Ludum Dare #26compo

BONSAI

by neuronfire

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.20

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.70

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★30%

Remove the unnecessary to reveal your bonsai's true form!

Click on the unneeded foliage to remove it before the pot becomes too small to and your bonsai dies off.

4/29/2013: Fixed a bug where your subsequent trees would have phantom branches, preventing you from winning your 2nd game, or later...

Comments15

triforcespark29 Apr 2013, 12:15

This needs more gameplay. Good idea, anyway

deige10129 Apr 2013, 17:17

This is probably the longest submission that I played. Surprisingly relaxing and enjoyable. +1 for GladOS

jolle30 Apr 2013, 16:45

I think the fully trimmed bonsai in this game is too trimmed, but maybe it's just my personal taste that's not minimalistic enough :)

I like the idea, but it could have used something more (although maybe that would have been in conflict with the theme), not sure what.

Dark Acre Jack30 Apr 2013, 16:57

I think I don't know enough about bonsai to "get" this game, but it seems interesting.

mikeware30 Apr 2013, 17:00

Really interesting idea. Virtual Bonsai. Seems a little crazy to click each pixel though. Thinking it'd be interesting if it starts in the middle and you see it growing, and you have to trim it back continually...?

Also, be nice if the message at the end in the textbox actually stated if you won or lost as it says both right now.

ashdnazg30 Apr 2013, 17:01

I'm not sure clicking all the pixels on a screen is considered game-ish...
It's very pretty but I couldn't see any strategy or point.

itsZN30 Apr 2013, 17:03

I like this, but I agree, it looks too trimmed

bytegrove30 Apr 2013, 17:03

Always nice with procedural generation. The gameplay is pretty lacking though, and the surrounding text kept getting selected when I clicked on the foliage, which was pretty annoying. Maybe you could expand upon the idea by adding upgradeable tools or something like that?

Stryphe30 Apr 2013, 17:07

I like the idea!

Christian S.1 May 2013, 07:21

The web link seems to be broken.

NeuronFireauthor1 May 2013, 23:59

Hmm.. it seems to be working now. Thanks for letting me know Christian.

runonthespot2 May 2013, 21:23

Was fun. I clearly butchered my bonsai though, so pretty much exactly like a real one would be.

Kimau3 May 2013, 12:43

Loved it to bits <3

So relaxing and a wonderful experience.
Small tip, one thing that broke it for me was double clicking and selecting the top text. Quick fix for that below.

-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;

Tiago3 May 2013, 22:48

Nice game! Really relaxing to trim down the tree, just missing some soothing groove, good job!

mrexcessive4 May 2013, 15:12

Very interesting take on theme... it's not quite as calming as maybe a real tree would be... but very novel.