{"author_link":"\/author\/rhythmlynx\/","author_name":"RhythmLynx","author_uid":"39966","comments":[{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:46am","epoch":1450064460,"text":"nice little game. the lawnmower coming off screen was nice"},{"author_name":"zatch","author_uid":"63965","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:19am","epoch":1450066440,"text":"Cute, fun!"},{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:20am","epoch":1450066500,"text":"Now that's a nice twist on the classic snake game. Loved the retro arcade game feeling, sound effects included. Took me a while to figure out the controls, but once I did it, I was having a lot of fun! :)"},{"author_name":"JamesMowery","author_uid":"64932","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:23am","epoch":1450066680,"text":"This is pretty cool! I like the concept. The only improvement I would suggest is giving a little bit more of a visual indicator of where you're going to start sprouting next, as sometimes you waste some time trying to figure out where you are (also gets worse as more elements are on the screen). But other than that, I really enjoyed it. Kudos to you!"},{"author_name":"Halleflux","author_uid":"24741","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:23am","epoch":1450066680,"text":"The basic idea is very solid, but it was almost entirely luck based. I kept feeling like I never had any chance of doing anything in it, which isn't a good feeling to have.\r<br\/>Beyond that, though, solid graphics, nice sounds, and a good job implementing both themes rather well.\r<br\/>Great work!"},{"author_name":"takemikazuchi545","author_uid":"29379","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:19am","epoch":1450070040,"text":"Nice game, I really liked the sound effects. High points for mood for sure."},{"author_name":"BloodJohn","author_uid":"26449","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:47am","epoch":1450071720,"text":"the sounds and graphics made to feel nostalgic. I couldn't understand anything, the game is overloaded with functionality. need tutorial or hints. how do I win?"},{"author_name":"irwatts","author_uid":"56905","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:52am","epoch":1450072020,"text":"Great presentation! I was unclear of my goals until the game over screen, but still enjoyed the experience."},{"author_name":"Duobix","author_uid":"45482","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:10am","epoch":1450073100,"text":"Too much text for me-explaining things-and the constantly dissapearing vine made me curious WTF was going on :D I don't know if this was planned or not."},{"author_name":"salmonmoose","author_uid":"11416","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:34am","epoch":1450074540,"text":"I feel like it was a little arbitrary how successful you could be."},{"author_name":"BoUnDtOtHeEaRtH","author_uid":"17374","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:48am","epoch":1450075380,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:59am","epoch":1450076040,"text":"Nice art and fun gameplay!!"},{"author_name":"John Drury","author_uid":"22999","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:06am","epoch":1450083660,"text":"Fantastic! Really enjoyed this. The concept has potential to be a mobile game."},{"author_name":"NuSan","author_uid":"18943","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:49am","epoch":1450089840,"text":"Cool game, I like that you have a plant phase and a bee phase. Having feedback on where landmower and next plant\/bee will spawn could let you plan instead of react to luck."},{"author_name":"_stice","author_uid":"25573","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1450103100,"text":"Lovely game. I love everything about it! The audio, the simple, striking art, even how messy the screen gets as you keep playing."},{"author_name":"laFunk","author_uid":"62641","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1450103280,"text":"Super awesome! Quite engaging; I didn't understand what I was doing for the first minute but I was already engaged. Brought me back some child memories for real. Super cool retro feel!"},{"author_name":"Decentsauce","author_uid":"61899","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1450105680,"text":"Sprouted for 134 seconds! :) This game is fun. Played for multiple rounds."},{"author_name":"Ildfuglen","author_uid":"47768","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1450106820,"text":"Cool game! Got a bit cluttered as you progressed but I had fun, the graphics were great, the audio was okay and this is a nice little timewaster with pleasing aesthetics.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you for your game, hope to see your games in the future as well!"},{"author_name":"jamaster96","author_uid":"60592","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1450108020,"text":"Hard to play."},{"author_name":"Kapura","author_uid":"38815","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1450110660,"text":"Absolutely fantastic. The dual modes of play was a wonderful way to spice up the common two-button steering pattern of this compo, and the random vehicle coming in and destroying everything in its path kept the game from becoming overly strategic with the flower patterns. One of the absolute best I've played so far."