Post-mortem
Description
Budding and Flooding
Budding and Flooding is a small game where you must complete an infinite cycle of tasks to grow a bud to a big strong tree in an ascii world.
I had to submit this very early, so this was more of a fun experement with fonts and ascii art.
Goal
Complete the tasks given to you.
Colours of the task indicate what resource must be taken to the required location.
Controls
WAD - Move
W - Select
Interacting is automatic
Tips
Gather up a fair few of each resource when you can, so you don't have to later!
Feedback
Summary
Players appreciated the ASCII art aesthetic and retro sound design, finding the visual style appealing and fitting the jam theme. However, many noted the gameplay felt incomplete, overly simple, or lacking motivation, with some confusion around controls and missing features like fullscreen. Several suggested the game could benefit from further development and expansion to enhance engagement.
Art/Aesthetic
Gameplay
Theme Fit
Controls
Technical/Features
Generated by AI based on the feedback Budding And Flooding received.
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PatronI like the art, it is clean. The water looks nice. Would be cool as a metroidvania.
SubmittedHazel The Plant Witch
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Patron
Like the ascii art ^^
Continued to play for a while after the tree stopped growing, I assume there is no ending?
Oh, also, fullscreen and window resize don't work - it feels like you enabled those options, but have code running every step that resets the game window to default size or something? 🤔
SubmittedRADS
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Patron
I like the concept but I would have liked to have seen more, if you're going ASCII, go all out and make it fully ASCII where the character aligns with the grid, I also think more could have been added in different areas to expand on this. It's a good, experimental idea, hopefully with more time you'd be able to expand further on this
SubmittedCactus Capers
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Lv. 3
not too fun, tbh i was stuck on the menu because i didn't know what button to press(i know it says the controls but i'd rather have the controls in the game), fits well but i don't like it, i appreciate the effort tho
SubmittedNo Matter What
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Patron
It's nice. Visual style is cool, but the gameplay is too simple.
SubmittedSTONKS-9800
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Lv. 17
Yeah that's a fair judgement, haha. I was meaning on turning this into a larger metroidvania, but IRL things happened so I thought I'd just release this little version instead.
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Lv. 7
I absolutely love the ascii art aesthetic and retro sounds and general feel of the game. Though while the art and sound is good, the game starts to feel more like a chore after a few minutes rather than something I actually want to play. It feels like the player needs more of a motivation to do these tasks.
SubmittedSeascraper
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Patron
The ascii art is cool, now I kind of want to make an ascii game. Even though the gameplay is simple it fits the theme well and I was pretty into it while I was playing.
SubmittedMy Little Sumo
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Lv. 6
Hey, it sounds like you didn't finish the game, but I did enjoy the aesthetic and what gameplay you did complete. I hope you come back and flesh out this idea in the future.
SubmittedRise Rhythm