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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #104 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Artistic Style | #109 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Playability | #487 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Cleverness | #876 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- Neat game! It implements the theme well and the style is nice. I feel like the game is too easy for what it's worth, just harvesting and planting things anywhere is enough to get through a lot of waves which takes next to no strategy.
Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
Yggdrasil's light is fading. The decay brought by man's wreckless expansion has all but destroyed what was left of the glorious forest that surrounded her. In her final endeavor to protect the last forest from falling, she has summoned you to act as her guardian. She has bestowed upon you what remains of her powers of life. Will it be enough to reclaim the land, and protect it from the encroaching forces of humanity? Or will humankind unwittingly bring about not only their own but the world's end...
Objective:
Protect Yggdrasil from mankind's foolish wrath. Harvest grass to collect seeds to plant flowers, bushes, and trees to slow down humanity from destroying the mother tree at the heart of the forest.
Controls:
LEFT MOUSE: Reap Grass (used to collect seeds to plant flowers, bushes, trees)
RIGHT MOUSE: Plant Defenses (hostile forces will get tired and give up)
Q, W, E: Select the seed packets for bushes, flowers, and trees
P: Pause Menu (seriously, give it a try we have swanky pause jams!)
Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Extra Notes
How Does This Tie Into the Theme:
Spreading seed to combat spreading fires that are brought forth by the spreading plague of humanity.
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The art is perfect (the cover art is a masterpiece), gameplay loop is also really fun. My only criticism is the ui of seed bags can be more clear and maybe there could be also a option for key commands (you know harvest grass with "K" plant seeds with "L" kind of thing). But that is just opinion. Game is fantastic loved it.
This was such a cool concept. really nailed the theme of its spreading in a really super unique way.
I think with more time this concept could be fleshed out in a really awesome way. It is really hard to retain all the info in the instructions at the start, implementing a playable tutorial would help to understand the really cool mechanics a bit easier. that aside once you are in and understand the mechanics its really cool. great job
You can tell this group put their heart and soul into this game. It's a fun game with a cool concept. When the user is placing objects behind the tree, the tree should become opaque, so the user can see what is going on behind it though.