A fun and chill little farming game, I love the fact that you can unlock more crops and it makes the game less boring tbh. Pretty fun game and congrats on your submission!

A nice little farming game. The progression is fun, and the planting system is excellent. I also liked the color changes in the sprites at the beginning—that was a really nice touch. The sound effects are good, and the music is pleasant too. Overall, it’s a great game. Well done!

i loved that this was about community gardens and how it's community-run in contrast to LoveCorp. sadly the ending where the corporation takes over this plot can happen so it becomes that people advocate for them in their local community boards. i also liked the community y'all created within this world and how this garden brought them together. i appreciated learning more about plants too

the text can be hard to read since it's very clumped together. at least some line breaks for each paragraph would help with readability. i also couldn't figure out how to plant my new seeds. plus, the gaps of empty days felt confusing, like the game was unfinished so i'm wondering if y'all could've skipped over the empty days

great work and congrats on submitting!!

Very nice game, well done!

The art is crisp and the audio is relaxing (apart from the cars, but they fit into the urban theme). I think you nailed the theme and impact, by showing the power of community gardens (moreover, in opposition to late-stage capitalism).

Sadly, the gameplay is a bit basic : I planted everything, then I was changing rows when I was given a new seed. Harvesting just removes the plant. And the walls of text are not easy to read, although the story is engaging.

Any way, congrats for the jam!

Notes from gameplay:

• Ability to change font is nice, the default is hard to read
• Nice range of settings options!
• Music is fun and boppy
• Whoa, wall of text. This would be a lot better if it was fed to the player in sections
• Music stops when text intro comes up
• Nice worldbuilding with the instadrone
• lol @ cactus
• Intro text is well written, funny and sets the scene well for gameplay
• Text on the left sidebar is getting cut off (maybe because I have the 2nd font choice?)
• Clicking on tiles to dig and plant feels very slick and satisfying. Excellent use of changing graphics and giving auditory feedback to actions.
• The pixel art is very well done. You convey a lot of details in a just a few pixels!
•  I'm enjoying meeting the community! I like how you show vs tell, eg kia ora and abuela indicate different cultural backgrounds without flat out explaining it
• A bit confused by the gameplay itself. It looks like the lettuce is grown on day 4? Do I pick it? I clicked on it, but nothing seemed to change in my UI, although it vanished from the garden
• Love learning about new types of plants through the zine, great educational inclusion
• How do I not have enough plants for worms?! The entire garden is planted (maybe it's not counting the grown lettuce?)
• Oh, Sabbah brought worms the next day without me doing anything
• Ooh, I love the little butterflies around the grown plants. I forget what those are called (some sort of labeling in the UI would be helpful)
• lol @ the old grumpy man who actually just wants the garden to be better
• No more story :(
• Surprise story! The ending is very sweet and I love how the community came together to stick it to the corporation
• Aww, the tree blooming is a lovely touch and it's the most beautiful art in the game!
• Pigeon consulting, eh?
• Love the call to action at the end about community gardens

This was a lovely little narrative piece. The gameplay feels more like a relaxing way to progress though the story. I really wish the text had been easier to read - the story is wonderful, but SO hard to read :(  A bit of polish there would definitely improve the game! Overall, great work and inspiring. I want to go make a community garden now!