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GMTK Game Jam 2020

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A jam submission

Botanic Heaven / Botanic HavocView game page

A game about a cat scientist who's protecting his turf against his angry plants

Submitted by INCREDIBLE INK INC., Fortytwoish, Rin (@rin_ahra) — 53 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Presentation	#932	3.601	3.706
Overall	#1195	3.258	3.353
Originality	#1394	3.373	3.471
Fun	#2306	2.687	2.765

Ranked from 17 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?
Cat scientist Mr. Mew has accidentally unleashed vicious plants into his garden. As they grow out of control, he has to do his best to regain it.______________________________________________________________________________________________________ [[[TIPS: Press Q to force-spawn plants if you're waiting too long | CONTROL the spawners in the corners to keep the growth in check ]]]_______FIXED VERSION: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-sLSnq-k_eHP79vDs8lOBgrQ04AMePm_/view?usp=sharing

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?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Overhead GamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Pretty amazing for 48 hours. The visuals look good, the mechanics are well executed. Good job!

Submitted

YamamSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

outstanding visuals!

great gameplay and sounds!

amazing game overall

Submitted

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+2)

Thank you so much! We are glad you like it <3

Mangoman3 years ago(+2)

Blown away by what you were able to output in 48hrs. Atmospheric too, which I always enjoy

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much <3
It really means a lot to us, especially since this was our first jam.

Bryn MikulskiSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

This is cute, good job! I love the cat scientist asset, and the animations are very nice. I wish the cutting animation maybe affected more plants in the area, but still it was a good time to play!

Submitted

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+2)

Thank you so much <3

I get what you mean concerning cutting. We originally planned on doing more tools with different ranges and effects, but the short timeframe actually forced us to reduce it to the tools now available inside the game.

Hope, you had a fun experience anyway.

Bryn MikulskiSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I did! I understand how it goes, ya can't implement everything.

Piggybank StudiosSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Wow the 3D character animation and cutscenes were wonderful. Not something you normally seen done well in a game jam like this. I wasn't sure what to do once I got to the part where it said I had to let it grow into the purple cross area since I had already cut all of the bushes that spawned outside the initial square and nothing ever grew after that.

Submitted

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much for pointing out the 3D character and cutscenes. Really glad you liked it.

Did you try pressing "Q" for quick spawning more plants? I don't know if this would have worked for sure, but I encountered the issue once myself and "Q" helped fixing it. Maybe, if you are interested in giving it another try, this would work as a solution.

jjsabel04Submitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

loved the graphics, audio and game play but found it annoying when i accidentally cut a plant from the middle of the middle of a pattern after controlling the plants around it and seemingly getting soft locked.

Submitted

Master Controler

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Sorry to hear you had issues while playing and got stuck in the middle.
Apparently, others had this bug too. Hope you still had some fun during the game and thank you very much for the nice comment on graphics, audio and game play. It really means a lot :)

LIIhaszSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

I love the art, everything looks so good including the tooltips which were a great touch. I noticed a couple bugs, 1) When I pressed R at one point it changed the state of the game to something I think is unintended, and 2) When you go to water the second symbol if there's already plants there, you have to cut them and wait for new ones to grow in the same place before they'll turn purple.

Also if you've cut one of the plants in the symbol but watered others, it looks like a plant will never grow back in that spot so you can't progress :/ Otherwise one of the most polished games I've seen yet, great job!

Submitted

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+2)

Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a detailed review <3

We're really glad you liked the design and everything and hope, you had a fun experience despite the bugs you found.

MakaluSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

the art style, music and animations are nice. smooth controls.

but plants didnt grow fast on pressing q.

overall cool game

Submitted

Dont Loose Control

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+3)

Thank you very much :)

I'm sorry to read you had issues with fast growing plants. But I'm glad you liked it anyway and hope it didn't spoil too much of the gaming experience.

picomanSubmitted3 years ago(+3)

i love 3d art, vfx, the concept, good game

Submitted

Mr. Weenie's Odyssey

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you! :)

Glad you liked it <3

NullSubmitted3 years ago(+3)

nice game and cool game play

INCREDIBLE INK INC.Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thank you! We are glad you like it :)

Finite ReflectionSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

We also did a vine/plant growing out of control!

Love the art and presentation, also very impressive that you got a quest/objective system done too. The growth seemed to be a bit too delayed, perhaps? I found myself about to quit the game after waiting for quite a while when suddenly more would spawn.

Submitted

The Gardener and the Wild Vine - GMTK Jam 2020

FortytwoishDeveloper3 years ago(+2)

Too fast a spawn rate was far too difficult, we had to tone it down - Press "Q" to instantly grow all plants if you're waiting for too long :)

Wish we could've made this feature more clear! It's only told in a quick Dialog box, unfortunately.

RinDeveloper3 years ago(+3)

I'm currently finishing a graphic for instructions on how to play. Will upload it once ready. Hope, this will make it a bit easier :)

DanimitaSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Game won't execute :(

Submitted

A Relaxing Summer Job

INCREDIBLE INK INC.Developer3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Sorry for that!
Unreal Engine requires some prerequisites (DirectX, VCRedist etc) to be installed. If you're still interested; those can be installed with BotanicHeavenBotanicHavoc\Engine\Extras\Redist\en-us\UE4PrereqSetup_x64.exe. :)