A charge bar or something like an arc predicting the trajectory would have been nice. The collision is a little wonky, like the seeds would hit the side of a wall and grow up instead of to the side. Enemies or the player has an unnecessarily large hitbox.
Really neat idea, though, and the sound effects/music were decent.
This was a fun little puzzle game. The mechanics were interesting but I was having a rough time using the shooting system. It didn't feel very intuitive, and I missed lots of shots. I did manage to finish the game though.
Lovely artwork, and a neat game mechanic. It would be helpful to have a visual indication that the character is charging, perhaps with different levels to give more of a sense of how charged they are. Nice work!
I like the game itself a lot, and the music and art style is pretty damn good as well. The only thing that seemed to bug me is the hardness on throwing the seeds at the right places > . <! Otherwise, great game!
Fun and challenging gameplay, the puzzles with the seeds were pretty fun. Also I'd suggest a power bar or an indicator on where the seed will land. The art is cute and I wonder how the backgrounds would turn out in parallax. Good job!
VERY nice use of a varied set of seed tools. Gets surprisingly tough early on, but there's some rock solid work here that makes sure even if it's hard it's always fair. Really nicely done!
Loved the art! Definitely needs a charge bar though, you can't tell where the seed is going to land. It took me some time to understand that there are specific seeds for each level, but other than that it was a nice puzzle game.
Gameplay was a little bit tedious and trial-and-error for my taste. I love the seeds as weapons, though, very unique! Amazing art style... although I must confess, I usually prefer a bit more than a leaf between me and a character's privates XD
@Everyone: Thanks for playing our game and thanks for the feedback. We hear you and we're implementing a dotted aim to help you predict where your seed will land on the post jam version.
@dallonf: We feel you. After the game was done we realized that we ended up creating a very trial-and-error sorta game, that could get somewhat frustrating. We're aiming to adress that too in our next version.
Thank's again and we're looking forward to play your games too.
Cool puzzles, great art. Like others, I got a little frustrated with the aiming, but I beat the game anyway. The blue slug thing was my favorite, I wish we could have seen more of it. Nice job!
One of the most innovative entries I've seen so far, also a really unique interpretation of the theme. It could be improved by making it more intuitive to aim the projectiles, also would be good to have visual indication of charging.
Dagobert was... interesting. The controls I just couldn't get used to. I kept wanting to hit Space to jump causing me to waste a seed. That's entirely user problem though, I just need to get good. It could have been the muscle memory of using WASD to move then Space to jump from playing too many FPS? Arrow keys plus Space maybe would have worked better. The visual were great! Pixel are is so charming. Character design was funny. Love the leaf loincloth. Character movement was maybe a bit too jarring? Some minor acceleration time could have been really nice. Music was fitting. What this game really needed to compliment the "Hold to Shoot Farther" main mechanic was an indicator as to how long you've held vs. max hold time. Otherwise well done.
Clever concept, frustrating mechanics. I like the idea of planting bombs and keys to use but I hate how I have to position them JUUUUUUUUST right in order to make use of them. I kept having to restart the first "bomb fruit" level because the fruit kept sailing over the mook's head instead of hitting him!
Very nice game, mechanic and concept. Like others said, the throwing of the seeds can be quite frustrating; I see what I have to do, but I have to try so many times because I just miss by very little. Other than that, I like the art and that you created several different seeds to throw with. Great entry!
Good game, congratulation. My only critic to it is the collisions, I really think you should work more on that. The art is great, so it is the humor. It is a great entry.
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I think its hard to charge the seed, and control where it could land.
Really good art and music!
Really neat idea, though, and the sound effects/music were decent.
Great idea using leaf, you just need to add power bar.
@dallonf: We feel you. After the game was done we realized that we ended up creating a very trial-and-error sorta game, that could get somewhat frustrating. We're aiming to adress that too in our next version.
Thank's again and we're looking forward to play your games too.
Ckeck ours too http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367