Y'know, I just realised. Great tree, demons.. I think this is based on the mythology of Life Trees. Many different cultures have them, and different stories, as well as different species of life tree.. Oak, acacia, fig.. But many of those stories involve some sort of evil the tree protects against. Be it malevolent spirits, the monsters in the dark, or even real creatures, like wolves or other large predators. I love the idea that this whole thing could be beautifully rooted in some ancient mythology, telling its own version of such a tale.
Not really. Many games are based on an inspiration. I could easily see Yggdrasil (one of the world/life trees in real-world mythology) being an inspiration here.
My PC has 8 cores, how should I play this? do I run the app called "grow," in the files? when I do, it says windows protected my PC by not opening it. Does it run on a minimum of 2 cores, or strictly 2 cores?
i can't confirm this but i'm pretty sure the reason why some people can't play grow your guarden is because is only runs on two cores. here's why i'm so sure: i switched from my computer which was confirmed only had one core due an error of opening geometry dash(another game that runs only on two cores) and this laptop that i'm using to play the game is weaker, meaning why it could only run on two cores
of course there could be a different reason why the error occurs that's why i would like to ask JOSHUA if this is true or not.
Have you checked how many cores you have? I Just got a new (still on the level of trash) pc and it doesnt cost that much tbh like im in europe so it might be cheaper idk 2 core+ computer Will become cheaper in the future
I live in canada, and no.. My pc is probably ten years old in terms of model. This is far from the first game I've been incapable of running, and I've been needing a new pc for over a year. I know there's an absurdly low likelihood of having more than one core, as it's a really cheap, old, store-built Dell tower model.
They might not be able to. I lost a computer to the initial WIN10 push, because my pc didn't have a key, but was forced to update. I can no longer use that device, and we had to manually salvage its storage.
Really really really great game, I love it! A few suggestions I can give are:
1. Add More Enemies, maybe one who's really fast but a lot weaker.
2. Add a x2, x3, x10, x25, etc speed button, because sometimes the game does get a bit boring when you just sit there watching, so a Fast-Forward Button would be nice!
3. I would love for the game to have like a little "Story", so it didn't just start off with you placing plants. Maybe the story could be that the ink monsters are drawing all over the Earth and you have to use the cleaning power of the plants to stop them [Lol I don't know what I'm saying, just random stuff ].
4. Make Different Modes for the game, like one where instead of defending, you're the one trying to breach through the defenses and destroy the tree.
5. A Tutorial for the game would be great even though it is pretty self-explanatory, but still, maybe for people who are less insightful.
6. Kind of like an "Encyclopedia" icon inside the game, where you can see all of the Monster's Names and descriptions, also the plants'.
7. I would love for the spikes to be able to also Slow Down an enemy, instead of just damaging them.
8. I'm sorry to say this, but the Hedge is just too weak. Maybe give it more health or make it grow faster.
Welcome to this new video, today we're playing "Grow your Guarden", we have to grow our garden, but it's not the garden you might expect. Particular game, and it's free. The tree is so cute! This game is 🔛🔝!
That was a quote from my favorite YouTubers, can you guess who it's from?
Also, these suggestions are just my opinion. If you do not want to add these to the game, totally fine! It's your decision after all. Keep up this work! Also I saw you drew all the assets, you're an insane artist!! P.S. Sorry for the extremely long comment.
i tried to use the arrow keys and the WASD and play in full screen as well but the cam is still there. I could move the cam around when i downloaded it though.
All good things must come to an end. I was inattentive the last two days and didn't get rocket plants back in on the corners and eventually they slowly crept in and got me. It was a good run while it lasted.
i have an idea for a plant. it could function as a plant with a sticky attack, the honeysuckle. it will simply launch weakly damaging honey that heaving slows down enemies and can even render them immobile. it grows over time in a similar way to the hedge bush's phases of growth
What a great game! It's been a long time since I've seen such a simple but fun little game!
Although it's fun overall, I could feel some parts of the game that were not well done during the playthrough, such as the small variety of plants, the small variety of enemies, the fact that sometimes the plants would attack the same enemy together resulting in wasted bullets, and so on.
Maybe we need some additive plants (to make the attributes of the surrounding plants increase)? Maybe we need some multi-functional plants (able to attack enemies in the sky and on the ground)? Some kind of plant that releases skills through interaction (mouse clicks) would be cool too!
Gosh, I can't wait to play the full version of the game!
It's all hand-drawn on paper with Sharpie and I would then take pictures of the drawings and modify them digitally to extract the outlines, add colour, animate, etc. The digital modifications were all done in paint.net (a free image editor). Here's an example of one of the drawings before being scanned in. :)
Ohh so you a drawing and draw it in paint.net wait... you paint.net? i have paint.net too! but my paint.net says: disk is full please uninstall some programs and delete the files you have, i think i have to uninstall my paint.net and download another one and change the location for the program to work...
whenever i try to play in the browser (i use a android) does the game not work for my device? because it is just a black screen and I cant go into fullscreen but i somehow find the start button but then it just turns dark green i hope you can help me please
This is truly endless, I do not have the patience to wait for wave 100. This game is just watching an overpowered army of rocket plants one-shotting a group of ink demons, that's all...
this looks its based off of pvz but diffrent type of 2D, 1: the flower shoot just like the peashooters, 2: the hedge wall works just like the nut wall, 3: missile bell is also works like cactus but without growing up, 4:the bramble also works like the spikes from pvz
Once Hedges or Brambles grow past their maximum stage, instead of getting stronger, what if they spread, making a minimum-stage bramble/hedge on a nearby empty space? That would allow for some kind of farming. I think that's a good thing, since it is a garden after all. Maybe it would only work if they had another of their own type nearby.
2. Plant Regrowth
I thought it would be a cool idea to die HP to growth stage. That way, plants would be able to heal themselves (Like in real life.) But they would also lose their abilities or strength the weaker they got. That sounds like a really cool mechanic that would further separate it more from the possible inspiration of this game.
I think you bring up some great ideas so I was just gonna add in my own, I was thinking of plant mutations so maybe after a plant kills a certain number of enemies then an arrow appears above their head. Player can click on this and choose from a branching tree of mutations which change it. So one might make the sunflower shoot faster, another might make it shoot stronger bullets etc. I think you can go to a lot of places with a branching evolution tree if that makes any sense.
Thanks for playing, guys! Updates for the game jam version aren't planned, but I am working on a more fleshed out version of the game to release in the future. :)
Why is this free... You've stumbled onto a working formula! Keep up the good work! I love this game, it's unironically good!
Few ideas!
-Maybe make it so you can zoom out a lil more the more you expand, feels crowded sometimes!
-Maybe make the tree go slightly transparent when you are building directly behind it, and your mouse happens to be hovered over the tree with an item selected.
-Maybe add visible damage to the tree when it's been munched on, besides just looking upset, like missing leaves and bare branches or whatever!
-Maybe It could use a fast forward button.
-Maybe make it so you can purchase more land!
-Maybe have popups for each time a new baddy appears on screen, and give a lil cute info to help peeps learn how to deal with them!
-Maybe add plants that can chomp up drops/coins! Like a snap dragon or something! lol
-Maybe the tree can grow fruit, and if enough grows it shields em from being munched on directly for a lil bit! Longer they remain un-munched, the more fruit that grows! Maybe you can pick diff fruit that has more resistance, and to balance em, maybe you are limited in amount based on what fruit you pick!
[Reasoning? I was caught off guard when flying baddies came in and ignored my flowers, if fruit was there for a buffer!]
-Maybe some type of Bomb Mushroom, for an explosive spore area attack! Kinda like a land mine, only useful if they happen to run into it! maybe the longer it goes untouched, it'll have a chance to spread to an adjacent empty spot, as mushrooms tend to do! Maybe they also damage the tree as well if they go off directly next to it, friendly fire! so peeps can't just surround it with them! forcing them to think a lil more strategic! cause ya know... there are fungi that kill trees irl!
-Maybe add a "nonstop" mode, just wave after wave, just too see how long you can last!
-Maybe add seasons, just so the scenery changes every now and again, for variance in look!
-Maybe make it so you can click and drag your mouse to select an area to plant multiple of one plant, and it will fill that area until you're out of coin, and same for deleting them too! So it's not so tedious, and you don't feel as rushed between waves!
Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed! Some of the ideas you mentioned are already things I'm toying around with for the full version of the game, so you can expect to see them in one form or another. :)
you don't get what I meant。I can roll the middle bottom to Zoom in and out，but can't zoom out enough to see the entire map，for example，I can't see the whole grass.
Love the game but I have some suggestions. - 1. Pls pls update the game I'll be checking up on this game once a week until it gets an update. 2. Add maps? that sounds like a great idea! 3. How about some new troops/enemies, abilities, maybe give the cursor a buff/power? 4. DO U KNOW HOW LONG THIS GAME TAKES... sry pls add a Fast Forward button. I had to watch EVERY like 5-10 min WAVES like I made it round 70 IDK? 2 Days Bro 2days! 5. Update Update Update :) Thank you!
Thanks for playing and the feedback! I'm not planning on updating this particular version of the game but a fully-featured version is in the works, which should hopefully be on Steam and other platforms.
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Y'know, I just realised. Great tree, demons.. I think this is based on the mythology of Life Trees. Many different cultures have them, and different stories, as well as different species of life tree.. Oak, acacia, fig.. But many of those stories involve some sort of evil the tree protects against. Be it malevolent spirits, the monsters in the dark, or even real creatures, like wolves or other large predators. I love the idea that this whole thing could be beautifully rooted in some ancient mythology, telling its own version of such a tale.
your thinking too deep into this
Not really. Many games are based on an inspiration. I could easily see Yggdrasil (one of the world/life trees in real-world mythology) being an inspiration here.
what.
this game is so fun but how do i fullscreen? i downloaded it but it gave me the script
you can generally fullscreen applications with F11
My PC has 8 cores, how should I play this? do I run the app called "grow," in the files? when I do, it says windows protected my PC by not opening it. Does it run on a minimum of 2 cores, or strictly 2 cores?
Never mind, it runs fine, my pc just didn't understand at first
!ATTETION! PEOPLE WHO CAN'T OPEN THE GAME!
i can't confirm this but i'm pretty sure the reason why some people can't play grow your guarden is because is only runs on two cores. here's why i'm so sure: i switched from my computer which was confirmed only had one core due an error of opening geometry dash(another game that runs only on two cores) and this laptop that i'm using to play the game is weaker, meaning why it could only run on two cores
of course there could be a different reason why the error occurs that's why i would like to ask JOSHUA if this is true or not.
-me, thank you for your time
Bro I hope that's not the case, I'm a broke teen, there's no way I'd be able to upgrade. :'<
Have you checked how many cores you have? I Just got a new (still on the level of trash) pc and it doesnt cost that much tbh like im in europe so it might be cheaper idk 2 core+ computer Will become cheaper in the future
I live in canada, and no.. My pc is probably ten years old in terms of model. This is far from the first game I've been incapable of running, and I've been needing a new pc for over a year. I know there's an absurdly low likelihood of having more than one core, as it's a really cheap, old, store-built Dell tower model.
right
cool game
I’m new.
why no linux support?
Might be harder to code
do eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
bug?: game doesnt work when downloaded.
is this because i have win 7
or the game isnt working at all
fix fast pls
Windows 7? wth bro upgrade, windows 10 has so much more support for anything.
They might not be able to. I lost a computer to the initial WIN10 push, because my pc didn't have a key, but was forced to update. I can no longer use that device, and we had to manually salvage its storage.
guys pls tell me how to save progres
you can't there's only one developer that hasn't been implemented/won't be. its just you play you end you you you you you i stopped thinking normally
its getting endless
Really really really great game, I love it! A few suggestions I can give are:
1. Add More Enemies, maybe one who's really fast but a lot weaker.
2. Add a x2, x3, x10, x25, etc speed button, because sometimes the game does get a bit boring when you just sit there watching, so a Fast-Forward Button would be nice!
3. I would love for the game to have like a little "Story", so it didn't just start off with you placing plants. Maybe the story could be that the ink monsters are drawing all over the Earth and you have to use the cleaning power of the plants to stop them [Lol I don't know what I'm saying, just random stuff ].
4. Make Different Modes for the game, like one where instead of defending, you're the one trying to breach through the defenses and destroy the tree.
5. A Tutorial for the game would be great even though it is pretty self-explanatory, but still, maybe for people who are less insightful.
6. Kind of like an "Encyclopedia" icon inside the game, where you can see all of the Monster's Names and descriptions, also the plants'.
7. I would love for the spikes to be able to also Slow Down an enemy, instead of just damaging them.
8. I'm sorry to say this, but the Hedge is just too weak. Maybe give it more health or make it grow faster.
That was a quote from my favorite YouTubers, can you guess who it's from?
Also, these suggestions are just my opinion. If you do not want to add these to the game, totally fine! It's your decision after all. Keep up this work! Also I saw you drew all the assets, you're an insane artist!! P.S. Sorry for the extremely long comment.
I'm playing on browser and i cannot zoom our to see the full lawn. Some part of the top and bottom side of the lawn is missing
You move with WASD, the screen isn't big enough to fit everything. Also it's best to play in fullscreen
i tried to use the arrow keys and the WASD and play in full screen as well but the cam is still there. I could move the cam around when i downloaded it though.
