kumo. by Turbo Hermit

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made by Turbo Hermit for LD 38 (JAM)

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The tiniest of gardening games.

You're a tiny cloud who loves tiny flowers. Lucky you!

Links:

  • Play over at: https://turbohermit.itch.io/kumo
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurboHermit
  • Turbo Hermit Games: http://turbohermit.com/

Screenshots:

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Ratings

Overall 451th 3.269⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Fun 719th 2.328⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 488th 2.925⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Theme 88th 4.015⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 176th 4.09⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Audio 146th 3.651⭐ 65🧑‍⚖️
Humor 604th 1.958⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Mood 59th 4.045⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

Aviland
28. Apr 2017 · 19:42 UTC
ZEN :innocent:
jushiip
29. Apr 2017 · 03:58 UTC
I don't understand why my Chrome gives me a prompt "Your browser does not support WebGL" - even though Chrome most definitely supports it.. Cries t_t wanted to try this one.
Kristian David
30. Apr 2017 · 03:03 UTC
I love the graphics of this game. Great job!
simonhutchinson
30. Apr 2017 · 14:00 UTC
Awesome! I love the overall product here; sound, color, and gameplay are all working together to create a unified experience.

For a game like this, I would really like button that saves a JPG to my disk so I can set a wallpaper... or better yet (more "Zen" if we can use that as an adjective) would be to record the whole game experience as a video that one could play back to re-experience the process.

Anyway, really nice work.
lurumdurum
01. May 2017 · 09:03 UTC
I love the setting. It's very relaxing and it makes me feel very zen. It's a breath of fresh air to feel that way about a jam game.
wtoa
01. May 2017 · 12:38 UTC
Aesthetically pleasing to look at and the sound effects are really lovely :) I now have this game running on a browser tab on my other monitor so I can enjoy looking at it while I review more Ludum Dare games!
icecheetah
01. May 2017 · 12:50 UTC
A very cute little game! I shared it with a friend whom I think would really like it.
lot9s
01. May 2017 · 12:53 UTC
This game is super relaxing!
Geared Games
01. May 2017 · 13:32 UTC
This game made me relive that wonderfully peaceful feeling in proteus in the best way possible :)
those-30-ninjas
01. May 2017 · 13:45 UTC
Very relaxing, love the colors you used. The audio is nice too. Check out our game if you get a chance https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/down-the-rabbit-hole
HomineLudens
01. May 2017 · 14:10 UTC
What a small digital paradise!
th-alien
01. May 2017 · 14:11 UTC
really relaxing! i love the flower sounds! nice Entry! :)
CasualMaverick
02. May 2017 · 01:21 UTC
Very cute, great color and sound choices. Everything goes perfectly with the zen gardeny vibe you have going on. Well done!
JayTord
02. May 2017 · 07:29 UTC
Art is cool, but the whole thing looks more like widget to me, rather than a game. Also I don't really understand how one could control staff in the middle of planet.
La mecanique du plastique
02. May 2017 · 11:59 UTC
cool zen relaxing game :)
DGSpitzer
02. May 2017 · 13:19 UTC
Relaxing! "Enjoy the tranquility, Zenyatta."
sebasrez
02. May 2017 · 16:02 UTC
Man do I love tiny flowers! Does the sun also love tiny flowers and increase the speed at which the tiny flowers grow?
Shodanon
02. May 2017 · 16:12 UTC
Quite an aesthetically pleasing experience. The mechanics are clear and understandable. Seeing the plants sprout and grow is pleasant, especially at the first seconds of play. The banality of the endeavour is quickly realised, unfortunately. The moment the whole planet is filled with plant life is cathartic.
SpaceSparkle
02. May 2017 · 17:19 UTC
Oh! So relaxing. Slow revolutions of the Sun, calm growth of the grass, peaceful notes hitting my ears with every flower grown, lovely! I can only nitpick, maybe too much. Why does the Sun pass underneath my flowers? Why does sound of the rain go so quickly from one side to the other when the cloud crosses the middle. And what am I supposed to do after I finish? I ask because I need more! I liked it so much.
SwiftIllusion
02. May 2017 · 17:54 UTC
A cute, relaxing and easily accessible experience.

|+ Art and sound compliment each other to naturally build a calm environment/atmosphere.

|- Your actions don't really feel impactful at all

I think it might have been nice while keeping with the tone to have a night cycle too, so you could try and rain in certain area's only at night to grow night flowers, then have day flowers elsewhere. That way you could build some natural diversity and have a light but meaningful impact on the end result.
Still as a light and relaxing experience this was nice and well polished :)!
kleinzach
03. May 2017 · 00:29 UTC
I just feel really happy and calm right now. Gorgeous little game. My only criticism is that there aren't enough things to do, but what you do have is great! I would love to see more of this.
TurnWolf
03. May 2017 · 11:55 UTC
The game visually is really nice and I like the zen of just moving the cloud to grow the world. Movement is nice and the colour and visual style of the game I think is perfect. I did have an issue where the sun went underneath my flowers and the rain sound seemed to cut from the left to right ear piece very suddenly. Overall a very good moody little sandbox! I think this would be great on a phone.
Linus
03. May 2017 · 14:06 UTC
Congratulations on completing your first entry for Ludum Dare! The game was really relaxing and good looking and the left/right sound effect was cool but could be improved to make the transition between left and right more smooth. As some others have stated there was not enough things to do, but for a simple game like this that is not too much of an issue.

