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Good work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":721040,"author_name":"Sarah","author_uid":"sarah","epoch":1633399678,"text":"I was able to figure out how to plant things and complete one list of the mission? So I was able to gain some time on the timer :3 \n\nThe graphics are really cute! Although I wasn't sure how to gain more seeds to plant new things after I completed the first list of requests!\n\nOverall, well done everyone!!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":721332,"author_name":"MGKAgamer","author_uid":"mgkagamer","epoch":1633401205,"text":"Outside the issues said in the description, the game was pretty good. I absolutely loved the art and gameplay. It was relaxing but still made me have to think about the plant placement. Only other issue I had was I couldn't plant the funeral knell even though I had 3 of each resource.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":722331,"author_name":"uboretsky","author_uid":"uboretsky","epoch":1633407571,"text":"Tarzan have a great support","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":723666,"author_name":"Matt Heinrich","author_uid":"matt-heinrich","epoch":1633419108,"text":"Thanks for the feedback everyone - some tutorial text has been added to the game description to make things a little clearer. It was intended to teach the concepts in game, but we just straight up ran out of time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":731791,"author_name":"Caladrius","author_uid":"caladrius","epoch":1633461554,"text":"I sincerely adore everything about the art and character design - Absolute props to your artists! Always a pleasure to play a goblin game during LD","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":733130,"author_name":"Nazorus","author_uid":"nazorus","epoch":1633468163,"text":"Neat concept, farming mushrooms and trying to find the right balance of light, heat, and moisture! It took me a while to figure out how to get more seeds by composting mushrooms and I ran into some of the issues described on the page, but they're pretty minor.\n\nThe art is really cute and the audio is relaxing, overall you guys did a good job ^^","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":742698,"author_name":"Dev Dennis","author_uid":"dev-dennis","epoch":1633553207,"text":"Hey I finally got a chance to play. I wanted to play this game for a few days :)\nLove the mood and the graphics well done.\nI think the game has a lot of interesting mechanics, but as a new player going into the game it's overwhelming and I'm not sure I totally got it. Since I also failed and didn't complete the game :)\nGood job though, I think with some more easing in for the players. This would be amazing.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":743590,"author_name":"Trexxak","author_uid":"trexxak","epoch":1633560929,"text":"Somehow I couldn't get Button to move, however the planting of mushrooms did work. While I didn't get far into the game, I find the idea of looking for the perfect spot for your different mushrooms a very strong motivator to explore! I'd love to see where this game is going if you chose to continue working on this game! \n\nThe art is, needless to say, exceptionally cute and is what made me interested in the game in the first place!\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":753920,"author_name":"JoeRenglish","author_uid":"joerenglish","epoch":1633761493,"text":"The art and music is really wonderful. I might try again later, but it seemed like I was only able to plant one kind of mushroom. I'm probably just missing something though. I do think a little more guidance at the beginning would help a bit, though I pretty much figured out what to do by clicking around. Overall, a very cute little game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755193,"author_name":"Rubiia","author_uid":"rubiia","epoch":1633796485,"text":"Very nice little game. I love the art direction in this game (The character design is extremely appealing to me) and the environment itself was very nice as well. The idea of having to grow plants to allow you to grow more plants was a really cool idea with them all having different requirements and I thought it was very unique.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":763190,"author_name":"Iacopo","author_uid":"iacopo","epoch":1634157487,"text":"I like it, but it is a bit too bugged, I think you are allowed to fix the bugs and reupload it because some are gamebreaking :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":769202,"author_name":"LDJam user 240752","author_uid":"240752","epoch":1634753455,"text":"It was definitely a fun time. 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Button and her wife lead a simple life. Being a humble Mushroom Tender and a Baker, they did not want for much\u2026 until the Dark Lord Plonko rose in the west.\n\nHis tendril-like influence spread throughout the land. Where once there was peace and simple pleasures, now there was only fear and conflict.\n\nThe skills of Button and her wife did not escape the capricious gaze of Plonko. Only having time to grab a few precious keepsakes, they were quickly captured and taken to the Dark Lord\u2019s lair, and forced to grow mushrooms\u2026 for evil!\u201d\n\nThis was most of the teams first attempt at a Ludum Dare, and for some of us our first stab at game development!\n\n## How to Play\n\n -Move around the cavern and click on the soil to plant a mushroom - this will cost fertiliser, so make sure you don't run out!\n\n -Mushrooms can be unstable, and require specific environments to grow! 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Cavern bread will return double the fertiliser!\n\n -The Dark Lord Plonko is an unstable overlord - failing to complete an order in time will incur his wrath and end the game!\n\n## Credits\n\nProgramming: May Ottway, Kim Bradley\n\nGame Design: Matthew Heinrich, Lilith Hills\n\nArt Design: Zaya, Amy Cotton\n\nMusic & Sound Design: Lewis Jacobs\n\nQA: Lilith Hills\n\nEmotional Support Cat: Tarzan\n\n## Known Issues\nSometimes a crash will occur if the player tries to move while the mushroom menu is open\n\nSome combination of moving and opening UI windows can cause movement controls to no longer respond - this can be fixed by planting a mushroom\n\nThe display for environmental metrics can sometimes be inaccurate\n\nThe environmental metrics themselves might sometimes be calculated wrong,though this is hard to confirm due to the above bug","comments":15,"comments-timestamp":"2021-10-20T18:10:55Z","created":"2021-09-20T10:13:58Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"grade":{"grade-01":23,"grade-02":24,"grade-03":24,"grade-04":24,"grade-05":25,"grade-06":25,"grade-07":23,"grade-08":23},"id":260251,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":89.625815953027,"feedback":21,"given":18.375,"grade":23.875,"grade-01-average":2.905,"grade-01-result":1409,"grade-02-average":2.477,"grade-02-result":1471,"grade-03-average":2.955,"grade-03-result":1116,"grade-04-average":2.682,"grade-04-result":1367,"grade-05-average":4.109,"grade-05-result":303,"grade-06-average":2.978,"grade-06-result":825,"grade-07-average":2.571,"grade-07-result":976,"grade-08-average":3.452,"grade-08-result":716,"smart":1.2484877981248},"meta":{"author":[10480,10940,260248,260252,260260,260294,266517],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/0f8\/2\/z\/46034.jpg","link-01":"https:\/\/mattheinrich.itch.io\/buttons-garden","link-01-tag":[42337]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-15T17:27:15Z","modified":"2026-05-15T17:27:15Z","name":"Button's Garden","node-timestamp":"2021-10-05T08:24:07Z","parent":258323,"parents":[1,5,9,258323],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/buttons-garden","published":"2021-10-04T22:29:39Z","scope":"public","slug":"buttons-garden","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":838325},"text":"![Splash Art Title.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/0f8\/2\/z\/463a9.jpg)\u201cDeep in the woods, where the moss grows thickest and sun barely reaches the forest floor, there lived two goblins. 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