Ludum Dare #34compo

Lightreach

by cadaeibfe

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.25

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.46

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★53%

About Lightreach:

You control a plant by making it grow with the Z and X keys.

Z grows the plant straight up.

X splits into two branches that grow at an angle.

The goal is to make the plant grow until it reaches all the patches of light

before running out of nutrients.

Tools used:

Python with Pygame

PyCharm community edition

Gimp

Bfxr

py2exe

Comments16

Tjakka514 Dec 2015, 02:11

This game is loads of fun, and while I'm not particularly fond of the art style the great puzzles made up for it.

amYk77714 Dec 2015, 05:08

This is neat, but I became bored rather quickly.

fishbrain14 Dec 2015, 11:16

Clever idea fpr a puzzle game! Nice work!

pianoman37314 Dec 2015, 17:02

Nice game. It's awesome that you were able to do both themes.

psychomonster14 Dec 2015, 20:18

I always love to play good puzzle games. You fit that theme perfect. Good game mechanics... very nice level design. It's even nice to see some one coding in pygame :D Good job

dmecke14 Dec 2015, 20:54

Nicely done puzzle game! I liked that new elements were introduced level by level.
Could maybe be extended to a level system in which you can solve levels differently good. So you dont need to reach all lights everytime, just for a perfect game.

TiByte15 Dec 2015, 15:53

I wish there were more puzzles :) Nice work

crucknuk15 Dec 2015, 23:02

The concept is very nice, this is a nice little puzzle game, very good work!

EternalCastleStudio17 Dec 2015, 16:45

Ey, I ended the whole game! I really love it, great concept and very addictive. Cool entry!

ripatti17 Dec 2015, 16:46

Interesting puzzle game. It's very similar to my game for this LD.

SSJMetroid18 Dec 2015, 02:43

Needs more branching factor for solutions to be interesting to me I guess. Well-made entry though!

blubberquark20 Dec 2015, 20:45

Great puzzles, great use of the theme. I wish the switches were connected to the bricks by wires. Right now you have to play the level one time to find out.

-bob

HuvaaKoodia22 Dec 2015, 12:55

A good puzzle mechanic with solid tutorial progression. All it needs is more levels and some indication on what those switches do. Trial and error quickly becomes a bore.

Acerio24 Dec 2015, 02:37

Really enjoyed the puzzles, felt like a really solid idea for a game.

f7f528 Dec 2015, 21:48

I like it! I finished all the levels and wanted more.

Very good level design - which is not an easy task in 48 hours - and difficulty progression. Congratulations.