Cosmic Bloom by Suaave

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made by Suaave for LD34 (JAM)
Cosmic Bloom is a game about finding beauty in the randomness of a growing world.

Plant some stuff and wait for the magic to happen!

Fly near the plants and listen...


We hope you have fun with our little game :)


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@fancyN3rd @KhalisiSchinken @suaaveofficial

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.28 558
Audio(Jam) 3.39 310
Fun(Jam) 2.59 921
Graphics(Jam) 3.79 317
Innovation(Jam) 3.21 465
Mood(Jam) 3.93 81
Theme(Jam) 3.52 668

Feedback

DinnerInTheDark
15. Dec 2015 · 19:41 UTC
The sun is setting, and my world is soo preeetttyyy :)
xodene
15. Dec 2015 · 19:41 UTC
Wow great job on the mood and graphics, 5/5 for those categories. I'm a fan of low poly stuff. Game fits the theme nicely as well.
Simonaiso
15. Dec 2015 · 19:51 UTC
Nice creative game, mood is really great. I wasn't sure what effect my clicking in the world had, trees just seem to sprout out of nowhere when I did nothing as well. Sound is cool, because it is experimental
r8berto
15. Dec 2015 · 19:52 UTC
Beautiful experience!! I would have loved that it felt like I was walking rather than floating though. The sound effects are amazing, reminded me Proteus. Great job!
Hackbug
15. Dec 2015 · 19:52 UTC
I don't think you game is a game, but it's a good poetic experience ( like Journey i suppose ^^ ) Good experience, i was stayed in front of this forest a long time and was walking in, contemplate the beauty and listen the melodic music :)
pi_pi3
15. Dec 2015 · 20:18 UTC
Good god. This is beautiful.
ToloaGames
15. Dec 2015 · 20:36 UTC
Always wanted to have my own Forest.
GoodwolfStudio
15. Dec 2015 · 21:14 UTC
really nice project.
i think it's interesting how we both went into the same direction.
is there something at the university that made us be into atmospheric music games?
is it some kind of conspiracy? ^^
Rfdshir
16. Dec 2015 · 13:39 UTC
Not a bad idea, but it seems that something is missing. Maybe there should be more art component.
By the way, it's remind me http://www.visitproteus.com/

Good luck ^_^
gokottastudio
16. Dec 2015 · 13:48 UTC
Really liked the idea!!! Beautiful concept with the sound, got lost in the forest hearing. Beautiful experiece.

Didn't like that you can get through the land. Anyway, is just a little detail :)
Boberro
16. Dec 2015 · 14:09 UTC
Strange little thing. Cute.
Riftpoint
16. Dec 2015 · 16:41 UTC
Very pretty game, the art is awsome as well as the music
Dianouille
16. Dec 2015 · 18:27 UTC
Beautiful graph and mood, good job !
uthamon
16. Dec 2015 · 22:03 UTC
Cute little piece of art. The more forest grows the more beautiful it becomes.
BoaHeck_ArtGent
17. Dec 2015 · 19:36 UTC
Interesting little game. Really appeals to me. My only problem was framerate issues, but I understand optimizing isn't something that is easy in a jam.
Jishenaz
17. Dec 2015 · 22:16 UTC
Best mood! The world that formed was really beautiful. The gravity-less controls make the player feel like a forest spirit or something.

Unfortunately, there was some lag on my decent computer, so I would imagine it would be worse on others. The lag was most evident when you look at the whole forest (day or night) and when the sun was out (so I always look forward to nighttime). There might be a need to do mesh optimizations, but that might not be easy, especially if the tree leaves are being procedurally generated.

Anyhow, beautiful work of art.
🎤 Suaave
17. Dec 2015 · 22:32 UTC
@Jishenaz:
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I'm happy that you like it.
About the performance issues: you're absolutely right.
During the jam, we already had to decrease the amount of polygons in the models. Unfortunately we didn't have time to create different LOD models but maybe that's something we will see in a revised version. ;)
rjhelms
21. Dec 2015 · 23:04 UTC
Very nice and relaxing experience. Good stuff!
Chubb1337
22. Dec 2015 · 12:28 UTC
Good mood, but it started lagging quite fast.