You have to download it from itch.io app on your pc
Can you make it downloadable for iphone in the App Store
They'd have to change the code, then. That's probably never going to happen. It's not even compatible with any phone at all.
When is the planned full release date? (if there is one)
All good things must come to an end. I was inattentive the last two days and didn't get rocket plants back in on the corners and eventually they slowly crept in and got me. It was a good run while it lasted.
try replacing more rockets with flowers and leave some rockets
also, what are the names of the enemies
theres the basic enemy, range, stronger, flying, and boss enemies, but what would be their real names according to species
squimp (basic)
dimp (ranged)
dlimk (strong)
flop (flying)
nog (boss)
Is this actually canon and confirmed, lol?
yes.
Cool.
i have an idea for a plant. it could function as a plant with a sticky attack, the honeysuckle. it will simply launch weakly damaging honey that heaving slows down enemies and can even render them immobile. it grows over time in a similar way to the hedge bush's phases of growth
but you can play it press run game and play but how to save progres
make it playable I can't play it so make it work
Yeah
how to save progres pls vith out downloading the gam
its 20 megabytes i think it's worth it to download
downloaded version doesnt work for me :(
What a great game! It's been a long time since I've seen such a simple but fun little game!
Although it's fun overall, I could feel some parts of the game that were not well done during the playthrough, such as the small variety of plants, the small variety of enemies, the fact that sometimes the plants would attack the same enemy together resulting in wasted bullets, and so on.
Maybe we need some additive plants (to make the attributes of the surrounding plants increase)? Maybe we need some multi-functional plants (able to attack enemies in the sky and on the ground)? Some kind of plant that releases skills through interaction (mouse clicks) would be cool too!
Gosh, I can't wait to play the full version of the game!
fun game
what asset you use for the tree
I drew it.
ohh.. what application tho? (Example: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop).
i just used a free sketch pad online and just took a screen shot of it
It's all hand-drawn on paper with Sharpie and I would then take pictures of the drawings and modify them digitally to extract the outlines, add colour, animate, etc. The digital modifications were all done in paint.net (a free image editor). Here's an example of one of the drawings before being scanned in. :)
Ohh so you a drawing and draw it in paint.net wait... you paint.net? i have paint.net too! but my paint.net says: disk is full please uninstall some programs and delete the files you have, i think i have to uninstall my paint.net and download another one and change the location for the program to work...
whenever i try to play in the browser (i use a android) does the game not work for my device? because it is just a black screen and I cant go into fullscreen but i somehow find the start button but then it just turns dark green i hope you can help me please
It's not meant to work on a phone
I play ona laptop
i drew it
this is very much for those tower defense lovers and would highly recommend this for someone who gets bored easily 5/5 stars
This is truly endless, I do not have the patience to wait for wave 100. This game is just watching an overpowered army of rocket plants one-shotting a group of ink demons, that's all...
We have to stop somewhere.
Fun Game. Nice concept for a PvZ-like.
this looks its based off of pvz but diffrent type of 2D, 1: the flower shoot just like the peashooters, 2: the hedge wall works just like the nut wall, 3: missile bell is also works like cactus but without growing up, 4:the bramble also works like the spikes from pvz
great game! here's my tips for an update from my experience:
1. Nerf rocket plants:
Rocket plants are too op they should have less HP and damage
2. The insta-grow glitch should get patched:
Using insta-grow on an already grown plant will cause the rocket plant to fully recharge
3. Flying enemies and missile bells:
The flying enemies are extremely weak same applies to missile bells being boring and only one-use
4. New plants:
I've though of a effect within a 5 tile radius where all coins are automatically collected or at least 50% of the original value
(Same with a instant damaging effect)
5. Another rocket plant "glitch"
If a rocket plant kills an enemy off the screen we are not able to collect the coins from the enemies, two solutions:
The coins get automatically collected off the screen
Enemies spawn in a already-see area
6. More stats would be cool
"Money for beating 22th lvl" HP displayed on enemies,
7. Game lore expanding; more to explore like more items ground enemies and so
Somehow a technique to unlock more area for plants...
i could go on forever
i can't play the game even though i have windows 10
Sorry to hear, do you get an error popup at all with any extra information to go off of?
No. Only the common error message :(
I had same the same problem. Check to see if there's another installation you need to do.
LOVE it *(need more updates though)
Thanks, I'm currently working on a full version.
this game should be on steam, I need more update of this game
I want MOORRREEEEEEEEEEEEE
Thanks! I'm in the process of working on a full version, for Steam and other platforms.
