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The Monkey and the Tree by Apace

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made by Apace for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

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The Monkey and the Tree

Hello there! This is "The Monkey and the Tree". After scrapping my initial idea, which was way too difficult design-wise, I came up with this game, where the goal is to grow a tree from nothing.

Also, this is the first time I created music, so please don't hesitate to click the mute button in the main menu.

If you feel like it, you can try beating my highscore, which is 142892 points.

About

The little monkey needs a high, very high, tree to climb on. He wants it to be at least 100 meters high!

Controls

Use the mouse. Move it from left to right and right to left to get the tree to grow. Wider movements make the tree grow wider, which gives you more points. The location of the movement controls the direction in which the tree will grow.

Youtube https://apace.itch.io/the-monkey-and-the-tree
Youtube https://apace.itch.io/the-monkey-and-the-tree
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-monkey-and-the-tree

Ratings

Overall 279th 3.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 222th 3.273⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 153th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 354th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 245th 3.318⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 301th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 140th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 236th 3.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Frogman
07. Oct 2019 · 09:55 UTC
It was fun and funny. I liked the graphics. However, I couldn't finish it because it hurt my hand and the monkey was too fast for me...
Tero Pulkkinen
07. Oct 2019 · 11:17 UTC
it starts nicely, but i didnt have any idea how the controls work. it just kept stacking the layers, but nothing i di changed the behaviour.
🎤 Apace
07. Oct 2019 · 11:22 UTC
Thanks for playing. Sorry for not making the in-game instructions clear enough. The tree grows by you using your mouse. You have to move the mouse from left to right (or up/down, whatever, but back and forth). Whenever you change direction, the tree grows by one layer. Depending on the size and position of the movement, the tree will grow thicker or thinner and towards specific directions.
TwinTurboDouche
07. Oct 2019 · 12:48 UTC
Took a minute to figure out the controls but after that I created the craziest tree! Had fun and would play again!
pedromgdo
07. Oct 2019 · 13:05 UTC
Good idea, this could work in mobile to be honest. I found a funny bug that would allow the tree to go around itself, but overall still great!
JoshuaRabbit
07. Oct 2019 · 13:19 UTC
The game is fun and the graphic is cute. And 'creating a tree' is matched to the theme.
Nikita Demidov
07. Oct 2019 · 13:53 UTC
Very funny and interesting game!
And the music is pretty good!
Keep on!
Netherlab
07. Oct 2019 · 14:42 UTC
When I saw the screenshot I knew I was in for a treat! Really creative and original! Had a blast playing it. The concept of how fast you move the mouse influencing the size of the line is also brilliant!
Derek Volker
07. Oct 2019 · 16:37 UTC
DAMN MY ARM!

Now that was really interesting and fun concept while also using non-conventional controls. I really like it, congrats! Also, congrats on making the music, maybe you could think in something more present reagarding sound, but the result was ok.
Lukvasando
07. Oct 2019 · 20:11 UTC
I loved the game! The monkey was unexpected!
bazld
07. Oct 2019 · 20:51 UTC
Ow, my wrist :)
The way you control the direction and speed just with this one motion is very novel.
Cute and fun game, great job.
Human Writes Code
08. Oct 2019 · 07:42 UTC
Oh lord. My arm is sore now! That was a great game. I got to 75m before I realised that the monkey was actually climbing behind me! After that it was just furious mouse waggling. It was great fun. I completed it with a score of 36872. Well done! Loved it.
beepyeah
08. Oct 2019 · 15:43 UTC
Interesting and novel input mechanic, could be more fun on a touch screen. I liked the idea a lot! Good work.
adliberum
08. Oct 2019 · 18:48 UTC
Neat little game and a clever lit play on the theme. Great work! :thumbsup:
Emiliabea
08. Oct 2019 · 19:05 UTC
My arm is done for the day for sure. This was fun, didn't realize it was a race until I took a sec to answer a text and then sped run it. Very fun :)
Catie Jo
08. Oct 2019 · 19:13 UTC
Definitely agree with beepyeah that a touch screen would make it more fun -- the swiping was really buggy on web with a trackpad; maybe it's better with a mouse? Cute concept, and I thought the music was quite good, especially for a first time! Overall the mechanic is nice, and it's super cool you did all this as a compo. Just tweak the swiping mechanic to be more responsive...maybe you could add a line that shows the swipe motion as you draw it, then have it disappear when your cursor releases?