Ludum Dare #34compo
Legacy of Flower
A game tangentially related to Growing, with 2 button controls.
You're an unfortunate flower stuck hundreds of meters below the ground and you want nothing but to see the sun again again. *You* might never get out, but your children may!
Shoot your seed and have it land safely to spawn a child who carries on your legacy. Shooting your seed kills you and leaves your withered body behind and if the seed is destroyed, your bloodline ends here and now.
This game uses only two controls; the left and right arrow keys.
- When idle, hit both left+right simultaneously to take aim.
- When aiming, use the left and right arrow keys to decrease/increase your shot strength, and hit left+right simultaneously to shoot.
- If on the game over screen, hit left to restart the entire game or right to restart the current level.
The game only has two levels, but I'm liking this concept so I might continue working on it after the jam.
Legacy of Flower was made entirely in PICO-8. Special thanks to @zep for making such an incredibly fun fantasy console!
Thanks for playing!
You're an unfortunate flower stuck hundreds of meters below the ground and you want nothing but to see the sun again again. *You* might never get out, but your children may!
Shoot your seed and have it land safely to spawn a child who carries on your legacy. Shooting your seed kills you and leaves your withered body behind and if the seed is destroyed, your bloodline ends here and now.
This game uses only two controls; the left and right arrow keys.
- When idle, hit both left+right simultaneously to take aim.
- When aiming, use the left and right arrow keys to decrease/increase your shot strength, and hit left+right simultaneously to shoot.
- If on the game over screen, hit left to restart the entire game or right to restart the current level.
The game only has two levels, but I'm liking this concept so I might continue working on it after the jam.
Legacy of Flower was made entirely in PICO-8. Special thanks to @zep for making such an incredibly fun fantasy console!
Thanks for playing!
Comments25
But I had a lot of problem with the left+right thing. I agree with NuSan, when we says that this could be automated.
One thing that I'd point out is that since I pretty much always want to launch when I landed, the game would be more fun for me if the launching circle automatically popped up without having to press left+right.
@aamatniekss: I'm really happy you think it could work as a mobile game, I started feeling there was some "mobile-game appeal" to it mid-development so I'm glad to know I'm not crazy :)
Really good! Had fun with it :D
<3 PICO-8 <3
All the interface is very neat, and the inscructions were pretty clear.
A real good game =)
Challenging game but awesome! Love the game mechanic =)
Also the fact that you always choose to get forwrad slightly on visible platform or risk and BOOM at long distance.
I was especially glad to see that it kicked up a notch later on, requiring a bit more finesse from the player.
The only real complaint I have is the choice of key bindings on the game over screen. Several times I would get past the checkpoint and then press [left], accidentally returning to the very beginning and invalidating the checkpoint. That in particular was _extremely_ frustrating.
But like I said, apart from that it's a really great LD entry!