Flower Dreams
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:sunflower: You are a gardener keeping a flower bush happy and healthy by trimming it.
- Click to trim the plant.
- Harvest flowers for points.
- Try to figure out how to best nurture the plant.
- Do your best before Winter comes.
Post your high scores along with your feedback. Thanks!
:iphone: Mobile Users:
- I've tested the site on an Android phone and an Apple iPad through Chrome browser. It worked in both cases after clicking the "OK" button.
:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Developer Notes
- I've had cellular automata on my mind recently and had been thinking about ways to incorporate it into a game. When the theme popped up, I had this idea of an out of control plant that you had to trim to keep it from growing into lava or being devoured by snails and things. This result ends up being a little bit more peaceful, but I may continue to build on it later.
- One of the main challenges was passing nutrients around the cells. A cell can only manipulate itself in the current setup, so I had to make a system where the cells mark some of their energy for donation and their neighbors gain based on that value. I think a better system would have been to do a flow of nutrients outside the CA as a separate pass.
- I wish I'd had more time to play test and tune the sim.
- Overall, it's been a while since I've gotten to do a Ludum Dare and I'm grateful for the opportunity.
- The audio is 1) snipping branches with a pair of pruning shears. 2) grabbing tissues with gardening gloves on. 3) bfxr "coin" because I couldn't get a good bell sound.
- Click to trim the plant.
- Harvest flowers for points.
- Try to figure out how to best nurture the plant.
- Do your best before Winter comes.
Post your high scores along with your feedback. Thanks!
:iphone: Mobile Users:
- I've tested the site on an Android phone and an Apple iPad through Chrome browser. It worked in both cases after clicking the "OK" button.
:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Developer Notes
- I've had cellular automata on my mind recently and had been thinking about ways to incorporate it into a game. When the theme popped up, I had this idea of an out of control plant that you had to trim to keep it from growing into lava or being devoured by snails and things. This result ends up being a little bit more peaceful, but I may continue to build on it later.
- One of the main challenges was passing nutrients around the cells. A cell can only manipulate itself in the current setup, so I had to make a system where the cells mark some of their energy for donation and their neighbors gain based on that value. I think a better system would have been to do a flow of nutrients outside the CA as a separate pass.
- I wish I'd had more time to play test and tune the sim.
- Overall, it's been a while since I've gotten to do a Ludum Dare and I'm grateful for the opportunity.
- The audio is 1) snipping branches with a pair of pruning shears. 2) grabbing tissues with gardening gloves on. 3) bfxr "coin" because I couldn't get a good bell sound.