Perhaps to add some more gameplay value you would have the flowers dry out if they didn't get enough water after a while. Good job though!
philomory
03. May 2017 · 16:33 UTC
A nice, relaxing little simulation. I would have liked if the player had more "tools" at their disposal, perhaps being able to position the sun, rain, different kinds of plant food or soil, resulting in different kinds of plants growing. Also, a way to re-trigger the audio from existing flowers would be cool, so you'd get a little tune from your garden.
FailedStarfish
04. May 2017 · 18:16 UTC
Wonderful game, very relaxing and original.
SecondDimension
04. May 2017 · 18:30 UTC
I really like finding these little experience games, something I'm interested in making myself (especially with the audio). The mood is lovely, great job. I liked the rain sound effect a lot, left it running in the background for a while.
Carsen D.
05. May 2017 · 00:39 UTC
Super relaxing with the minimalistic sound design. The soft rain noise and occasional musical strums are very nice! I probably spent a little too much time than I should have trying to grow everything as much as possible!
SilverTwig
05. May 2017 · 00:52 UTC
Very peaceful experience, love the art direction, and I feel so relaxed now. Very nice
doppelgunner
05. May 2017 · 02:31 UTC
Nice art and gameplay but I really don't understand the purpose of the game. What do you really want? I guess it's just for relaxation.
Elsiana Eaves
05. May 2017 · 03:34 UTC
THE ATMOSPHERE. The art is super nice, and the tunes are very relaxing. It was therapeutic to play this, I really liked it. Great job. I would really appreciate it if you played and rated my game too! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/slovenly-shopper
samlo
05. May 2017 · 04:00 UTC
Really cool little toy! I like the flower sounds :)
siryakko
05. May 2017 · 06:32 UTC
Bonus points for making a peaceful and zen game that is fun and looks that good
Cosmic Adventure Squad
05. May 2017 · 07:47 UTC
Neat growing game. I liked the little tunes as the plants grow.
KingofWhaWha
05. May 2017 · 09:26 UTC
This game looks gorgeous! The music is very soothing. I don't know how difficult it is to implement this but it would be better if the biome was more diverse!
PeachTreeOath
05. May 2017 · 18:39 UTC
Cool art direction. Clearly the goal was to have a solid atmosphere/feel to the game and you hit every category (art, music, UX). Pains the gamer in me that you can't go too crazy with the planet growth but that's expected.
Rongo Matane
06. May 2017 · 08:37 UTC
The art and sound is really nice! It's a bit too little of a game for me, but that's just my preference. I need some things to work to, or to work away from ;)
Dark_Power
06. May 2017 · 08:55 UTC
#TakeABreak
Boriky
06. May 2017 · 09:26 UTC
I wouldn't consider it a game, but it has been relaxing to try out! :)
Yami no tenshi 8
06. May 2017 · 10:18 UTC
A realxing entry with nice graphics :relaxed:
A good mood experience.
citsua
06. May 2017 · 11:04 UTC
Relaxing and simple game, with very polished graphics and music. Really appreciated it.
zaibakk
06. May 2017 · 11:39 UTC
Very cute and calm experience! It was really good! Nice job! :)
conrad123
06. May 2017 · 11:51 UTC
Nice game. It wasn't as relaxing as I wanted it to be because my browser was running at 1fps but I still liked it. Funny how things work.
Zorg
06. May 2017 · 15:02 UTC
Nice graphics and mood. I like the color scheme very much and the sounds are fitting, too. But i was a bit disappointed by the lack of interaction. I thought you could do something with the planted flowers, visually, like letting them fly in the wind, for example.
grahhhhhhhhh
06. May 2017 · 20:00 UTC
Interesting. I agree with Zorg, I wish there was more to do with this. I expected the sound to turn into more music, it was relaxing and chill though.
NueboMundo
07. May 2017 · 11:14 UTC
Nice little "mood" game.

I wouldn't call it relaxing (for myself), but watching the flowers grow was a peaceful experience. The procedural generation is quite nice, although I would love if your cursor could interact with the plants in some way, or maybe if you could regulate the intensity of the rain, small things like that could possibly made the gameplay more enganging (but of course, I understand if you were aiming for a less interactive aproach).
BlackRose
07. May 2017 · 15:10 UTC
Its a game really really preaty! Its so zen and relaxing. Love the esthetic ^^

But i dont understand very well what its the finality of the game
jishenaz
09. May 2017 · 21:31 UTC
Very pretty interactive art! I like how blooming flowers make dynamic sounds, although I think there should be a little more sounds because if you plant enough, it will become quiet for a very long time.
morbidcamel101
13. May 2017 · 05:44 UTC
Yes... but is it... art?
joemid
16. May 2017 · 06:15 UTC
Gorgeous tone poem.
Made me happy for minutes.
'Til we meet again.
KyTn
17. May 2017 · 12:46 UTC
Wow, very NICE game. Congrats, i love it. Free coockie :cookie:
Jupiter_Hadley
20. May 2017 · 15:34 UTC
Very cute, fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjIIPVrvYI