Herballistic

by neoludo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★44%

Everyone knows that nuclear apocalypse is no excuse to stop working - especially when you're a robotic gardener.

Herballistic is a game that was made in 72 hours for the 34th Ludum Dare Game Jam, by a team consisting of Lucas Kent, Arie Oldman and Robbie Quinn.

The game's music was composed by Kevin Macleod, and is available for download at http://incompetech.com/

Due to the nature of the time limit on the jam, there may be a few bugs and issues with application icons. We'll fix these eventually, I promise!

Genres: action

Comments19

DieBackStudios15 Dec 2015, 09:34

:) Good Game man i really like the minimalistic art style.

jangdan15 Dec 2015, 09:54

I love the mathematical trees. the game is really cute and simple. congratulations!

marod15 Dec 2015, 09:59

I was trying to play the game, but the .exe didn't work for me :(

DustyStylus15 Dec 2015, 10:01

Fun little game, I like the minimalist aesthetic. :)

Neoludoauthor15 Dec 2015, 10:04

Hi @Marod, I'm so sorry something is broken - I don't suppose you could let me know what happens when you try to run the exe? I tested it on as many computers as I could and didn't run into any issues yet.

James McVitty15 Dec 2015, 10:10

Great job!

Gipzo15 Dec 2015, 10:10

Adorable graphics, nice gameplay. Not very hard too play. I'd suggest to add score for how much each tree was loved and watered, not just count trees :)

piper8215 Dec 2015, 10:13

seen a few more entries with this old mechanic. however, this one strikes the spot with high level of polish, cute graphics and main protagonist. there is something poignant in the tropes where robots continue their programmed duties after the humans are gone. very well done. if i had to pick one thing i would do different, id only choose slightly darker music theme or weird distorted effect on this one. well done.

Warboys15 Dec 2015, 12:11

Art is gorgeous, really like the minimal clean style in a post-apocalypse. Game felt a little easy/slow to start, Water and Love never really seemed to be in short supply the way I was playing.

Those trees btw, beautiful effect.

Kushulain16 Dec 2015, 01:16

Fun at the beginning, but tend to be a little laborious in the end :) I love the situation, make me think of wall-e. Nice job guys !

mattlevonian16 Dec 2015, 01:17

Felt pretty well polished, but it lacked a certain je ne sais quoi. Maybe a little more depth in the mechanics would have gone a long way.

flwns16 Dec 2015, 01:17

well executed, good stuff

qwetro16 Dec 2015, 01:34

Great music, beautiful trees, are they generated randomly or using pre-designed pattern?

lectric.monk16 Dec 2015, 01:37

this game's all right. nice entry.

martim0016 Dec 2015, 01:58

Really like this one! Beautiful graphics and music (and sound) gives the mood. Nice use of both themes.

randomhuman19 Dec 2015, 16:25

Great game, lovely minimalistic art style. Could be slightly more challenging I think. I especially like the variety of algorithmic trees :)

RSquarStudios24 Dec 2015, 23:12

Really nice game! What I really love most is the clean and minimalistic design!! Gameplay is also ver well conceived! Congrats!

RSquarStudios24 Dec 2015, 23:32

Which game engine did you use? Love2D? Cheers

guoboism31 Dec 2015, 01:52

I like the fractal tree. The vector art is nice, too.
The game play, is like Ping with survival.