Grow the Love

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★78%
This game is a tiny people matchmaker. Pair the lonely people looking for love with the left and right mouse buttons (one button for each person in the couple). Grow the population and keep them happy. Be mindful of their companion preferences. Male symbol means they like guys, female symbol means they like girls, and rainbow means the're into everything. Angered people are lost to you and sad people age faster. Matching a man and a woman produces more tiny people but all love is worth the same in the eyes of the score.

tldr: Click on one tiny person with the left mouse button and then on another with the right mouse button. If they're compatible they become a couple. Have fun!

Made in GameMaker.

Comments30

5you
5you14 Dec 2015, 01:54
Very fun game!

I love when you see a guy getting old and depressed from being alone and then just die! There is some potential here.

My only regret is that it's a bit confusing.
silkworm_sweatshopauthor14 Dec 2015, 02:56
Thanks! I updated the description. Hopefully it doesn't make it even more confusing :P.
ccglp
ccglp14 Dec 2015, 16:44
Nice concept, but my little persons are not compatible at all? Love to see this more polished!
eerongal
eerongal14 Dec 2015, 16:54
Neat little game, it eventually gets kinda hard to tell people apart as they start overlapping, though!
silkworm_sweatshopauthor14 Dec 2015, 17:01
They key is in interpreting the symbols. Make sure both people get what they want in the pairing not just one of them. For example a "male looking for a male" is not compatible with a "male looking for a female".
Eshford14 Dec 2015, 17:06
Cute game! I love it!
adamgryu14 Dec 2015, 17:57
Oh also, if you can avoid using an installer, I think that will help more people play the game.
silkworm_sweatshopauthor14 Dec 2015, 18:09
adamgryu: Didn't even realize I could do that. I'll switch out the file to a no installer.
Kaupenjoe14 Dec 2015, 18:33
Seems to be very accurate to real life xP
It was very fun :D
flakoflak
flakoflak15 Dec 2015, 00:11
fun game. nice details the flowers when they die.
Janacek15 Dec 2015, 00:54
Isn't there a bit of incest in this ? :p

Funny little game !
silkworm_sweatshopauthor15 Dec 2015, 01:50
@flakoflak: Fun(or sad) fact: Flowers only grow if they've had love in their life at some point.

@Janacek: Well you're the one in control so you tell me :P. Thankfully, I made the kids off-limits at least.
LavWa
LavWa15 Dec 2015, 03:48
Neat idea, cool use of the theme. I unfortunately let die a little guy by mistake, but I got the idea and save the others :P
moltanem2000
moltanem200015 Dec 2015, 09:10
Aw this was adorable. I felt really bad when my rabid matchmaking left them scarred for life :( Guy #12 and Girl #16 OTP
fluidvolt
fluidvolt15 Dec 2015, 10:20
Cuuute. Unique idea for a game. This was surprisingly challenging, though on further reflection it might be 'cause I never learned the male/female symbols that well, so I was constantly screwing up. I like the simple cartoon style too. Good game!
crucknuk
crucknuk16 Dec 2015, 00:25
Graphics and music are nice, I like the concept too. This is a good entry, good job!
Funske16 Dec 2015, 01:40
Very fun game loved the concept simple yet has lot's of meaning behind it. I also enjoyed the diversity of different types of people it was very nice. Great Game!
koocachookies16 Dec 2015, 12:38
Cool! Interesting and amusing mechanic :)
x92rwzb16 Dec 2015, 19:40
Very cool game. Graphics could be better though.
KriBoNiTa16 Dec 2015, 20:03
Very nice game i like the mood, and have fun trying it 4/5 times, good job !
Skaz
Skaz17 Dec 2015, 17:05
Very nice entry! I couldn't get a decent score though, a rampant epidemic of straight males turn every one of my attempts into human extinction :p Only run I made quite long was survival through reproduction between brother and sister... Adam and Eve style!
oz2mura
oz2mura18 Dec 2015, 14:19
Game is dark D: Like lonely people dying, everyone dying of old age, I'm making everyone angry, and everyone making babies. I liked it!

Fitting music/sounds. Cute graphics. Once I got a handle on what symbol was for who, was a blast trying to keep the population up. gg
Hot Box Games
Hot Box Games18 Dec 2015, 20:22
Sweet little game. LOVED the music! First time I played I watched everyone get angry, lonely, sad and die with -42 points! Played a bit more and got the hang of it though! :)
camlang20 Dec 2015, 19:24
Very nice game. Really cruel :)
StaNov
StaNov3 Jan 2016, 19:50
At first, it's very difficult. But then it's quite nice :) A tutorial would be greatly appreciated!

Great graphics and music!!!
nihilaleph4 Jan 2016, 02:48
Pro:
+ Very cute concept
+ Nice take on theme
+ Nice graphics and audio

Con:
- With many tiny people it gets hard to see the preferences of each tiny person

Great job!
Tapehead
Tapehead4 Jan 2016, 12:12
sometimes it's a bit hard to pick a person because their overlap each other, but besides that it's a great small game! very well done!

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