Wow, really excellent. I love the feeling you pulled off with the guitar music and rain sounds. Beautiful, simple visuals and an original control scheme. I'd totally play an expanded version of this concept.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #59 | 4.427 | 4.427 |
| Originality | #112 | 4.207 | 4.207 |
| Overall | #286 | 3.805 | 3.805 |
| Fun | #1616 | 2.963 | 2.963 |
Ranked from 82 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The player's control of plants in this farming simulator is limited by the console, and the goal of the game is to tip the climate into a positive feedback loop to submerge the planet by sacrificing your harvest to the rain spirit.
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
Comments
I actually enjoyed this more than other farming games like harvest moon and stardew valley! Like others mentioned, the atmosphere in this game is really good and I'm glad you implemented up arrow to repeat the previous command.
Is the nimbusmelon final seed you unlock? I couldn't figure out how the outofcontrol command worked either :p
One small thing that would have been helpful when first playing the game is some indicator of when a plant is ready to be harvested since it's not clear just from the sprites. I think perhaps either some sort of outline around them. Alternatively a text description would be more flavorful and fit in with the game's mood.
The setting also reminded me of the movie Weathering With You. It would be cool if there some more bits of lore about the rain sprites!
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Edna - Out of sight, out of controlPersonally, i really dislike CLI's, but holy shit the atmosphere was great. I could just sit and listen to the thunder with guitar for hours. At this point i don't even care about gameplay, the game strangely touches beyond that - way more than "appropriate" for gardening. I read the description after playing..."the flood that will submerge the world of Man" - love it. Reminds me of deconstructeam.
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MicrophageI really love the premise for this, and I always love a console-based game. Unfortunately, some of the keys didn't work ?
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ShrekretarySounds and visuals are great! I would like to see more player goals to motivate growing plants and choosing what to do. Excellent job!
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Sunroof ShootoutVery calming game. The art and music are great. Though, I didn't understand what the end goal was. Also, I had a seed of monsoon lily that didn't grow (stayed as seed). The first type of plant grew fine, I just needed to feed it and wait.
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Slam of GermsVery pretty and original game ! So soothing. A great idea well done. I have a bit of trouble seeing how it quite fits the theme ? But that's not really important this is one my fav of the jam for now!
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Out of ReachA brilliant chill game. I love the idea, it looks great, it sounds great, and it's very relaxing. Also, I really enjoyed the command controls, although it's a bit fiddly when you cycle through last commands since it includes any output.
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A Train Full of MoneyAmazing presentation!
Only think I would have like would be to have the automatic events logged in another window. I kept losing my list of commands by being idle :P
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Disaster IslandThis is awesome. It's relaxing and easy to grasp but I learned new things while playing, like that I can fertilize the same plant multiple times. One teeny tiny thing is the typing shortcut from the up arrow also copies text that the player didn't write (like it would copy "harvested ...") and breaks the command chain which is sorta annoying.
Really love the aesthetic of this! I really love the idea of controlling things through the console, although it would be cool if the different plants required different things. As it stands you can go through just by copying in the full address list and spamming feed, plant, and harvest.
Very original, and I think there's for sure something interesting here! Although it would take a better game designer than me to find it ;)
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Controlled Burn
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