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Seasons by leekanarchism

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made by leekanarchism for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Welcome to the Seasons.

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A puzzle game based on garden and time-travel. Keep the plant nicely watered for four seasons -- in each season it will need an additional water source before you can progress.

Controls: Arrow keys to move. Space to place / remove aquaduct from your current space. Then hold space down to place / remove whilst moving.

My first LD game for a long time! First time playing with Godot. Meant to spend most of the weekend learning how to draw pixel art, but that didn't really happen...

Bugfixes: v1-2: Fixed zoom issues in HTML version. You can now pump up the zoom level to get nice 'n' close to those glorious pixels. Thanks @Binney for the fix! https://godotengine.org/qa/60312/my-game-is-zoomed-out-when-running-my-web-exports-on-mac

If you lay absolutely loads of aquaducts, it will get very laggy and maybe crash. Don't go overboard, please aquaduct responsibly.

Youtube https://leekanarchism.itch.io/seasons
Youtube https://leekanarchism.itch.io/seasons
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/seasons

Ratings

Overall 987th 3.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1238th 3.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 230th 3.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1300th 3.625⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1745th 3.208⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 683th 3.521⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1985th 1.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 534th 3.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

anystarabove
21. Apr 2020 · 18:11 UTC
I like the concept. The placing piping aqueduct seemed to work pretty well but I had to be very precise about placement so I didn't delete what I already placed, unless I held space down while moving. Can't wait to see how this continues to evolve.
sndsgood
21. Apr 2020 · 18:19 UTC
This was pretty fun and calming to play. Cool concept that defintiely had me wishing I had the forseight to place the pipes better the first time around. The pipe placement mechanic is a little finicky and hard to get used to - the music is nice but feel like it could change a little more often. Nice game!
wizebin
21. Apr 2020 · 18:29 UTC
Cool, there's a bug if you get to fall and you then go back to summer and modify the summer path (so you can do the fall path) and the fallen trees overlap the path, the summer path is impossible to complete (I went from the top tunnel for summer because I wrapped spring around the map)
🎤 leekanarchism
21. Apr 2020 · 18:50 UTC
Hi @wizebin -- thanks for the report! Afraid I don't quite understand your bug, it shouldn't be possible to get into a state where you are stuck as you can always undo your previous aquaducts. Note that aquaducts placed in the past overwrite those in the future, although that's not strictly necessary to win. If you have any more details they'd be very welcome!
Binney
21. Apr 2020 · 19:40 UTC
Whew, difficult but rewarding. I found having to walk around the entire map instead of seeing the solution straight away slows you down and makes it quite a calming experience.
Hereward
22. Apr 2020 · 09:56 UTC
This really is a lovely game. I really enjoyed playing it - it really is calming.
The pipe placing does take some getting used to; as does not always being able to walk to the next square because of a hidden tree or bush. Really enjoyable though. :blue_heart:
TheFoppian
24. Apr 2020 · 23:54 UTC
Music is nice. Very relaxing game. Maybe could use a bit more explanation? It might help the mood if it's cryptic though. Just my thoughts I guess.
Emmatw
25. Apr 2020 · 15:48 UTC
Beautiful little game, I liked the simple pixel graphics, they really added to the atmosphere of the game. It was a little confusing at first, but it was fun once you got the hang of it!
Kuiefs
25. Apr 2020 · 16:02 UTC
Hm, I was a bit confused about what to do. I figured out what to do in the beginning (connect the water to the plant) but time traveling through the tree to summer, I didn't know what to do with that.
Nonon
26. Apr 2020 · 08:43 UTC
I also was a bit confused at the beginning and was surprised that there is not really any information about the goal of the game anywhere (maybe you could add a line in the description?)
In the end, I've finished the game and it was nice. I didn't really enjoy that I had couldn't replace a previous season pipe with one of the season I was in. And the placing of the pipe was a bit tedious. Overall, I enjoyed finishing the game!
loveapplegames
26. Apr 2020 · 10:38 UTC
Very imaginative theme. Figuring out how things work is part of the fun, and it's somehow intuitive. The levels are so big it gets a bit tedious walking around creating viaducts.
marbles
27. Apr 2020 · 06:02 UTC
The input doesn't feel right. I think it is lacking. I want to continuously place pipes while holding an arrow key and space. But I think it is a nice concept.
🎤 leekanarchism
01. May 2020 · 15:23 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone! Much appreciated :)

@thefoppian @kuiefs @nonon yeah I was hoping to keep it a bit cryptic and encourage the player to learn in-game, although I didn't have enough time to make a proper stealth-tutorial and guess I failed to make it self-evident otherwise :) I've now added a better (but short) description here so hopefully that helps the next players!

@marbles interesting, you should be able to hold down space, and it'll either place or remove aquaducts, depending on whether you placed / removed one when you pressed it. I think perhaps my aim of keeping both actions to one button was a bit ambitious and having separate place / remove buttons would've been better.
hwaet
02. May 2020 · 04:22 UTC
I spent a lot more time playing this than I thought I would, at first! It's a fun puzzle and the falling trees each success really add to its depth. Scaffolding up players like this is something we need to work on, so much respect! Also the layered music was a really good fit for this kind of puzzle. Thank you for sharing this enjoyable game!
WhiteFox
03. May 2020 · 13:09 UTC
Beautiful game! I liked the gameplay and how each season created a new challenge. The graphics were pretty nice and the music complemented each season. Very enjoyable game.
alexbljack
07. May 2020 · 19:51 UTC
It was a very relaxing experience. Both graphics and music supports the flow and make to play again. Really loved it. Great game!
curtamyth
09. May 2020 · 01:48 UTC
This was a really cool puzzle! I played it to the end, it was very satisfying to figure out the solution. This could probably make a nice mobile game with more levels and more time to polish. I'd play it!