomfortable.
I rate this game eggplant/10, need more eggplants.
mrspeaker
25. Apr 2018 · 18:57 UTC
Damn it, just spend 45 minutes playing this! Just brilliant - so much character, and so many eggplant facts.
Travis W. Hendrix
25. Apr 2018 · 21:20 UTC
Really nice work! The game ran super smoothly, I knew exactly how to play because of the intuitive interface and the voice introduction, and it has a unique and fun art style. The charming music adds a lot too, although the loops end rather abruptly at times.
obachuka
25. Apr 2018 · 21:53 UTC
Hahaha amazing. The egglant with his seductive pose weirded me out at first, but it totally fits. Love the voice, and I love how every fun fact was true. Hilarious.
Crsrc
26. Apr 2018 · 06:03 UTC
I love the hand shows up and takes the eggplant. The animation is cute.

It's fun, I really enjoy playing this game. And the voice acting is great.

Also learned something about eggplant.
Ashtrail
28. Apr 2018 · 10:39 UTC
Holy crap ! I never expected I'd enjoy this game that much. It's a hidden gem.

Best tutorial I ever saw this jam. Stupid and a tad bit creepy but very efficient humor. God tier SFX and voice acting. God tier okay graphics but done in a crappy way. I don't know it that's what you were going for, otherwise I'd advise not doing pixel art but just regular line work with krita, photoshop or whatever. It would have looked crisper if it wasn't that aliased. Still works for the game tho.

The music is good and just when it gets repetitive it switches to a new theme which is really cool.

5/5 eggplants fun fact, I learned much. I also must give a shout-out to the magnificent eggplant picking.

The game kept me curious on what I was going to unlock next (I unlocked everything, and it was worth it).

Congratulations ! This is the kind of perfect game for a jam, the play length is well paced, it's polished enough, it's fun to play, it's really funny. I'm impressed !
Ethereal Psyche Games
29. Apr 2018 · 11:17 UTC
xDDDD My god this game is fire.

I think this is the first game that make me laugh xD

Nice concept and fun gameplay!
Zukureneno
30. Apr 2018 · 13:25 UTC
I was not expecting to finish this game at all, made me laugh specially the end :laughing: And good job on the fun facts
DDRKirbyISQ
01. May 2018 · 04:21 UTC
Lol, this was surprisingly amusing. Great job xD
randomphantom
01. May 2018 · 17:41 UTC
Hilarious stuff with the toilets and the walking eggplants. Would've hoped for money to be coming in faster, but the game still progressed at a nice pace. The change in soundtracks was also cool. In terms of theme, I guess its an edutainment piece with clicker/time management mechanics, and I appreciate the eggplant nuggets of wisdom. Great job!