Bloom is a real-time narrative-driven social sim about starting up a flower shop made exclusively for Playdate. Tend to Midori's garden while texting friends and family as she starts a new chapter of her life. The game takes place over several real-life days.

You will need a Playdate to play the game, which isn't officially released yet (slated for Late 2021)! This means unless you're lucky enough to have one, you probably shouldn't vote on the game. The game likely won't get rated, and that's okay with us. Thanks for checking it out anyways :)

Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/squirrelboyVGC/status/1445172913951461380

Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwRuxyIWAIc

We hope to continue iterating on Bloom up to the launch of the Playdate, so follow along for updates. This build features a small section of the story that we plan to eventually complete in the commercial release.

Controls:

Bring up phone: Press up on d-pad

Texting: Crank to scroll through a conversation. Use the d-pad and the A button to select responses.

Crank to travel between the roof and the first floor.

Gardening: Hold B and use left/right to swap tools. Water with the watering can, harvest flowers with the shovel, or plant new seeds.

By RNG Party Games (Jake White & Ben Busche)

Thanks to Neven Mrgan for the beautiful font, and thanks to Panic for giving us the thumbs up to publish this game for Ludum Dare!

Changelog:

10/4: first build!

10/5: removed debug controls to avoid confusion