Gardian by D1gital Cuts

A puzzle game about trying to grow some flowers on in a floating garden that's literally falling apart.
Platforms fall after you step on them twice. Different flowers have different effects, figure them out yourself through experimentation ;)
Alo, please note, I didn't have the time to add any volume control, so please turn down your volume if you value your ability to hear :P
This is my first time participating in Ludum Dare, I was originally planning to made for compo (so made everything from scratch and by myself), but decided to take another day to add a bit more levels and polish.!
| Windows | https://d1gital-cuts.itch.io/gardian |
| HTML5 (web) | https://d1gital-cuts.itch.io/gardian-online |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/gardian |
Ratings
| Overall | 85th | 3.975⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 309th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 181th | 3.675⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 330th | 3.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 63th | 4.4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 38th | 4.075⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 60th | 4.026⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 6🗨️ |
P.S The music was totally my jam
I had a lot of difficulty figuring out the mechanics - even when I would beat a level, I would sometimes have absolutely no idea why. Maybe a few levels later I figured things out - I think I was unclear on the sparkles on the ground being where I needed to plant things, and that a single plant could get multiple souls floating on them.
Really a lot of levels, impressive amount of content! I think I made it through about a dozen (got to one where I could plant a star-shaped plant that I had no idea what it did, and got stuck there).
Yeah I was trying to let whoever is playing to be able to figure everything out on themselves, but I definitely could've done a better job pointing certain important things out, and also probably should've made sparkles more visible
I actually thought I made not enough levels (there's 16)...
If you're curious, the star-shaped flower destroys the black vines next to it :3

But that's an really interesting puzzle game with awesome graphics and cool music, it's good to see that level of quality in a game jam!