Ludum Dare #48compo

Root Crop

by moomka

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.10

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.07

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10

WASD for navigating.

LMB from the edge of root (Or from seed on start) for grow your new root segment.

Mouse wheel for zoom.

Harvest water & make deepest root.
Particles on end of the root show your the nearest water direction.

Unfortunately, I spent a lot of time implementing the generation of roots, so the randomness here is too random, and sometimes the water can be either too much or too little.

Upd1: Make bugfix for invisible roots in browser

Upd2: Put files in google drive to zip folder for one file downloading

Tools: Unity

Comments22

Ghost_Wave26 Apr 2021, 11:52

The idea is really original, but I think it would be nice if you gave the player a bit more guidance because I was a bit lost at first :) Otherwise this is a really cute game, and I love the music.

WongKongPhooey26 Apr 2021, 12:05

A nice take on the theme, and I liked how the screen got darker as you went down. Good job on the music too!

Kieron Woodhouse26 Apr 2021, 12:06

Decent idea and nice art, but I didn't really understand what I was trying to achieve. It ended up feeling like a game of connect the dots but that doesn't make a nice picture at the end :stuck_out_tongue: I'd have liked a bit more help to understand what my aim is and how to play. Nice work, though

lalada26 Apr 2021, 12:07

The music is great. One root may be more challenging and smooth(no need to repeat clicking ). Really relaxing game.

mdotedot26 Apr 2021, 12:07

Lost as well. I got a nice ray of brown spots but nothing seems to happen. Restarting I could scroll the view and see water spots. But the roots didn't seem to 'grow'

welby26 Apr 2021, 12:08

I like the roots that light up the dark section when you get lower down, so you have to explore for the water.

GlowGlew26 Apr 2021, 12:09

Very interesting take on the theme. The music and sound effects are good!

LDJam user 23758826 Apr 2021, 12:10

I like the design and music. It's sometimes hard to see underground though, maybe you could add a bit more light.

Loig26 Apr 2021, 12:10

It took me some time to realize that it was possible to end a root somewhere else than in water. So I was stuck for a moment when the game becomes darker (I was not able to see any water).

I think the idea could give a really nice relaxing game with a bit more water available.

Voxel Forest26 Apr 2021, 12:12

Very nice and relaxing game, well done tough the concept isn't very clear at first! But sometimes the sprites don't show correctly, it sad because the graphics are good :(

henriquecanella26 Apr 2021, 12:15

Really like the concept of the game. As you said one thing I think you can improve is the generation of the water spots. But overall well done =D

AnthonyHarmitage26 Apr 2021, 12:29

Nice idea, but water is sometimes not visible on the starting screen. Who knew that you would need to scroll)

LDJam user 23591526 Apr 2021, 12:30

azakharov26 Apr 2021, 12:32

I'm really mesmerized by the game. Nice work!

mrnyarlathotep26 Apr 2021, 12:55

Very interesting premise that is a solid fit for the theme - it does get very tricky seeing your 'nodes' as you get further and further down, but I was playing the WebGL build and you'd already warned me about that in the description, so can't complain too much

Moomkaauthor26 Apr 2021, 14:09

@mdotedot probably you play a version game with bug on itch.io. Im fix it now and you play try again, or download PC version from google drive

Moomkaauthor26 Apr 2021, 14:43

@mrnyarlathotep this bug is ready fixed, you can try again and see my PERFECT root generation)

SmelJey26 Apr 2021, 15:33

Very relaxing game with nice concept. Had this root rendering bug on WebGL build. Was fun to play, though

BridgeOnAStick26 Apr 2021, 17:58

Interesting game, nice concept. Finding water was a bit hard sometimes. Nice work!

marksht27 Apr 2021, 10:15

Cool game! It fits the theme and becomes difficult once there is a darkness.

foxy28 Apr 2021, 20:37

One of not many games tbh that really did go along the theme :laughing: Loved the meditative gameplay :heart:

BoClow3 May 2021, 07:36

I was first worried when I could not see more water, but when I realized that your roots light the area around them it became nice water hunting game. Cool idea.

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