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DeepRoots by GoodMan233

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made by GoodMan233 for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

This is made by pico-8. This is a puzzle game that a root getting into the deep groud. The target of the game is to grow deeper and deeper. Growing takes a water and you can also collect water.

At first I wanted to design a rougelite game, and made the shadow effects in the game. but I thought it would be difficult to control the difficulty, so I decided to change it to a puzzle game. I'm not particularly good at puzzle games, so I'm just do my best. I hope you like it.

UPDATE: 1.Add konami code to skip hard level. You can input ↑↑↓↓← →← →❎🅾️ in stuck tips view or run out of water tips view to set water to 99 and light up the level. Hope this can help you. 2.Fixed syntax errors："you are stucked" -> "you are stuck"

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Link https://goodman233.itch.io/deeproots
Link https://github.com/HuangYuming1996/DeepRoots/blob/main/deep_roots.p8.png
Link https://github.com/HuangYuming1996/DeepRoots/blob/main/deep_roots_windows.zip
Link https://github.com/HuangYuming1996/DeepRoots/blob/main/deep_roots_osx.zip
Link https://github.com/HuangYuming1996/DeepRoots/blob/main/deep_roots_linux.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deeproots

Ratings

Overall 202th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 118th 3.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 231th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 81th 4.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 200th 3.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 363th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 317th 2.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 251th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

anaaraujo
25. Apr 2021 · 22:41 UTC
it's very cool! the contrasting gray/brown colors make my eyes kinda tired, but i had a lot of fun playing it. is 16 the last level?
🎤 GoodMan233
25. Apr 2021 · 23:42 UTC
Thanks for your playing @anaaraujo . There are 18 levels in total, so you still have 2 levels to play.
LakshyaIsAGod
26. Apr 2021 · 04:34 UTC
TODO: review game
binroot
26. Apr 2021 · 04:41 UTC
These puzzles are really well thought out. Even level 2 stumped me for a while. Really cool game mechanic. This kept be entertained for quite a while, so I bet you could totally polish this up and release it somewhere. Nice job!
TheCommonThug
26. Apr 2021 · 04:43 UTC
Really solid puzzle content for a jam. Nice work.
welby
26. Apr 2021 · 04:47 UTC
rly like the simple pathing puzzles and little sounds. it's chill. the blocks of water to path out optimally were probably my favorite, and my least favorite was level 18 with the dark maze that you have to trial and error, where i also quit, lol
Valid
26. Apr 2021 · 04:55 UTC
Great puzzling and I really like the art. Love the pico-8 use as well!! One minor thing is instead of "You are stucked", it would be "You are stuck.". Good job!
Jibberwocky
26. Apr 2021 · 05:12 UTC
I had so much fun with this, new puzzles and mechanics come at a really good pace and some of them are very clever in their difficulty. I found myself wondering what the point of the maze levels were a bit until I realized that they set you up for thinking about the limited visibility ones down the line.
🎤 GoodMan233
26. Apr 2021 · 05:45 UTC
Thanks for pointing it out. @valid English is not my native language, oh, my poor English >_<
Valid
26. Apr 2021 · 05:48 UTC
@goodman233 your English is great!
tengusheath
26. Apr 2021 · 05:56 UTC
Puzzles are really good. I actually got stumped on level 7. Couldn't get past it.
AdamsMcCall
26. Apr 2021 · 06:42 UTC
Awesome game ! Probably too hard for me, I couldn't figure out how to gather enough water on level 7 :weary:

It's quite challenging without being too frustrating, great job !
🎤 GoodMan233
26. Apr 2021 · 08:16 UTC
I just add a way to skip some hard level. You can just input ↑↑↓↓← →← →❎🅾️ in stuck tips view or run out of water tips view to set water to 99 and light up the level. Hope this can help you. @tengusheath @adamsmccall
BoClow
26. Apr 2021 · 11:45 UTC
Great puzzle game and nice concept. I had lot of fun. In the level 7 I almost gave up but managed to finish it all the way!
Collecting water puzzles were the most fun, although the "only labyrinth" levels were nice breather.
Eugenik
28. Apr 2021 · 14:28 UTC
Cool! Good job!.
kassanu
03. May 2021 · 18:36 UTC
Fun puzzles! I felt the difficulty ramp wasn't too bad, never got stuck on a level for more than a minute or two.
Jason Wilson
03. May 2021 · 19:21 UTC
Really great puzzle game. The levels were well thought out and challenging.

I'm not sure how I feel about the dark levels. On the one hand it does add another level of challenge to the puzzles by not being able to see the entire level, however it felt like my only option was to blindly try different paths until I figured out where the puzzle wanted me to go and then memorize it.

However, this is a well done game. I liked it a lot.
oddarock
03. May 2021 · 20:44 UTC
Very nice game and well balanced puzzles. It was very fun to play. The mechanic is very quick to grasp, and I like the simplicity and efficiency. I had some troubles to start the game (I am not used to pico 8). May be you should add some instructions for non pico-8 users. By the way our game has almost the same name :smile: !

Good job !
pancelor
04. May 2021 · 18:58 UTC
This started out really nice! I liked the levels up until level 8 or 9 ish; the mazes were easier and not particularly challenging, and the darkness just annoyed me... It made the levels harder, but not in an enjoyable way for me, compared to the cool puzzles you had up to that point. One of my favorite puzzles was in a dark level, but I would have preferred it not have the darkness. (the second to last level, I think?)

I finished the game to the end; nice work! some nice puzzles and a solid entry!
Konect
18. May 2021 · 07:13 UTC
Cool game, with plant lol, I don't have this idea, really good concept !!