Garden Guru by Abacus

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made by Abacus for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

Rebuild the fallen forest and grow your own garden!

Instructions: WASD - move SPACE - pickup items or watering plants

There isn't sound, your computer isn't broken.

UPDATE: Hallelujah! The bug was fixed. Now the inventory should work properly. Thanks to you guys for finding the bug!

WARNING The game is terrible and buggy. Didn't have time to fix it.¯_(ツ)_/¯ It was fun to make the game, even if it stinks!!

If you are interested in the game, I'll be updating it occasionally during this month.

Ratings

Overall 417th 3⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Fun 429th 2.706⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 362th 2.912⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Theme 251th 3.412⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 229th 3.382⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 405th 2.735⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 01:07 UTC
It's not terrible, you just haven't made it good yet
zenpj
07. Oct 2019 · 05:25 UTC
I like the design for the character!
KeithSwanger
07. Oct 2019 · 07:54 UTC
I really like the walking animation you did. I'm a sucker for farming games, so although bugs kept me from continuing, I was still ready for some more! Nice concept!
bjeaurn
07. Oct 2019 · 13:31 UTC
Lovely little game, I see what you mean with buggy; mainly the camera/map were a tad glitchy. But the movement and controls were great and very responsive. I found myself managing 4 trees and running to get more water fairly quickly. Great little enjoyable game. Good job!
frankitox16
07. Oct 2019 · 22:46 UTC
The game is ok, but I feel like it lacks a lose condition, or something that waters the plants for you while you try to get to other plants... I know, it was probably hard to implement in the short time a Compo game allows, so this is overall a nice game, and I really liked the art, I can see you spent quite some time on it. Good job!
Barrier
07. Oct 2019 · 22:54 UTC
Looks very glitchy and I couldnt quite figure out how to play it, but the character and his animation are really good! :D
🎤 Abacus
07. Oct 2019 · 23:17 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys!

I spent way too much on art instead of gameplay. You don't even want to know how much code that isn't used is in the game. Oh well, something for next time.
Nakami
08. Oct 2019 · 00:34 UTC
Plant and grow 4 or 5 plant/tree and then each time a want to pick up a seed I have the message inventory full the seed disappear but my inventory is empty and I couldn't plant any more thing then :/
🎤 Abacus
08. Oct 2019 · 00:34 UTC
@nakami Thanks for the specific bug report! I'll try to fix it in the coming days.
Marchmain
08. Oct 2019 · 00:43 UTC
I love the little guy's walking animation, and watching all the trees grow :)
justinooncx
08. Oct 2019 · 01:22 UTC
Well, uh, I see what you're trying to do, at least! WIth a bit of bug-fixing and design changes, one would probably be able to grow quite a nice garden~ For now, though, it's a tad wonky to play through, to say the least. Still, good job!
Ryu
08. Oct 2019 · 13:08 UTC
Not bad! I think you should've made the bucket completely fill with water when you click the first time
TheMuffinMan314
08. Oct 2019 · 22:06 UTC
It's surprisingly difficult and fun to juggle several plants at once. Sadly, I wasn't able to make it far because of the same bug that Nakami mentioned
TheCrittersCove
18. Oct 2019 · 23:29 UTC
There's a lot of really neat mechanics going on in this game. It would really benefit from some basic in-game instructions. Took me a bit to realize that I had to hit '3' first before trying to use/fill up the watering can. It was really fun though once I figured out what I was doing.

There was just the 4 plant types right? The graphics are a bit basic, but I liked the various growing plant sprites. On a separate note, it did seem the plants didn't plant quite where the target cursor was at. Would also suggest adding a way to remove wilted plants.

It does obviously need some more work to feel like a full game, but for a compo it has a lot going on. Would be great to see this further developed!
LeviDSmith
19. Oct 2019 · 06:13 UTC
Nice gardening game. It reminded me of Viva Pinata with the watering of seeds and plants. I liked the sprite animations.
Yonman
19. Oct 2019 · 09:59 UTC
The game looks good. I like the art you made for everything.
wh05herlock
19. Oct 2019 · 11:43 UTC
This is a really cute game! Would be nice if the selection area was a bit more consistent, but otherwise great job!