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A jam submission

Terrarium KeeperView game page

Submitted by oblong, Lishai228 — 2 hours, 18 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#364.4174.417
Artwork#4254.2784.278
Creativity#4524.2224.222
Audio#7913.6113.611
Narrative#19482.8332.833

Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Grow and sell plants to pay your rent . Plant -> Grow -> Sell -> Repeat. In theory this loops could go forever, but our high score is 45 weeks. Can you beat it?

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Submitted(+2)

Cool game! reminds me of the zen garden in PvZ :D

Submitted(+2)

Great game! I made it to 45 weeks. The flow was smooth and I think it was a great take on the theme!

Submitted(+2)

Very cute game! I’ve actually been working on a similar concept outside the jam, and this is such a lovely take on it.
I wasn’t totally sure how planting the shears worked, their value went up, but I didn’t notice them cutting anything.
Still a really fun and cute game. I really enjoyed it!

Submitted(+2)

Great game! Everything fits together :)

Submitted(+2)

Very cool idea and successfully turned to a good game! Also very good artwork

Submitted(+2)

Ooh, loving the vibes here! Really nice work, well done! Now back to growing some plants!

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Submitted(+2)

Really loved the loop here:} great artwork.

Submitted(+2)

This is really satisfying! I wanted to watch my plants grow more, but capitalism waits for nobody 😭😭 an endless growing loop would be good fun too.

Submitted(+2)

So relaxing! This game fully reflects my life goals

Submitted(+2)

Looks gorgeous, apparently there are some combo potentials I am not figuring out. I would love an easy mode where rent is very low (or zero) so I can l sit staring at the sprite :>. But as of now man got to capitalism :<, selling babies for cash 

Submitted(+2)

As a plant parent, it pains me to sell my beloved plants to pay my rent :))) very cool idea and cute visuals! Btw, I don't know what you did, but those sound effects are HELLA FUN to listen to!!!

Submitted(+2)

My plant business got wrecked at 27 weeks hahah, got attached to some of the plants real quick so it pained me to sell them for a quick buck... also love both the art style and gameplay!♡( ◡‿◡ )

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Really enjoyed this one, great work! My only major feedback would be:

It'd be good to be able to sell multiple plants without having to re-select the coin every time.

The music is good but occasionally feels a bit aggressive for the mood of the game?

I made it to week 39, gonna try again and see if I can get to 45 next time.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

That's a really nice game. Initially, I was a little overwhelmed at the complexity, but I soon figured out that I didn't have to understand all the nuances to play. I also failed at 45 weeks on my first go.

I'm not convinced you could last forever. Rent is constantly increasing, but your ability to generate money is limited. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the game will always end at some point. It's nicely balanced however. I felt under pressure to make the rent each time it was due, and only once had a comfortable amount of money from the sale of a $5000+ orchid. I also got lucky with sheers and a bonsai tree which was worth around $4000 I think.

Beautifully presented with top notch art, sound and gameplay.

My main niggles are minor, but important:

  • When it gets busy I can't see the prices at a glance. Sure, I can hover over them to see a pop-up panel. I'd like to be intuitively aware of how the prices are affected though.
  • It would be lovely to have visual feedback of where you're clicking. Just a simple rollover would probably work. I would click on taller plants, sheers etc and find I wasn't selecting them, or I'd select the wrong thing. This minor annoyance took me out of flow several times, and would be pretty easy to address.

Well done, a great entry!

Submitted(+2)

I love the art! I wish there was something that showed how big the plants are gonna get.

Submitted(+2)

Super fun game, I survived 45 weeks (bonzai are a bit strong I think)

Submitted(+2)

Love my 38 week old cactus

Submitted(+2)

this is so cute i love cacti so much. too bad they don't sell enough to keep up with the constant housing crisis :(

i like the adjacency rules that make me have to strategically plant and make it harder for me to be optimal esp in the end game!!

Submitted(+2)

In my completely unbiased opinion I think the music is great

Jokes aside this game is SO MUCH FUN! Thanks for letting me be a part of it!

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