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Planting Humanity - GMTK 2023's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #2862 | 3.122 | 3.122 |
| Presentation | #3306 | 2.796 | 2.796 |
| Overall | #3695 | 2.653 | 2.653 |
| Enjoyment | #4810 | 2.041 | 2.041 |
Ranked from 49 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?
In this game, the roles are reversed and humans are planted in a garden.
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?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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I've softlocked myself so many times...
Chill vibes. Wish it had a little more depth, but I really loved the presentation.
Nice work.
Music is really good here! The $100 seed has to be a troll, right?
Thank you! :D
It was a bug-sized troll for sure (I really just didn't have time to fix this bug/didn't notice it until play testing right before the deadline)
Selling humans. The $100 seed immediately died, was this supposed to happen?
Humans were sold. :/
The $100 seed has a bug that causes the life cycle timer to loop without stopping (only after the sell button is pushed). I wasn't able to fix the bug before the project deadline :''(
very cool art and music, I especially liked that wonky chuck sutton type beat :D the concept is good, as well as the presentation and pretty polished, but the execution was a bit lacking in terms of gameplay, as I see others have told you as well. I personally couldn't get the 100$ seed human to live :( he just dies instantly in the pot. at least I could right click on the right of the screen to switch songs while i was waiting for the humans to grow haha.
This is very impressive for a 1 man game jam! Props!
I aged quicker than the 100 dollar seed playing this game.
Its a disturbing motive for the game...
I love disturbing motives, well done <3
Consider changing the graphic style for something more strange/scary + polish a little bit and i think it would be very interesting.
I would work a little more on balance. You more often than not, feel like you are not the cause of what is happening. You run out of money or don't feel like your decisions make an impact. In rest, very impressive for a solo project.
Thanks for the constructive feedback! I was a little disappointed with the balance of the game myself :(
I had hoped to take some time to go back and make sure everything felt "fair" for the player but ran out of time and had to make some tough decisions. After the voting period ends I plan to fix a few bugs and rebalance things a bit (not that it matters much after the jams over lol)
Fun idea! With some after jam development you could turn this into a really fun experience. I really liked the music and sound effects. Great job!
Thank you! After the voting period ends I plan on polishing up the game just a little bit <3
A strange idea, but with good art and I liked the sounds and music💚
A strange idea indeed :P
Thanks you, I had a lot of fun making this music and art <3
Very cursed reversal lol, would not have thought of it.
Thank you! It was a fun idea to play around with for sure <3
The game is overall a creative reversal of gardening, though would be nice if there were plant people buying the humans. It's hard to gain a profit and difficult to tell if the human will survive the next growth.
Thank you for the constructive feedback! The original goal was to have plant "people" who did the gardening and a whole economy system but I had to make some tough calls on what content to cut while trying to meet the short deadline. I also agree it is difficult to gain a profit and the gameplay needs balancing. At one point I had a 5 star system that gained a star for each phase of growth (to let them know how far the human had grown) but also had to cut that out. :(
Funny game. I liked the music.
Thank you! The music was fun to make, and the game actually has 3 different songs that it randomly picks one from every time you load the game. So you might have had a completely different song playing then someone else who plays through <3
Fun game! I figured out that you can grow the 20$ to the third stage and get 30$. I saved up for the 100$ seed pack but when I planted it, it died instantly...
Thank you! I'm glad you had fun playing :D
Unfortunately the rich people seed pack dying quickly is a bug that I discovered too late to fix. I did end up solving the problem with the timers reseting causing the rich seeds to loop to the death stage too fast, but this caused way more issues so I left this more "stable" version live instead. Better luck making my next game I hope! <3
a somewhat disgusting idea…
It makes me sick to even think about :(
5/5 stars
Very funny. love it!
Thank you! I had a lot of fun working on this small project :D
Game is creative in scope, however I wasn't able to break even, let alone make a profit. I do like the idea of growing humans clicker.
Thanks you! I'm sorry that you weren't able to play and make money, I definitely needed to balance the gameplay a lot more. I just ran out of time and didn't get a chance to make the prices and profits fair for the player :(
Lesson learned for next time though! <3
Reach people grows faster?) I only see a black hat for a 5 milliseconds) Not sure it was planned) But very sedative, music is awesome.
It was not intended for the rich people seeds to grow and die so fast, this was a bug I wasn't able to fix in time :((
I did end up fixing the bug right before the deadline, but it broke so many other things I just decided to leave this more stable version live instead. Thanks for the feedback and taking the time to play <3
what. WHAT.
what.
Jokes aside, neat game, great humor, phenomenal music! I enjoyed this one, in all it's simplicity. The food does nothing and the expensive human dies immediately (is that the joke?). Would really love if there were more pots or ways to get more, so there is promise of exponential growth if you can manage
harvestingcaring for all those people. Cool concept!Be sure to check out the game I made art for <3
MMMMMMMM......Pizza!! :P
Thank you, this was a really fun project to make in a short time limit! I played No Papers, Please as one of the first games I checked out and I have to say this: I was so addicted!! I really wanted to win but the shake test really made me want to rage quit <3 I think I played for a solid 10 minutes trying before I had to go give some other games a chance lol
Really nice idea! The visuals are simple but well polished. Good job!
I appreciate it! I was worried the visuals might be a little too simple, but just went with it for the sake of finishing it in time :D