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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #11 | 3.926 | 3.926 |
| Overall | #34 | 3.698 | 3.698 |
| Game Design | #39 | 3.852 | 3.852 |
| Fun | #65 | 3.630 | 3.630 |
| Theme | #93 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
| Graphics | #96 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Audio | #100 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
Ranked from 27 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?
The goal of the game is to become what you already were at the start.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
No - the mesh deformation is Mudbun. I made everything else.
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Cool take on the theme, gave me vague, less intense Oxygen Not Included kind of vibes, nice game. The main issue I had was with the height requirement as it was unclear exactly how tall the plant had to be.
The Cycle of Life surely fits the theme and is very underrated motive (I think). I was positively surprised and I like how it was made. The difference between what is underground and what is overground works well and makes it easier to find different materials. I also liked how roots can grow over the ground layer.
I think small change with pacing and speed how fast your plant grows would be nice and I know that plants grow VERY slow but maybe adding larger deposits of minerals and water or gaining water overground would help a lot.
sorry it took so long, I was pretty busy kek
Weird name but good idea, I also liked how you made use of the theme, well done.
this is quite outstanding idea, I enjoyed playing your game
Game is cool and relaxing! I love the idea, visuals and sounds. However, I couldn't move the camera horizontally for some reasons (I guess it because of the 16:10 display)
Oh weird! Sorry about that - thanks for playing anyways <3
Very fun and original concept.
When I was playing this game I was feeling peace and quiet, just like in Stardew Valley. It's perfect for people who wants just chill out.
Besides I found one Bug. When you want to place "leaves", but you reject it (right mouse button)- the leaves don't disappear.
Thats all, please check my game if you want.
Good job!
Nice find! looks like I missed that one - I know how to fix it =D I'll check yours out now, thanks for playing <3
Vegetable is Alive is quite unlike any other game I've played, it's unique game-play and aesthetic makes for a pretty relaxing experience. I think you have made an excellent foundation to build up off. I am sure you've got some ideas for development but here are some suggestions: Look into and incorporate something like the Mycorrhiza Network (A fungal Network that connects trees to communicate and share resources as well as allowing dying plants to offload nutrients to other plants) Honestly it's really interesting and impressive stuff that could definitely flesh out the game play. This network can also be exploited with some plants like orchids hacking into the network to steal resources and other species like the black walnut can send toxic chemicals to sabotage the competition.
Things like this would really push your concept further. Also considering affects from weather or insects, I look forward to see your developments and thank you for such a unique game play experience!
This is so different to other thing's i've played, and it's amazing. It's soo calming. well done!
excellent work! I had same(plant, vegetable) concept, but your game is so fun and high-quality!
Wow, very interesting game! Won the last best game on my list, very relaxing. Always loved simulators and didn't think I needed a tree simulator in my life)
I've just started so far, so describing the initial feelings, but I'll probably keep this game on my PC until I have a full playthrough, thanks!
<3
Very relaxing and entertaining, also great concept. Good Job!
Was not expecting such a zen and satisfying concept like this out of a game jam! You should be truly proud of your work!
Very relaxing environment and unique take on the theme, overall very polished game.
What a nice, relaxing game!!! First, very unexpected gameplay, super chill, no time strains, no probs. The plant and everything looked very nice, music was chill. Had a great time playing! Actually wanted to finish it. The whole thing is very polished aswell! Except the lack of a quit game button? Maybe I just didn't find it.
Overall an amazing game, congrats!!!!
Escape key toggles a menu to return to main menu, quit, or cancel =D
Sorry, meant in the main menu! Could only find the Do It button, ended up altf4ing.
Oh haha, I see I see - I must have the exit menu underneath the main menu - could have sworn I intended to swap that, must have forgotten =D
Amazing Game! This was very very creative, and the procedural mesh generation was very fun to mess with. I would love to see this become a full game.
Fun little plant grower. Was extremely innovative, havent seen anything else close to this and it was fun to play. Managed to get all the way to the end, just my plant ended up looking extremely mangled haha. The visuals looked great and the music complimented the game well
never played a game like this, very innovating the idea was just fascinating
I forgot to save a screenshot of my cool plant to post here :(
Great game :)
<3
Cool idea. For some reason when I saw the "tentacle root/stem" I thought of Spore xD
Unfortunately I have low end pc an after 20 day it was unplayable for me 0.1fps.
Sorry about that, thanks for playing anyways - I have some ideas to improve performance, but ran out of time for the game jam =D
Very unique idea. Takes a little at the beginning to get the vegetable going but once you connected some ressouces it's starts to pop off