Nova Blossom

Grow then kill the blossoms in a supernova to unlock abilities and plant new blossoms in order to cover the entire level in vines. A short puzzle game meant to invoke the wonder and quite solitude of death and rebirth - to strive towards a goal larger than a single life.

Instructions

1. Grow the vines of a Nova Blossoms by selecting one, then clicking the direction you want to grow in. Each vine can only grow from the tip of the vine or from any four sides of the Blossom.

2. Your goal is to take over the map up to the required vine coverage, shown in the top left of the screen.

3. Each blossom can only grow 9 vines. Your remaining vines are in the top center of the screen.

4. In Grow Mode, route your vines next to Water Tiles to grow your Blossom, adding new actions to use when it dies. The Mode is shown in the top left.

5. At any time, you can Supernova your Blossom by clicking on the vine counter in the top center of the screen. This will kill the Blossom and change the game to 'Nova Mode'.

6. In Nova mode, you can use the abilities that were gained during Grow Mode. You must either use or discard each action before returning to Grow Mode. Abilities include:

• Plant Seed (Red, Blue, Purple) on a Fertile Ground Tile. The seed color is the same as the Blossom that just died.
• Set Fire to a dead vine, destroying it, to take make room for another vine to grow. Only Red Nova Blossoms offer this ability.
• Convert a Fertile Ground Tile to a new Water Tile. Only Blue Nova Blossoms offer this ability.
• Create a new Fertile Ground Tile. Only Purple Nova Blossoms offer this ability.

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This game was made by bricabrac in ~40 hours over the week long Brackeys 2023.1 Game Jam. The theme of the jam was "An End is a New Beginning". All art, programming, and music was created by bricabrac. Sound Effects from owned/purchased from Epic Stock Media.

Bug: When using "I" to bring up the information menu, you will need to press "I" twice.