{"author_link":"\/users\/chuckeles","author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":1033631,"comments":[{"id":620722,"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"chuckeles","epoch":1619395804,"text":"I added an HTML5 build to the Itch page so the game is now playable in the browser! I'm not sure about the performance, though....","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":622483,"author_name":"Vitor Figueredo","author_uid":"vitor-figueredo","epoch":1619414294,"text":"This is a nice relaxing experience. I've managed to collect every water and grow a nice tree. I think that a little work in the art and maybe generating a never-ending ground would be awesome as I ran out of things to do. Nevertheless, thank you for your submission, great work!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":624695,"author_name":"Ayte","author_uid":"ayte","epoch":1619433696,"text":"A really nice game, well done !","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":625567,"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"chuckeles","epoch":1619439985,"text":"Thanks for the feedback! :raised_hands: \n\n@vitor-figueredo I wanted to make an endless ground but I did not know how to quickly do it in Godot and there was not enough time to learn it. Maybe next time. :slight_smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625934,"author_name":"IndigoWolf","author_uid":"indigowolf","epoch":1619442465,"text":"Really impressed by this, unique concept and really well implemented. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625938,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1619442492,"text":"An interesting little game. it could have used a bit more gameplay, but I had fun making a tree, and that is what really matters. Well done.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":625939,"author_name":"Jani Nykanen","author_uid":"jani-nykanen","epoch":1619442494,"text":"It's refreshing to see something completely different, even though the game may lack any meaningful goal (although does all games even need those, one could ask). I liked this game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625950,"author_name":"ROBOWARRIOR1982","author_uid":"robowarrior1982","epoch":1619442596,"text":"Tree games is very relaxing, this one lack of music and sound, pixel art is good and growing the tree is satisfaising ! Good job !\n![bigtree.png](\/\/\/raw\/bc3\/41\/z\/3d71a.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":625965,"author_name":"alexjdg","author_uid":"alexjdg","epoch":1619442709,"text":"Beautiful, simple game. I love how the roots get thicker as they are used more, collected all the water in the ground and grew a big ol' tree which looks fantastic in this art style\n\n![Screenshot 2021-04-26 141119.png](\/\/\/raw\/385\/c3\/z\/3d720.png)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":625971,"author_name":"Vectrex28","author_uid":"vectrex28","epoch":1619442758,"text":"Despite you not knowing what to do in the game, I feel like this is a very relaxing game, and I don't think all games should be all about winning. Sometimes you just need a game like this to unwind :)\n\nGreat submission!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625984,"author_name":"deepinthewoods","author_uid":"deepinthewoods","epoch":1619442811,"text":"Nice relaxing little game.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":625989,"author_name":"LilleSkutt","author_uid":"lilleskutt","epoch":1619442842,"text":"It was overall a nice relaxing game. However I think the game needed some sounds\/music","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626021,"author_name":"jaybaus","author_uid":"jaybaus","epoch":1619443029,"text":"I love this, such a nice concept for a game and you've executed it so well. It's really satisfying watching the roots and the tree grow as you stretch out further and find more water, and the end result naturally looks really organic. Brilliant job, well done :)\n\nHere is my final tree:\n![Tree.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/1fc\/c2\/z\/3d72d.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":626050,"author_name":"pvp","author_uid":"pvp","epoch":1619443200,"text":"Relaxing game the only thing missing is some rain drop with sound :p. nice work","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":626085,"author_name":"BridgeOnAStick","author_uid":"bridgeonastick","epoch":1619443433,"text":"Really nice concept, the tree growing as you reach for more water underground makes this very relaxing. Visually pretty pleasing as well. \n\nAn issue I came across is that the roots near the surface can get really big and disjoint from the root line the deeper you go. It can look very weird. Some audio would go a long way as well.\n\nThe concept is really cool, keep it up!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626111,"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"fullmontis","epoch":1619443590,"text":"This was impressively well done considering the simplicity of the concept. I found it very relaxing and charming to build the roots around. I feel like it both perfectly fits the theme and is a nice game to play! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626154,"author_name":"Rialgar","author_uid":"rialgar","epoch":1619443828,"text":"A nice, calm experience. Not much of a \"game\", but it does not have to be. I love how the mechanics organically create the aesthetically pleasing root system without me intentionally working towards it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":626195,"author_name":"bw_devel","author_uid":"bw-devel","epoch":1619444082,"text":"Things I liked:\n- Really elegant, simple game\n- I loved the challenge of each node only having a degree clamp to the parent, forcing the player think a bit\n- The end result is a work of art\n\nImprovements:\n- \"Picture\" mode that allows players to export screenshots with\/without UI to create a keepable snapshot of their art\n- I nice ambient background music; probably violin, piano, cello, or flute (or a mix)\n- Could be expanded to a very large game with different ground materials that give the parent tree different types of attributes; different deposits require certain attributes to havest; different biomes have challenges to be passed to be able to grow into\n- some form of challenge such as root rot that needs to be delt with (could be magical?)