With that in mind, Morrison, who is based in Kingston, Jamaica, made The Substance of Things – a game that pushes patience to the limit. “We want to reward you for staying away,” says Maxon.Īsking people to be patient is one of the hardest things to do these days, says game developer Robert Morrison. This is the only way you can see your garden grow. Come back after a few days and the game will play an animation of what you missed. In fact, you get the most out of Viridi if you ignore it the plants grow slowly in any case. “The whole point is to get away from things you feel nagged to check.” “We didn’t want this to become like Tamagotchi,” says Vartanian’s colleague Kevin Maxon. Your pot will die if you don’t water it for three weeks, but otherwise it makes no demands. They’ll tell you they’re happy.īut you don’t have to do anything. If you zoom in, you start singing to them, which helps them grow. “After that we want people just to look at their plants,” she says. ![]() Vartanian wants Viridi to be an antidote to this frantic activity.Īt the start of the game you can pull up weeds and water your pot. “You constantly have your fingers moving on the screen.” Games like Candy Crush Saga plug the gaps when we aren’t checking emails or social media. ![]() “We look for fulfilment from our phones,” says Zoe Vartanian at developer Ice Water Games. In development for smartphones is Viridi, which asks even less of you than Mountain: your task is to tend a pot of succulents.
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