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A jam submission

Ecosystem DesignerView game page

Manage the flora and fauna to restore nutrients and revive ecosystems.
Submitted by Rosia (@ayperosia), Highland Taurus (@HighlandTaurus), Robyn (@velvetjungle97), Esteban's Games (@EstebanGamess) — 12 minutes, 36 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Concept#203.7503.750
Presentation#233.7503.750
Overall#333.4063.406
Enjoyment#413.1253.125
Use of the Limitation#573.0003.000

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Esteban - Game Design, Production, Programming. Evan - Audio Design. Rosia - UX Design, UI Artist. Eva Unit 00 - Programming. Amber - 3D Artist Robyn - 3D Artist

Software used
Unity with FMOD for audio, Maya, Blender, Affinity Suite.

Use of the limitation
a twist on a farming sim, plants have multiple applications; to consume minerals (to reduce the spread of other plants) and to produce minerals (to allow new plants to grow)

Cookies eaten
about 20 or so, my partner finished a packet of marylands XD unsure for the others in the team :D

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Looks like an ambitious concept for a game jam. It's got a nice, cozy style but it suffers from some issues. For one, a tutorial leading you through the initial setup is definitely needed with this sort of game. Bit by bit I started to better understand what I was doing, but I never quite knew if I was making the right choices, how far I was getting to achieving my goal, or why my heather plants for example were dying. The info the game provides is too minimal. Nitpicky thing: message texts don't disappear on their own (e.g. "not enough nitrogen!"), which causes them to overlap. With some further work this could be a fun, relaxing game.

Submitted (1 edit)

Interesting game. Unfortunately it's rather complicated and I'm not really sure what's going on here or what I need to do to keep plants alive. A tutorial is necessary here.
Also your controls are inverted for no reason. Scrolling forward moves me back, moving mouse to the left, moves me to the right. This is incontinent.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting game idea! I couldn't figure out how to get an eco system going, maybe a smaller sample of how to use plants and tools to create the required nutrients for other plants would be helpful. I would suggest taking this further as a mobile game, it's a neat concept

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!, A tutorial is on our top list of updates, we couldn't get that ready for release sadly, interesting idea to make it a mobile game!

Submitted(+2)

You have a perfect game to relax. I really liked the idea of managing the different aspects of the ecosystem. I miss being able to zoom the camera more or move it freely and I would like to comment on a small bug I found, the volume of the music in the ingame menu does not work. Congratulations for the work!

Developer

Thanks for the  comment! Have you tried using the scroll wheel to zoom in and dragging with right click to move the camera? I forgot to include these controls in the page

Submitted(+1)

Very cool, love the art, love the music, love the models, but there does seem to be a weird layering issue with the text at the top middle

Developer(+1)

odd, i'll look into it, thanks for playing!