Flower Lab

by justin-gagnon-lavoie

co-authored: @mrbamboo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Flower Lab

About the game

Flower Lab follows the work of a little scientist devoted to save his best friend: *Gus, La Fleur*. Sadly, our little yellow guy doesn't seem to remember how to make the perfect fertilizer. Will he be able to save *Gus, La Fleur* in this environment full of dangerous and unstable chemical elements?

Gameplay

Prepare a piece of paper and a pencil because you will need to remember chemical mixtures!

6 unstable elements will be at your disposal to give your friend the longest lifetime possible: Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green and Unstable matter. Will you feed them directly to your friend or will you mix multiple elements before?

You can also consume your own mixes to give you an idea if it will help *Gus, La Fleur*.

Controls

Use WASD to move the scientist around. E to use the water pump, mixer and the mortar. Space to pickup/drop/give elements. C to consume the mixes.

Genres: survival

Tools: Unity

Comments11

LDJam user 03 Oct 2021, 22:36

is it just me or he looks like an amogus character

The crane4 Oct 2021, 04:36

There will be some lag when walking after picking up something. Is it a collision or something wrong with the judgment? It's a great game that makes people want to play it again!

TeddyIncDev4 Oct 2021, 17:42

It was very hard for me to Pick Something, I coudnt manage to understand the mechanics and play the game.

But the Shader looks very nice on this game!

polkoii5 Oct 2021, 00:31

I like the art style! It was pretty fun once I was able to run freely! The collision for the character once I pick up something is a bit wonky and I am confused what Gus wants most of the time. But the physics were interesting and the concept was good!

Good job!

MasterProject5 Oct 2021, 00:58

I'm not one to criticize complicated games, but... I honestly, truly did not understand what to do. I mean, yeah, I have to find out what is healthy for Gus... but which 'symptoms' are good and which ones aren't? If I fly into the air, is that good or bad? Am I dumb? Maybe, probably. But unfortunately that didn't change the fact that I didn't have fun with this game.

Irina Nikulina5 Oct 2021, 14:38

Among us?

WYL TEAM5 Oct 2021, 14:39

fun game but not very clear but great work has been done

lucasvb6 Oct 2021, 03:27

Gameplay feels a little obscure and unclear to me, but technically the overall execution is nice.

jharler6 Oct 2021, 17:13

I really like and appreciate the cartoony and whimsical graphics. They are very well done. I do have to echo some other reviewers in that I was really hard to figure out what was going on gameplay wise. It was pretty fun though to just run around and get tossed by the physics bumps.

MrBamboo9 Oct 2021, 12:29

Thank you all for your feedback! Surely we miss time to make a little tutorial and fix some glitches with the player hit box when pickup things !

Pixelydian21 Oct 2021, 14:02

Fun idea! Definitely could have used a tutorial...even small cues like a speech bubble or an arrow can go a long way to guide the player. Also I ran into some collision issues but I think you're already aware of that. Anyway, I think it's a great start and I hope you polish it up after the Jam is over! This idea is worth exploring further.