The Purraformer by froissant

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made by froissant for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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The fate of this tiny rock is in your paws!

An alchemy game with a cute cat!

🐈 You travel from one planet to another and you are responsible for making these little worlds evolve!

Be creative and use your resources to generate new ones. Find all possible combinations and model the planet of your dreams! compo_ldjam.png

Get ready to purr and play on itch.io 🐾


:information_source: Mobile is, unfortunately, currently not supported. But your favorite controller is OK!


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Ratings

Overall 218th 3.929⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 254th 3.821⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 354th 3.607⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 873th 3.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 219th 4.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 247th 3.722⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 218th 3.944⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Sean Atterbury
02. Oct 2023 · 22:28 UTC
Kitty cats terraforming is very cool. I found the gameplay and music very relaxing. Good job!
bot hopps
03. Oct 2023 · 05:51 UTC
How to unlock other species
Tayteus
03. Oct 2023 · 06:39 UTC
Hi @bot-hopps. With the "space" or "enter" keys you can mix your active resource (visible at the bottom of the screen) with the tile you are hovering over. If the combination has a result, you will see it appear. And you can consult the main possible combinations in your index with the "I" key. Good luck!
arvis
03. Oct 2023 · 08:06 UTC
I won't rate yet, because I didn't get to fully experience the game, but I couldn't figure out how to place stuff down and what to do with it? I collected a bunch of water and lava and clicked everything I could imagine on my keyboard.
Tayteus
03. Oct 2023 · 08:23 UTC
@arvis did you try the keys "space" or "enter" ? You can drop your active ressource (visible at the bottom of the screen) on the tile your are hovering over. If a combination is possible, you will see it. For example lava on a default tile make a desert. Give it a try and tell us if it's OK for you. And thanks for trying it.
caoker
03. Oct 2023 · 08:34 UTC
I really like your game! The character design is very cute, and the combination of exploring different plots is also very interesting. However, it seems that I can’t collect 4 flowers after collecting 2 flowers, and the cat’s plot doesn’t seem to produce any resources. I don’t know if the reason why I can’t unlock several plots is related to this issue![20231003162741.png](///raw/5af/a5/z/5f1ed.png)
Tayteus
03. Oct 2023 · 10:07 UTC
@caoker Hello ! Thanks for your return. I confirm that the cat does not generate resources. For flowers, it's a mystery, we haven't been able to reproduce the issue. Normally, you should have succeeded in your objective. You have to try hard other combinations to unlock other plots. Thanks for playing, it's cool that you liked it.
MAR Zockmeister
03. Oct 2023 · 22:54 UTC
Interesting game, caught me quite a while. You should write in the HUD that you can control the selector also with q and e, which is easier to control with wasd :) To me it was a lot of trial and error and some outcome was not expected but I guess this is part of the concept. I should tutorial might help to get easier into the game. Anyway, the game motivated me to explore the world.
Rild
03. Oct 2023 · 23:16 UTC
Nice game, simple but interesting. Not exactly in theme though. Enjoyed playing. Design, sounds, controls all feels good.
CptDrusha
03. Oct 2023 · 23:17 UTC
Purrfect! I was wondering what is the last locked recipe.. Great work for the great game!
Rusya_Ink
04. Oct 2023 · 01:14 UTC
Nice game! was not able to fully complete challenges< road and cloud were too hard for me, but still managed to create other blocks) Nice alchemy game.

I'll suggest improving tutorial moment (because controls were not listed in description)
Also some tips for players who are stuck (like me)

Overall very solid game, artstyle is so cute, I enjoyed playing)
jukepoks1
04. Oct 2023 · 07:40 UTC
Got all the types and filled the planet, yay!

Nice relaxing game.

At start I thought you need to make those circles around rocks to make stuff, but find out quickly you don't need to. Just mix and match different types together.

If you wanna work on it more, then maybe add different planets with different types. Maybe you need a space rocket and then you can move to another planet? :smile:

I thought you could add to that road somehow, the don't connect if they are not in line and same direction. Did learn that the cats direction effects road direction.

If you wanna make it even harder: disable resource respawning, only give one item per source. That way you need to strategize more how to fill the planet. Also removing the option to reset some types to the default starting tile would make it harder. But I guess it wouldn't be as much fun than filling the planet fast.
LDJam user 314224
04. Oct 2023 · 18:25 UTC
J'ai découvert ce projet FR via le stream : onepointstream
Je viens de tester, j'aime beaucoup ce que vous avez fait sur la partie artistique ! Surtout que c'est en 3D ! Bravo à vous :)
Dommage qu'il ait pas de tuto, même un petit popup pour expliquer vite fait, quelques problèmes pour les contrôles, j'ai mis un certains temps pour commencer à utiliser les ressources.
Mais dès que tout ça est compris le jeu est vraiment fun ! Bravo à la team qui a taffé dessus vous avez fait un travail incroyable dans tous les domaines ! Bravo :)

J'adore le chat, il est trop mignon en effet ! <3 avec le petit sound
kezzyhko
04. Oct 2023 · 18:53 UTC
Interesting mechanics. Art and music are amazing too, they really add to the whole experience.
Although, some combinations were unintuitive. I opened all cell types in list, but there were no roads which I needed for the quest.
Overall, great relaxing and interesting game. One of the best I encountered on this Jam so far!
Nougato
04. Oct 2023 · 21:15 UTC
Wonderful relaxing atmosphere, and a treasure trove of elements to combine in order to populate a barren hexagonal planet! A brilliantly concocted 'mix' 😉!

