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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Community's Voice | #27 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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You play as a small kid who overhears people with worries and troubles around your little garden town, and seek to bring some joy to them through carefully crafted bouquets of colorful flowers.
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An incredibly beautiful program, full of vibrant and inviting flora.
Starting off by having the camera pan towards the shrubbery encourages players to explore in that direction, and some may not intuit that their first step is to turn back. The initial rotation of the character is similarly misleading. While an open window can be intriguing, having objectives be a bit more clear is helpful to all.
There were also some issues encountered with camera control. The program does not seem to ensnare the mouse, limiting the range of motion. Luckily, camera sensitivity is high enough that this is merely a nuisance. It also appears that vertical line of sight cannot be controlled, which can make navigation more difficult when ascending pathways. The narrower pathways can even smother the camera with their greenery, regretfully obscuring the character and rest of the scene. A shame, since it is so beautifully crafted.
The music and sound design are simple, yet perfectly fit the cozy environment. With the exception of a dialog font which could have been more stylized, the design elements blend together extremely well. The style is cohesive, the character and animations are delightful, and the environment was pieced together with care. Thank you for bringing your love into this world. Please never stop. 💚
You guys took one of the purest forms of generosity and made a sweet story! The pink ribbons and flowery popups are such charming elements, and I love the soft summery vibe. It suits your game's story perfectly. Solid visual design. For gameplay, the space was a little too cramped to play without getting motion sick for me, especially with the sensitive camera; and putting together the bouquet was a little confusing. But I'd love to play your game if you continue to update it after the jam! Great work!
thanks for playing and we appreciate the feedback! definitely planning to update the game afterwards with better motion/feel/overall polish if you'd be interested!
Very cute game with a really great Ghibli-style aesthetic. The little girl is adorable and the mechanics of picking flowers and turning them into bouquets is really sweet. The camera controls were a little rough, as were the little girl's frantic movement speed. It was hard to keep up with where I was/where I was going because the camera couldn't keep up with my zoomies haha. Overall, a really sweet game with a very cute premise. Great work!
camera fixes and overall feel are definitely high priority and in progress for a future update :) thank you for playing!!
I love the little jump sound! Such a cute cozy game with nice music and fantastic artistic design. I like that you cannot pick flowers if you have no one to give them to, and the bouquet arranging is a great touch but couldn't figure out how to tie the ribbon around it to finish it. I did get a little motion sick with the camera being so close up and not being able to see where I wanted, but it also is the perspective of a smol kid and we didn't have a ton of time. Overall a great game that brought me back to picking flowers for people, thank you!
thank you for all the comments!! camera motion is def high priority to fix once we can update :)
for bouquet arranging, there's a box on the bottom right corner you can click to finish the bouquet! was a late addition so it's not very obvious lol- it's using art from the settings, which can be accessed by hitting ESC if you'd like to try lowering the camera sensitivity as well (it's still pretty janky tho)
I really like the character's art style and animations.
very cute!
Impressive!
So cool!
The environment, sound and art in general is so well done :)
It is a bit sad that the flowers that I delivered are so small in the end - I wish they were bigger so that I can have a better look at what I have accomplished ^^
Also the camera is a bit janky - the level size feels very good, but it gets annoying fast that the camera is clipping a lot with the border-hedges and so on... Would be nice if there were some more space for the camera but yeah this is only a nitpick at this point.
Very well done game - I am impressed :)
oh yea these are already on our list to fix, we could only throw art in and had no time to polish :') you know how jams go haha. thanks for checking it out!
Great game here :) impressive art design overall! making the bouquet was a nice touch as well!
Beutiful game!! 😍 Loved how we both thought of flowers for generosity 🙈 🌷
thanks for playing! 🌹🌷💐
Very cute, the art style is so beautiful, and the animations cute too! Didn't quite know what I was supposed to do, I think I might have gotten the glitch, but it was fun to run around with the flowers either way!
hey! you can read the full instructions on the game page- approach any window and left click to recieve a quest! then you can go around picking flowers and making bouquets to deliver back to the windows :) hope youll give it a try!
the glitch is only associated with the furthest wondow on the hill, so just avoid or do that house not last!
Ok cool, I'll try again soon!
I played again and managed to make progress this time, such a heartwarming idea!
thank you for giving it another go!
You're welcome!
This is such a wholesome game~ I adore the artstyle and the soft colors, and the relaxing gameplay was very enjoyable. If this was a fully published game, I would 100% buy it and just spend all day making different kinds of bouquets, wonderful work!
aw much appreciated, thanks for playing!! we def plan to polish this up and update after judging is over if you'd be interested!
Of course, I’d love to come back to your game when it’s complete! Feel free to check out my team's game as well if you're interested, no pressure of course
of course! planning to go through games once recovered from the jam crunch ha
Felt, spent two days recovering after submitting our game, we were all stressed lolol
The art is SO CUTE! Such a relaxing experience! The only thing that bothered me was the camera, I was often unable to see where I was going and it made it confusing. Great job still!!
thanks for playing!! you can adjust the camera sensitivity in the settings by hitting esc during gameplay, def something we'll have to tweak more as well!
I absolutely love the style! You def had a lot of fun making this, I hope I'll see more from you guys in the future!
thank you we did!! we have past jams on itch in similar styles if you're interested at all :)
Love love love the art of this game! So beautiful and vibrant and full of life! also really polished and simple concept! You did really really good!!!
thank you!! happy to hear you enjoyed it so much :)
Very cute game, and I love the art style! I had a lot of fun making all the bouquets!
thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it!!
It was a very lovely and wholesome experience playing this!
This is a cute game!! I love a art, UI and warm story. Though my browser crash for some reason, wish I can finish the game. Overall! Solid game, well done!
thanks for giving it a try!! not sure what could've caused the crash, but we definitely plan to optimize and bugfix once updates are allowed!
This is SUCH a cute game!! Love the style and I love the concept of making bouquets for everybody. Only issue for me was the camera was moving too fast. But that doesn't matter that much because OMG how cute!!!
Thanks for playing!! You can adjust the camera sensitivity in the settings by hitting esc during the game! :)
Very cute and cuddly game! This is one of those games that you play and will put you in a good mood! It def brightened up my day! Great job!
Really like the music and art, nice job!