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My Friend, MarthaView game page

Help your friend, Martha the Plant !

Submitted by Ema (@puree_adventure) — 8 hours, 45 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Overall	#3	3.923	3.923
Theme/Limitation	#3	4.077	4.077
Music/Sound	#3	4.231	4.231
Graphics/Animation	#5	4.308	4.308
Fun/Design	#10	3.538	3.538
Technical Implementation	#12	3.462	3.462

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you credit all assets in-game (including your own) as required by the rules?

Yes

Did you include an in-game time limitation?

Yes

Team Size

Pair (2)

What main engine/tool/language did you use to construct the game?
construct 3

How does your game apply the optional theme?
Stream water on Martha !

Which art and audio did you / your team NOT create from scratch?
sfx and songs have been created by using sounds from packs that have been modified and are credited in the description

Which art & audio did you / your team create BEFORE the jam started?
none

Which diversifiers did you use, if any?
By the hand, One button

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Comments

H.H.MagooSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This game a wonder! The funky, heartfelt art makes it distinct from every other game in the universe and the game play and the sound design complement the art perfectly. Since I am bad at playing games, I appreciate that yours does not penalize ludicrously janky pipe systems that wouldn't hold water in real life. My only suggestion for improvement would be to replace the 'x marks the spot' cursor with some other icon because 'x' makes me think I'm doing something wrong.

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H.H.MagooSubmitted2 years ago

This game a wonder! The funky, heartfelt art makes it distinct from every other game in the universe and the game play and the sound design complement the art perfectly. Since I am bad at playing games, I appreciate that yours does not penalize ludicrously janky pipe systems that wouldn't hold water in real life. My only suggestion for improvement would be to replace the 'x marks the spot' cursor with some other icon because 'x' makes me think I'm doing something wrong.

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Jupiter_Hadley2 years ago(+1)

Really lovely graphics! I included it in my Time Jam compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)

EmaDeveloper2 years ago

I loved watching you play all the game thank you for doing it ! (also really funny, in your despair to find how to connect the pipes you clicked on my secret button (left click) to show the hand that i deleted from the game but wanted to keep for myself bc i spend 4h drawing it x))

Mr.Boss-inatorSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun game. Though the collectibles weren't obvious at first - for a while I was treating them as background elements until I just happened to hit one of them with a pipe and :o something happened!

Aside from that, I enjoyed it!

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Solanum TeamSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This is absolutely great! The art, music, sounds and gameplay just fit together perfectly! My only tip is that if the collectibles were a little bigger would be easier to spot them, but that's a picky detail.

It's a really good game! Congrats!

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MagnSubmitted2 years ago

Fun with great graphics but gets impossible after a while. The level design seems random.

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EmaDeveloper2 years ago

The levels are random indeed, sorry if you got an impossible one that happens (rarely thankfully x)) Also I noticed in play testing that people sometimes don’t know that they can trace the path on the decorative pipes too, maybe that’s what you thought too ? But you can, if you have a cactus just in front of the start, you can go left instead of right, same with the end pipe !

Thank you for your comment, I hope you give it another go if needed :D

MagnSubmitted2 years ago

Thanks, but the way was totally blocked by cacti. To make sure there is always at least one solution you could check out the A* algorithm:

https://briangrinstead.com/blog/astar-search-algorithm-in-javascript/

LilikoiboySubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This! Is! Marthaaaaaa!

Nice high score game! Simple and efficient :) !

I would have liked Martha to come back to life a little with each watering.

It's very sad... But! The pretty colors make up for it all!

Nice job!

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It belongs in a museum!

EmaDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you !! This game is inspired by my real plants always dying around me and it is indeed pretty sad x)

No for real, thank you very much for your comment, I have an idea of how that could happen, I will maybe change it after the end of the jam !

benhen_26Submitted2 years ago(+1)

This game is super polished and fun! I love the arcade style high score taking approach that was taken. It did take me a second to figure out what I was supposed to do as, like another comment points out, the pipes and collectibles didn't stand out quite as much as I think they should have. Also, I know it's a high score game and made in limited time, but it would have been neat if Martha came to life more the more you watered her. I played a few rounds and every time she seemed like she died at the end of the time limit. On one hand, this makes sense, but I would have had a happier ending if you last longer in the game just to encourage the player to play again more. Overall, great work!

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EmaDeveloper2 years ago

Yes about Martha dying, I had trouble finding out what could happen at the end of the time because you need a reason to try to get the longest time possible, so it couldn’t be a happy ending because otherwise why would you want to have a long time ? But like you said Martha dying everytime is not very rewarding so it is a struggle x)

Thank you very much for playing and for letting a comment !

AsdonaurSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Very addicting game!

I was like 10 minutes playing this lol.

My only problem is that important things (like the start an end pipes, and the collectibles) shoud be a bit bigger so its easier to find them with the eye.

But the art, music and general gameplay are great! Good luck!

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One Minute To Build

EmaDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

thank you so much for playing and leaving a message ! And I agree about the sprite, maybe I’ll change it when the jam is done :D