Eggplant Kindergarten

co-authored: @dudum-lare
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.05
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.43

Welcome to the eggplant kindergarten!
This is where you make eggplants grow to their full potential!

Explanation

Now, your job is simple. Click on the wells and poop piles to make the little ones do some work.
If you click on, for example, a well, one of the teachers will bring water and water the eggplant so it'll grow bigger. And that's exactly what we want.

You also control the money in this operation. Use *right click* to upgrade wells and poop piles, to speed up production.

The little ones loves worshiping eggplants and their goal is to create a statue, that's your goal as a big human right now. Help them upgrade the statue so it'll become a mighty fine eggplant made of stone.

The team:

@dudum-lare was the graphical artist and programmer for this jam

@liquidbrain (aka Glaze) was the main programmer and music producer

Tools:
- Photoshop
- Paint.net
- Unity
- Audacity
- FL Studio

Gameplay Screenshots

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Feedback

We'd be really happy if you left some feedback, thanks!<3

screenshot

Comments21

Marsepstein24 Apr 2018, 01:41
Really liked the 'calling eggplant' voice mechanic for onboarding me on how to play, while still letting me click around. Nice job.
Theras24 Apr 2018, 17:41
The voiced tutorial was great. To be honest I have no idea why i kept playing but I did and thats a good sign right? The loughting at the end killed me :)
blobo
blobo24 Apr 2018, 17:47
Amazing. Those eggplants in the background... oh my. All around, i loved the music, the art, and the voice over you did. I had lots of fun with this. great work!
NerdyTea24 Apr 2018, 17:59
This was an incredible amount of fun. I actually saw the cover image on your blog post while I was developing my game. I knew I had to play the game as soon as I could. I was not disappointed.
Victrola Sage
Victrola Sage24 Apr 2018, 18:01
I loved this, I dunno, I just ate up the fun theme/style. I played the whole game and didn't find any bugs. Really good job on everything, it really came together!
Seanale
Seanale24 Apr 2018, 18:03
I love it. I felt very weird, but it was a good weird. 10/10. Would Eggplant again.
tajamsoft
tajamsoft24 Apr 2018, 18:07
Really smooth gameplay, the voice-over introduces the game very clearly and effectively! The graphics are very fitting for the game (Mini-Humans growing eggplants!), and so is the music.
Siactro24 Apr 2018, 18:09
It is amazing how much work you guys managed to stuff into this in such a short amount of time! D: Respect! I really enjoyed the overall character of the game, the handdrawn graphics and animations, the simple voice acting, the Eggplant education lesson disguised as a quiz! ;D Really liked the whole presentation and the game itself! You seem to be a perfect team and it really shows in this! :) Really great game you guys!
doomista24 Apr 2018, 18:29
I don't really understand which two incompatible genres were mixed, but the game was fun and that counts!
Joe Cowman24 Apr 2018, 21:12
Hahaha I took a screenshot of the "You Win" screen. Really great game! I especially loved the voice tutorial, the art, and the music.
BalladofSong
BalladofSong24 Apr 2018, 23:04
I loved the audio tutorial and the cute music! Good Game, very funny!
Toulou
Toulou25 Apr 2018, 10:46
Well this is certainly something I'll never forget. Very funny concept of game, and oh boy the graphics are hilariously uncomfortable.
I rate this game eggplant/10, need more eggplants.
mrspeaker
mrspeaker25 Apr 2018, 18:57
Damn it, just spend 45 minutes playing this! Just brilliant - so much character, and so many eggplant facts.
Travis W. Hendrix25 Apr 2018, 21:20
Really nice work! The game ran super smoothly, I knew exactly how to play because of the intuitive interface and the voice introduction, and it has a unique and fun art style. The charming music adds a lot too, although the loops end rather abruptly at times.
obachuka
obachuka25 Apr 2018, 21:53
Hahaha amazing. The egglant with his seductive pose weirded me out at first, but it totally fits. Love the voice, and I love how every fun fact was true. Hilarious.
Crsrc
Crsrc26 Apr 2018, 06:03
I love the hand shows up and takes the eggplant. The animation is cute.

It's fun, I really enjoy playing this game. And the voice acting is great.

Also learned something about eggplant.
Ashtrail
Ashtrail28 Apr 2018, 10:39
Holy crap ! I never expected I'd enjoy this game that much. It's a hidden gem.

Best tutorial I ever saw this jam. Stupid and a tad bit creepy but very efficient humor. God tier SFX and voice acting. God tier okay graphics but done in a crappy way. I don't know it that's what you were going for, otherwise I'd advise not doing pixel art but just regular line work with krita, photoshop or whatever. It would have looked crisper if it wasn't that aliased. Still works for the game tho.

The music is good and just when it gets repetitive it switches to a new theme which is really cool.

5/5 eggplants fun fact, I learned much. I also must give a shout-out to the magnificent eggplant picking.

The game kept me curious on what I was going to unlock next (I unlocked everything, and it was worth it).

Congratulations ! This is the kind of perfect game for a jam, the play length is well paced, it's polished enough, it's fun to play, it's really funny. I'm impressed !
Ethereal Psyche Games
Ethereal Psyche Games29 Apr 2018, 11:17
xDDDD My god this game is fire.

I think this is the first game that make me laugh xD

Nice concept and fun gameplay!
Zukureneno
Zukureneno30 Apr 2018, 13:25
I was not expecting to finish this game at all, made me laugh specially the end :laughing: And good job on the fun facts
DDRKirbyISQ
DDRKirbyISQ1 May 2018, 04:21
Lol, this was surprisingly amusing. Great job xD
randomphantom
randomphantom1 May 2018, 17:41
Hilarious stuff with the toilets and the walking eggplants. Would've hoped for money to be coming in faster, but the game still progressed at a nice pace. The change in soundtracks was also cool. In terms of theme, I guess its an edutainment piece with clicker/time management mechanics, and I appreciate the eggplant nuggets of wisdom. Great job!

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