},{"author_name":"qbicfeet","author_uid":"29223","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1450111860,"text":"Love it! Very replayable with a nice level of depth to it, it's fun figuring out what strategies work and don't."},{"author_name":"wilsk","author_uid":"50407","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1450117620,"text":"Nice work! Fun to play and a good retro feel. Thanks"},{"author_name":"Hegemege","author_uid":"11022","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1450118760,"text":"Both audio and visuals in similar retro theme, nice! Took me a few tries to understand how the game works, a sense of success after getting a nice combo :)"},{"author_name":"tgrehawi","author_uid":"60024","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1450123860,"text":"Love it. Pico 8 is really charming (though I must curse you for introducing me to a new way to sink my time with Lua) and the lawnmower reminds me of duck hunt dog with its frustration induction. Great work!"},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1450129020,"text":"My beautiful flowers died a lot :)"},{"author_name":"Optimus6128","author_uid":"17470","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1450134060,"text":"I didn't understand at first, having my growing plants for so very short time but later I got it and it was very addictive."},{"author_name":"nunesbarbosa","author_uid":"45119","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1450136460,"text":"Great game, very innovative and challenging"},{"author_name":"diest","author_uid":"64633","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:39am","epoch":1450154040,"text":"Pretty well designed and very unique. I enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"walaber","author_uid":"31888","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:42am","epoch":1450154220,"text":"awesome entry! great interpretation of (both!) themes, and just overall really well done. I love pico-8 games :)"},{"author_name":"lXxGarrisonxXl","author_uid":"63289","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1450155060,"text":"My friend just sent me a link about PICO-8 last week. good job on the game"},{"author_name":"Acerio","author_uid":"55163","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:11am","epoch":1450159560,"text":"Replayed this game several times it was really fun!"},{"author_name":"AdamAlexander","author_uid":"64995","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:51am","epoch":1450161960,"text":"Nice game, hard to get your head around initially."},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1450186560,"text":"Love the use of tank\/vehicle controls to set where the plant grows. Game flows really well, very simple but very challenging!"},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1450187400,"text":"Pretty interesting game! Took me a while to figure out what was happening, though, and the randomness made it pretty hard."},{"author_name":"anael","author_uid":"45582","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1450189140,"text":"Nice :) the plants falling reminded me of Fruity Frank on Amstrad, thanks!"},{"author_name":"SkullPixel","author_uid":"43898","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1450189440,"text":"Really cool idea!"},{"author_name":"SidewalkSleeper","author_uid":"32416","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1450189500,"text":"I really like this idea. It's neat, simple and immersive. Well done!"},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1450193040,"text":"A very well done and challenging game, I really enjoyed it. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I agree with others that having an indicator on where you are going would make the game a little easier. But to me that is the only gripe I have."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1450193700,"text":"Quite an interesting and original take on the theme to take it back to the old school arcade feel. Nice job."},{"author_name":"BubsyPoochies","author_uid":"66146","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1450194360,"text":"I like the idea a lot, and it's kind of philosophical. \r<br\/>You want to replay it all the time to try and get better results and that's good. However the randomness feels kind of unfair.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job overall :)"},{"author_name":"GoodwolfStudio","author_uid":"59750","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1450196520,"text":"This has the perfect retro feeling. At first I didn't understand the controls\/game mechanic at all (the movement kind of wasn't visible enough), but when you get trhough that it's a nice little game."},{"author_name":"tedling","author_uid":"28616","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1450196880,"text":"Very cool game. Pico-8 is something I still have to try out for myself. The one thing that you missed: Handling what happens if the player moves out of the viewable area."