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Dropseed by azahara

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made by azahara for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Dropseed

Description

Collect raindrops with your bucket, avoid the falling stones, and empty the water to help your plant grow.
Every drop counts — the more you deliver, the bigger your plant will become before the storm ends.

This game was designed with mobile play in mind, but it also works on desktop.

How to Play

  • Drag your finger (or mouse) to move the bucket left and right.
  • Catch the raindrops to fill it up.
  • Avoid the stones — they’ll make you lose water.
  • Hold the button to empty the bucket and water your plant.
  • When time runs out, watch your plant grow depending on how much water you collected!
  • When your plant finally blooms, you’ve reached the end — and your goal is complete.

Tools Used

  • Phaser 3
  • Piskel
  • mp3cut
  • HTML/CSS
  • Visal Studio Code

Resources

Sounds

  • rain: https ://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/calming-rain-loop-398653/
  • stone hits bucket with water: http s://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/falling-of-a-stone-into-a-bucket-381858/
  • stone hits bucket without water: http s://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/metal-hit-cartoon-7118/
  • emptying bucket: http s://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/water-pouring-89582/
  • collect drops: http s://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/soft-pop-sound-383739/
  • thunders: http s://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/dry-thunder-364468/

Credits

  • Code, Sprites & UI: Azahara i.
  • Sounds: downloaded from free sound libraries and edited with MP3Cut.

Play DropSeed on Itch.io

Unfortunately, the embedded version doesn’t run on Ludum Dare due to sandbox restrictions (no WebGL, no external scripts).
You can play the full, working version on Itch.io instead with the link down below

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Link https://azahara.itch.io/dropseed
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/dropseed

Ratings

Overall 584th 3.236⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 611th 2.972⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 693th 2.597⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 175th 4.028⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 513th 3.403⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 301th 3.409⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 657th 2.125⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 453th 3.458⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 50🗨️

Feedback

egor.ae_game
Oct 06th · 18:35 UTC
Cool pixel art. gameplay very simple
Gaverion
Oct 06th · 18:42 UTC
Collecting rain is a fun concept! I wish there was a bit more response to watering the plants. I found my bucket filled up really fast and wasn't always noticing that I needed to empty it.
AbsolushZero
Oct 06th · 18:44 UTC
This game is a classic game for the theme "Collector" but it is fun to play. I tried to score 50 points but it's really hard with all these stones falling at the end. The audio matches with the game and the graphics are nice in pixel art. Good game for passing the time.
042a
Oct 06th · 18:44 UTC
great mood in sounds and color scheme. simple game but clear goal that had me trying multiple times.
Kaspjej
Oct 06th · 22:25 UTC
Simple, addictive, and fun! My best run is 47.
Jhonny111
Oct 06th · 22:27 UTC
Very relaxing game. I played on pc and got to 47 drops.
LRDJJ
Oct 07th · 11:08 UTC
Nice ! Love the consistency in the art style !
SylviaChord
Oct 07th · 11:09 UTC
This is a pretty neat little game. The controls and vertical screen layout remind me of those old-school touchscreen phones from like twenty years ago.

It'd be cool if there was a short animation showing the seed getting watered when you pour water on it.
Electric Sun
Oct 07th · 13:24 UTC
It was fun! It seems i have the high score for now :)
![myscore.png](///raw/c2d/56/z/6e9a5.png)
Tesseus
Oct 07th · 15:01 UTC
Sweet little game. I like the consistent style a lot. Also the push-your-luck mechanism is nice.
LDJam user 282870
Oct 08th · 10:54 UTC
Good job on the game! Really good job. You did this with Phaser? How easy was it to use. The only suggestion would be to add a hot key to empty the bucket.

Your game has really endless possibilities. Get hit by lightning. Have a downpour. Have birds fly by.
MakoTeam
Oct 08th · 11:19 UTC
Short, simple, but calming
LDJam user 411567
Oct 08th · 14:31 UTC
I like the consistent style and the sounds, but to me the gameplay seemed quite repetetive sadly. I liked the idea with the nice plant! the emptying bucket action took too long for my taste.
MJ12
Oct 08th · 14:34 UTC
Phaser gang! Neat game, I wish I could empty the bucket holding right mouse button (or something like this)
Pimeko
Oct 09th · 01:07 UTC
Really liked the mood and sound fx, cute arcade game :)
LDJam user 268934
Oct 09th · 04:50 UTC
Nice game. Good that you did the warning in start screen. Like the lightning effect you made. also cool to let the flower grow on the amount of water collected.
You could do need x water to grow then play again so i would try to fill all x that is needed. not start from 0 . Then after get a new plant an next and next . to expend the playtime. just an idea :P
JonasOlsson
Oct 09th · 18:34 UTC
Nice game! Fun touch with having to empty the bucket every now and then.
Threeli
Oct 10th · 21:03 UTC
Sorry I'm late to playing your project, today was the first day I could get back on the computer, but I'm here now so let's go!

Solid atmosphere, and though the idea is simple initially, the resultant plant leaves lots of room for expansion (just noticed @beebster-games said largely the same thing!) Great work!
LDJam user 233347
Oct 11th · 19:44 UTC
Simple yet very nice. Love the ambience with the rain :heart: .
gYziger
Oct 11th · 20:42 UTC
Awesome game! I really liked the idea of doing it as a Mobile game. Great art, sound, and cohesion. A perfect scope for a 2 day jam! Awesome work here!
Asieke
Oct 11th · 20:56 UTC
Simple and satisfying, really well executed!
Schu
Oct 13th · 08:44 UTC
Nicely done! The sound effects are great. The lightning is a cool idea but a bit jarring. I love the loop of watering and growing your plant over multiple runs
Adam Konig
Oct 15th · 18:41 UTC
Definitely feels designed for mobile over MKB given that having to click and hold the empty bucket button takes away from being able to control the bucket, but overall really strong clean simple and fun entry nice work!
CodeRaurus
Oct 20th · 13:57 UTC
Tight experience. The menu feels juicy. Might be just me but following the rain drops among the smaller ones gave me motion sickness..

Good job either way!