An ambitious idea. Good focus on how the forest is connected and the resource management. The threats the forest faces were quite intense, would have been nice to see some natural threats like drought, blizzards or floods.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme interpretation | #11 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Gameplay | #17 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #36 | 3.367 | 3.367 |
| Storytelling | #97 | 2.800 | 2.800 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This was an interesting take on the theme! Admittedly, when I saw this game was about shepherding and strengthening a forest, I though of the guardian fox spirit in Jade Empire, who carefully gathers strength in anticipation of a showdown when an evil antagonist begins corrupting her forest.
While the game didn't have a twist in that vein (in my play-throughs thus far), I did see how the game could lend itself to teaching kids about trees, forests, and how they grow & regrow. Nice start!
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OnboardingThank you for playing, technically it should have been balanced enough that you should have won more than you lost, so youre very unlucky lol. I had to cut a lotttt of stuff as i ran out of time so the polish did not get the attention it deserved. im glad you liked how i attempted to fit the theme. Thanks
Very unconventional choice to play as a tree, but honestly refreshing for that reason . LoL, not sure where the dragon came from, but that was fun, if maybe perhaps OP.
Had a bit of an issue with sizing and seeing some of the dialogue choices, but the way it was presented was kind of nice. This sort of brought me back to The Giving Tree which was one of my favorite childhood books.
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Blue Line Connecthaha yeah, the dragon was a little easter egg that was supposed to be OP, i like dragons so i wanted to put it in there. I dont know css so i just used a template and edited it a bit for the visuals, which unfortunately ended up in some visual crunch but i didnt have the know how to fix. Thanks for playing though.
Fun take on the theme, good game! I had maxed out a lot of stats and was confused when I lost, but replaying again it became clearer!
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Down the AlleywayConsidering the engine, you had a good idea for a plot. I was just a little lost on the event that tested my mother tree (and did no find out why i have won) but good stuff and straight to the theme!
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