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A jam submission

Water BugView game page

Help Save the Cacti!
Submitted by Flame34x (@Flame34x), badgerattack — 7 hours, 31 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
How well does the game fit the themes?#34.5454.545
How much do you enjoy the game overall?#43.3643.364
Gameplay#43.6363.636
Overall#43.6183.618
Visuals#53.6363.636
Audio#112.9092.909

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How long was your dev time?
Programming - Flame (3 Hours) Art - BadgerAttack (2hrs 30 mins)

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Comments

Submitted

The game mechanic for this was really cool! The art is really cute too. I like how hectic the game was but I think it would have been nice to have the cacti a little closer to the center just so the bugs we wouldn't be so close to where the chompers spawned. Good work!

Submitted

Really cute and fun! Audio feedback for interacting with the cacti would be nice, I found that I kept checking the UI to see if I had deposited my water.

Submitted(+1)

I like it when an element has several gameplay mechanics: the cactuses must be saved and allow us to hide. It's very clever in terms of game design. Well done.

Submitted(+1)

I liked this game, I started it several times to try to beat my score, however the game lacks visual and audio feedback, but nothing surprising for a game that has to respect the delait of the 3 hours, not like ours xd

Developer

yeah it was definitely planned but ended up not being added due to time 😂. Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Nice strong visual style.

  •  I also found the bug hard to control, it turns like a car, feels that controls should have been like a car, AD for turn-left/turn-right, instead of  WASD for up/down/left/right, it feels weird. 
  • I would have preferred a slower start for the first few secs, I found gameplay too fast for my liking (but I know others will like games at that pace)
  • Initial screen resolution issue, fine for full screen but was being clipped for in normal browser window.
Submitted

I found the bug a little hard to control, but once I got the hang of it, I had a good amount of fun! Smart concept - I particularly like that you had to watch out for your health as well as the hydration of the plants. Trying to balance two competing concerns is a great start to a game's design.

Developer(+1)

thank you for the feedback!

Submitted

Nice one! Would have like to see collision on the map border. Cool artstyle !

Developer

definitely an oversight on my part, thank you for trying it!