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A jam submission

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Submitted by Bumblebean Games (@bumblebeangames) — 9 hours, 35 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#24.4004.400
Overall#183.9943.994
Graphics#264.4334.433
Fun#733.8333.833
Innovation#803.7003.700
Game Design#933.7673.767
Theme#1033.8333.833

Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
During the "calm," plant trees and grow your grove before the storm. During the "storm," watch those trees fend off lumberjacks before a literal rain-storm passes, striking your trees with lightening. Each round is its own "calm" before its own "storm"

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes! We made all the assets, models, shaders, code, music, animations ourselves (the two of us). The only exception are a few sound effects (the trees falling for example).

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Submitted

I could listen to the music with those insects in the background and fall asleep! It's so calming which fits the theme spot on. The game is very polished, just wondering why after every region theirs a disappearance of my lovely trees. Hope to see this one gets featured. Phenomenal work!

Submitted

This is really good! I will admit that I spent an unnecessary amount of time playing this, and enjoyed it quite a bit despite running into a few bugs. My only point of contention with it was that the storm phase of each round could randomly kill your trees even if they started at full health, which felt like an unreasonable punishment for surviving the round, but it didn't happen very often, so I'm not too disappointed with that. Great work, and good job creating such a unique tower defense game!

Submitted

Game is so beautiful, audio is perfect, the storm effect is great. I really enjoyed it.

Submitted

10/10 on graphics, also love the idea of using trees (Our team was definitely looking forward to the trees proposal and had to change last minute to the theme)
The pacing on the rain is a bit long, although it does look very very nice.

Submitted

Nice and cozy

Submitted

Nice and chill game. Love the atmoshpere!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Greate and Simple Game i like the idea the graphics are also amazing, but the UI broke for me in the 2 round

Developer

Thanks for playing! Yeah I have NO idea where that bug is coming from but good to know its consistent

Submitted (1 edit)

Simple but beautiful looking game! In fact, best graphics I've seen so far today. It was 5/5 for graphics instantly to me. I also love the cozy vibes and the art style really helped! If you want some feedback, here's my thoughts from trying it! :)

Game design feedback:

  • - It would be nice to have more tree varieties unlocked earlier especially since they're the highlight of the game. Additionally, I think the progression could be faster as it took me quite a long while and repeated tries before getting the second tree, so the loop could be a little tighter in my opinion.
  • - I wish I could do something during the combat phase, like maybe click on an enemy to stun them for awhile, but add a cooldown so it doesn't turn into a clicker game. I think I just felt so sad watching my trees getting hurt and could do nothing.
  • - Wasn't obvious that I could click the tree but it seems there are upgrades, but it doesn't show them so I didn't know how to upgrade my trees.

Technical feedback:

  • - Texts on the bottom and button disappeared after Round 1 on my first playthrough. Even popups showed nothing :( But it seems you're aware.
  • - Some bugs like if placing the tree too close to another, it spawns the flower when instead it should tell you "Too near to other tree" or something to indicate it's a range issue.
  • - I could build more trees than the limit suggests. I had 7/6 trees haha.

Loved:

  • - Awesome graphics
  • - Awesome art style
  • - Awesome vibes
  • - Awesome concept too

Edit: Unlocked the Maple Tree. I also wanted to say I like that the camera auto rotates to show the surroundings. Good job~

Developer

This is awesome feedback, thanks for playing and taking the time to comment! I'll probably take the time to implement a lot of this once the jam is over <3

Submitted

Hey! Just wanted to say congratulations on getting top 20 and even top in audio! Your game is amazing and I recognized it instantly when I saw it, I'm so glad I got to have tried it out :)

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