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This is so awesome, keep up the good work yall!

https://finite-reflection.itch.io/the-gardener-and-the-wild-vines

You are most welcome! Thank you for playing it, we're so glad it brought you joy.

This is a demo/prologue of a very unique take on the "souls" genre. I hadn't seen many people try to distill the souls-genre to something so simple, so I wanted to give it a shot. Its like if Geometry Wars was a souls-like. Really curious to hear what people think of this, open to feedback!

heck yeah. This game is already a ton of fun, and has a ton of potential too. Keep up the good work!

Interesting idea! Good pixel art and good implementation of randomness.

Cute !!!

Good vibes. Simple but very satisfying collecting as many dice as possible.

darn, that definitely sounds like a bug. Every play session is randomized, so if you quit the game and try again it might work.

since this was a jam game, it’s got a few bugs and to my knowledge this bug only happens occasionally. Also because we made it during a jam we didn’t have time to do sound.

I hope you’re able to enjoy the game! 

https://finite-reflection.itch.io/the-gardener-and-the-wild-vines

Thanks for the feedback! We definitely did not have enough time to balance the content/economy, but we are hoping we get some time to revisit this eventually.

You can always buy any of our free games and provide a donation you feel is appropriate! We appreciate the love <3 (but also appreciate money, because rent is real)

UPDATE: it is fixed. We also updated the build to include some new features previously only available in our Nintendo Switch release, so the game is a bit more communicative of the core mechanics. Thanks again for reaching out!

So sorry about this, its an old project and maintaining it is a bit of a hassle. We'll get the standalone fixed again, but in the meantime you should be able to progress if you launch it through the itch app (https://itch.io/app)

Thanks for buying the bundle for Ukraine and thanks for letting us know about the issue!

https://finite-reflection.itch.io/containment

Oh no! Thank you so much for playing the demo and reporting this issue. When you get some time, could you let us know your device specifics (OS, hardware, etc) so that we can hopefully start to figure out what is going on? This is the first we've heard of an issue like this, but we would like to make sure our demo is as stable as possible.

Also if you get the chance and have a little time, you can check out the demo on Steam as well, and see if the behavior there matches too.

thank you for the feedback! We may yet return to this game, and we will keep that in mind!

Yeah we may revisit this game, and can take a look at improving how engines & weight system work together. The idea was that the mass of the engines outweighs the benefit they provide over time, but we know that it was not communicated as well as it could be (nor does it feel very fair, right?)

The Gardener and the Wild Vines 1.0 is officially out now for release! https://finite-reflection.itch.io/the-gardener-and-the-wild-vines

Leap, slash, and climb your way to the top of The Magician’s towers to rescue The Prince in the heartwarming platformer from Finite Reflection.

To ascend the magician’s many towers, the titular Gardener climbs magical vines, bouncing on leaves and using his trusty shears to cut flowers which grow the vine and create new platforms. Drawing inspiration from old and new sources, the game’s vibrant visuals feature a unique mix of retro charm and modern sensibilities, combining 2D pixel art with 3D environments and effects.
To rescue his beloved prince, the Gardener will have to make his way across four distinct environments and overcome dozens of towers full of nefarious tricks and traps. Bucking the trend of punishing 2D platformers, Gardener puts the difficulty into the player’s hands with optional challenge towers, an invincibility mode, and a 3-star rating system to incentivize skilled play. Featuring a queer, POC protagonist, the lighthearted and emotional story proudly flips the classic “save the princess” narrative on its head to explore themes of identity and love in an empowering way.”

All of the achievements in our game were created from physical paintings that we scanned into the game. Interested in winning a physical painting for yourself? See the details on our Speedrun Competition and Fan Art Competition here!

For more information on the game, competitions, or just to hang out with us, join our discord and come say hi!

We sincerely hope you enjoy this game as much as we have enjoyed creating it for you <3

- Finite Reflection Studios

Hey there, we may revisit this project at a future date but right now it is on hold as we are working on other games. We have taken note of your feedback and will keep it in mind for future updates!

hope you’re able to enjoy it once your computer calms down!

whoa! That’s a fun exploit! Thanks for the heads up and thank you for the video. Glad you enjoyed the game. We have some preexisting projects we are trying to finish but once those are done we will be revisiting this. Until then, stay tuned!

Thank you so much for all the detailed feedback! We love this kind of constructive criticism. We have other projects we are finishing up right now, but once those are done we will be revisiting this one and taking everyone’s feedback into account. Stay tuned!!

Thank you for playing! This is good feedback, and we hope to improve the difficulty through various means (increasing variety of ship parts, upgrade systems, etc). Stay tuned, we aren't quite done with this game yet ;)

I had never heard of Captain Forever before, thank you so much for mentioning it! This looks like a good source of inspiration!

Thank you for playing the game! There is no ending, it's meant to be endless for now. We really appreciate the feedback and the ideas!

I just played your game, and its a shame I didn't find it during the jam! It was a really fun and inventive approach to the same concept. I especially loved the way the music built up with each part you added. Well done!

Part of our original idea was making the different ship parts be tetris-shaped! However that proved too ambitious for the jam. It is likely we will iterate further on this, but we want to keep this itch page true to the jam form. If we continue with this, we will make a separate itch page so be sure to follow us if you want to see future updates!

Hey! Thank you so much for the kind words and the feedback. We will definitely take this into account.

Yeah, this is due to a bug we hope to fix in a small update soon! Thanks for playing the game, and stay tuned!

Hey there! No we haven't fixed that yet, since we have multiple other active projects at this time. We will release a small update with some bug fixes soon!

Fun interpretation of the theme! We did something similar, but I really like your idea of using a grappling hook to pull enemies onto your ship and I love how their thruster controls get added to yours, very inventive!

Thank you for the detailed feedback! I really loved Slimer too :D

thank you! We definitely bit off a bit more than we could chew haha

wow!! Thank you so much for all the detailed feedback. We will definitely take this into consideration.

Thank you so much! Really enjoyed the style and execution of your idea too!

Love your art direction, and game design! This was really polished and fun!

Thank you so much! Also this was not made by one person, we just have a singular account for our studio. This was made by two people, Kartik and Eric (you can see our twitter links in game!).

Thank you! Really enjoyed playing your game too!