High-flying, weed-killing action!
An astronaut lands on a mysterious planet where it rains seeds that turn into hostile plants. Their only means of defeating these creatures? Jumping on them. Germination is an arcade style "platform-em-up" where you try to survive an onslaught of plants. It is available on Steam and itch.io.Related Tropes
- Baby Planet: Both in the campaign and endless mode. Circumnavigating the planet only takes a few seconds.
- Creepy Jazz Music: Smooth jazz and the occasional sci-fi sound effect make up the soundtrack, even while you're being swarmed by plants.
- Defeat Equals Explosion: Plumes burst after being jumped on, releasing a dangerous gas.
- Deflector Shields: One of the powers you get from maintain a kill streak. Dropping your combo (either by landing or getting hit) removes it.
- Dig Attack: Gained after reaching a 25 combo. Due to the planet's size, you drill through the whole thing and end up on the other side. Also creates shockwaves on each side.
- Double Jump: You can jump twice off of the ground. Also, you can perform a jump in the air after bouncing on a plant.
- Goomba Stomp: Your main form of attack. Everything except the boss goes down in one hit.
- Heal Thyself: Hearts also fall from the sky, which heal you if you jump on them.
- Homing Projectile: Peashes spit out homing thorns at you.
- Kill Streak: Continuously jumping on enemies without getting hit or touching the ground increases your combo. This gives you more speed, a shield, the ability to break seeds, and eventually a slam attack.
- Life Meter: Shaped like a flower, of course. Three hits and you're dead.
- Monster Compendium: The Nursery, which you unlock entries in with points earned in-game.
- No Name Given: The astronaut doesn't have a name.
- No Plot? No Problem!: You've crash-landed. There's plants trying to attack you. Good luck!
- One-Word Title: Germination.
- Plant Aliens: All of the enemies. Most of them are capable of movement and are sentient according to the nursery.
- Rain of Something Unusual: Seeds fall from the sky.
- Score Multiplier: Every bounce adds .1 to your multiplier.
- Shout-Out: The achievement for performing two slam attacks without dropping your combo is called Plus Ultra.
- The Spiny: Polyles can launch themselves into the air, exposing their interior. This is the only time they're not vulnerable to Goomba Stomps.
