The Seed by Geckoo1337

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made by Geckoo1337 for LD34 (JAM)
I developed the theme with some opportunity so as to illustrate the spiritual growth like a continuous ascent to reach the illumination. This project is called The Seed. I agree with you - it is a little bit confusing :)

Your little world in the sky is dying. Even so, it is impossible to be without hope. You harvested the last seed, and now, you must reach a portal door to another universe so as to spread the life. It is a long travel, but it has all the signs that the journey is paying off. Jump into the sky, create your own gateway with cubes which are available on islands by using your advanced telekinesis abilities. Take care not to break the Seed. Good luck.

How to play :
WASD to move
Space to jump
Right mouse button to attract objects like the Seed and the cubes
Left button mouse to freeze in the air objects or the precious Seed
R to restart level
Esc to quit

Reach the portal door and throw inside it the last Seed...

POSTSCRIP :
The Seed is a platformer game with a cute aesthetic and a quiet mood. In this game, we play using two buttons on mouse (as the theme which has been chosen by the community), but as a WebPlayer game, obviously there are sometimes some awkward events - like mouse cursor which goes off screen. For this reason, I share only a Windows executable (fullscreen default mode). However, if you want to try this game only as a WebPlayer project, tell me - maybe I will do an effort. I wish you the best. Thank you for playing.

Also you can see my other project which are available for free on Itch.io ++
http://geckoo1337.itch.io

Don't forget that I can rate your own project if you leave me a comment. Many of members have rated mine, but without comment. I would like to play with your game ++

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.42 414
Audio(Jam) 3.35 327
Fun(Jam) 3.24 434
Graphics(Jam) 3.75 343
Humor(Jam) 2.56 568
Innovation(Jam) 3.72 137
Mood(Jam) 3.30 443
Theme(Jam) 2.96 942

Feedback

pluberski
14. Dec 2015 路 19:07 UTC
Nice little game! If you develop it further, would you think about bounding the cursor to the windowed game? :)
MintArcade
14. Dec 2015 路 19:21 UTC
Great fun
Coomzy
14. Dec 2015 路 23:43 UTC
Really interesting game.

Feedback:
1. Please, please, lock the cursor to the screen, it stopped me from playing.
2. It seemed to lock resolution? (Dunno if that's a Unity bug)
3. I could just grab a cube and float around on it by looking down and moving/jumping.

Apart from that, really great! I think you should consider taking this game a little further :)
beetracks
15. Dec 2015 路 03:44 UTC
Interesting idea. Apart what Coomzy said (I also had a lot of trouble with the mouse), I think the sound of error is too loud in comparison with the rest. I also think that the "how to play" could be in-game. The music is cool, and I like the aesthetics. Good work.
馃帳 Geckoo1337
15. Dec 2015 路 05:35 UTC
Thank you for your feedback which are for me really important. I will do some minor changes so as to increase quality. However I don't know how you can see a cursor because I did a release of this game which is by default in fullscreen mode. Personally I cannot see anything - I have no mouse cursor on screen. However I released another version. Maybe the problem is now fixed ++
qwetro
15. Dec 2015 路 09:03 UTC
Great idea, love this game, only if you solved the cursor problem... I played it in windowed mode, don't know how to get it into fullscreen. Pity.
馃帳 Geckoo1337
15. Dec 2015 路 14:42 UTC
OK. Now the resolution dialog box is available at start. Play in fullscreen plz. Thanks you for support ++
Linus123xbb
15. Dec 2015 路 22:00 UTC
Seems like a very fun game, but the cursor tends to move outside the game window (even in fullscreen mode) to my second monitor and whenever I right click the game minimizes which is very frustrating. I'd like to give a proper rating but it is hard if I can't play the game properly. I'd gladly try it again if you fix this issue though :)
馃帳 Geckoo1337
15. Dec 2015 路 23:17 UTC
Yes I understand. I fixed the problem now. Please friends, try again ++
ObsessiveNerd
16. Dec 2015 路 05:35 UTC
Very cool! I had a good time playing this. So, you posted something on my game Re:sizer about a more efficient way of interacting with objects. I'd love to see what you have. Thanks!
馃帳 Geckoo1337
16. Dec 2015 路 06:10 UTC
Contatct me - 1337geckoo@gmail.com
I will share with you this script and some explanation ++
oz2mura
16. Dec 2015 路 08:07 UTC
http://i.imgur.com/xtpQlVP.jpg

I wish I read the description more carefully, as soon as I figured out how to jump island to island with the blocks, it was a blast. Then I spotted a glowing aura among the islands, traveled there, then a realization struck me. I forget the SEED! (as shown in screenshot link)

Gonna play it again to get the seed up there. >D
logon13
16. Dec 2015 路 08:29 UTC
As Coomzy already mentioned you can sadly just jump on an object your holding and get straight to the end. That aside the game is polished really well for a game made within the time limit well done :D
pokipsy
16. Dec 2015 路 10:03 UTC
Very interesting concept !
Graphics and sounds both provide a very pleasant atmosphere.

