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Instructions:
A/D = Walk
Space = Jump
Left Mouse Button = Eat
Right Mouse Button = Poo
R = Restart level
*Fertilize soil with your poo.
*Eating seeds lets you poo seeds onto fertilized soil to grow a plant.
*Animals will eat seeds too.
*If you cause a plant or animal to go extinct you might need to restart.
*The 2nd plant eats snails
*There is a thank you screen at the end
Tools:
Unity3D
Audacity
Photoshop
Water colours on paper
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Story:
A terrible disaster wiped out almost all life in the galaxy.
You wake up to a sky with no stars and a barren world.
You find ancient ruins on the planet which rumbles into life as you approach. It seems to react to life on the planet.
There's nothing for you on this world so you jump into the shimmering portal and being your journey across the galaxy to find another of your species and uncover the *truth. (*truth not included)
Notes:
There were going to be more plants and animal types and more planets but we ran out of time as usual. You were going to uncover the cause of the apocalypse and the origin of the star gates through paintings on ruins but that was cut also.
The original story had ancient interstellar beings who built the star gates to travel between worlds but they uncover a plague that threatened to spread across the star gate network and wipe out all life. As a last resort they construct a super gate to escape to another galaxy but inadvertently triggers the disaster which caused the stars to fade and destroyed themselves.
Try keeping seeds in the air by head butting them :)
ah i didnt realize the first time round the orange things are snails. Really nice concept, and really nicely executed! I would loved to have seen some more critters though.
Yeah, there's only 2 plants and 1 animal but we planned all sorts of weird alien fauna and flora each with different behaviors and interactions. But alas such is ludum dare.
looks great, music is good, not on board with the poop sounds. I could only make three plants, and then they were generating the small seeds/poo and it just comes out the same... gross game. good work
Where do you people get all this time to make such amazing music and art. I have to say, your sense for color is amazing. Really nice visuals. The game was also really, wish you could've made more. I ended up with snail overpopulation after a while
POOT POOT POOT POOT. Finally a game I can relate to! I'm always pooping and eating! Seriously though. well done. I really found this idea interesting and funny. The difficulty was a little bit steep though so I didn't get that far.
@Kayelgee the 2nd plant eats snails to make seeds, it's not hinted at, you just have to experiment with it. I wanted a sense of exploration with each world adding new life forms to play with.
@Jellycakes You do have to be careful with that, make sure there's always at least one of each thing left so they can spawn more. If you plant a bulb next to a snail you'll get infinite snails after a bit lol
That was really awesome :D. Loved the management-esque mechanics and trying to develop the life in that final level where you had to balance all the plants/animals. Even though you mentioned not getting everything you wanted done, you managed to get just enough in that it felt like a really satisfying experience after completing it, great job :D.
Can I pickup snails somehow or do I need to headbutt them after they spawned? I actually thought about moving snails to the plant but I had planted the second plant on the other side xD
@Kayeglee You can't pick up the snails but you can lure them with seeds if you want them to move in a certain direction. I was going to make them climb walls like snails but didn't get round to it. It's possible to head butt them around but it's tricky to do.
This is hilarious. By the end of my play session, I was eating my own poo, then pooping it back out. This was some great entertainment, and the graphics are pretty neat too. If you keep working on it, you should put in more animal types and perhaps some that could eat you too.
@recursor Thanks. Your game is fun as well. If we expanded the game we'd probably add some danger element but not any combat (want to keep it about exploration and experimentation), maybe an exploding/burning seed that lets you burn plants you don't want anymore or some kind of snappy plant that blocks your path. Maybe some physics/mind altering seeds? lol
The mix of 3d and hand drawing is really cool. I went till the second world, but I wasn't able to obtain new orange seed. Maybe those orange plant doesn't produce them or I miss something.
Haha, I like how much effort you put into the farting sounds :D But seriously, this game is awesome! I couldn't stop playing. Very relaxing. I would have liked to see more complex ecosystems. I am sure this would make a great mobile app! You know, pooping some snails while waiting for the bus :D Awesome work!
This game is simply amazing. It did take me a while to figure out that the snails were in fact snails, and not just a limited supply of food for me to turn into poo. I'm glad I stuck it out.
Yeah the snail spiral on the shells doesn't really come out in the water colour style. I had them walking about randomly at first but then I broke it and then kinda like how they look like dormant rocks until some food was around so kept it that way.
Cute monster :D I included it in part 22 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/_5a2Oj9U9sk
i liked the style, especially the texture of the world, but after finding out i had to eat the big stones and poop them into the earth, i didn't know what to do anymore? :/
Fun idea. The music and art create a nice atmosphere. The sounds add a ... I'm gonna say novel element, as well. :)
So, at first I experienced what I suspect to be the normal pitch range for the randomized poots. "poot, little-poot, moderate-poot, pt, poot, etc" Then, without warning, "POOOOT ... PUUUUUUT ... P-P-P-P-EW-EW-EW-EW-T" Ultra-low-frequency. Ultra-low! I mean, I'm pretty sure I may have just interfered with whale migration for the next few days.
That was a lot of fun :) Loved the visuals and the relaxed atmosphere.
Didn't beat the second world because I couldn't figure out how to fill the orange meter more than about two thirds. Eventually the game would slow to a crawl with hundreds of snails other things covering the planet.
Had a great time - would love to see the ideas you didn't have time to implement during the jam fleshed out :)
Interesting idea with walking on a planet but I felt like spending most of my time walking to reach plants or snails. Also couldn't get the point of second level really. I think this might be something if there were more variation to what player can do. Cute little game, liked it.
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Good job and good luck!
I have to say, your sense for color is amazing. Really nice visuals.
The game was also really, wish you could've made more. I ended up with snail overpopulation after a while
@Jellycakes You do have to be careful with that, make sure there's always at least one of each thing left so they can spawn more. If you plant a bulb next to a snail you'll get infinite snails after a bit lol
Loved the management-esque mechanics and trying to develop the life in that final level where you had to balance all the plants/animals. Even though you mentioned not getting everything you wanted done, you managed to get just enough in that it felt like a really satisfying experience after completing it, great job :D.
I went till the second world, but I wasn't able to obtain new orange seed. Maybe those orange plant doesn't produce them or I miss something.
Awesome work!
very nice visuals and yeah 10/10 on the poo mechanic man.
really awesome game! good job! :D
The sounds add a ... I'm gonna say novel element, as well. :)
So, at first I experienced what I suspect to be the normal pitch range for the randomized poots. "poot, little-poot, moderate-poot, pt, poot, etc" Then, without warning, "POOOOT ... PUUUUUUT ... P-P-P-P-EW-EW-EW-EW-T" Ultra-low-frequency. Ultra-low! I mean, I'm pretty sure I may have just interfered with whale migration for the next few days.
Didn't beat the second world because I couldn't figure out how to fill the orange meter more than about two thirds. Eventually the game would slow to a crawl with hundreds of snails other things covering the planet.
Had a great time - would love to see the ideas you didn't have time to implement during the jam fleshed out :)