Garden Royale by J_C - One Bit Studio

made by J_C - One Bit Studio for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Garden Royale is a plant survival game. Battle against the heat, rain and the ferocious snails and last as long as you can. If all of your plants die, the game is over.

The help them survive, collect the scraps on the level, and craft them into items at the workbench. Hints: - Water the plants to keep their water level high, - Kill snails with pesticide. Kill them as fast as you can, because they can reproduce. - Protect plants from lightnings with a lightning rod. - Shield the plants from storms with an umbrella.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I had too many ideas for the game, and I couldn't finish the development proper. There is no sound and it is quite unbalanced. Sorry for that, I ran out of time. I hope you will enjoy it anyway.

Youtube	https://onebitstudio.itch.io/garden-royale
Youtube	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o4F-ZLcDIzb5mDZasEV-h3aGHAP2HN8l
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/garden-royale-1

Ratings

Overall	2145^th	3.029⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Fun	2014^th	2.912⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1477^th	3.156⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1328^th	3.613⭐	33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	2273^th	2.329⭐	37🧑‍⚖️
Humor	1464^th	2.625⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Mood	2269^th	2.53⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Given		31🗳️	40🗨️

Feedback

sztrovacsek

21. Apr 2020 · 07:48 UTC

It's a good start, with a little more work it can be a good garden management game. :slight_smile:

KreGames

21. Apr 2020 · 11:21 UTC

Great concept, I'm always a fan of farming games. With some extra work it could be a pretty cool game.

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

21. Apr 2020 · 13:26 UTC

Thank you for the feedback. :)

Pixel_Error

21. Apr 2020 · 19:34 UTC

I agree with two comments above. The concept is pretty clever, but the graphics and audio need more time, anyway I hope you done your best!

Kto-to

21. Apr 2020 · 19:37 UTC

I would like to see the development of this concept with better graphics. This is a good game.

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

21. Apr 2020 · 19:39 UTC

Thanks @pixel-error . 90% of my time went to coding, so I had very little time for the art, and 0 time for the audio. I hope I can make this game in the future with better art and sounds.

BitPokit

21. Apr 2020 · 20:38 UTC

I love the crafting system! I know this is a bit weird, but probably my favorite part is the glow around objects you hover over. It's a really nice touch that makes it feel satisfying to run around picking up stuff lol. Great job! :)

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

21. Apr 2020 · 21:06 UTC

Thanks @bitpokit Yes small things like these can go a long way. Glad you liked it. :)

vartagh

21. Apr 2020 · 21:17 UTC

his face when snails eat all the vegetables are lilke mine when i found my chili eated up in the garden

SpaceStrawberriesStudio

22. Apr 2020 · 06:19 UTC

You did a nice job, with better arts your game will look awesome.

AdrianKrawczyk

22. Apr 2020 · 10:03 UTC

if the graphics were good..

Pusheeneiro

22. Apr 2020 · 10:39 UTC

Great fit to the theme.

flyingthunder

22. Apr 2020 · 10:42 UTC

Amazing concept badly implemented. Bit of graphic overhaul , animation , sound and ui and it would be a great game but not there just yet.

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

22. Apr 2020 · 11:22 UTC

Totally agree @flyingthunder
I didn't have time to finish it, but I'm planning to grow this into a full project and improve it.

Chance Slaughter

22. Apr 2020 · 18:11 UTC

Cool concept!

Owen Rees

22. Apr 2020 · 18:14 UTC

I really liked your artwork. Good work!

Skvader_418

22. Apr 2020 · 18:17 UTC

Seemed like a cool game, But i kept getting a code error popup, didnt know what that was

RexGame

22. Apr 2020 · 18:18 UTC

Nice idea but the real was over early for made a very good game :)

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

22. Apr 2020 · 18:19 UTC

@skvader-418 Could you copy and paste that error message if you play the game one more time? :)

Defiant Genesis

22. Apr 2020 · 18:22 UTC

It's an interesting concept. With some better graphics, some balance, and some audio this game could shine.

polarfuchs

22. Apr 2020 · 18:26 UTC

Nice Game. I liked the crafting. But I didnt find a sceond sprayer at first and all of my plants died

Sigton

22. Apr 2020 · 18:34 UTC

A really good idea, just needs finishing off. Perhaps too large a scope for 3 days. If you'd left out the whole crafting side of it for the game jam, then it still would've been an effective concept but more achievable in the time frame perhaps. Still a fantastic effort though! I hope you keep on going with it :)

Guntainment

22. Apr 2020 · 18:35 UTC

Nice concept.
I would display the inventory on the screen directly, so you can see what you have instantly.
The hitboxes of the crops sometimes seem to overlap, which made it impossible to water a crop in the top left corner of the map.
Also I would speed up the game. Making the water mechanic cost less time, but increase the water needs of plants. This would be more fun.

Skvader_418

22. Apr 2020 · 19:57 UTC

@j-c-one-bit-studio ___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in Fragment Shader compilation
ShaderName: sh_outline

Pixel shader not compatible with this device
at gml_Script_outline_start
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_outline_start (line -1)
gml_Object_oWorkbench_Draw_0

this is the error messeage

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

22. Apr 2020 · 19:59 UTC

Thank you very very much @skvader-418 . This way I can look into this bug.

Skvader_418

22. Apr 2020 · 20:02 UTC

@j-c-one-bit-studio no problem, looks like a great and fun game, if you fix it im happy to play it

technodragon253

25. Apr 2020 · 15:32 UTC

I like the concept but it needs more work. I like the graphics of the trees and grass though. I wish the instructions were more clear because I couldn't figure out how to drop anything I didn't need.

Emperor Eagle

26. Apr 2020 · 09:55 UTC

Good idea but it needs more work. The instructions were clear at the start, but I couldn't figure out how to craft stuff (or drop items). I tried to make a water sprayer but couldn't. I played a little bit and enjoyed walking around, as the world had a nice aesthetic to it. It's a good start, but try and narrow down ideas next time so you have the basics early. Then hopefully your game can be more completed. Definitely keeping working as this has potential! I like where this is going, just need some more time (as 72 hours is definitely a challenge)! Good job so far!

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

26. Apr 2020 · 14:50 UTC

Thank you @technodragon253 and @emperor-eagle I'm planning to turn this game into a full game, and make the controls and the gameplay more intuitive.

saviorium

26. Apr 2020 · 20:12 UTC

I had fun playing your game.
It was hard to figure out at first, all that menuing and crafting while your plants are dying. But once I got a hang of it I fought for the last ones till the end.
Good job!

z4v0

28. Apr 2020 · 09:06 UTC

cool game really enjoyable, art style not the best, but at all i had fun :)

Madbarron

11. May 2020 · 19:57 UTC

Neat prototype. I think you have some good ideas here that could use some polish. One issue I see is that there is no reason to keep more than 1 bed of plants alive, so you could focus all your defense on a single area. One small tweak I would make: on the crafting screen I would just want to click the new item to craft and pick it up instead of adding a button to craft and then dropping it on the floor. Good submission, congrats on getting this far!

🎤 J_C - One Bit Studio

16. May 2020 · 06:44 UTC

Thank you very much @madbarron