My first Ludum Dare entry, a remarkably complete and relaxing simulation of a garden in a small English village. It wouldn't be out of place in Midsomer Murders.

Impress your neighbours, tend to your garden, lay paths, plant beautiful flowers. Win all of the prize money!

Not only my first LD game, but also my first project using Godot Engine. I managed to get very productive with it very quickly (already knowing Python helped a lot).

If I had more time I'd add better sprites, with animations. Sound effects and music would be good. I also planned for fences and other decorative items; and the occasional bird flying by (the sprite is there, unused).

As a combination city-builder-esque simulation and idle game, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out. Must be going now, some weeds appeared in my garden and Joyce is unhappy with how that looks...

Tools & Libraries

• Godot Engine 2.1.3
• An open source implementation of Simplex noise for Godot - https://github.com/OvermindDL1/Godot-Helpers/blob/master/Simplex/Simplex.gd
• Photoshop
• Google Fonts - Lily Script One

Files

• Downloads for Windows, Mac, Linux: https://nixiecraft.itch.io/english-country-garden-simulator
• Source: https://github.com/mralex/ld38