Well, not bad, but some medals are not working. Fix this, please, and PM me.
Reviews for "Gerry's Grueling Garden"
I wasn't expecting this to be that good at first. It was mostly because I couldn't control anything in this game! At least I'm glad you made it so that you can control the direction of where the plant grows. It's nice that you have a game that's fairly clear cut. What I didn't like about this was that I felt it was a bit too hard with how the leaves went down after one touch. Of course, that would have made the game too easy.
Besides, I didn't even die when doing that. I do appreciate the graphics on this game. Again, it's impressive how you managed to make this in a relatively short amount of time. You really don't know what to expect with these games that have shown up in this month's game jam. This was just well done.
Spudzy responds:
Thanks alot! You're a legend at reviewing stuff :)
well, it's good to see there are so many helpful reviews here!
pros: I loved the idea. The concept was original, it was basically a "build your own platformer" in game style. The graphics were spot-on, and the engine itself was good. Honestly, I couldn't see any bugs.
cons: The controls are off. Jumping and ducking should be grouped with the directional keys, and other keys should perform other functions (remember, a PC gamer's natural hand position is on w, a, s, d, shift, and space)
the game was too easy - the first time you die on a level is the last time you will die on that level.
Spudzy responds:
Not all games need 'up' as the jumping key. But thanks for the honest review. And yeah, I hope we actually start getting more helpful reviews coming in.
I think this is a good game, with an interesting gameplay. With some polishing, it could be made into a full game.
I think the way the leaves sprout is the aspect that needs more work. If you move the plant horizontally, you may find yourself that two consecutive leaves are placed too separate and they create a gap which I couldn't jump over. This is because one leaf may grow towards the left and the next one towards the right and then you have a big hole. My solution was to constantly go back and forth so a lot of leaves would appear and then I could walk over it with no problem.
Btw, at least in my computer, it doesn't save progress :(
Spudzy responds:
You can reach from a leaf facing left to a leaf facing right, you need to press and hold 'S' to perform a higher jump. I should've made that more clear though :/
Thanks for the review anyways.
I had a blast working on this thing with you guys :D. I'm so happy with the final result ^_^
Spudzy responds:
Mee too! :)