Creep What You Sow

by ctrble
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★5.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★5.00
It's my entry for Ludem Dare 41, theme of "Combine Two Incompatible Genres". This is a stealth based farming sim where you have to avoid dogs while planting and growing flowers (for points), or bushes (to hide in). Don't get caught!!

🌺 Grow some nice plants

Use spacebar to plant seeds or water the thirsty plants you've planted.
> Screen Shot 2018-04-25 at 8.12.15 PM.png

🐕 But watch out for that doggo

There's a dog wandering around looking for gnomes, probably a good idea to stay away from canines.
> Screen Shot 2018-04-25 at 8.12.30 PM1.png

🍃 Hide in bushes

It's a good thing you're small and can hide in the bushes you grew.
> Screen Shot 2018-04-25 at 8.12.44 PM.png

#Controls:

⬆️⬅️⬇️➡️ WASD - move
🔁 E - change seed type
💦 Spacebar - plant / water

screenshot

Comments4

jcsirron
jcsirron23 Apr 2018, 05:20
This was interesting. I didn't notice the dogs until I already grew a bunch of plants. By then it was far too late for me to save myself. I did find the square-based movement to be a little restricting, though. I applaud your music! It was simple and really made the game feel more alive. Good work!
jhandsy
jhandsy24 Apr 2018, 16:42
Nice job! I'd love to see this with some more plants that do different stuff! I kind of felt like there could have been a little more pressure from the get go. Like maybe patrolling guards that walk in a predictable pattern to make you choose your movements.

The music and the art were both nice and they gave it a nice mood!
ctrble
ctrbleauthor25 Apr 2018, 23:56
Thanks @jcsirron and @jhandsy! Yeah, if I had time to do the jam instead of compo I would've done more with the doggos for sure. And I would've liked to include more plant types too and experiment more with movement. Thanks for playing!
tweedle
tweedle27 Apr 2018, 01:58
i was a proud gnome papa of 11 plant babies, happy as could be - then doggo got ahold of me... next time i'll grow more bushes... also the dirt smiles at you, this game has it all :smile:

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