How to Be a Tree out now

it’s here!
https://zaphos.itch.io/how-to-be-a-tree

How to Be a Tree coming out next week

Working on finally finishing How to Be a Tree!  Planning to just put it out for free on itch this coming week 🙂

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Our elevator turned into a lounge

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I think it’s just someone’s moving day but it looks so cozy in there now.

Frogs love buttons and doors

 

I added a button / door mechanic to my frog game.  In theory I think it’ll expand the range of puzzles … in practice, still thinking about how!

This is the button-introducing level:

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As always, you can play the game here: http://jimmylands.com/froggame/  (Bug reports / playtests / opinions welcome, of course.)

 

 

Transdimensional Transport

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Color Experiments

I’ve been having fun messing with glEnable(GL_COLOR_LOGIC_OP); glLogicOp(GL_OR_REVERSE); (and similar) …

I’m thinking of having a sort of dream world area with different colors, slightly different feel, etc. Things like the Sierpinski triangles might be explained there.

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Animated gif stamp

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Stamping animations onto a canvas is fun 🙂

A Door to the Tree Temple

Testing a super simple mechanic with doors that only open if you match the tree pose etched on them. 

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They’re mostly harmless although they can crush the tree if you’re really slow about moving out of their way …

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It has been formatted.

It has been formatted.

Tied up in tree jail

Tied up in tree jail

I’m exploring binding the tree as a way to get players to explore the tree movement in a more controlled way …