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Spring 2D Jam 2022 🌞

Hosted by TheoClarke · #Spring2DJam
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A jam submission

Flower GardenView game page

Grow and sell colorful flowers! (Originally made for Spring 2D Jam 2022)
Submitted by aran-makes-games — 8 hours, 35 minutes before the deadline
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Flower Garden's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Is it relevant to spring and does it follow the theme?#14.3754.375
Overall#73.5873.587
Audio#73.5003.500
Graphics / Visuals#73.7503.750
How much do you like the game overall?#83.3133.313
Gameplay / Fun#133.0003.000

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Any pre-made assets?
Fonts and audio are pre-made assets available on OpenGameArt; see project page and CREDITS.json for details.

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ClockTowerBassSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

It took me a while to get a hang for the crossbreeding, but as soon as I noticed that plants have to stay for multiple sleep cycles I had fun with it.

The seedlings are a little hard to see since their dark green color has little contrast to the lawn background. Placing multiple plants at once would be a great improvement.

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Potat 'n Friends
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CoarelSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I love the art and sound effects! I'll admit the crossbreeding mechanic was kinda hard to understand, but overall it was a fun game! I think it also could have been better with some other mechanic, like watering, or having a penalty for doing certain things too often

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aran-makes-gamesDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback! Could you elaborate on what you found hard to understand about the crossbreeding mechanic? I'm planning to expand the game at least a little bit once the jam is over, and fixing usability issues is an important part of that.

I'll look into adding watering! I already have a few ideas of how to integrate it into the game and maybe improve the economy/give the player some more goals in the process.

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CoarelSubmitted1 year ago

I just couldn’t get it to work. I placed different colour flowers next to each other and they did not make a new colour. Am I missing something or is it a bug?

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aran-makes-gamesDeveloper1 year ago

Whether you get a seed after sleeping, and whether that seed is a hybrid, is random, so depending on how long you played, it may just be bad luck. (I know that when I was play testing it, it seemed to take forever to produce purple cosmos specifically...but I couldn't find any reason for it, and an acquaintance who play tested it seemed to get plenty of them. I assumed it was just the RNG being finicky.) Additionally, red and yellow don't produce a hybrid.

Still, I'll look into it and make sure it's behaving properly before I upload the post-jam update.

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Chloe/ZaetuSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really cute game, the art is so lovely!

Would like to see some difficulty added here, maybe some penalties for using the sleep button or can only grow x amount until upgraded? Definitely room for expansion post jam!! :)

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Nebby Neighbour
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aran-makes-gamesDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback!

Limiting how much the player can grow, particularly early on in the game, is a good idea. I might try giving the player a small plot of land to start, then they can buy upgrades to get more area for growing.

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Ulf MalmbergSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Lovely game, I really like the art! Would be fun to see it expanded and perfected after the jam!

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The Henry Parable (Unfinished)
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oHoodieSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

very cute game! Would be nice if you could buy a scythe or some other tool to harvest more efficiently because it's a lot of clicking

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Cardening
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aran-makes-gamesDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! I almost added a "harvest all" button but then didn't for some reason. A purchasable scythe is a good idea, both for addressing all the clicking and giving the player something to work towards with earning money.

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Der MythenmannSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

A very cute game with an especially charming artstyle! i think the economy needs a bit of work tho for it to be perfect^^

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Tommy's Lawnmowing Service
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aSackOfApplesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really nice looking and chilling game. Nice job! The only downside I see it's that once you complete the first order, it's really easy to earn money, if it were a little more difficult it could be more addictive.

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Save the Tree
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ChloeLereSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

That's a cute game for sure! ^^

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FlowerDefense
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