\n\n\nBugs:\n- I didn't run into any\n\n![tree.png](\/\/\/raw\/af7\/c\/z\/3d75f.png)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":626372,"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"chuckeles","epoch":1619445137,"text":"Thanks everyone for the amazing feedback! :yellow_heart: :raised_hands: I really did not expect such a positive feedback for this simple game, wow!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":627429,"author_name":"HPA97","author_uid":"hpa97","epoch":1619451198,"text":"Very enjoyable and relaxing! Gj","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":635635,"author_name":"yulotomorrow","author_uid":"yulotomorrow","epoch":1619490285,"text":"It's a simple but relaxing game, I never observed the red bar going down so I'm not sure about what it actually does. This might have broken the \"game balance\" a bit if it's designed like that. Also, the ground needs to go DEEPER too ;)\n\nOverall, I like it and it gave me quite satisfied impression!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":641398,"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"chuckeles","epoch":1619518088,"text":"Hey @yulotomorrow , the red bar is the tree _STABILITY_. It's working kind of as a ratio between the tree branches and the roots. But yeah, it's broken, because the roots are almost always bigger than the tree. I did not have the time to balance it. :shrug: \n\nAnd thanks for the feedback. :blush: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":642688,"author_name":"Jeremia","author_uid":"jeremia","epoch":1619523743,"text":"Great game, I think a bit of relaxing music, or some sound effects (slurping water) would have made it even better.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":648853,"author_name":"grena","author_uid":"grena","epoch":1619544465,"text":"Can't really explain why, but very satisfying sandbox game. I liked to see the tree grows while we are deep under, occupying to drag roots haha.\n\nThis game has a real potential, I liked the constraints you made for the roots, making each tree plausible. \n\nAs it's a compo game, I understand you didn't have time to put some relaxing music, but this could be a nice touch for a post jam version.\n\nBtw, here's my tree\n\n![Capture d\u2019\u00e9cran (30).png](\/\/\/raw\/037\/1\/z\/40c8a.png)\n\nps: I had a weird but while trying the windows version.  \n![Capture d\u2019\u00e9cran (31).png](\/\/\/raw\/037\/1\/z\/40c8d.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":651600,"author_name":"xpoho","author_uid":"xpoho","epoch":1619553156,"text":"\u0421\u0438\u043c\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0430 - \u0432\u043e\u0442 \u0442\u044b \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439! \u041e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0435. \u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u0447\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0436\u0435 \u0434\u0443\u0431\u044b \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0438\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c, \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0430\u0442 \u0438\u0437 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0438, \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0443\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0438\u0445!\n\u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0438 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e, \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c ^_^","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":652075,"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"chuckeles","epoch":1619554604,"text":"@grena thanks for feedback! :raised_hands: \n\nAs for the bug, it appears that you have to download both the EXE and the PCK file when downloading the game. I'm on Mac so I did not know what build is the PCK file used for, it appears that it's for Windows. I'll mark it as such on the Itch page. :slight_smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":657331,"author_name":"MrPiedPiper","author_uid":"mrpiedpiper","epoch":1619579650,"text":"This was a great game! I really enjoyed growing out the roots and watching my tree grow bigger :D \n\nNo real complaints, I didn't run into any issues. Possible nice additions would be to hit a button that shows which roots are still able to grow, or show a visualization on the angle available for a root to spread to (when placing a new root).\n\nThe textures were fitting, icons made sense, gameplay went smoothly. Great entry, nicely done!\n\nI'm quite happy with how my tree ended up by the end ^-^\n\n![Screenshot (526).png](\/\/\/raw\/816\/21\/z\/41155.png)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":658842,"author_name":"dxk2294","author_uid":"dxk2294","epoch":1619592757,"text":"What a wonderfully relaxing experience. The trees you can create are absolutely beautiful. Great job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":676426,"author_name":"ping78","author_uid":"ping78","epoch":1619740401,"text":"Nice game, Growing out the roots was surprisingly fun.\n\nHere's my third attempt to write something.\n![](\/\/\/raw\/704\/z\/41ad8.png)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":679293,"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"chuckeles","epoch":1619790795,"text":"@ping78 nice! :joy: I see you've discovered that the ground does not actually limit the roots in any way, did not have time to solve that :laughing: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/martindzejky\/my-little-tree","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"67403","g_author":"1033631","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"291150","g_title":"My Little Tree","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"30","g_site2_node_id":"246601","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"246601","n_urlkey":"291150","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/my-little-tree","n_slug":"my-little-tree","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"33631","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"743799","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":246601,"parent":233335,"superparent":9,"author":33631,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2021-04-25T20:18:23Z","created":"2021-04-24T06:11:46Z","modified":"2021-04-26T00:08:51Z","version":743799,"slug":"my-little-tree","name":"My Little Tree","body":"\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.02.31@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c209.png)\n\nGrow your little tree. Control the tree's roots to provide it with water and stability and watch the branches grow! Made in the amazing [Godot engine](https:\/\/godotengine.org\/) which I pretty much learned during this Ludum Dare.