Meatosynthesis

NOTE: this game was made for the 2023 GMTK game jam, but because of submission issues I was unable to get it in the jam in time. 

Meatosynthesis is a game where you play as the plants. Instead of engaging in photosynthesis to gain the energy required to reproduce, you do so by... consuming animals, yeah, the roles are reversed. 

It was made in Python using the Pygame framework, all art and music was made by myself, most sound effects were produced by myself as well. Credit of the PixGamer font goes to Bryndan Meyerholt.

You start out as a blade of grass and 10 energy points, pressing space will grow another blade of grass nearby and use up an energy point. Use the left and right arrow keys to move to a nearby plant on the left or right. If an animal comes in contact with a plant, it will take damage and die. Make sure you move to somewhere near the dying animal to absorb the energy!!

There are 3 different kinds of plants and 3 different animals, each plant will have a different "power" that can be triggered by the space bar. They will appear as you spread further and further afield. In fact, that's your goal! Spread as much as possible without running out of energy. But once you do run out, the game will end. 

It's a pretty simple game, relax and have fun!

GitHub repo: https://github.com/DaNubCoding/GMTK-2023 (please excuse the bad code, this was made in 48 hours)

Here's a little tip for you starting out, sit and wait for beetles to climb out of the ground and crawl near you, or else you run out of energy very quickly!