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I just got a bit confused what needed to survive since I assumed it was the player and not the plant until the plant started screaming.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Paroxysmal","author_uid":1193262,"time":"2020-04-19T23:40:06Z","epoch":1587339606,"modified":1587339606,"text":"Like the graphics and fairly easy to get the concept...just seemed a little easy.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ProShinyScarab","author_uid":1182689,"time":"2020-04-20T00:34:31Z","epoch":1587342871,"modified":1587342871,"text":"I really enjoy this game's concept. It seems really well polished and plays really smoothly. It's fairly easy, but overall, it's a pretty good game.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Bearwey","author_uid":"1190176","time":"2020-04-20T08:54:52Z","epoch":1587372892,"modified":1587372892,"text":"The visuals are very pleasing to look at. And i had fun playing it!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"croze","author_uid":"1009654","time":"2020-04-20T08:55:26Z","epoch":1587372926,"modified":1587372926,"text":"70 was the best I could do, I love the graphics in it and the gameplay is really fun and hectic. I was almost getting anxiety as the whole screen filled up with crazy mutated demon plants, very well done!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dick-claus","author_uid":"1012583","time":"2020-04-20T09:01:15Z","epoch":1587373275,"modified":1587373275,"text":"Love the game. It turned to be challenging. And also with random stones, it has more replay-ability factor, you can change the strategies. \nReally like the fighting effect with shaking.\n\nWould be cool to have some background music.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"cagibi","author_uid":1182747,"time":"2020-04-20T09:07:46Z","epoch":1587373666,"modified":1587373666,"text":"I really like the gameplay and graphics. The map looks a bit too big since we don't have to move away from the center. A lot of fun anyway!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dhim","author_uid":"1015212","time":"2020-04-20T09:39:11Z","epoch":1587375551,"modified":1587375551,"text":"Got to 15!\nFun fun fun, but i can't manage really a strategy to go around, I am just back and forth.\nCan we plant more of our flowers ?\nTo balance the game, it should be less intensive ( as it is exponential with the bomber flowers ) and plant our own flower ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bjornkri","author_uid":"1189785","time":"2020-04-20T15:18:31Z","epoch":1587395911,"modified":1587395911,"text":"The exponential growth is intentional, with a bit of luck you can catch the first weeds before they spread and... flatten the curve :nerd: But it definitely has some balancing issues, hope to revisit it later. Thanks for your feedback all! :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Teo Miklethun","author_uid":"1110517","time":"2020-04-20T16:06:19Z","epoch":1587398779,"modified":1587398779,"text":"Wow, very well done. Really love that imergent from a signle system comes two distinct modes of gameplay: one of precaution before the exponential boom, and one just trying to keep the flower alive after everything's gone crazy.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Myles McCoy","author_uid":1005327,"time":"2020-04-20T16:24:38Z","epoch":1587399878,"modified":1587399878,"text":"Love the sprites, don't mind the futile nature of the growth. Really great job, that was a lot of fun.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LouieJams","author_uid":"1182574","time":"2020-04-20T19:29:51Z","epoch":1587410991,"modified":1587410991,"text":"Really cute artstyle and nice idea for gameplay!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Feferuco","author_uid":1023769,"time":"2020-04-20T19:34:04Z","epoch":1587411244,"modified":1587411244,"text":"It's fun how it escalates quickly","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"munkkeli","author_uid":"1051955","time":"2020-04-20T19:35:45Z","epoch":1587411345,"modified":1587411345,"text":"Really nice art! Gameplay is simple but very fun. I like now having to push buttons to do actions, just walk over stuff. Great to see some love for PICO-8 too :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LanaLux","author_uid":"1161686","time":"2020-04-21T06:25:03Z","epoch":1587450303,"modified":1587450303,"text":"Fun idea, very hard. I don't know if there's a win condition, but it'd be fun to get to it! :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Raphaeltan","author_uid":"1185222","time":"2020-04-21T09:27:48Z","epoch":1587461268,"modified":1587461268,"text":"Very fun idea, great art, sharp controls, very dynamic gameplay. it's a very fun game good job :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Phoenix Fireflower","author_uid":"1160123","time":"2020-04-21T13:38:28Z","epoch":1587476308,"modified":1587476308,"text":"Nice work.\nThe game gets very hectic very quickly.\nWhether or not I could clear 250 turns depends mostly when the seeds of the weeds land (the closer to the flower, the better the changes since you don't have to move too far).","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DerKuchen","author_uid":"1186414","time":"2020-04-21T13:54:43Z","epoch":1587477283,"modified":1587477283,"text":"The game is fun to play and the controls feel good, snappy and great sound\/visual feedback! My only criticism is that the start is a bit slow, you can't get too far away of the plant to keep it wa but all the weeds are at the edge of the playfield.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bereg","author_uid":"1191062","time":"2020-04-21T15:13:03Z","epoch":1587481983,"modified":1587481983,"text":"I didn't know the gardening is so hard! Nice game, I like the style and gameplay.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rodrigo Den\u00fabila","author_uid":"1005277","time":"2020-04-21T17:08:17Z","epoch":1587488897,"modified":1587488897,"text":"Good ideia, fits very well with the theme. Good job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bjornkri","author_uid":"1189785","time":"2020-04-21T17:23:55Z","epoch":1587489835,"modified":1587489835,"text":"Thanks for your comments all! I did find during my own playthroughs that if you water the plant and dash to the corners you can just about make it - but only just. Then the problem does not become so much weeds spawning at the edges, but more if they keep spawning at opposite corners. But don't forget it's turn-based! You can take time to plan your strategy. Where I want to improve it is when the weeds start growing too close to your plant. It dies sooner, but it's not completely obvious how that mechanic works...","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"RedDashGames","author_uid":"1186143","time":"2020-04-21T19:01:41Z","epoch":1587495701,"modified":1587495701,"text":"Cute aesthetics!, this could easily port over to mobile for a nice arcadey experience on the go. :3","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"flyingbear","author_uid":"1016147","time":"2020-05-09T08:27:16Z","epoch":1589012836,"modified":1589012836,"text":"There's definitely something that drew me in and made me want to keep playing until I beat it! I did feel like I was getting better at it with each retry, so that's a good thing as well. I do wonder if some rock formations just make it impossible to beat? Overall, impressive job on this one!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Szieberth Adam","author_uid":"1062834","time":"2020-05-11T22:12:47Z","epoch":1589235167,"modified":1589235167,"text":"Hello. I just recently programmed PICO-8 which is a great manageable platform for LD. This is a good looking entry, I like the artwork. Nice this was made turn based. The only thing which I miss for many LD entries including this one is that I have no chance to keep it eventually alive and win. Anyway, this was a fun time to play with.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bjornkri","author_uid":"1189785","time":"2020-05-13T08:15:33Z","epoch":1589357733,"modified":1589357733,"text":"Thanks for the feedback! I think the biggest issue is with balancing - interesting to see how some people say it's too easy and others that it's impossible to win. 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