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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #5 | 4.438 | 4.438 |
| Presentation (visuals) | #10 | 4.208 | 4.208 |
| Overall | #14 | 4.090 | 4.090 |
| Concept (gameplay) | #53 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Ranked from 48 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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you made a very good little building game here, relaxing and cozy! showing highlights of all possible moves would definitely make it even better for me
good work!
I really enjoy the core mechanic of adding branches. I'm definitely checking back for the post-jam version. I noticed that you can't remove mushrooms, but you can remove branches with mushrooms on them. This seems like this might be unintentional, but I can not tell.
Fantastic puzzle and very good music, great work!!
I liked it but I think it could use a highscore/death system because when I left I forgot my score and so did the game. I like the relaxing idea but I don't entirely understand why mushrooms are irremovable. Good game! please come and rate my game. (-:
Finally got to try this out. A great little toy so far but the potential is definitely there when you implement game over conditions and the collectables. Looking forward to your post jam version!
Thank you. Yeah I think there’s a lot of potential for it as a mobile app too. I think a taller (and slightly narrower) game area will make it more interesting and require more strategy.
Hey, this is a very cool. First time out the gate I got like 10 right facing expansions interspersed with two ups and mushroom haha. Very intuitive and slick. Solid work!
Haha, that sounds pretty unlucky! I think I need to work on the randomness so it’s not quite as random and it gives you moves that are a bit more balanced to begin with. I’m glad you liked it though.
Nice challenging game, visuals are pretty good too. Good job!
Oh hey, thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. For the post-jam version I’m going to add an “arcade” mode that has a timer the counts down, and each time you place a mushroom you get extra time. That should be really challenging! :-D
Really cool concept! I almost completed the grid, there where 4 tiles left.
Oh nice, it sounds like you did really well. Filling the corners is especially tough because you’ve got to use mushrooms to reach them.
Nice little puzzle arcade game! The visuals are very cute and I love how you can plan ahead by watching the incoming moves. The only note would be that it was a little difficult to find the snap points for growing my next move. Great job! :)
Thank you! And I totally know what you mean about the snap points. In the post-jam version I’ve tweaked the branch sprites so that they sit more centrally in the grid so it’s more obvious where things can go, and I’m thinking about a “relaxed” game mode where it highlights all possible moves automatically, for a nice chill experience.
Oh nice! I like the gems and coins! adds a fun objective to grow towards :)
Quite the challenging game!
Hehe, I’m thinking of adding a timed arcade mode post-jam which will be even more challenging!
I love trees. I love puzzles. I love chill nature vibes. This game hit a lot of sweet spots for me.
Ah, then it’s like this game was made especially for you! I’m really happy that you liked it. 😊
really cool and unique idea. Nice job!
Thank you so much Rafael. I’m really glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Wonderful cozy game. Great work! Keep it up!
Oh nice! You did pretty well there. I’ve only broken through 10k a couple of times myself, excluding the times when I exploited some bugs to get infinite points! :-D
Good game, but I think we can grow the trunks without limit to the top
Yeah, quite a few people have discovered that bug, which kind of makes it impossible to lose. :-(
I’m working on the post-jam version today and with that bug fixed (along with a couple of others) the balance is much better and more like what I’d imagined it to be like! I’m glad you enjoyed it though.
It took me some time to figure out the rules.But after I understood it become much more interesting.Really good mechanic.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it, and sorry it took you while to figure it out. I started working on a mini-tutorial on day 2 but I had to abandon it due to illness! :(
Really nice game. I like the whole composition of theme, music and assets. Great idea fun to play around with.
Hey, thank you so much, I’m really glad you enjoyed playing it. I didn’t get to implement as much as I’d hoped to due to illness on day 2, but I still think it’s a good base for some more polished in the future.
epik. managed to figure out that if u try to go straight up too far, it'll still give points but not place stuff. same with the bottom right. finding glitch-like things is kinda my thing lol. also right below me is someone with a papyrus pfp!!! :O
Yeah, this is quite a big bug that I wish I’d noticed before submitting, but oh well, nothing I can do about it now! 🤣
I’ve fixed it in the post-jam version, along with a bunch of other small bugs, and the balance is overall much much better!
that bug is the only reason i was able to get the score i have right now, which is 238500.
Wow! This is great. Such a cool idea, really addictive too. Loved it. There are a few bugs like some others mentioned but it’s great.
Thank you, so glad you’re enjoying it. I’ll definitely be squashing those bugs post-jam! 😁 What’s your high score so far?
oops, I forgot my high score. Guess I’ll have to play again.
Nice casual game done well, very complete
Thank you! ☺️ What’s your high score?
Soooo, this one took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out :D I love the idea, it's well executed, but could've been better explained, also it's not always clear, where your next move can be placed. Small bug I found, it's possible to click "delete" on a mushroom, which does nothing.
Hey, you’re totally right. I was planning on adding a mini tutorial to it, but I wasn’t feeling well this morning, so I didn’t end up working on it at all today!
Maybe I should add some better instructions (with images) to the project page. I guess that’s not against the rules of the jam! :-D