Plant Baby by theArtifacts

About:
In this retro inspired game, you play me... attempting to grow plants by the one window in my house that gets sufficient sunlight. Do the best you can, but the death of any plant is game over, man. Do you have a Green Thumb?
Helpful Info:
These plants need two things to survive: Water, and Room to grow. But beware!
Watering plants too little or too much will cause damage! You can't see the roots, so it's possible the plant has out grown the container!
Tools:
Grabber
Grab planters and plants
Inspector
Check the water level of the plant (might be inaccurate.. it's hard to judge just by looking!)
Watering Can
Works on planters only! Each click adds a bit of water to the planter.
Sheers
Works on plants inside planters only! Cuts a plant down if it gets too big.
Remover
Works on plants inside planters only! Pops a plant out of a planter.
Obvious Bugs/Issues:
Putting a plant into a planter is far more difficult than it should be. A different approach should be taken next time (this is in 2.5D and I didn't adequately manage sprite depth).
Getting plants to grow doesn't seem to be working correctly. This might be patched - a note will be left if that's the case.
First Screenshot - Initial interior backdrop and a planter!

Planting the Plants!

More Planters!

| Youtube | https://github.com/bmill8681/LDJam2020 |
| Youtube | https://llimb.itch.io/plantbaby |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/plant-baby |
Ratings
| Overall | 319th | 3.643⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 667th | 3.107⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 272th | 3.607⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 142th | 4.071⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 132th | 4.071⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 403th | 3.232⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 122th | 3.786⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 26🗨️ |
The pixel art for each stage of plant growth must have taken ages -- it looks really good! Including the option to speed up time was a great idea, too (although I kept killing my plants through my impatience) :laughing:.
The only suggestion I have to improve things further would be to pick a non-default font next time (e.g. from [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/)). Using a pixel font for the timer and intro text would have brought them up to the same quality level as the rest of the game.
Edit: great suggestion and I entirely agree. Unfortunately I ran out of time and spent the last 90 minutes recording sounds and making the bg music. Thanks again!
Nice work! :)
I think that's a good take on the theme, and a quite unusual submission thanks to this "pace"!
Great job for this!
Like in real life, it's hard keep plants alive (and growing)
Thanks for playing!
P.S. I tried twice and didn't succeed to grow even the first plant.
They died! All of them!