De-Desertification by Likirus
De-Desertification
- Irrigate the desert
- Plant trees and crops
- Turn the desert green and provide a habitat for happy animals
- Win Llama beauty contests
Engine
The game is written with C++ and OpenGL using my own engine.
Tools
- Visual Studio
- Photoshop
- Audacity
- Wolfram Tones (http://tones.wolfram.com/)
Links
https://cbehler.de/ld45/ld45.zip
If the game doesn't start, try installing the Visual C++ runtimes and OpenAL from the redist folder.
Comments
I only realized Ludum Dare was this weekend when I opened twitch 2 minutes before the starting time and saw Quill18 streaming and just joined in. The theme allowed for pretty much everything, so I made a simulation/strategy game. I prefer the rules of the compo and made almost everything in the 48 hours of the compo (I only fixed a problem with my audio engine and made some minor adjustments on the last day), however, I can't really share all of my libs and therefore cannot enter the compo.
| Youtube | https://cbehler.de/ld45/ld45.zip |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/de-desertification |
Ratings
| Overall | 486th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 552th | 3.275⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 649th | 3.075⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 311th | 3.675⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 822th | 3.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 515th | 3.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 430th | 2.974⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 596th | 3.3⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
Here is what error popped up: https://snipboard.io/YqTfIA.jpg
I liked this game a lot! Managing money and water, you starting on a desert with nothing, great! Is there an end condition? I 'painted' the whole screen green, and it didn't seem to do anything.
Very good job. I accidentally restarted the game once, but played through it again, because I had fun playing it. :slight_smile:
PS: Nice touch with the plastic water container :smile:
It is in the readme.txt, but I should probably add it to the description on here too.
No, there is no end game condition, but that's a great idea, maybe a progress bar and once 80% of the desert is green the player has won.
Thanks a lot for the feedback :)
Not much of a challenge though. Those are some really efficient sprinklers and it rains a lot for a desert.
Covered the entire map in green and have more money than I know what to do with.
Some fences to keep the animals in a region would have been useful.
The game could do with balancing and an end condition but it was fun.
That was awesome.
Very ambitious for three days, but it actually felt complete and pretty polished as well.
I loved the touches with the plastic water tank, and the message when you try to slaughter the animals. It really made the whole thing.
Great job.
+ I was impressed with writing own engine.
+ Gamification of enviromental problems.
+ Cool joke with plastic tank.
Ways to improve:
* Not chalenging at all. Game needs rebalancing: IMO sprinklers should consume water not plants. Too rainy for a desert. To make soil fertile it should be not enough to put sprinkler around, -> buy fertile soil and plant only on it. -> if it goes dry for any reason it should deteriorate (fall back) to desert sand, so you'll have to repurchase it again.
Despite it is a Jam entry, I'm impressed that you are a Compo actually. Have my respect.
Neat game. Could use some tweaking because it is pretty easy to have way too much water and money. Maybe sprinklers should consume water over time? It also seemed like my rain collectors had storage that wasn't counted in the bar at the top. And the music wasn't for me, it was too jumbly and chaotic for my tastes.
But good art, and mechanically everything worked as expected. Got a lot done for 48 hrs!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JIUS9PPxw&t=19
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JIUS9PPxw&t=19` embedding doesn't seem to work ...
thanks for all the feedback