Guide a plant to the heavens with naught but a handgun with infinite ammo. Grow the green aura to progress. Getting hit will not hurt, but it will set you back.
Play the game on your computer, your phone, or your tablet!
Keyboard Controls: Shoot with the spacebar. Reload with the right arrow key. Press 1 to turn off screenshake. Press 2 to tone down the flashing lights.
Thanks for including a key to tone down the flashing lights! I didn't expect a gun to be climbing a vine, so points for creativity. It didn't seem to be possible to lose or win as far as I could tell.
Great audio on this one. I liked the gun recoil movement mechanic. This could have almost hit the "two button" theme if you had reduced the arrow key into into one "change direction" button.
Tons of fun, although I didn't understand how the level progression worked until the third level. (Other players: the more green things you collect, the bigger the portal gets. As you get hit the portal gets smaller. Once the portal is full, you move on to the next level.)
As I said in the IRC, the screen flash is awesome. Felt great to shoot, and the escalating music made the game extra exciting. Controls were very interesting and fun to use. Good job!
Very nice feedback on this game! Though it seems I cannot die?
I very much enjoyed the presentation on this one.
J
Jwatt15 Dec 2015, 02:49
A clever and cute little package. The way the next level portal scales with your progress is pretty next level in itself. Also good thinking for including dampeners for the effects, they get pretty hard on the eyes after a while.
Wonderful game! Puns are in your DNA. You have an awesome handle of game feel. Every blip and shot felt just right and powerful. When I realized how the mechanic work I thought it was hilarious. Great way of dealing with the two button limitation. I love this! Great job!
wow, this is totally great! reload and switch directions against shoot and step back is a really good balance. all the effects (visual and sound) were great and chunky. i really appreciate the no fail for a jam game like this. plant with a gun is also the first thing I thought was funny this ludum dare
Great fun! Looks and sounds awesome! I think the difficulty grows (heh) too fast and you kinda get stuck at that one level where it's just going too fast for you but that might just be me not being very good at the game. Cool concept anyway and nice execution!
Yeah, I didn't want players to have to start over and over because they didn't have fast enough reaction times. I'm going to expand on it, with the main mode having a life bar.
wow that was fun, nice action packed experience with great controls, i understand the choice for not taking damage, but getting hurt and healing via powerups / lives would give the game more depth i think..great experience nottheless
Nice graphics, great idea. The music is good. Got a little too difficult for me with the vastly increased speed after 2 or 3 'screens'. The only real downside I'd say is the 'reload' sound which can become kind of grating after a while..
The whole get set back when hit mechanic was a bit too unclear.
Hitting targets and getting hit as well (explody green things instead of red bullet was just a little too late of a feedback and the sprite change before was too subtle).
One of my favorite entries so far. Definitely 5 star innovation and theme. It's just a perfect concept, love it with the theme. Really enjoyed the music and graphics too. Really fun. Could definitely see this as a mobile game. Well done! Just awesome. c:
Got pretty hard by the third area, but was able to get the hang of things. Very interesting take on the themes - excellent execution of both! Very fun game.
Very nice! Took me a second to understand how to progress. At first I didn't realise that timing my shots carefully would actually destroy the guns :D Then I liked the idea that there is no real 'game over', just an end to your combo / green thing / whatever.
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Seriously though, this is super creative and well put together. Good job!
As I said in the IRC, the screen flash is awesome. Felt great to shoot, and the escalating music made the game extra exciting. Controls were very interesting and fun to use. Good job!
I very much enjoyed the presentation on this one.
...But really, space bar and right arrow?
Anyway, great job!
Also, puns. Puns everywhere.
Fun and simple. Good job :)
Not sure if there's a lose condition though.
Great work!
-Alex
Hitting targets and getting hit as well (explody green things instead of red bullet was just a little too late of a feedback and the sprite change before was too subtle).
Then I liked the idea that there is no real 'game over', just an end to your combo / green thing / whatever.