A garden of water and light. A million motes (tiny specks of light, each with a little weight) ride a living fluid: they lag the current, get flung out of whirlpools and gather into threads. Stir it, set stones and springs so it flows on without you, then bring in the universe. Every discovery is written in the journal and gives you a star to set in the sky. Everything is remembered.
Touch
Drag
Use the current tool (the first button on the dock chooses it)
Double-tap
Burst
Long-press water
A gravity well: let go for a burst, hold long for a supernova
Long-press a thing
Lift it away, whatever tool is in hand: glass, a spring, a star, anything from space
Glass
Tap to set a bead of glass · hold and it grows
Spring
Press, drag to aim, let go
Many fingers
Many hands
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Sound and volume, the journal, music, kaleidoscope, and more
Drag
Use the current tool
Shift + drag
Vortex
Right-hold
Gravity well: hold to charge, release to go supernova
Double-click
Burst
Right-click
Lift away whatever is there: glass, a spring, anything from space
Glass
Press to set a bead of glass · hold and it grows
Spring
Press, drag to aim, release
Many fingers
Many hands
Space objects
Black hole
Bends light and swallows motes. Drag to fling it; two will spiral together, singing, and merge
Wormhole
Press, drag, release: what falls into one mouth flows out of the other
Magnetar
Light streams along its field. Drag to set its axis
Pulsar
A dead star keeping time with the music
Galaxy
Arms of young stars around an old golden heart. Drop one beside another and watch them dance, pull out tails and merge
Planet
Tap near a mass to orbit it. Light gathers into rings
Comet
Drag to throw. Its tail points away from the light
Star
Discoveries give you stars: place them in each world’s sky. Clearing the garden returns them to your hand
Keys
1 – 6
Stir · Vortex · Well · Burst · Glass · Spring
7 · 8 · 9 · 0
Black hole · Wormhole · Magnetar · Pulsar. Every space object is in the objects button
← →
Change world
K
Kaleidoscope ×1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 / 8, for glass and springs too
Z (hold)
Slow motion
N
Bedtime: the tide, for falling asleep. The garden is put away, the screen fades to black, the sound carries on all night (or for a timer). Tap for options; N or Esc wakes
J
Field journal: what you’ve found, and hints for what you haven’t
B
Music: Calm (springs hum) or Lively (springs play rhythms)
♪ · T
Music panel: soundtrack (Garden or Tide), tempo, progression, chord length, bed · tap tempo
G · X · L
Next garden · Clear garden · Copy link
R · S
Record clip · Save image
Space · C
Pause · Clear fluid
M · H · F
Mute · Hide UI · Fullscreen. Volume: hover the speaker, or the Music panel
? · Esc
This help · Close any panel
Stop touching it, and it keeps playing on its own. Try combinations: the journal is listening.