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A jam submission

Cozy LakeView game page

Make the flowers of the lake bloom.
Submitted by joemanaco (@joemanaco) — 6 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Music#34.2694.269
Judge's Pick#9n/an/a
Overall#123.9153.915
Art#184.2314.231
Gameplay#233.8083.808
Fun#423.4623.462
Theme#453.8083.808

Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

KAPLAY

No

Was not made with KAPLAY

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Comments

Jam JudgeSubmitted

The mood you have created in this game is super tranquil. Beautiful sprites and great music + SFX, it's full of life!
It took me a second to figure out how to set up the boxes, and the first one I did was by total accident! It felt rewarding to set up new plants. Fantastic work on this!

Submitted

very pretty and looks like a cool idea, however i must be a complete doofus or something because i was unable to get a single box made. never found a spot where i could place the 4th tile in a square to make a slot for a flower. so i just exhausted all my cards to make a sort of sprawling shape always hoping the next one would match up somewhere, which got harder and harder to see the bigger the shape got :(

Submitted

The mechanic and the feedback is pretty solids! Love the game and the puzzle! Quite simple and yet addictive to solve!

Submitted

Wow. My only gripe is that I keep getting stuck; maybe having two or three tiles out at once instead of one would help? Otherwise, amazing.

Submitted

This was really well done. Cozy was a good descriptor, I kind of lost myself into the game. I would love this on my phone to just zone out with. I got 7/8 flowers but plan on coming back to finish my lake garden.

Submitted

Finally won, it took me much more time than I'd like to admit, interesting mechanic that requires a lot of attention, but I really liked the music and art style.

Submitted

I found this game really fun, the only thing how are you meant a perfect game. I was able to get 7/8

Submitted

Really cozy game :). It took me a few rounds to understand it but I managed to get it on my 3rd run. 280 points! Is that good? I hope so. Anyways, there's so much polish, the ambience and music is lovely, and the design of this game while sometimes frustrating, is quite rewarding. Maybe a bit more player agency would be nice? Such as being able to swap up to two things on every card? Either way, this was a great game. Well done!

Submitted

the music is the best thing ever - art is great too. I could not for the life of me figure out how to solve this puzzle though. Some animated examples maybe would have been good :)

Developer

Yes, a interactive tutorial of some kind would be best to explain the game. Or some intro-levels with a small pre-defined deck or something.  Glad you enjoyed the music :)

Submitted

Music is reallyyy chill and nice, gameplay is a bit repetitive tho

also liked the vibes

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks! I thought of a few things to vary the gameplay (events, special cards) but didn't have time to implement it.

Submitted

I really like it,

reminded me of Dorfromantik, and how I like such cozy puzzles.

And the idea of planting all the flowers, rather than just expanding in one direction, suits this genre  very well!

The only complaint is that some of the flowers icons seem too similar.

Developer

Yes, I agree. I think the 2-Color-Restriction of the jam worked clearly against the gameplay a little bit. That, and that I decided at the beginning to go for a low resolution in combination. :)

Submitted

Cool concept and the visuals are beautiful..

Developer

Thank you

Submitted

At first I was trying to create perfect 3x3 grids and got stuck oops! Super simple yet very polished with great visuals and music to make it super relaxing but also needing some focus too! Overall great job!

Developer

Thank you, 3x3 grid sounds pretty hard. :)

Submitted

Creative and cozy game, Iim not good at this type of games, couldn't place all the flowers but tried my best haha, nice job

Developer

Thanks, yes it's pretty hard - I only managed to complete it with all flowers placed one time myself :)

Submitted

Love this game!

Perfect music, awesome art and very fun to play!

Developer

Thank you

Submitted

Loved this game! It was so much fun playing it! I really felt like going back to play more! Great game!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

The game is really cozy and relaxing. I really liked the graphics and music. I just couldn't get the flowers to bloom the first time I played, but I'll keep trying :D

Developer

Thanks for your comment. Glad you liked it :)

Submitted(+1)

It got me hooked… played for an hour and finally managed to get all the flowers bloom. score 380 :-) good job!

Developer

This comment made my day :) Thanks

Submitted

This game feels like the very definition of a chill game. The sounds, the music, and the gameplay are all incredibly harmonious. After a while, it even started to feel like I was solving a puzzle. The gameplay isn’t very long-lasting and can get a bit repetitive, but overall it’s a really, really good piece of work.

Developer(+1)

Thank you, yes it becomes quite tricky :)

Submitted

Chill and lovely game :)
Gets a little boring after a short while, though. Amazing art & music!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for your feedback.