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Pots of Problems by Rionisse

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made by Rionisse for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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Will, little witch, student of Thistle Grove Academy, has a problem with her recent study of Orbital sansevieria monster plant. She accidentally accelerated their lifecycle, so plants started to age out of control. Will Will save her conservatory from this magical event? Only her smug cat Ike knows.

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Controls:

WASD — movement

Step on items for interaction

Use potion to rejuvenate plants

Follow green arrow for instructions

Team Stooped Puppies:

  • 2D Designers: Arina Shlykova, Olga Tumanova
  • 3D Designer: Alexandr Shustov
  • Programmer: Mikhail Davydov
  • Sound Designer & Composer: Maria Astahova
  • Enviroment Designer & 2D Animator: Rostislav Kurianov
  • Game Designer & Level Designer: Dmitrii Obukhov
  • Project Manager & Content Manager: Ekaterina Shpagina
  • QA: Ilya Maximovich
Link https://rionisse.itch.io/pots-of-problems
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/pots-of-problems

Ratings

Overall 1245th 3⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1382th 2.227⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1270th 2.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1157th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 60th 4.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 416th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1012th 2.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 721th 3.455⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 45🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

artilor901z
04. Apr 2022 · 23:57 UTC
Brilliant art work. I like the atmosphere in the game scene design.
woahitsjeff
05. Apr 2022 · 00:53 UTC
Very beautiful game!
rekkorize
05. Apr 2022 · 13:56 UTC
beautiful graphics and nice sounds!
Emaigualmc2_art
05. Apr 2022 · 15:59 UTC
The work they did on the art is incredible, I really liked the style and the combination of 2d and 3d art was very nice. I found it quite difficult to play, I think it would be necessary to add a tutorial to improve the gameplay, the light blue / green arrow does not get to see it very well. Great job! xD
Rocio Michi Ojeda
05. Apr 2022 · 15:59 UTC
I liked the art, however I feel that the game lacks explanation. It took me a long time to understand the mechanics and sometimes the arrows have bugs. Apart from that, I understood the idea, it just needs to improve the explanation.
🎤 Rionisse
05. Apr 2022 · 18:32 UTC
@rocio-michi-ojeda we can't update the game anymore, but we are working on a standalone illustrated tutorial :)
arhiDavid
05. Apr 2022 · 18:50 UTC
@Rionisse Well... We will be able to update it, but only after Jam ends in 16 day.
KingOfSpill
05. Apr 2022 · 22:47 UTC
This game is really cute! Unfortunately it seemed very hard, I kept bumping into the wrong plants by accident trying to walk over to ones that were dying. I'd love if you needed to press a button so you wouldn't do that accidentally.
🎤 Rionisse
05. Apr 2022 · 23:24 UTC
@kingofspill thank you for your feedback! Yeah, the game was too simple during development so we tried to make it harder. Apparently we overdid it :D
Fragment Games
06. Apr 2022 · 16:17 UTC
Nice looking game with some gorgeous art! Nice twist with 2d and 3d. As mentioned a couple of times, a bit hard. But as a game jam game, this is good :-D
Roitchie
06. Apr 2022 · 16:25 UTC
Really like the art style and the designs for the witch and flowers. Feels very charming.

I do agree with these other comments that it is quite difficult. Including the instructions image you drew here in game and explaining the other effects like the purple clouds would've been really helpful.

The melding together of the 2D and 3D elements works really well to the point that I actually forgot the rest of the room was 3D modelled, until I came back here to rate it.
blobo
06. Apr 2022 · 17:00 UTC
Oh my god, that artwork is absolutely incredible. Definitely the best looking game I've played so far. Ah, and the little poster on the wall, and the cat, and all the tiniest of details. Super good looking! The music is nice, and I love the sound effects. I feel like I as playing it wrong, but I was able to keep the closest plant alive essentially forever, since it's right next to the potion. It didn't matter how much I was slowed down, I could always restore the center plant. Even still, this game is outstandingly well drawn, and I wish you all the best!
LDP
06. Apr 2022 · 18:38 UTC
Nice art and sounds, like other already said, I had trouble understanding and playing the game, everything is very fast and I'm loosing without being able to move to the flowers. Appart from that, really nice work on the mood and the universe.
Ludovic
06. Apr 2022 · 19:07 UTC
Nice work ! I rly liked this one. You did a really great job and it's very beautiful with great sound design. I had some difficult to start but I also rly appreciate the game. Great Job !
Apandso
07. Apr 2022 · 09:50 UTC
Looks cute but I don't understand anything ^__^"
I tried using potion but it dissapears, some violet fog slows me down and then I die...
Having some text like "save the plants!" in the beggining could help.
And maybe some UI reminding what our aim in the game is
Paulsams
07. Apr 2022 · 12:15 UTC
Honestly... I didn't like anything. As if the default UE graphics and it were not configured at all, and from this it is difficult to evaluate the visual part. The sprites and models themselves are good, but everything related to the engine, such as: fire lighting, smoke particles, tile tiles - everything spoils my mood so much that I can't look at it, I'm sorry, heh). And the gameplay is incredibly boring, there are some obstacles that are not visible and they knock down your potion. And there is no balance either, since you can just go to the middle flower and that's it. In general, I have very ambiguous feelings - it's kind of beautiful, but the game didn't work out from everything put together.
mostel
07. Apr 2022 · 12:51 UTC
The coolest things about this game are the music and art. But I still haven't figured out how to play it.
Langotriel
07. Apr 2022 · 16:39 UTC
This might be the best looking game I have seen in the jam; easy 5 stars. Buy your artists some pizza!
Spaint
07. Apr 2022 · 19:14 UTC
Artwork is great, but gameplay is lacking
Gandelianna
07. Apr 2022 · 21:45 UTC
Well, I don't understand why the potion disappears when I'm on my way to the flower. Time limit or something else?

But I'm agree, that visual is adorable
quackBehavior
12. Apr 2022 · 07:34 UTC
Визуально прекрасная игра, но делать в ней ничего кроме как поливать зельем до бесконечности центральный цветок нечего. Два других гораздо более труднодоступны, но при этом игра никак не вознаграждает их поддержание. Подумайте над тем как это можно исправить(например за более дальний цветок давать зелье поддерживающее цветы дольше, или начислять игроку увеличенные очки(для начала ввести их правда)). Ну и очень быстро проигрываешь в начале, даже не успев толком осознать что от тебя требуется.

Тем не менее хорошая игра. Из трехмерных игр, наверное, самая красивая из тех что я видел на этом людуме.

Спасибо за игру!