Ecowsystem

by concalf
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.15
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Links

* HTML5: https://www.concalf.at/ludumdare/LD38/
* JAR: https://www.concalf.at/ludumdare/LD38/ld38-ecowsystem.jar

Goal


- Have as many cows as possible!

Controls


- `Left Mouse` to drag and drop birds, cows, trees and mountains
- `Right Mouse` to move camera

Gameplay


- Feed the cows with small plants
- Hungry cows will fade out until they die
- Cows will create pollution when eating
- Plants cannot regrow on polluted areas
- Trees will counter pollution but they need to be watered
- Put mountains in front of clouds to stop them and let it rain
- Place trees below the rain to water them
- ... and did I mention the sharknado? Don't let it kill anything!
- The sharknado will attack the birds first, then the cows

Other


- no sounds for Internet Explorer, no music in Edge

Comments13

Iak
Iak1 May 2017, 06:40
cow pollution and sharknados are a fearsome combination indeed. I find myself wanting to protect the birds so they can save the planet from incoming meteors, which does decrease the number of surviving cows quite a bit.

Fun idea with a good feel to it, though I think it might have more potential as a puzzle design with different levels where you have to get X amount of cows or something under specific conditions to proceed, as I reckon the number of plants spawning will probably put a hard limit at how many cows you can possibly get for the arcady highscore? Mmmaybe.
La mecanique du plastique
La mecanique du plastique1 May 2017, 18:21
Nice game, very simple and pleasant to play. I didn't read your gameplay notice and it was very instinctive and clear, my progression in comprehending how it works was quite smooth. Well done !

The sound design is pretty clean and efficient too. I think it would make a good mobile game. The only thing I would say is still lacking is an indication of how many cows you'll have to gather to win.

It's rated !
Fiote
Fiote2 May 2017, 13:41
Nice little game ^^ loved the art style and the sound effects. Too bad sharknado got most my cows lol.
Wevel
Wevel3 May 2017, 17:47
Took a while to figure out how everything works but when I had it was fun to try and stop the cows being killed. I think it would have been nice if you could zoom in or out, would make it easier to see everything that is going on.
MartensCedric
MartensCedric6 May 2017, 21:20
Nice little game, the sharknado was a great add that made the game much more fun! :smile: good submission overall
pcmaster12 May 2017, 16:12
10 points for the sharknado and the 'pollution' :) Very cute and polished, fun to play :) Great work!!!
rplnt
rplnt12 May 2017, 17:48
Very polished game with very nice graphics, good audio and complex enough gameplay. I found it a bit too hard to be honest. I think it would be challenge even without the sharknado, so it might be better to have it run past just once in a while. It was just too fast for me on the small world. But maybe it's just me, seeing how @pcmaster got 10 cows :)
Hierophant13 May 2017, 03:15
This was a pretty funny game. I really liked the graphics you used. The gameplay was simple enough understand after a few moments of playing around, and after looking at the instructions. A couple of comments: I had trouble controlling the pollution with the trees. It wasn't clear if you were supposed to drop trees on pollution, or leave them near pollution. I also wish the camera had been scaled out a bit further, there's already a lot to micromanage, so restricting the information the player can see at a glance isn't necessary to providing a fun challenge.

All in all, I enjoyed it a lot, best of luck in the comp. If you like, please take a look at my game, linked on my profile page
Rialgar13 May 2017, 09:16
I absolutely love it in every way I can think of. It is beautiful, it is funny, it is endearing, it is challenging.
szimano13 May 2017, 19:56
nice little game with a very pleasant and cheerful graphics as the strongest point. would be nice to have some kind of mid-achievements though.
Joror
Joror13 May 2017, 22:03
Cool chill mood, great graphics. Sprinkle in a simple gameplay goal, and you got a completer game.

The birds don't seem to interact btw?

+1 for pun, +1 for sharknado
zotapianola13 May 2017, 22:30
Lovely, fun, very well polished. Great work! One of my favorite games, so far!

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