Turnip Brothers

by oysuta
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.79
A puzzle / exploration game made for LD48.

Rescue your pink turnip brother from deep, deep mud. Grab powerups to breathe in and traverse deeper mud. Solve about 6 levels. Explore a glitchy, lofi world. Discover some secrets.

(Made with pico8)

Comments22

Blue0526 Apr 2021, 15:33
I had fun playing this game. I like the idea of increasing the depth tolerance to access more of the level. It feels really nice at the end of the game when you get max depth tolerance and can swim through everything.
Kevin S26 Apr 2021, 15:34
I like your game. It's a good example of making something fun out of simple content and mechanics. Keep up the good work!
rhoff95
rhoff9526 Apr 2021, 15:40
I did not have enough breath to make it to the first leaf, so I could not make any progress. Cool visuals, would like to see this after fix.
Quinn_Patrick26 Apr 2021, 15:45
This was really good! Getting the last upgrade and finding the 'secret place' was a really neat experience.
oysutaauthor26 Apr 2021, 21:27
@rhoff95 There's a safe tile where you can breathe that's on the path to the first powerup : )
rhoff95
rhoff9526 Apr 2021, 21:31
Ah ok, I tried again and makes sense. I think the dithering is confusing since all blue and mostly blue tiles are walls, and the lone land tile does not stick out against the adjacent ones. I think the visuals would be more clear with fewer variations.
eboatwright
eboatwright27 Apr 2021, 00:16
Very cool game! It took me a little while to figure out what was going on, and how to play, but once I did I had fun! :smile:
interface
interface27 Apr 2021, 03:48
Loved this puzzle game. I couldn't at first figure out why some tiles were "walls" but you get it as you keep playing. The one level where you had to to a race line close to the edges to be able to make it... nice touch! :-)
More levels please =)
chiyeon
chiyeon27 Apr 2021, 19:51
One of the most interesting takes on the theme I've seen all day! Level design was solid and overall a fun game :) The secrets were a nice touch as well :)
Jinny Kang30 Apr 2021, 01:28
I enjoyed the gameplay and how smooth the controls were. At the end, when I had maximum depth, I kind of started exploring on the map and then ended up getting lost for bit :sweat_smile:
Overall, fun and cute game!
Glaikunt
Glaikunt1 May 2021, 10:08
Great little game! I couldn't find the last one in the later levels sadly. Sound & art all fit well together great job!
NicMagnier
NicMagnier1 May 2021, 10:19
I am so glad I played this entry.

At first I thought it was nice but maybe a bit too simplistic. I also found a bit difficult to see where I could go.

But the realization this is not just single screen self-contained puzzles but actual a whole single world was a nice twist. The mood with the music and visual is also really good and atmospheric.
I reached the bubble and the flowers.

So overall the game feel very solid as a whole. This is a great submission and I loved the time I spent playing it. Thank you!
KatreenAshy1 May 2021, 10:20
very nice and interesting game , i liked when I go to the water at the end , Well done
zzox
zzox5 May 2021, 00:48
nice work. I like the white noise/ocean sounds to go along with the music, reminds me of old school zelda
Jason Wilson
Jason Wilson5 May 2021, 16:30
Art and sound were excellent.

It can be hard to tell the difference between some of the levels of mud tile.

I found the timing on some of the puzzles to be really tight, and could be a little bit more forgiving.

Other than that, I found this to be a fun simple game. Great job!
TheGreenWorm
TheGreenWorm5 May 2021, 16:57
This was pretty chill ! And I found a secret ! Level design was a bit rough to back track trough at the end since I could go everywhere, but the exploration puzzles were pretty fun and the mechanic was very intuitive. Sfx were minimal but clean ! Great job !
Scrawach
Scrawach5 May 2021, 18:15
Yep, I think, this good game. I like this visual and sound. Sometimes puzzles been not so easy. Well done!
ludrol5 May 2021, 18:16
I can't get past this level it has too little air. Cool game, solid entry.
pancelor
pancelor5 May 2021, 23:15
really nice! the puzzles were mostly pretty easy (although some parts seemed unnecessarily difficult) but the music/mood/secrets were really lovely; I enjoyed this game
koemeterion6 May 2021, 09:16
Loved the sound / music, very charming and calming for a game like this. Found it a bit difficult to know which depth is walkable after an upgrade but somehow I did it. Nice idea for this theme, solid mechanic and challenging but not unfair. Just the level that @ludrol mentioned is difficult (to reach the lower plant / seed (whatever those are). You need to nail that last run to get there. Nice work!
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