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1450199700,"text":"very cute pixel art and interesting idea"},{"author_name":"Jwatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1450200480,"text":"A thousand points for the name alone. Bookmarked so I can try this after finals week."},{"author_name":"Taffaz","author_uid":"19054","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1450201620,"text":"Cool game, took a bit of getting used to but enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"Gravity Games","author_uid":"17764","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:39pm","epoch":1450204440,"text":"Really nice game, it reminds me of Atari 2600 games. The sound effects were pretty nice, it was fun to play, and I admittedly laughed at more than one of the puns on the title screen. However, some elements of the game were not quite clear at first, most notably the pollination."},{"author_name":"AthenaOfDelphi","author_uid":"35239","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1450210080,"text":"An all round nice game that's fun to play.  Great job!"},{"author_name":"Zeezgames","author_uid":"63931","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1450216980,"text":"I liked this retro feel and the game was fun although took me a while to get used to :) \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well Done!!"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1450219200,"text":"awesome, cool game, love the vintage effects"},{"author_name":"DrTeaSpoon","author_uid":"60315","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:09am","epoch":1450231440,"text":"Cute :3"},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:46am","epoch":1450240860,"text":"This had a very arcade-y feel, solid gameplay - although a bit cryptic at first - and nice game design ideas. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I enjoyed playing it, a lot. However, I felt like the placement of the vines and bees was a bit random and sometimes it would cause the game to be unfair. Besides that minor inconvinience, I think this is a solid game!"},{"author_name":"Trasevol_Dog","author_uid":"51405","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1450277280,"text":"Really nice gameplay, had fun :3"},{"author_name":"Archonthewizard","author_uid":"52352","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1450307280,"text":"Interesting idea. Became more fun once I got the hang of it. Could be more intuitive and less deterministic though."},{"author_name":"KZdev","author_uid":"63895","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1450307460,"text":"I had a lot of fun playing this"},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:35am","epoch":1450323000,"text":"The graphics for this game took me back to an earlier time when games were about gameplay and not flashy graphics. This is a beautiful game full of simple yet engaging gameplay. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Webravenz","author_uid":"15961","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1450369500,"text":"I don't understand everything but it's was fun !"},{"author_name":"Adam Gould","author_uid":"36047","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:00am","epoch":1450396500,"text":"That was really well made!"},{"author_name":"Joror","author_uid":"15925","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:15am","epoch":1450397400,"text":"Cool little game. Had some time figuring it out a bit. The screen gets a little too cluttered at times to see where I am. All-in-all pretty nifty."},{"author_name":"oz2mura","author_uid":"64744","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 2:48am","epoch":1450406580,"text":"I was hooked once I figured out what to do. Devising strategies to how to get the most out of each run. I bunched up flowers together, only to be foiled by the lawn mower. Wanted to keep playing, but I has more games to rate! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>my best score. :o http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1Jikuhe.png\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall awesome!"},{"author_name":"pianoman373","author_uid":"52498","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 6:47am","epoch":1450420920,"text":"Nice arcade theme. The font is kinda hard to read though."},{"author_name":"Efuvex","author_uid":"44473","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:08am","epoch":1450422180,"text":"Hmm nice graphics. Probably most drawn to it by the humour ahaha :) Got 75 seconds (is that how highscores work?)"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:59am","epoch":1450425240,"text":"Supercute, loved the graphical density! Took me a while to figure out what to do!"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:03am","epoch":1450429080,"text":"Nice idea of a snakesk-game, good look, but i didn't really understand the mechanics, the time ran off so fast..."},{"author_name":"KayZ","author_uid":"17933","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1450447860,"text":"Very nice game. Played it several times. Survived for 154 seconds in my last game. The post compo version has some nice additions."},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:55am","epoch":1450500600,"text":"Very cool idea for the theme! I like how the role of RNG adds a skill mechanic to the game. Feels pretty balanced!