Ludum Dare #34compo

They Call It Lucy

by wannadie

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.43

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%

The game is about something in the sky.
Grow trees between worlds to catch that something. Control the environment by collecting other worlds inside your home planet.

Click a planet and see how it affects your trees and other stuff. Click your home planet to make a tree grow faster. Click everything.

It sounds. Sound is important. The game will be better with headphones.

Esc to exit.

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The game also avaliable on http://kiv.itch.io/lucy. I will publish post-ludum updates there.

Share your space views and sounds on twitter and let me know (@kiv_here)!

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WARNING! If you have epileptic attacks or something like this, please don't run the game.

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They saw something beautiful in the sky.
They desired to own it.
They were powerful enough to move planets and destroy stars.
They decided to reach it.

They call it Lucy.

Comments17

Dyn14 Dec 2015, 12:53

Crazy awesome game. Interesting approach to the themes.

bradur14 Dec 2015, 22:03

I... I think I reached Lucy.

Tensoplast0114 Dec 2015, 22:21

I don't know what to say.. It's amazing. The gameplay is great, and the art style combined to him is THE touch that will conquire heart of the player :D

Drtizzle14 Dec 2015, 22:22

Wow this is awesome! Great graphics and wonderful audio!.And really trippy, i like that.
Sometimes I thought I was doing it right, but after a while the plant still died, so i'm still not sure how to win the game.

Good job!

gv135115 Dec 2015, 17:32

Great game!

kuhnerdm15 Dec 2015, 17:39

I... didn't like it. I get that you're trying to go for some kind of aesthetic, but you need to remember that it's a game, and games need to have at least some level of intuition.

Oh, and clicking the base planet several times in a row makes the game lag to the point of not being playable.

vinipereira15 Dec 2015, 17:41

I dont really understand the meaning of the game at all... I was unable to get the point of it.

LittleThor15 Dec 2015, 17:41

Well ... OK!
I am not totally sure of what I just played, but, the mood is so good! The art style and the sound are awesome!
Good work!

CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD15 Dec 2015, 17:48

That's the most strange thing I've ever played. Fantastic entry, awesome art and sound, 100% theme hit. I think I've found some kind of pattern, but maybe it's just illusion

Jishenaz16 Dec 2015, 05:28

Very interesting. I could not tell if this was a game or interactive art. Or maybe it was both. Very "out of this world" graphics.

My tree did die once, but a new tree grew. However, it reached a certain height till it stopped growing. I clicked on many things, but didn't completely understand the meaning of them. Although I did start avoiding the black planets because I think they killed the first tree, or so I think.

The game did lag, but I don't know if that was a bug or intentional...

DinnerInTheDark16 Dec 2015, 18:16

I had no idea what was happening, some instructions or feedback would've been nice.

kostak16 Dec 2015, 19:10

Master graphics and good soundtrack. Gameplay not bad.

BulletsArePeopleToo17 Dec 2015, 18:38

I love games that make you explore to find the mechanics. Sadly, I ended up beating this without any understanding of the game other than the two planets that make you rotate.

Great visuals and sound.

MemoryLeek20 Dec 2015, 15:37

WTF did I just play :) anyway! fun or something

Rfdshir21 Dec 2015, 12:56

The gameplay is too confusing, I can't understand how to reach the big planet). Don't know whether this game need it at all. The game is good as a portal to the immersive atmosphere, and from this point of view very successful. Anyway, i like it.

DDRKirby(ISQ)28 Dec 2015, 22:03

trippy.

bwatanabe3 Jan 2016, 01:39

Really odd and beautiful experience. Thanks!