I think maybe controls could be improved, for exemple freezing objects in air could be automatic on left mouse click. Having to aim the object in the air to freeze it was a bit frustrating, I had to reset a lot because of that.

But overall a good entry, congrats !
Erlend Aakre
16. Dec 2015 路 10:59 UTC
Nice little game, nice clean graphics, quite difficult

There is still a problem with the game if you run it in windowed mode, then change focus to another window and then back to the game, seems like that breaks the Cursor.lockState.
xWarZonex
16. Dec 2015 路 18:42 UTC
Really fun and innovative game! The graphics and audio were great! I didn't quite understand how to play, but I still enjoyed it.
Linus123xbb
16. Dec 2015 路 20:53 UTC
Great game, it was somewhat hard but it was still quite enjoyable. I had some issues with the mouse not being locked to the game window but it works fine in fullscreen. By the way does this count as a win :) http://giphy.com/gifs/ludumdare-xTk9ZzVdZl5p0iqoHC
LittleThor
17. Dec 2015 路 11:53 UTC
Interesting approach of the theme!
It seems that the level design is a little to hard though.
Good work!
BubuIIC
17. Dec 2015 路 16:05 UTC
Hey, the game looks really nice, but sadly I can't play it on linux right now. But this is made in unity, right? Can you maybe export a Linux version or a WebGL version? Thanks! :-)
Hot Box Games
17. Dec 2015 路 16:48 UTC
Interesting idea, I found it quite difficult to balance my position in the air to jump on the cubes, but other than that it was very enjoyable! Cute aesthetics!
Indiestry
17. Dec 2015 路 17:00 UTC
Works really well and attractingTthrowing/freezing objects to progress is a neat mechanic. Nice entry
馃帳 Geckoo1337
17. Dec 2015 路 17:19 UTC
BubuIIC - I did more releases - and one of them is for Linux ++
fxtagn
17. Dec 2015 路 20:21 UTC
A bit hard to play, but fun & stylish! Fine with the theme.
NirabazGAMES
17. Dec 2015 路 21:15 UTC
awesome
CatOnMars
17. Dec 2015 路 22:25 UTC
Not sure what to do at first until I realized I could freeze objects in the air. You could add more help inside the game, instead of document it in the description.

Nice game though:)
DrZanuff
18. Dec 2015 路 12:15 UTC
Good game. But very hard. When i saw that the seed was so fragile, i forgot about it and tried to reach the end of level just to see if i could. Cool mechanics. But if you could make the seed indestructible it would be less frustrating. And the blocks, it would be nice if, when you grab the blocks they stood still, don't rotate. Good entry.
BubuIIC
18. Dec 2015 路 15:25 UTC
Thanks for the linux version!
I really like the nice and clean presentation of the game it looks really nice.

The concept is definitely interesting but I found the controls way too floaty to get anywhere near the end. I always ended up falling down. Or losing a cube. Very unforgiving and very frustrating (for me.).
lolfrad
19. Dec 2015 路 16:02 UTC
Cool game, I really love the low-poly graphics. The only issue I have with it is the mouse not locking properly.
AAGH Games
19. Dec 2015 路 18:46 UTC
This was a really nice game! The block placing mechanic was well thought-out and it controlled really well. Well done.
Monochrome Bears
21. Dec 2015 路 06:29 UTC
Really good game! I enjoyed playing this. I bit more polishing would make it even better!
Farelle
23. Dec 2015 路 01:40 UTC
I had quite many difficulties putting things I attracted into place, was feeling as if a feedback is missing to tell me that "now it's frozen, you can release the hold button" even though I was hearing the sounds, but some visual feedback like change in color or so, would have been nice. Also the control of the box felt difficult, specially if I accidentally hit the box somewhere and it started rotating weirdly so I couldn't really use it as platform anymore, putting it on flat ground helped, but it felt like a workaround, would have liked some spinning controls. Else than that, I did like the game mechanics themselves, the way you had to use objects to get through the level and that slight foreign feeling in those flying island world, aswell as the dying trees, was making me feel like I'm actually rescuing that seed from a world falling apart :)
Acuity
31. Dec 2015 路 23:52 UTC
It was a little hard to figure out how to progress, and the sound effects scared me a bit.
dregamr
02. Jan 2016 路 11:28 UTC
Very good looking low poly work! :)
Krafty
05. Jan 2016 路 01:53 UTC
Pretty good, but a little bit confusing. Nice job :)