Dare to Grow by alaynamcole

made by alaynamcole for LD34 (JAM)

This interactive scene explores the theme 'Growing'. It aims to evoke mood through a short, visual experience.

I started using Unity and C# for the first time three weeks ago, so #LDJAM was a good excuse to practise my skills and improve on my coding, modelling, and general familiarity with Unity.

I used free textures, but created the models during the jam. The vocals belong to Kate Dilemma, who offers her audio clips for use on freesound.org.

After some issues with hosting on my own site and providing download files, I now have a URL link to the game hosted on my itch.io, which seems to have solved most issues. Pleast let me know if you have any problems playing!

I hope you enjoy my game!

itch.io	https://alaynamcole.itch.io/dare-to-grow
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=57738

Ratings

Coolness	49%	1391
Overall(Jam)	2.96	839

Audio(Jam)	4.06	53
Fun(Jam)	1.96	1083
Graphics(Jam)	3.16	663
Innovation(Jam)	2.91	674
Mood(Jam)	3.52	274
Theme(Jam)	3.36	764

Feedback

ezolotko

14. Dec 2015 · 07:08 UTC

Wow, this is a touching game. Is this you singing?

🎤 alaynamcole

14. Dec 2015 · 09:58 UTC

Thank you ezolotko. The beautiful voice belongs to Kate Dilemma (http://www.freesound.org/people/ktdilemma/).

RadStar

15. Dec 2015 · 09:55 UTC

Nice idea, but the controls are non-intuitive :/ in this kind of first person game, you should be able to do a full 360° round on yourself.
Anyway, I liked the poetry of the game, so good job :)

🎤 alaynamcole

15. Dec 2015 · 09:59 UTC

RadStar: I think some people have had issues with the mouse not controlling the camera properly depending on the browser they are using to view the game. Let me know if that was your issue with you being unable to turn as you expected, because it should function similarly to how you'd expect FPS perspective to function.

TomenLuca

15. Dec 2015 · 10:05 UTC

I love the mood. Would've like to walk around after the game was finished to read the last piece of text (was a bit too late the first time)

Oneiric Worlds

15. Dec 2015 · 10:08 UTC

Very poetic atmosphere! I love that! It's sure more of an experience than a game, but still very interesting. And I loved the little writings that appear on the wall. Very simple, but it adds a lot to this beautiful moment.

MintArcade

15. Dec 2015 · 14:21 UTC

Very nice experience you gave us, thank you very much.

suppi

15. Dec 2015 · 18:08 UTC

nice scene! thank you :)

Simplest

15. Dec 2015 · 18:31 UTC

Was hard to understand but love the ambient and the idea. Good job alaynamcole!!

Optimus6128

15. Dec 2015 · 19:28 UTC

The idea is nicely presented, great atmosphere, although there is no actual gameplay. Also, the walking was a bit weird, bouncing up and down and sliding a bit (although I know this is the new Unity 5 FPS character controller, I don't like it and still use the one from 4) which is no problem with this entry though since no precise movement is needed. Still, nice try for your first entry.

Optimus6128

15. Dec 2015 · 19:31 UTC

Also, I forgot to mention, the exe file link has only the executable and it won't run alone, you also need to give the associated folder with the data in the package, created during build.

AzureAspect

17. Dec 2015 · 21:17 UTC

Audio and mood gets the top marks here! Though maybe there could be something additional involved later on?

teamvr

18. Dec 2015 · 04:22 UTC

Great idea and chill vibe. I kinda wanted the tree to keep growing until is was busting out of the courtyard and towering above you.

kmakai

21. Dec 2015 · 01:22 UTC

Was interesting - not sure if I skipped ahead too much or if this was a bug, but I pressed 'e' to sing every time it prompted, and the tree kept getting bigger, then I moved and the game went to the home screen (not sure if the game was supposed to end there or not). Might have been better if the option to sing again wasn't presented until the first action was finished.

nihilaleph

21. Dec 2015 · 01:56 UTC

Pro:
+ Interesting experience
+ Tree model is nice
+ Great mood arranged
Con:
- It was a bit weird that it seemed night time but lighting was day time
- Tree and writings could have animation so it's more smooth.. But I guess I'm asking too much
Obs:
o Not that it really matters, but it kept prompting "Press e to sing" when the singing never stopped. Maybe it should pause and continue after the pressing the button?
o Windows build seems incomplete. Did you add all the data folder in the package?

Great job!

Afendar

29. Dec 2015 · 16:05 UTC

I love this poetic side that makes plants grow.
Good job for 3d elements !
You have a little start concept but interesting