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[bjadams]

BLOSSOM is an abstract, yet therapeutic game of Oriental mystery, with unconventional rules. Start off by swiping across the screen to control the breeze... Hone your finger flicking skills and learn to master the power of the winds, as you navigate through all four seasons, year after year, as Nature challenges you with an always increasing degree of difficulty.



Get if for free from the app store:

http://itunes.apple....d478676125?mt=8

[geon]

> with unconventional rules

Is there actually any rules or any objective? I tried it out, but swiping does nothing else than blowing the flowers around a bit.

[bjadams]

How do I score Karma Points?
Karma Points are scored by drifting coloured leaves into the Fountain of Youth. Moving coloured leaves off the screen, or letting them land on the grass will result in loss of points.


How do I move to the next Season?
Every Season offers a set target number of points to reach, before the weather will change into the next season. In Spring Year One, the player has to amass 40 points to move over to Summer. Every Coloured leaf that drops in the Fountain of Youth gains the player 2 points. Every Coloured leaf set off screen or let fall on the grass losses the player 1 point. Furthur Years present higher targets making the game more challenging.


Where is the life counter?
The blue blooms indicate the remaining number of lives. The game offers 6 lives. Every time a Negative leaf falls into the Fountain of Youth, a precious life is lost.

[geon]

I can see how letting the user discover the rules on their own might seem like a great idea. BUT! That takes great game design to make it work. Watch this: http://www.google.se...hOHfmkScRcfcXQg

As the game is now it was not clear at all what the game was about. I noticed the flowers disappeared when they hit the ground or the water, but I could no tell if there was any difference. I did not notice that there were any points, or that I could get points by landin flowers somewhere. I *did* notice how the flowers in the tree would fade and drop after a while, but did not connect that to anything I did.

The game looks very nice, but is unplayable.

[bjadams]

We have listened to all requests, and worked hard to bring an updated version, including many new features:

* New Night mode levels!
* A set of totally new Leaf graphics
* 6 new exclusive soundtracks
* New sound effects
* Wind gusts are now visible to the human eye!
* Even more challenging Season & Year levels
* Karma points indicator in the form of flying Birds
* Tutorial mode, making the game less Mysterious to the less adventurous ones

http://itunes.apple....d478676125?mt=8