As for the last element (the ???), what insolent luck was mine! After some serious pondering, I chose the brute-forcing tactic. What a relief to start this technique on the right hexagon 😂

Unintentionally discovering unlisted combos? Purrfection! 🎉👀 Plus, I found not one, but two mysterious elements that weren't directly listed, adding even more mystery to the adventure! Thanks for the meowmorable journey 🐾🚀

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Tayteus
04. Oct 2023 · 21:29 UTC
@nougato Dude, your comment is a bless! Thank you for playing so much!
Phillip Scott
05. Oct 2023 · 08:23 UTC
Thanks for this nice relaxing game loved the hex world and the cute graphics. Really enjoyed the combining of the elements and finding out all the little secrets great work.
LelulaGames
06. Oct 2023 · 01:26 UTC
This has to be one of my favorite games from this Ludum Dare. It combines the alchemy game style with a cute little cosmic cat. Love it. Works well, and adds a bit of trial and error so you can figure out what you're doing. I think with this game you could go even farther, like other alchemy games, where you can get even more interesting seeds.
DeltaMain
06. Oct 2023 · 09:46 UTC
Beautiful game! Such a purrrfect atmosphere! Really liked that combination of alchemy and terraforming, great job!
Its_Capp
06. Oct 2023 · 10:00 UTC
this game's visual style is very cute, I didn't understand how "limited space" applied to it though ;-; it felt like there was a lot of space to do everything I needed to. it's cool that it has controller support too. pretty solid!
LDJam user 248799
06. Oct 2023 · 10:26 UTC
So cute, I really liked collecting all the tiles! Great game :cat:

Nice to have controller support too!

I encountered a bug, the frog achievement was duplicated and at the end I didn't unlock the second:
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Tayteus
06. Oct 2023 · 10:38 UTC
@pikario Thank you for playing and your kind words. We're going to fix this bug as soon as possible! Today would be great 😅!
grizeldi
06. Oct 2023 · 11:52 UTC
I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but trying to place stuff on empty tiles doesn't seem to do anything, so I was left with most of the planet being useless and only being able to utilize the preexisting lava and water tiles.
Seb_degraff
06. Oct 2023 · 12:01 UTC
Nice one! As other said a bit hard to understand at first, but once you get it it becomes fun to try and guess the combinations. I got to amber and dragon eggs, but couldn't figure out how to get frogs. Good job!
Tayteus
06. Oct 2023 · 14:32 UTC
@grizeldi Hello, this is surprising. Each tile gives you a resource that you are free to use as you wish on other tiles to generate new ones. Some combinations do not give results, others must be tried. Thanks for playing!
NikaZ
06. Oct 2023 · 16:57 UTC
A cute game for relax! I like the mechanics of tile and item combinations.
LDJam user 261538
07. Oct 2023 · 02:05 UTC
I really tried but I could not for the life of me figure out how to make the forest or windmill :< I thought I wen through every combination on the map. Anyway, it was a nice and sweet game. I really like these kind of combination discovery games. It was exciting to see new stuff appear on the world, and for it to get full of all these adorable tiles. I was honestly sad I couldn't look up a wiki to get a hint on the wood combo so I could try to finish the rest haha.
Tayteus
07. Oct 2023 · 13:37 UTC
@amberfall92 thank you for playing! I understand you liked it so I'll give you a tip... Have you tried mixing water with bushes? 😉
LDJam user 320677
12. Oct 2023 · 10:06 UTC
Ok, that was a fun :smile:

What I liked:
- the idea of a 3d planet with combinable tiles, reminded me a bit of Doodle god
- process of cultivating the planet is great and worth playing
- took me a while, but I was able to complete the game and was pretty satisfied once I managed it :smile:
- playing as a kitty is always great :smirk_cat:

What could have been done differently:
- the inventory is annoying, I think it would be much better if you can see all the item fields at once
- adding other sound effect would be nice
- mention also that inventory can be controled by Q and E

But overall great experience, well done! :thumbsup:
LDJam user 0
13. Oct 2023 · 12:21 UTC
Very nice game ! love the artwork and the aesthetics, the gameplay is interesting, great job !
DSK
17. Oct 2023 · 10:33 UTC
Relly like the 3D art style, so cute:)

And the gameplay also impress me a lot, especially the hexagonal tiles, excellent job!!!
LDJam user 300020
17. Oct 2023 · 16:10 UTC
The character designs are so cute and I love the kittens. The concept of combinable tiles and 3d planets together is creative. I Wish there are more fun backgrounds behind the planet!