I like the growing a lot, it's a totally different approach than what I took, and I got a lot of respect for that.

Visually speaking, I think it is a really good combination of colors adn shapes, the movin sun ray was a really nice touch. Althoug I must say (and this is just subjective I think) that I think the pixel art it is missing one "polish point" at the edges of the trees, like sometimes, the pixel looks a bit "inconsistent" with long straight lines, and then there is this:


that effecto of light in the edges is reeeeally good, I think you should apply it to the rest of the trees, and even, not just in the border, but in the middle, to recreate the bark of the trunks, I think with just a little touch you could have and much improved style. (again, just a sugggestion, please don't take it as if I am criticising your work, I think it's great)

The idea and core mechanics I think they are really good, this is the kind of city builder I actually like, a clear setup with some specific resources related to the "lore" itself ( in this case, "things a tree need to be alive") , but I didn't quite understand how it works I must say, I keep staying in  growth stage 2 and don't really know how to keep growing. most probably is me who is missing something. But 

Also I tried reloading with esc key, but everytime the game was getting frozen.

Great submission guys, I really enjoyed how the tree grows. 

Enjoyed spending time with this one, good work 👍

I really enjoyed this game, what a unique idea! I like the random element of how the tree will grow once it gets its resources, makes it a more natural experience than other builder games. Felt challenging but also relaxing, what a treat!

This game has great potential, and its combination of city management and biological growth is well done. The atmosphere is well crafted, both visually and aurally, which makes for a very enjoyable experience.

However, the learning curve remains quite steep. Beginner players like me, or those unfamiliar with city builder games, can quickly feel overwhelmed by the amount of information displayed at once and find themselves stuck. I ran out of wood very quickly in my first game and couldn't find a way around it. The addition of a simple guided game, explanatory tooltips, and a  should significantly reduce this obstacle. The visibility of an item's placement is poor, and there is a dark square under the item.

Good job, I want more

Really clever concept and the expansion theme couldn’t be more directly baked in. I liked how the upgrades weren’t just cosmetic but changed how you had to think about balancing growth and survival. There’s a satisfying rhythm to it once you get going and it makes you want to start another tree straight away.

The soft painterly palette really sells the woodland setting and works perfectly with the theme of Autumn. UI was clear and everything was visually easy to parse without sacrificing style. I especially liked how much personality you squeezed out of those little forest critters.

This is a nice cozy game, and the art is nice, cohesive, and unique.  It has a good spread of management considerations and choices.  I really enjoyed watching the tree grow each stage, and wish i could have given it more time to see how big the trees can get.

Some general critiques:

1. It would be nice to know what the income of each resource is per tick
2. a tutorial for what the layout of the card means (ie. which icons are for building the unit, what the effects of the card are)
3. The water resource / hydration and the sun resource / sunlight icons are visually similar, consider using a different icon for each.
4. I'm not sure if there are any validations to make sure each stage of the tree is a certain size, but some of the designs seemed to vary in terms of real estate

The VOD is linked below, and will be available for 60 days:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2573434007?t=0h49m55s

What a unique concept! Combining a city builder an the growth of a tree was pretty cool! Sadly I ran into a few softlocks which stopped me from progressing! Mainly that no matter how many water traps I place my water  never  went up from 0 again, no matter what I did.

Also, sometimes when I started the game and opened one of the submenus the game crashed!

All in All on of the better projects in this game! Without the softlocks it would have been one of my favourites :)

Keep it up & great work :)

Very fun experience! I think implementing incremental elements with tree growth and organic village size increases is very original and not something I've seen done very often! I also found myself in an unwinnable state but a quick restart and figuring out the mechanics after, I had a good time all the way to the yippee. Great job! 

That was a little delight to play! I liked the organic growth of the trees and how I could quickly try new ones before starting the game. As others have also stated, I was a bit overwhelmed by everything presented at once, got into an unwinnable state, and restarted. Once I figured out the initial build order, and then the two layers of resources, I was able to progress. I was also glad to get a "yippee" just as I was about to call it, too.

Great first submission to GWJ! I hope to see more :-)

Love the concept and the vibe created by the art, lighting, particles and music. I also really like the freeform base building and felt that the resource balance was os nearly there. I got a bit confused as to what building generated what resource as I was looking for symbols rather than reading the words. I also ended up getting into a locked state where I didn’t have enough resources to build anything.

Other than those two points though, really entertaining and loads of future potential!

I  really like the concept of this, and very much enjoyed the art style. 

This is really delightful!  I got to the yippeee which was rewarding and made me laugh.  I really liked trying to cram everything onto the tree.  I think my biggest feedback is just that I could've used way more help onboarding and understanding the game, I eventually pieced it together from intuition about similar games, but just tooltips for everything and an overview of the systems would have been great.  For example, it was very confusing that sun was a resource and the tree couldn't grow until it had sun, initially I thought getting the sun resource to 100/100 would make the red warning go away, then I figured it out.  Overall I really had a great time and I just love the vibe and energy you put into it.  Nicely done!

Simple, but really engaging!

With the music and style of the game I get nostalgic Minecraft feelings which I really liked. Nice game.