X33D by Ben Taylor
Hello entity. The X33D machine has generated some X33Ds uniquely for you. Take them, grow them, BR33D new X33Ds. Then share what you create.
X33D is a slow game where you grow strange seeds into polygonal alien growths. Each seed is unique and grows in a unique way. Each generation of your seeds is slightly mutated from the last. Take your favourite seeds and breed them together to create new seeds beyond what previously existed. Discover new seed genes, and new seed types. Keep your genes alive, but encourage them to change and flourish.
Play online: https://x33d.taybenlor.workers.dev


Thanks to everyone who supported me and chatted online. What a weird game jam time. Short list of tools used for those interested:
- Vanilla JS, HTML, CSS, SVG for Interface
- Three.js for the weird growing polygons
- Sketch for designing
- GarageBand for music and sound effects
How it works:
Each X33D ID is 6 digits from 0-9, A-Z. Each Digit represents a "gene" and can control things like colour, speed of growth, or changing hue.
When you collect X33Ds you get "self-pollinated" X33Ds which have not changed much. There can be some small mutation, like one digit changing by 1, or swapping digits.
When you BR33D your X33Ds you get "sexual reproduction" which mixes the digits of the two IDs, and adds more mutations.
By taking interesting and different X33Ds and combining them, you can create some really cool X33Ds!

| Youtube | https://github.com/taybenlor/x33d |
| Youtube | https://x33d.taybenlor.workers.dev |
| Youtube | https://taybenlor.itch.io/x33d |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/x33d |
Ratings
| Overall | 860th | 3.022⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1056th | 2.239⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 59th | 4.087⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1041th | 2.522⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 375th | 3.652⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 201th | 3.595⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 856th | 1.656⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 554th | 3.175⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 16🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
My original idea was that it would be social and there would be a public gallery, but I didn't have enough time to build that!
Anyway, thanks!
I really like these kind of games. and I found myself enjoying your game, quite a lot!
👍really great job!
and look at this unicorn 
I think the gameplay could use more “collect and share” mechanics to make it feel more like a collectible system.
One nice thing would be the ability to nickname X33d's you like -- if the nicknames also went through combination when you bred two together which both had nicknames, that would be awesome.
I also really liked that "x33d" is "exceed". good work.
@convg thanks for the kind words!
@mudlee: Yeah, I think the growing needs to be fast at the start and slow at the end!
@herrybiscuit: Thanks! I quite enjoyed making something weird.
@noirdrive: Thank you so much! I’m not much of a music/audio person - just learning.
@knason: Yeah, the mechanics are not very good for collecting, when the whole fun of this kind of game is collecting! What was I thinking! :P