This is great, and I have some recommendations!
1. Plant Reproduction
Once Hedges or Brambles grow past their maximum stage, instead of getting stronger, what if they spread, making a minimum-stage bramble/hedge on a nearby empty space? That would allow for some kind of farming. I think that's a good thing, since it is a garden after all. Maybe it would only work if they had another of their own type nearby.
2. Plant Regrowth
I thought it would be a cool idea to die HP to growth stage. That way, plants would be able to heal themselves (Like in real life.) But they would also lose their abilities or strength the weaker they got. That sounds like a really cool mechanic that would further separate it more from the possible inspiration of this game.
I think you bring up some great ideas so I was just gonna add in my own, I was thinking of plant mutations so maybe after a plant kills a certain number of enemies then an arrow appears above their head. Player can click on this and choose from a branching tree of mutations which change it. So one might make the sunflower shoot faster, another might make it shoot stronger bullets etc. I think you can go to a lot of places with a branching evolution tree if that makes any sense.
Great game enjoyed playing it. :D
I don't know if this will ever get any updates unfortunately...
Yeah tbf they did it for a gamejam but if it gets enough clicks you never know
Thanks for playing, guys! Updates for the game jam version aren't planned, but I am working on a more fleshed out version of the game to release in the future. :)
I just came back to check if there's anything specific after wave 20. Great game, un-ironically has a potential for commercial sequel.
This was fun.
Why is this free... You've stumbled onto a working formula! Keep up the good work! I love this game, it's unironically good!
Few ideas!
-Maybe make it so you can zoom out a lil more the more you expand, feels crowded sometimes!
-Maybe make the tree go slightly transparent when you are building directly behind it, and your mouse happens to be hovered over the tree with an item selected.
-Maybe add visible damage to the tree when it's been munched on, besides just looking upset, like missing leaves and bare branches or whatever!
-Maybe It could use a fast forward button.
-Maybe make it so you can purchase more land!
-Maybe have popups for each time a new baddy appears on screen, and give a lil cute info to help peeps learn how to deal with them!
-Maybe add plants that can chomp up drops/coins! Like a snap dragon or something! lol
-Maybe the tree can grow fruit, and if enough grows it shields em from being munched on directly for a lil bit! Longer they remain un-munched, the more fruit that grows! Maybe you can pick diff fruit that has more resistance, and to balance em, maybe you are limited in amount based on what fruit you pick!
[Reasoning? I was caught off guard when flying baddies came in and ignored my flowers, if fruit was there for a buffer!]
-Maybe some type of Bomb Mushroom, for an explosive spore area attack! Kinda like a land mine, only useful if they happen to run into it! maybe the longer it goes untouched, it'll have a chance to spread to an adjacent empty spot, as mushrooms tend to do! Maybe they also damage the tree as well if they go off directly next to it, friendly fire! so peeps can't just surround it with them! forcing them to think a lil more strategic! cause ya know... there are fungi that kill trees irl!
-Maybe add a "nonstop" mode, just wave after wave, just too see how long you can last!
-Maybe add seasons, just so the scenery changes every now and again, for variance in look!
-Maybe make it so you can click and drag your mouse to select an area to plant multiple of one plant, and it will fill that area until you're out of coin, and same for deleting them too! So it's not so tedious, and you don't feel as rushed between waves!
Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed! Some of the ideas you mentioned are already things I'm toying around with for the full version of the game, so you can expect to see them in one form or another. :)
Hey man this game is amazing in my opinion i would wish for a sandbox mode but thats just me man(sorry for bad english am german)
how to see the full screen?I can just see part of it,then use wasd to move around my perspective
you can use middle mouse button to move around, and press F11 or press the pause button and go full-screen there
you don't get what I meant。I can roll the middle bottom to Zoom in and out，but can't zoom out enough to see the entire map，for example，I can't see the whole grass.
Love the game but I have some suggestions. - 1. Pls pls update the game I'll be checking up on this game once a week until it gets an update. 2. Add maps? that sounds like a great idea! 3. How about some new troops/enemies, abilities, maybe give the cursor a buff/power? 4. DO U KNOW HOW LONG THIS GAME TAKES... sry pls add a Fast Forward button. I had to watch EVERY like 5-10 min WAVES like I made it round 70 IDK? 2 Days Bro 2days! 5. Update Update Update :) Thank you!
Thanks for playing and the feedback! I'm not planning on updating this particular version of the game but a fully-featured version is in the works, which should hopefully be on Steam and other platforms.