A Life in a Year

by anissen
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.27
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.13
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★32%
A small game about life and death.

You guide a young tree in its first year of life. Each season is more demanding that the last. Collect items to grow and prosper.

Controls: Mouse.

Gameplay GIF: http://gfycat.com/KlutzyBouncyGoat

Tools used:
· Code: Haxe
· Game engine: Luxe
· Editor: Atom
· Graphics: Affinity Designer
· Music: Jukedeck
· Sounds: Generated from the MIDI standard

Comments16

Deity
Deity13 Dec 2015, 23:41
Really well done anissen! Love the effects/animations/concept.
Martin Vilcans14 Dec 2015, 21:15
Moody and arty! I like the visuals and the inverse kinematics. At first I thought I had to touch objects (or avoid touching) with the white part of the tree, but after I realized that I had to touch with the tip of the tree to grow or get poisoned, it got a bit too easy. It's a nice relaxing experience though. Shame about the graphics glitches when switching seasons that take away from the mood.
Red_Fan games14 Dec 2015, 21:31
Great game play and mood. The music complimented both.
Drtizzle
Drtizzle14 Dec 2015, 21:38
Very indie/artsy, i like that :)
The parallax effects were really good, and the music really helped building the mood.

I got stuck for 2 seasons because there were no suns falling on my tree, so I just watched my tree getting obliterated by skulls, so that was'nt much fun.
Next time try not to take complete control away from the player, but give the player a solution to the problem.

Good job!
Borodar
Borodar14 Dec 2015, 21:46
Fun little game.
dj_pale15 Dec 2015, 11:04
Great mood and graphic style! Also got stuck at one point - with no choices, should maybe check for this state and restart or similar.
LittleThor
LittleThor15 Dec 2015, 12:31
Well made! And interesting approach of the theme, quite arty. I liked the mood. Try to improve your art style and you make build very great games!
I was a little bit frustrated when I lost and the level was still running though
Anshul Goyal
Anshul Goyal15 Dec 2015, 17:00
very moving. The soundtrack is wonderful.
RoseNinja16 Dec 2015, 03:58
really liked the art style and mood of the game. nice work
DrFallos
DrFallos18 Dec 2015, 08:35
Good idea and realization of growing! Had lot of fun playing!
wilbefast19 Dec 2015, 14:02
Always nice to see Luxe games :) It's a lot of fun, strangely meditative.

The sound and music are great, brilliant job!

I think there a few little things that could really improve polish, like removing the scroll bar on the side or hiding the cursor. There's one bug that can kind of break the game: I got poison at the beginning of winter before I could see what was going on and then couldn't move at all any more. Up until then I was really enjoying the game joy :)
Eduardo
Eduardo20 Dec 2015, 14:38
Nice effects!
Imagos Softworks21 Dec 2015, 23:50
The controls were nice and fluid. It was relaxing to collect the powerups and see my little sprout grow into something more.
psychonull25 Dec 2015, 23:20
I liked the mood and the experience overall. Good job.

Other games by @anissen

Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord