Sprouting Magic

by dakutau
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%
Play as a small and simple sprout that tries to grow out of the dense and cramp earth and view the wonders of the surface in this ENDLESS RUNNER.

-Code and graphics by Pontus Ek (twitter: @dakutau)

Sound and music are used under the CC Attribution 3.0 license.

SOUND:
Pickup-sound created by Brandon Morris. Source: http://opengameart.org/content/completion-sound

MUSIC:

"Reawakening", "Sapphire Isle", "There is Romance"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Game Created for Ludum Dare 34. Theme: Growing, two button controls.

NOTICE: OSX AND LINUX VERSION MAY NOT WORK. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Seems like the Linux and OSX versions do not work. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Comments17

raffomania
raffomania15 Dec 2015, 15:16
Game instantly crashes on my linux install without any error :(
Brandondyer6415 Dec 2015, 15:21
$ '/home/caninelizard/Downloads/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux.x86'
Found path: /home/caninelizard/Downloads/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux.x86
Mono path[0] = '/home/caninelizard/Downloads/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/caninelizard/Downloads/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/caninelizard/Downloads/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux/Ludum Dare - Sprouting Magic - Linux_Data/Mono/etc'
displaymanager : xrandr version warning. 1.4
displaymanager : trying .X11-unix
client :0 has 1 screens
displaymanager screen (0): 1366 x 768
Using libudev for joystick management

Importing game controller configs

// The window opens then immediately crashes.
AdamsMcCall
AdamsMcCall15 Dec 2015, 15:23
Highest score: 4847
Nice adaptation of a classic concept :D
ss64games15 Dec 2015, 15:26
A solid game. The lighting was gave a good atmosphere to the game. I wish the window size was perhaps a bit bigger and there was more navigation space left and right. Perhaps some other types of obstacles. Overall, the game needs a unique twist for the experience to really impress, but this is a functional arcade classic.
-SPiRiT-15 Dec 2015, 15:27
Simplistic but efficient ! I felt weird at the beginning because there was no music, just sounds of water drops. The mood is special, and I think you should have improve something here to make it a innovative game. Few Lights, Piano music, Drop Sounds, they are the beginning of something but it stops here. It's average to me, but congrats, you have done well !
banana4life
banana4life15 Dec 2015, 15:27
OS/X version works fine.
I like the atmosphere.
AzureAspect
AzureAspect15 Dec 2015, 15:28
Got high score of 6100ish~
At first I was like "could this just start to speed up allready..." and was ready to give up. But then the music fired up at just the right moment to make me keep playing ;)
The game is very nice (if we dont count the slow start!)
hpearson2
hpearson215 Dec 2015, 15:32
Score: 4321
Nice good little game.

*If you want a high-score don't get the water droplets just be patient and slow
*Why press space to play? you were so close to both themes!
fafastudio
fafastudio15 Dec 2015, 15:37
I loved this !
It's simple, and the art is really good !
The relaxing sound design and musics are awesome ! :)
Dakutauauthor15 Dec 2015, 15:44
Seems like the Linux and OSX versions seem unstable and not playable. Instead of trying to fix it. I decided to remove them. Sorry for the trouble and thank you for telling me. :)
LostTrainDude
LostTrainDude15 Dec 2015, 15:48
Nice and simple!

I like how the music gently walks you through the gameplay: it makes the whole "underground" setting very believable.

Also, nice use of lights for visual feedback. Congratulations! :)
Ayaya33
Ayaya3315 Dec 2015, 15:59
Lovely music and sound effects, they really fit the game well.
Dooskington
Dooskington15 Dec 2015, 18:17
If I had a nickel for everybody who made a plant growth game this LD, I'd have like 3 bucks.

In all seriousness, cool game. I like the lighting effects.
stargardengames15 Dec 2015, 18:20
Nice little game! I like the ambient lighting and sound effects along with the gentle music. Makes me feel like I'm actually growing through the earth.
Auroz15 Dec 2015, 18:21
I enjoyed this game, got fairly repetitive after a while though.
bwatanabe19 Dec 2015, 00:53
Very relaxing game!
Taffaz19 Dec 2015, 21:55
Enjoyed the game, music was great.

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