The controls felt pretty unintuitive, I had trouble figuring them out, and regularly I would mix keys. But apart from that issue, it's a nice relaxing game! I like the simple concept, and the very readable presentation. It might need an end state, because it becomes quite easy to survive forever. But the game remains soothing to play anyway. Good job!
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I Beleaf in You (post-jam)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #713 | 3.977 | 3.977 |
| Creativity | #773 | 3.852 | 3.852 |
| Overall | #878 | 3.674 | 3.674 |
| Enjoyment | #1652 | 3.193 | 3.193 |
Ranked from 88 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?
Gardening game. You are the plants.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
Really cute game! We love taking care of plants in real life so it was fun to take care of them in game as well. Great game entry!
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Spacey Shoot-ShootOriginal and relaxing, this game offers a pretty unique concept! Although the controls may be initially not intuitive, the charming atmosphere make it an enjoyable experience. It has a great potential for further development. Well done!
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MirrorHeartThis is soo relateable, haha! You never know what what the plant is wanting, but when you get it it's usually too late!
Very creative game, probably would love mouse control and also day count or something. Oh, and also 3 plants are kinda sustainable indefinetely, but you need constant care. Just like real life fr
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Toasted CrossroadsOriginal concept! Maybe it's better to play only with the mouse (ex. drag need to the plants). Anyway, good job!!!
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The Good OverlordNice game. I've got some vibes about the essence of keeping plants alive here :p
I didn't get how to handle controls when starting the game. Then when I got it I found difficult to use controls as the keys are far from each others.
The game loop is interesting tho, I can compare it somehow at Overcooked. Nice job :)
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Infernal CircusWe tried to convey our experience at (bad) plant keepers the best we could haha
I agree with you, we did run out out time to make a quick tutorial or to add plants progressively, and we're not fully conviced by our controls. We'll definitely be working on that later! Thanks for the feedbacks, very useful and much appreciated!
Cool simple idea, pretty nice name
little difficult gameplay
overall good work!!
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Vampire Survivn'tI liked it, some plants were really difficult and I found myself internally screaming at the gardener to come take care of the plant because it was going to die! At first, I was confused by the controls but luckily I figured it out relatively quickly. Well done!
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Lootbox Inc.Cute take on the theme, with great art! It does get a bit repetitive after a while, though, since the two most finicky plants died (and I kind of feel like they weren't necessarily ever saveable?) and then I had no trouble taking care of the remaining three forever. If your goal was to end up with a relaxing, mildly meditative state at the end, that's great! But if you'd like for the game to have progression/an end, maybe having the gardener take longer between each visit as the game progresses would help?
Hope you keep working on this to give it more mechanics/progression in the future :)
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UnderAchieverI really enjoyed playing this; what a lovely game! A few scattered thoughts:
- The game's atmosphere and art were super relaxing!
- Even with the labels, the controls were confusing to me at first — I kept on trying to click on the plants, and then trying to drag 'n drop the labels to the plants 😅 I feel like the keybinds make a lot of sense once you start playing, but if you were to develop this further, I think a quick tutorial could really help.
- It felt impossible to save some of the plants, while others seemed almost too sustainable — a little frustrating, but think it's hard issue not to run into with so few choices. Totally understandable, given the time constraint!
- I would LOVE to see this turn into a refined, longer game, involving more factors like sunlight, fertilizer, etc. and research into different types of plants. Think it could be really fun to manage.
Thank you so much for sharing, and great work! :)
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Spring's Balleti love the graphics!! the houseplants feel so cosy! i feel bad for letting some of the plants die tho
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Tower's Last StandNice concept with a very enjoyable soundtrack, well done :)
The gameplay is a bit repetitive tho
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Island SurvivorsThis was so cute and relaxing! I love the change in perspective, my plants were trying to communicate their needs with me this whole time! I would love to play an expanded version of this at some point, maybe with more types of plants or more ways to signal problems?
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Crushing (on) my enemyNow I understand why my plants are dying. I loved the controls for this, really intuitive and the way the plants grow a little bit when I select them made it really easy to not look down at my keyboard. Also, was the gardener based on the main character from One Piece? Having such a weirdly buff gardener with an open shirt was really funny :)
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Good Medium, Bad NightAs someone who constantly manages to kill cacti, I can understand how challenging game development can be. But despite the difficulties, it's incredibly fun and enjoyable. I really love it!
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[GMTK-2023] Can I move?
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