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Grow the Love by silkworm_sweatshop

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made by silkworm_sweatshop for LD34 (COMPO)
This game is a tiny people matchmaker. Pair the lonely people looking for love with the left and right mouse buttons (one button for each person in the couple). Grow the population and keep them happy. Be mindful of their companion preferences. Male symbol means they like guys, female symbol means they like girls, and rainbow means the're into everything. Angered people are lost to you and sad people age faster. Matching a man and a woman produces more tiny people but all love is worth the same in the eyes of the score.

tldr: Click on one tiny person with the left mouse button and then on another with the right mouse button. If they're compatible they become a couple. Have fun!

Made in GameMaker.
Windows http://www.mediafire.com/download/1bdf4bgcxuff0ur/Grow+the+Love_no+installer.exe
Source http://www.mediafire.com/download/5natim4sdpzed3i/Grow+the+Love.gmz
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=47199

Ratings

Coolness 78% 2
Overall 3.61 206
Audio 3.25 213
Fun 3.50 234
Graphics 3.30 376
Humor 3.26 142
Innovation 3.69 177
Mood 3.41 202
Theme 4.03 218

Feedback

5you
14. Dec 2015 路 01:49 UTC
Very fun game!

I love when you see a guy getting old and depressed from being alone and then just die! There is some potential here.

My only regret is that it's a bit confusing.
馃帳 silkworm_sweatshop
14. Dec 2015 路 02:51 UTC
Thanks! I updated the description. Hopefully it doesn't make it even more confusing :P.
ccglp
14. Dec 2015 路 16:39 UTC
Nice concept, but my little persons are not compatible at all? Love to see this more polished!
eerongal
14. Dec 2015 路 16:49 UTC
Neat little game, it eventually gets kinda hard to tell people apart as they start overlapping, though!
馃帳 silkworm_sweatshop
14. Dec 2015 路 16:56 UTC
They key is in interpreting the symbols. Make sure both people get what they want in the pairing not just one of them. For example a "male looking for a male" is not compatible with a "male looking for a female".
馃帳 silkworm_sweatshop
14. Dec 2015 路 16:57 UTC
eerongal: It is kind of the point hehe :D
Eshford
14. Dec 2015 路 17:01 UTC
Cute game! I love it!
adamgryu
14. Dec 2015 路 17:50 UTC
Cute :)
adamgryu
14. Dec 2015 路 17:52 UTC
Oh also, if you can avoid using an installer, I think that will help more people play the game.
馃帳 silkworm_sweatshop
14. Dec 2015 路 18:04 UTC
adamgryu: Didn't even realize I could do that. I'll switch out the file to a no installer.
Kaupenjoe
14. Dec 2015 路 18:28 UTC
Seems to be very accurate to real life xP
It was very fun :D
flakoflak
15. Dec 2015 路 00:06 UTC
fun game. nice details the flowers when they die.
Janacek
15. Dec 2015 路 00:49 UTC
Isn't there a bit of incest in this ? :p

Funny little game !
馃帳 silkworm_sweatshop
15. Dec 2015 路 01:45 UTC
@flakoflak: Fun(or sad) fact: Flowers only grow if they've had love in their life at some point.

@Janacek: Well you're the one in control so you tell me :P. Thankfully, I made the kids off-limits at least.
LavWa
15. Dec 2015 路 03:43 UTC
Neat idea, cool use of the theme. I unfortunately let die a little guy by mistake, but I got the idea and save the others :P
moltanem2000
15. Dec 2015 路 09:05 UTC
Aw this was adorable. I felt really bad when my rabid matchmaking left them scarred for life :( Guy #12 and Girl #16 OTP
fluidvolt
15. Dec 2015 路 10:15 UTC
Cuuute. Unique idea for a game. This was surprisingly challenging, though on further reflection it might be 'cause I never learned the male/female symbols that well, so I was constantly screwing up. I like the simple cartoon style too. Good game!
crucknuk
16. Dec 2015 路 00:20 UTC
Graphics and music are nice, I like the concept too. This is a good entry, good job!
socapex
16. Dec 2015 路 01:29 UTC
Lmao!
Funske
16. Dec 2015 路 01:35 UTC
Very fun game loved the concept simple yet has lot's of meaning behind it. I also enjoyed the diversity of different types of people it was very nice. Great Game!
koocachookies
16. Dec 2015 路 12:33 UTC
Cool! Interesting and amusing mechanic :)
x92rwzb
16. Dec 2015 路 19:35 UTC
Very cool game. Graphics could be better though.
KriBoNiTa
16. Dec 2015 路 19:58 UTC
Very nice game i like the mood, and have fun trying it 4/5 times, good job !
Skaz
17. Dec 2015 路 17:00 UTC
Very nice entry! I couldn't get a decent score though, a rampant epidemic of straight males turn every one of my attempts into human extinction :p Only run I made quite long was survival through reproduction between brother and sister... Adam and Eve style!
oz2mura
18. Dec 2015 路 14:14 UTC
Game is dark D: Like lonely people dying, everyone dying of old age, I'm making everyone angry, and everyone making babies. I liked it!

Fitting music/sounds. Cute graphics. Once I got a handle on what symbol was for who, was a blast trying to keep the population up. gg
Hot Box Games
18. Dec 2015 路 20:17 UTC
Sweet little game. LOVED the music! First time I played I watched everyone get angry, lonely, sad and die with -42 points! Played a bit more and got the hang of it though! :)
camlang
20. Dec 2015 路 19:19 UTC
Very nice game. Really cruel :)
StaNov
03. Jan 2016 路 19:45 UTC
At first, it's very difficult. But then it's quite nice :) A tutorial would be greatly appreciated!

Great graphics and music!!!
nihilaleph
04. Jan 2016 路 02:43 UTC
Pro:
+ Very cute concept
+ Nice take on theme
+ Nice graphics and audio
Con:
- With many tiny people it gets hard to see the preferences of each tiny person

Great job!
Tapehead
04. Jan 2016 路 12:07 UTC
sometimes it's a bit hard to pick a person because their overlap each other, but besides that it's a great small game! very well done!