Grass Yourself by grena

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made by grena for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Description

Summer is coming. The Grasstival, the contest for the most beautiful grass in town, is about to start!
Keep your grass alive from external threats!

How to Play

PLAY HERE (in a web browser). Use mouse to click on grass tiles to enhance them.
Goal: You need to have a perfect garden when the inspector takes a photo.

Credits

  • Pierre - https://github.com/pierallard
  • grena - https://twitter.com/grenagluman
  • Nono (child-witch-mole voices)

Ratings

Overall 69th 4.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 39th 4.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 84th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 201th 4.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1078th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 493th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 169th 3.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 291th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

jonah
20. Apr 2020 · 11:31 UTC
great managing game! very overwhelming at times but in a fun way!

super challenging

great art style!

👍good job
Moomka
20. Apr 2020 · 11:36 UTC
Oh, these children with their balls ... Very exciting, but boarded up windows and a stone fence do not look like "The best garden in the city" :)
Klaus Peter
20. Apr 2020 · 12:01 UTC
There is no way to win it! How is one supposed to dig out all these nasty moles?
But I like the irony of the fact that in order to have a beatiful lawn you have to build an ungly wall and a KEEP OUT fence xD
And the audio is really good.
PinballJunior
20. Apr 2020 · 13:53 UTC
The audio is great and this game fits the theme very well!
cronobreak
20. Apr 2020 · 14:10 UTC
Haha! Cute. Those damn jerks wandering all through my grass :P
Alexey Kuzovkov
20. Apr 2020 · 21:33 UTC
Stop trampling my lawn! This is a really funny game. Nice work =)
PoshDan
24. Apr 2020 · 01:31 UTC
Girls just wanna have lawn! I really enjoyed playing through this. It took me a while to realise I need to "upgrade" my grass manually rather than waiting for it to grow. A hint would've been useful (unless there was one and I just missed it) Amazing work!
Daniil Tcyvakin
26. Apr 2020 · 23:35 UTC
Nice idea, really addictive!
Akuirako
05. May 2020 · 11:23 UTC
cute game, really love the graphics, simple but effective.
Majadroid
05. May 2020 · 11:43 UTC
Good game, fun to play, hard to win.
Pretzol
05. May 2020 · 13:57 UTC
This was pretty fun! Managing your grass and making it look good was a lot more fun than I thought it would be, and while it can be frustrating at times to get rid of all of the moles, once you do, it feels great. Definitely one of my favorite games this jam, very nice job!
Robin49
05. May 2020 · 19:22 UTC
Nice one, that's an original one :)
DrumGadget_433
06. May 2020 · 01:41 UTC
I loved this one! Really original idea, and the art style and audio fit well with the gameplay. The difficulty curve felt just right, though I had to get a little lucky to win with all the moles and mushrooms popping up. :) Nice job!
Dr_Windu
06. May 2020 · 02:08 UTC
I'm afraid your game made me slightly more open to child murdering. But then I set up that huge concrete wall, and hearing them laugh wasn't so bad anymore.

But moles. Oh man, don't get me started on moles. I kept looking for the "Hire exterminator" button, but there wasn't one. Anyway he wouldn't have been able to enter, given the barbed wire fence, concrete walls, mine fields and miradors I installed (I may have imagined some of those).

Pretty cool game overall, simple and to the point, the only nitpick I can think of is lack of volume control. (Also : bonus points for "Boutestrape" in the page title.)
devharts
09. May 2020 · 15:37 UTC
Really great submission! The concept is very fitting to the theme, and it's fun and satisfying to play - I played it for quite a while wondering how a game about lawn maintenance could be this captivating, haha. The gameplay seems pretty well thought out and balanced, though I got to a point where I had purchased all the upgrades but just couldn't seem to keep up with the mushrooms and the moles enough to get to a perfect lawn - maybe some kind of mole / mushroom repellent purchasable upgrade could be a good addition if you decide to take it further? Overall though very nicely done, great work! :)