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Excellent job!"},{"author_name":"batmanasb","author_uid":"63802","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 6:50am","epoch":1450507500,"text":"All the dead plants make it hard to seed (pun intended). It's a nice little game, really grows on you."},{"author_name":"Jwatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1450540320,"text":"A fairly unique experiment on using both themes, but it's very RNG as a game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It feels very much like an arcade game, thanks to the whole PICO-8 environment. (I'll translate this to a high mood score.)"},{"author_name":"23","author_uid":"4678","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1450614480,"text":"This is great! It feels good and like a real game, and the difficulty is right where it rewards a little practice. Sometimes having unlucky spawns can feel pretty unfair, though."},{"author_name":"aemiliu5","author_uid":"60212","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 2:08pm","epoch":1450620180,"text":"Need for Seed: Most Planted :P"},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 12:43am","epoch":1450744680,"text":"Was a bit confusing at first, maybe something could have been made to indicate what the player is controlling."},{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","author_uid":"527","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1451497020,"text":"Nice little thing, the timeouts felt a little harsh."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 31, 2015 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1451592060,"text":"Really neat, little game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/i8PM6O3S2Ao"},{"author_name":"Guard13007","author_uid":"52323","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1451936460,"text":"My only problem with this is that the randomness of spawning fucks me over a lot, especially when I spawn off screen going away from the screen and literally have no way to fix that. o.o"}],"images":["ld34\/39966-b9762e2e61e33b4e598326d19bc85848.jpg","ld34\/39966-2816f9c0ac6ac8d84f81f211ed42de52.jpg","ld34\/39966-ea1dcb9475744434726e7e6337087f85.jpg","ld34\/39966-2a3971e7c2aff3f36bd1d132f3fccbda.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rhythmlynx.itch.io\/need-for-seed","text":"HTML post-compo (itch.io)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/bbs\/?tid=2891&amp;autoplay=1#pp","text":"HTML original (PICO-8 forum)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_UnzuhcYywM","text":"Timelapse (YouTube)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/12\/15\/gif-timeline\/","text":"GIF Timeline (Ludum Dare ;)"},{"url":"http:\/\/codetrip.weebly.com\/blog\/ludum-dare-34-need-for-seed-undergrowth","text":"Post-mortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5757","g_author":"39966","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5714","g_title":"Need For Seed: Undergrowth","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"193","g_commentcount":"73","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/39966-shot0-1450065911.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/39966-shot1-1450065911.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/39966-shot2-1450051753.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/39966-shot3-1450051857.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Direct the growth of vines to avoid lawnmowers. If you run out of seeds, fly the bee to lots of flowers to pollinate them for more. Try to survive as long as possible!\r\n\r\nI used both the 'Growing' and 'Two Button Controls' themes. I made this game in\/for the wonderful PICO-8 fantasy console by Lexaloffle Games, you should check it out - http:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/pico-8.php\r\n\r\nSource is available from the itch.io page.\r\n\r\n=== Update v1.1\r\nPost-compo version with lots of improvements based on all the great feedback I've been getting in the comments, thanks a lot everyone! There's a changelog included with the updated version.\r\n\r\n=== Let's Plays!\r\nSome awesome people have been streaming\/recording their impressions of LD games, mine included! Big thanks to these folk for giving feedback and helping spread the word.\r\n- killswitch423 did a whole video! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UCBY6bV8YWI\r\n- Lars K streamed it https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U397JBUuDWg&feature=youtu.be&t=7m15s\r\n- Alvaro_as streamed it http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/alvaro_as\/v\/30132917 (jump to 04:03:47)\r\n- Wasteland Dan recorded his impressions https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZqxXORTP7Gs&feature=youtu.be&t=1m32s\r\n- ShaunJS streamed it http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/shaunjs\/v\/30293633 (01:33:35)\r\n- ArchonTheWizard streamed it http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/archonthewizard\/v\/30288965 (03:06:00)\r\n- Jupiter_Hadley gave her impressions https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i8PM6O3S2Ao&t=6m2s","title":"Need For Seed: Undergrowth"}