Pretty good, but I don't know why the plants you start with would be random and not in a list to choose from at the start.
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Roots N Shovels's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #3 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #8 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Polish | #9 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Special Object Implementation | #9 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Audio | #11 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
| Theme Implementation | #12 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Visuals | #17 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Theme Implementation
Root N Shovel interprets the theme through botanical survival and cyclical growth. The entire gameplay revolves around nurturing and protecting a sacred plant from a vulnerable Seed through 5 distinct developmental stages into Full Bloom.
Special Object addition
The shovel is both a gardening tool and the gardener's primary instrument of defense. Beyond a simple melee weapon.
What tools and 3rd party assets did you use?
Pixi.js
How did you use generative AI?
Generative AI (Nanobanana AI) was used as an assets designer.
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