\n\n# How to play\n\nThe tree grows by itself based on its roots, you as the player grow the roots. Use *WSAD keys and arrow keys* to control the camera, mouse wheel to zoom. Use the *mouse to drag roots* to grow new ones.\n\nThere are 3 \"resources\" to watch for:\n\n## Energy\n\nIt is gathered by the leaves of the tree and required to grow roots. I did not have time to add any visual feedback but if you can't grow a root, you need to wait for more energy. This is the yellow bar.\n\n## Water\n\nWater is required to grow the tree and it is collected by the roots. Grow roots into water tiles to collect them and grow the tree. This is the blue bar.\n\n## Stability\n\nThis is the red bar. It is based on the size of the tree vs. the size of its roots. I did not really utilize this mechanic, but the tree won't grow if the stability is too low. If that's the case, grow more roots!\n\n## Goals\n\nThere is no real goal in the game since I had a hard time coming up with meaningful game mechanics. So, the only goal is to grow a nice, big tree and have fun. Make sure to take a screenshot and post it in the comments!\n\n# Gallery\n\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.04.59@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c207.png)\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.02.31@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c209.png)\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.03.48@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c20a.png)\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/YoKYeUC82HQ\n\n# Closing thoughts\n\nThis has been a great experience. I've never actually finished a game in Godot yet so I've learned a ton of new things about the engine. In the end, I did not really know where to go with the game, I did not have much time and energy for it either. I'm happy with the result, even thought there isn't much of a \"game\".\n\nIf you play the game, try growing the tree as large as possible and post a screenshot! If you do, thank you very much for taking your time, hope you had fun. Cheers!","meta":{"author":[33631],"link-01-tag":[42332],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/f53\/8\/z\/3c1ec.png","grade-06-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/martindzejky\/my-little-tree","link-02":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","link-02-tag":[42337],"link-03":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","link-03-tag":[42339],"link-04":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","link-04-tag":[42341],"link-05":"https:\/\/martindzejky.itch.io\/my-little-tree","link-05-tag":[42336]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/my-little-tree","parents":[1,5,9,233335],"love":0,"notes":3,"notes-timestamp":"2021-04-26T10:41:36Z","grade":{"grade-01":2,"grade-02":2,"grade-03":2,"grade-04":2,"grade-05":2,"grade-07":2,"grade-08":2},"magic":{"cool":0,"feedback":0,"given":0,"grade":2,"smart":-29.289321881345},"_wayback":{"timestamp":"20210426122110","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/247296+247299+247300+247295+247004+247293+247288+247290+247282+247278?author=&parent=&superparent=","source":"global-node-catalog"}},"text":"\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.02.31@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c209.png)\n\nGrow your little tree. Control the tree's roots to provide it with water and stability and watch the branches grow! Made in the amazing [Godot engine](https:\/\/godotengine.org\/) which I pretty much learned during this Ludum Dare.\n\n# How to play\n\nThe tree grows by itself based on its roots, you as the player grow the roots. Use *WSAD keys and arrow keys* to control the camera, mouse wheel to zoom. Use the *mouse to drag roots* to grow new ones.\n\nThere are 3 \"resources\" to watch for:\n\n## Energy\n\nIt is gathered by the leaves of the tree and required to grow roots. I did not have time to add any visual feedback but if you can't grow a root, you need to wait for more energy. This is the yellow bar.\n\n## Water\n\nWater is required to grow the tree and it is collected by the roots. Grow roots into water tiles to collect them and grow the tree. This is the blue bar.\n\n## Stability\n\nThis is the red bar. It is based on the size of the tree vs. the size of its roots. I did not really utilize this mechanic, but the tree won't grow if the stability is too low. If that's the case, grow more roots!\n\n## Goals\n\nThere is no real goal in the game since I had a hard time coming up with meaningful game mechanics. So, the only goal is to grow a nice, big tree and have fun. Make sure to take a screenshot and post it in the comments!\n\n# Gallery\n\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.04.59@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c207.png)\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.02.31@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c209.png)\n![CleanShot 2021-04-25 at 22.03.48@2x.png](\/\/\/raw\/f53\/8\/z\/3c20a.png)\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/YoKYeUC82HQ\n\n# Closing thoughts\n\nThis has been a great experience. I've never actually finished a game in Godot yet so I've learned a ton of new things about the engine. In the end, I did not really know where to go with the game, I did not have much time and energy for it either. I'm happy with the result, even thought there isn't much of a \"game\".\n\nIf you play the game, try growing the tree as large as possible and post a screenshot! If you do, thank you very much for taking your time, hope you had fun. Cheers!","title":"My Little Tree","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20210426122110","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/247296+247299+247300+247295+247004+247293+247288+247290+247282+247278?author=&parent=&superparent=","source":"global-node-catalog"}}