Forest of the magic mushrooms by jojocanard
Collect and use the magic mushrooms in order to eat, and escape the magic forest. You don't know what they do but they have to do something. After all this is a magic forest !

As announced, no game engine because I don't know how to use them anymore. ReactJS and gimp did almost all the work. Sorry for the poor performance, unanimated gifs and the fairly generic MUI web style !
The music is the beginning of Sibelius’s 6th symphony. It always made me think of a mysterious forest so...
I am so sad that I had to let unfinished game design and art everywhere !
| Link | https://github.com/gabriellevy/ludum-dare-58 |
| Link | https://gabriellevy.github.io/ludum-dare-58/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/forest-of-the-magic-mushrooms |
Ratings
| Overall | 186th | 2.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 146th | 3.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 103th | 3.289⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 150th | 3.316⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 155th | 3.028⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 50th | 3.417⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 132th | 3.105⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 39🗳️ | 17🗨️ |

You're a bit harsh on yourself in the description, I found the visuals quite good, and consistent! Also impressive getting this result without using a game engine.
Good job!
[jojo.png](///raw/46b/d1/z/6edfc.png)
I am particularly happy that you enjoyed exploring the effects of the mushrooms.
You got me @artificer: I used to make games from flash. And now that flash is dead, I didn’t learn a new web engine so I used reactJS and somehow tried to work like before. But the technical limitations were very frustrating when it came to creating mushroom effects.
@tiwe-me-ruu you are right. Initially I wanted to have 10 mushrooms and some of them appearing only near the end of the forest. Time got me... The correct use of the lynx shape is probably the only important tactical choice.
@Baluj this is indeed a copy of a boar from Astérix, the funniest looking boar there is :

I didn't change it much, so I don't know if I am breaking the rules here.
The music is from Sibelius, one of my favourite composer. This is why I opted out of the sound rating. I added it in the description.

That being said, nice short game! I've managed to leave the forest as a lynx after consuming certain mushrooms.
It could give variations if certain mushrooms give opposite effect if consumed as snail, giant or lynx.
PS: good choice for Sibelius