Bonsai Master

by xaedes
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.47
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★33%
Bonsai Master.

Theme usage: Growing. You also only have two controls: Growing your bonsai (with G) and pruning it with your mouse.

Master the three elements Earth, Sky and Zero by growing a bonsai that has the necessary properties.

Relax, take your time, Enjoy

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powered by

Phaser.io & require.js

Authors:
xaedes, jfreax

Comments13

retraffic15 Dec 2015, 12:35
This is a really interesting concept. I always thought that bonsai trees are cool. Maybe you could improve the UI a bit and I think the "leaf a hole in the middle" part isn't working as it always said that I did good even though there were a lot of leaves in the middle. But I really enjoyed playing this.
celisoft15 Dec 2015, 14:03
Love the concept !
mattlevonian
mattlevonian15 Dec 2015, 23:56
I really liked it, a good execution on the theme. Maybe this was intentional, but I found it hard to build a mental model of what pressing the grow key was going to do, or why long branches were dying off. Also, the objectives were way too easy. I felt like the core mechanic was solid, but you failed to build it fully into a game.
Skywilly
Skywilly16 Dec 2015, 08:55
I love this idea. It's very fun to cut & see the tree evolve. Congratulations for this concept !
VladRusu16 Dec 2015, 13:17
BIG BIG LIKE for the artwork!
JamesMowery18 Dec 2015, 05:25
The game was pretty good. It's not necessarily my cup of tea, but I can tell, for what it is, that a lot of nice work was put into this, so many kudos to you for your effort!
JohnWatmuff20 Dec 2015, 23:22
really fun idea. I think you could make it easier \ simpler, and also refine the gameplay a bit. But the game seems to work very well already. 5 stars ;)
Joror
Joror20 Dec 2015, 23:43
I really like the concept, but the execution feels a bit too unstable. The challenges are often already 'ok' when they start, and the growth feels too uncontrolled.

Improvement: Less dense branches and leaves, so you can really accurately prune?
Roffe21 Dec 2015, 09:55
I had trouble understand what was happening as I seemed to accomplish lots of achivements after just growing it a bit. But overall, very nice game! The idea is really nice. Perhaps it should be a little less dense so you can easier prune. Good job :)
Larzan
Larzan26 Dec 2015, 19:11
Absolutely fascinating mechanics, love it.
Great implementation of the theme.
psychonull3 Jan 2016, 23:38
Nice concept. Little hard to understand what was going on at first. Great grahics. Good job!!

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