Starseed Pilgrim
2013 video game
Starseed Pilgrim is a 2013 puzzle-platform game from independent developer droqen. Players plant 'starseeds' which grow into plants, each with different growth patterns and interaction mechanics. Players plant these starseeds on floating platforms and on fully-grown plants in order to traverse the game world. The game was developed in Adobe Flash and was released in April 2013 for Windows and OS X. Reviewers praised Starseed Pilgrim's game mechanics and the process of learning their interactions, but criticized the learning curve as steep. The game was a finalist for the Excellence in Design award at the 2013 Independent Games Festival.
Gameplay
Starseed Pilgrim is a two-dimensional puzzle-platform game. The player begins the game in a hub world consisting of floating platforms. From the hub world, they can enter a different platforming world, which consists of a floating platform made out of blocks. The player is then given a few 'starseeds' at random, and can plant them in blocks to grow plants. Each plant has a different growth pattern and interaction mechanic based on the starseed's colour: for example, pink starseeds create a slowly growing vertical plant, and their blocks can be dug up to obtain more starseeds.
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