Just thinking about how amazing and diverse are the aproaches in a similar or even equal ideas!

I started this jam like "ok, I think that many ideas will be nothing more than dungeon crawlers or something related to diving into the sea, better think about something else".

Of course, it didn't take me long to keep in mind something like "what if it was about a plant that needs to extend its roots more and more to get water and nutrients?". And, well, I confess that I thought it might be a very simple idea.

But so what? Simple can be good too!

I didn't have much time to work on my game, maybe 20 or 24 hours, and I could only upload it a few hours before Jam ended.

Well, and here it is! TREE

As soon as I sent it, I received some very good and important feedbacks!

But wait! And the "equal" ideas?

I was doing the evaluations of some games that had not received any, when another dev sent me a message like "Hey man! We had almost the same ideas!"

And I was like "What? Really?"

With a little more mythology! CaioLima (@caiolima), pedrohph (@pedrohph), and Victor Andrade (@victor-andrade) brought Mandragorae Somnus I really liked the result!

The days went by and I ended up "bumping" in other games also with the idea of "making the root of a plant grow".

Being I AM ROOT by VampireSmile (@vampiresmile), LordJak (@lordjak), and Tamino Laub (@tamino-laub) an interesting addition!

On the same day I also saw Root Deeper by BrielleY (@brielley), another game that bet on a more strategic approach to the idea on the theme!

At one point, I decided to see the top games. I kept going down and saw another game about roots.

The beautiful and not least ROOTS by TheGreenWorm (@thegreenworm)! A wonderful addition! And to my amazement it was sent to Compo!

I am very happy and satisfied to participate in this Jam! Not only for finding several games that used similar ideas but brought games so different in their gameplay, and also for the support, criticism and what I learned, both in game design and programming!

Edit: And the list grow more!

• Goose Root by jryzkns (@jryzkns) and OcO (@oco)

• Roots game by BoClow (@boclow)

• Me:Tree! - New Roots by Groggi (@groggi)

• Lay Down Your Roots by Quarkimo (@quarkimo) and NotExplosive (@notexplosive) from Ludum Dare 46th and 3rd place on Overall!

• Rooted by Webox (@webox)

• The Last Spores by Kazrath (@kazrath) and pestodesign (@pestodesign)

• Boom by Locomotivelung (@locomotivelung), HardstuckStudio (@hardstuckstudio), DexyBentai (@dexybentai), Wendigo120 (@wendigo120), Maar10 (@maar10), and krammetje (@krammetje)

And if your game also has these "roots" but it didn't show up here, send me a message! I will be happy to add you to this list and to "grow" this love for games and plants!