What A Dig Move by zgragselus

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made by zgragselus for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

There has been a drought lately, so your garden has not been exactly thriwing. Fortunately, you have artifical water supply, and can water your delightful plants!

There are five plants that need watering, but you need to terraform your terrain first, so that the water can actually find its way to the plants. The water supply is limited, and so is your number of terraforming moves, so think carefully!

Controls - Use Left Mouse Button to Terraform the Terrain - Use Right Mouse Button to Move the Camera - Use Mouse Wheel to Zoom

Just hit Play after you prepare the terrain, and watch the water get to the plants. Or not. Depending on how you did!

GL&HF!

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Ratings

Overall 1017th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1242th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 115th 4.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1548th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 224th 4.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1085th 2.967⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Mood 233th 4.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

Melangetic
22. Apr 2020 · 03:54 UTC
This is a pretty relaxing mellow sort of game. Nothing but good vibes. It takes a few tries to really understand how to play properly, but figuring it out is it's own fun. My one major quarrel was after about 5 resets, the game would lag really hard along with the rest of my computer making it unplayable after a while, but besides that, it's really cool!
MicroChasm
23. Apr 2020 · 08:28 UTC
Very nice. Visually interesting, and good idea for a chill game. I was pretty into it. It's a little hard to tell what it going to happen but that's ok. This kind of idea is what makes LD so cool, just exploring a small interaction space.
shark6100
25. Apr 2020 · 11:10 UTC
Cool, interesting idea, relaxed and chill. Crashed after multiple attempts which sucks but the idea is a a good one.
Empty Set
04. May 2020 · 20:25 UTC
I did it! Good jor.![good jor.jpg](///raw/e62/92/z/33bd7.jpg)
AnaGF
05. May 2020 · 17:34 UTC
My computer lagged after playing it for a while but it is a stunning game. I love the graphics and the atmosphere, both of them are truly relaxing. The game mechanic of terraforming to water the flowers is funny, too. Good job!
Tropos
07. May 2020 · 00:45 UTC
Art and music are very meditative!
I would slightly correct the terraforming sounds... and the optimization :)
Omiya Games
07. May 2020 · 02:15 UTC
This was a technically impressive game with a lot going for it. I had to lower my screen resolution to enjoy the game at a reasonable frame rate, but I thought the concept was very innovating and provided an interesting idea.

I did think the biggest thing this game suffered was insufficient UI. I would have liked, for example, to see the area I would have dug, and how far I would have dug, or at least an undo button to reverse my last action. Furthermore, I had points where the water literally surrounded a flower, yet a win screen did not pop-up. I would have liked to understand why that is, such as some sort of fill meter, indicating how close I was to triggering the right action.

Overall, I would love to see more of this concept, but the lack of predictability in my actions made it difficult to make the right moves.
Turkey
07. May 2020 · 04:20 UTC
Very soothing and relaxing! Game slowed down and essentially crashed after a few tries, but other wise coo game idea! A little more "gameplay"/ features would have been nice to sort of cap it off.
cdunham
07. May 2020 · 05:02 UTC
Very nice looking game with a cool concept. Very intensive on my laptop so it lagged like hell the whole time, but I still managed to play it! It was kind of hard to see where each of the plants was at first. I imagine terraforming is pretty hard to implement, so good job!
DAVidus
07. May 2020 · 06:04 UTC
Nice graphics and a lot of fun playing. I really like this approach on the Theme.
BitPokit
07. May 2020 · 06:46 UTC
Really chill game with great aesthetics and clever mechanics. Great job! :smiley_cat:
JAsonsumm1
07. May 2020 · 09:43 UTC
Nice game, great graphics. Loved the vibe, good job :)
NaBo369
07. May 2020 · 16:06 UTC
A really calm and neat little game, surprisingly hard to complete too!
It was a fun experience to play this game, the music and graphics where all perfect for a relaxed little time.
Great game and well done!
Virtual Window
07. May 2020 · 17:01 UTC
A soothing and realxing game with an awesome concept to the theme and some really calming music. Love the mechanic of the building and the digging to shepard the water to the flowers, good job!!
jk5000
08. May 2020 · 07:51 UTC
The gameplay idea and the graphics is really good. The water physics needs some more work. Overall is this an interesting little jam game.
Psychedelia
08. May 2020 · 16:51 UTC
Hello, I really enjoy the relaxing feel to this game, although I would like to watch the water slowly trickle through the meticulous pathways I made :) great job overall!