I found thing game to be rather charming. I’ll admit, I didn’t quite understand everything I was supposed to do.
One thing I didn’t understand was the purpose of the fruits. I figured out I could pick them, but didn’t know if that was a good thing, or a bad thing. Even when I did pick the fruits, what was I to do with them?
I liked the idea of the insects and being able to swat them (swatting them was actually quite enjoyable), but I didn’t notice if they were even dangerous. I assumed they were, but in the beginning a couple insects were “eating” the main plant (because I didn’t know I had a swatter for a while), but I didn’t notice anything being “damaged” or regressing in any way. I eventually found the swatter, though, and swatted the bugs because… well… they were bugs and I had a swatter.
Lastly, I really liked the slow growth of the central plant. It was a really cool effect, in my humble opinion… but I wasn’t sure if I was meant to climb the plant or… Yeah, wasn’t sure. Nor was I particularly sure how to keep it growing. Was I supposed to only water the center plot the stalk was growing from, or did I have to maintain the fruit plants as well (I attempted the latter).
I think, with a bit clearer explanation of what needs to be done, this could be a very nice little relaxing game!
I was streaming while playing this game. If you are interested in how it turned out, you can watch the stream here :)
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed your bit of time with the game. The vine does indeed get quite big! Climbing the vine is actually a lot of the latter half of the game. The purpose of the fruit is as currency to buy upgrades for the watering cannon. I think there’s some better onboarding we could have done to make it clear that we’re keeping track (we don’t actually show you how much you’ve juiced until you nab the first special fruit) and that you’re collecting things toward some goal.
I’ll be sure to check out your stream, and thank you again for playing our game!
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This game was charming. I ended up just putting it up in the background while talking to some friends and then suddenly an hour had passed. Oops.
Thanks for checking it out, I’m really glad you enjoyed it! Glad we paced it out like we did :)
I found thing game to be rather charming. I’ll admit, I didn’t quite understand everything I was supposed to do.
One thing I didn’t understand was the purpose of the fruits. I figured out I could pick them, but didn’t know if that was a good thing, or a bad thing. Even when I did pick the fruits, what was I to do with them?
I liked the idea of the insects and being able to swat them (swatting them was actually quite enjoyable), but I didn’t notice if they were even dangerous. I assumed they were, but in the beginning a couple insects were “eating” the main plant (because I didn’t know I had a swatter for a while), but I didn’t notice anything being “damaged” or regressing in any way. I eventually found the swatter, though, and swatted the bugs because… well… they were bugs and I had a swatter.
Lastly, I really liked the slow growth of the central plant. It was a really cool effect, in my humble opinion… but I wasn’t sure if I was meant to climb the plant or… Yeah, wasn’t sure. Nor was I particularly sure how to keep it growing. Was I supposed to only water the center plot the stalk was growing from, or did I have to maintain the fruit plants as well (I attempted the latter).
I think, with a bit clearer explanation of what needs to be done, this could be a very nice little relaxing game!
I was streaming while playing this game. If you are interested in how it turned out, you can watch the stream here :)
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed your bit of time with the game. The vine does indeed get quite big! Climbing the vine is actually a lot of the latter half of the game. The purpose of the fruit is as currency to buy upgrades for the watering cannon. I think there’s some better onboarding we could have done to make it clear that we’re keeping track (we don’t actually show you how much you’ve juiced until you nab the first special fruit) and that you’re collecting things toward some goal.
I’ll be sure to check out your stream, and thank you again for playing our game!