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[Solito]
All art and programming done by myself. Created in Unity 5 and Maya.
Onward my friend! Grow skyward and collect solitos as you climb, but don't tip over! The taller you grow the harder it will be to stay up!
[RMB] Branch towards the right
[LMB] Branch towards the left.
If you chose to play the web version, be certain it's in full-screen so it can capture your controls.
For the best experience, use a standalone build at 'Fantastic' settings
For more information about its development and future plans, read my post here
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/12/14/growing-skyward-ld34-post-mortem/
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 92% |
| #24 | Theme | 4.41 |
| #36 | Graphics | 4.36 |
| #95 | Mood | 3.72 |
| #102 | Overall | 3.81 |
| #230 | Fun | 3.51 |
| #267 | Innovation | 3.49 |
Comments
Thanks for advising me. These are temporary links. I'm currently in the process of building for OS/X and Linux.
The graphics are super great. Favorite 3D game so far in the compo. Stunning
This is a great entry. It really feels crazy when then plant starts wobbling and you're just trying to grow to stay level. It's very cool to see the camera pan back down over the entire plant at the end, too.
I got 6890 :D
Really really cool. I wasn't sure what was happening when I started to tip but I managed to keep my momentum going even with being wildly off kilter. A+
Fantastic look and feel. Fun to play and the collapse at the end is satisfying to watch. Excellent work!
Easily the nicest-looking game I've seen so far. It was a little weird to play on my macbook trackpad but not that bad.
Love the low poly visuals. balancing the plant added a nice amount of unexpected depth to the game, too :)
Great effort! And actually an interesting game, reminded me of World of Goo
It's perfect. Perfect. I loved it! The graphics are beautiful.
Beautiful graphics and fun and simple gameplay. I was a bit suprised to see how hard it got after a while. Great game!
Fantastic game, may be in top 10 this time.
My score is 5090, will play again
I love mood, graphics and theme, well done! You should work on it after the compo the experience of "become a tree and go up".. really good
there is something on the mountain?
A LOT of fun! i took me a bit to figure out how to play, but when i figured it out it was a blast! Great job! one of the best 3d games i have played this Ludum Dare!
Really nice beautiful game. Short simple but addictive very good!
It's fun game, yet I don't recommend playing on web version as your experience may be a little bit worse :)
I like this simple graphics and the movement of the branch higher is pretty neat :D
Perfect blend of two button controls and growing. I actually had a lot of fun with this one, especially after I started swaying around once I got taller than the trees.
Quite fun, wasn't sure if the swaying was because of my own growing of the plant or just wind from getting higher. Really satisfying watching it all fall to bits in the end too.
Really nice game! I reached 6890.. started lagging after a while when I was high.
Nice graphics. I really enjoyed the mechanic whereby if you build too much to a side, the plant start shifting and falling toward that side. 10/10 for the theme.
what can I say?? well.. excellent in all aspects!
This game pleased me a lot
pick 5 Stars :D
I liked the idea, but not the controls. I mean, i had to set fullcreen to keep pressing lmb and rmb. If you set to onlt left arrow and right arrow there will be no problem like this.
Loved the scenario and the way the plant dies XD
6k points c:
Awesome entry, you definitely nailed both themes. Really good graphics and gameplay too, I like how you mixed it up with the swaying.
I'm a sucker for low-poly models so this looks awesome in my opinion :)
The game really gives you a sense of height when you rise above the tops of the trees, and can oversee the world.
The gameplay is simple but pretty good, but I don't think I would play this for hours.
Also maybe build it as WebGL next time, so everybody can use their default browser (Not sure how that performs with such sick 3D graphics)?
Very well done!
Thanks for the comments thus far guys. I appreciate them a lot! As far as WebGL, I was having issues with shadows, so I chose to stick with the alternative web client for the time being.
Cool entry. Would be great if growing is animated a bit.
BTW. Right button doesn't work in web build, Firefox on Mac OS.
I got 6890. Was a fun experience, especially with the tension of the whole vine starting to collapse.
I think there is a point though, when I go high enough, I cannot keep up with the pace of the vine falling, if you know what I mean.
Excellent work!
Hey guys! Thanks again, everyone, for your votes and comments so far. For those interested in reading more about the game, its development, and my plans for it, I invite you to read my post that covers these topics.
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/12/14/growing-skyward-ld34-post-mortem/
6890 (share that with someone else I see)! So first time around I totally missed out on how it worked, but that was fine. Second time I started upwards and was thinking like, "this is a neat idea, but it is a little bit simple". Then came the wind...and after a while it started to become very hard. Great game. Stunning graphics. A pity that you didn't have time equally stunning music. Because that would elevate this game quite a lot. I could also see the potential for a mobile game. Either tap on left vs right side of screen or have the vine on auto-growth and use the gyro (and have wind push what is up according to the gyro) to define grow left and right. Of course there could be other annoyances than wind too, like a bird temporarily resting on the vine pushing you down a bit. When it comes to the score/energy system, I think you should consider not resetting energy to 55 upon collecting a sun, but instead give a +30 energy. Or even +20, cap energy at 95. Because as it is right now the only thing that matters right now is the number of suns collected. How efficient or fast or slow you were for each "stage" has no effect. And that I think lessens the urge to play again.
Great game!
Yey, 6890! Interesting game! I had fun playing it. Thanks! Good job!
9290!
Graphics are simple and gorgeous, I really like low poly. At first I thought there wasn't much to it, but the physics of the plant turns out to make you click like a crazy to go back to the light :p
Nice entry!
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Umm, the OSX and Linux links are the same as the windows link