
Type and watch your garden grow! Every keystroke and mouse click lets your plants grow. Decorate your screen, or store them away to keep your screen clear. Place stickers on your plants and give them a name! Can you collect all types of plants?
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Every keystroke helps a plant grow! You can write, code, or just chat and this peaceful desktop overlay will reward you by growing your own plants during your everyday routine.
Start with a tiny sprout that grows as you type and turn it into a wonderful plant. When your screen gets crowded, move your plants to a foldable plant shelf, where they continue growing quietly in the background. Over time, you'll discover a variety of plant types!
Decorate your desktop with your favorite green companions and build your own little digital garden. Place stickers on your plants and give them names :)
And if you're the productive type, track how much you've typed with a gentle growth-based progress system – watch your focus bloom alongside your plants.
Plants grow with every keystroke
Move grown plants into a collapsible shelf to clear your screen
Discover a variety of plants
Place stickers on plants and give them a name
Keep growing plants even when they're in storage
Decorate your desktop with your favorite green friends
Track your typing activity through plant growth
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Languages: English, German
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[i]Desktop Garden[/i] works like any other desktop companion: the plant(s) sit on the bottom of your screen. And the more you type, the more the plants grow. Each time a plant reaches full growth, you get a new one. It's pretty simple. However, I have pretty mixed opinions on this and I'm going to start positive for this review. The idea is fun. I really do like the style and I think it adds a fun thing to something that is usually boring or empty on your screen. The game also doesn't seem to hurt my battery usage (I'm not using anything powerful to run this, so low-medium laptops should work with this game). But, there are a few things I really don't like. The shelf constantly being on the side, with no way to turn it off (only slide it over, but the pull tab thing is still very visible), is super annoying. I get it's there so that the plants can keep growing without them being on display, but maybe there could be a feature to just hide the shelf and be fine with hidden plants not progressing? On the topic of stuff being annoying on your screen, the plants get super big, super fast. Like, I can't really keep more than 2 bigger ones on my screen without stuff on the bottom being blocked. I feel like a size scaler could be a useful option here. I also wish there was a bit more order to the game as well. The pots and plants you get are random and there is no way to swap your plants pot (if you don't like the pot it was summoned with) or get rid of plants (to my knowledge). Since you can get repeats of the same plant and there is no clear way to get rid of them, your shelf just fills up with the same cactus. And the game description asks if you think you could find all the plant types, but there isn't a way of knowing how many are left or how many there are to begin with. If you're looking for some interactable decorations for you desktop, this is a decent free option. I do hope a paid version of this or something can be made to fix some of the issues I mentioned because I do honestly enjoy this application.
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Would love to have along side my bongo cat but sadly I can't use it, for a couple of reasons. There needs to be some way to move everything to another monitor, some way to prevent losing plants by dragging and dropping them off screen, tool tips (or something along those lines) to tell you how to do things since I can't even figure out how to repot a plant and was confused on how I unlock new plants and pots, and the shelf needs be smaller but yet have the same amount of space and accessed a different way then dragging it out. Also having size options for the plants would be nice.
[h1]Final Verdict: [b]83/100[/b][/h1] [b]Average: 75-84 (75-84%)[/b] Performance or gameplay meets the passing mark but remains average. There are areas that could be improved to enhance the gaming experience. Cautiously Recommended - ✔ [h2]Player Opinion Steam Review[/h2] [b]Gameplay Experience (20/25)[/b] [i]Intuitive Controls - Easy to use.[/i] ☐ Very Difficult (+1) ☐ Difficult (+2) ☐ Moderate (+3) ☐ Easy (+4) ☑ Very Easy (+5) [i]Balanced Gameplay - Fair and equal.[/i] ☐ Poorly Balanced (+1) ☐ Somewhat Balanced (+2) ☐ Moderately Balanced (+3) ☐ Well Balanced (+4) ☑ Perfectly Balanced (+5) [i]Player Engagement - Involving and captivating.[/i] ☐ Not at all (+1) ☐ Slightly (+2) ☑ Moderately (+3) ☐ Very (+4) ☐ Extremely (+5) [i]Decision Relevance - Meaningful choices.[/i] ☐ Meaningless (+1) ☐ Not Meaningful (+2) ☑ Somewhat Meaningful (+3) ☐ Quite Meaningful (+4) ☐ Highly Meaningful (+5) [i]Rewarding Progression - Satisfying advancement.[/i] ☐ Very Unsatisfying (+1) ☐ Unsatisfying (+2) ☐ Neutral (+3) ☑ Satisfying (+4) ☐ Very Satisfying (+5) [b]Presentation & Immersion (23/25)[/b] [i]Compelling Storyline - Engaging narrative.[/i] ☐ Not Interesting (+1) ☐ Slightly Interesting (+2) ☑ Moderately Interesting (+3) ☐ Very Interesting (+4) ☐ Extremely Interesting (+5) [i]Immersive Atmosphere - Captivating environment.[/i] ☐ Not Immersive (+1) ☐ Slightly Immersive(+2) ☐ Moderately Immersive (+3) ☐ Very Immersive (+4) ☑ Completely Immersive (+5) [i]Visual Aesthetics - Stunning graphics.[/i] ☐ Not Appealing (+1) ☐ Slightly Appealing (+2) ☐ Moderately Appealing (+3) ☐ Very Appealing (+4) ☑ Extremely Appealing (+5) [i]Audio Quality - High-quality sound.[/i] ☐ Not Engaging (+1) ☐ Slightly Engaging (+2) ☐ Moderately Engaging (+3) ☐ Very Engaging (+4) ☑ Extremely Engaging (+5) [i]Polished HUD - Clean and functional interface.[/i] ☐ Very Unfriendly (+1) ☐ Unfriendly (+2) ☐ Neutral (+3) ☐ Friendly (+4) ☑ Very Friendly (+5) [b]Design & Technical Aspects (19/25)[/b] [i]Game Design - Well-crafted mechanics.[/i] ☐ Poorly Designed (+1) ☐ Somewhat Designed (+2) ☐ Moderately Designed (+3) ☑ Well Designed (+4) ☐ Excellently Designed (+5) [i]Content Quality - Rich and diverse.[/i] ☐ Poor Content (+1) ☐ Limited Content (+2) ☑ Moderate Content (+3) ☐ Extensive Content (+4) ☐ Abundant Content (+5) [i]AI Behavior - Intelligent and realistic.[/i] ☐ Very Poor (+1) ☐ Poor (+2) ☐ Average (+3) ☐ Good (+4) ☑ Excellent (+5) [i]Settings - Flexible and customizable.[/i] ☐ Very Limited (+1) ☑ Limited (+2) ☐ Moderate (+3) ☐ Flexible (+4) ☐ Highly Flexible (+5) [i]Technical Issues - Minimal or no problems.[/i] ☐ Numerous (+1) ☐ Moderate (+2) ☐ Limited (+3) ☐ Minor (+4) ☑ None (+5) [b]Final Considerations (21/25)[/b] [i]Overall Satisfaction - General enjoyment level.[/i] ☐ Very Dissatisfied (+1) ☐ Dissatisfied (+2) ☐ Neutral (+3) ☑ Satisfied (+4) ☐ Very Satisfied (+5) [i]Microtransactions - In-game purchases.[/i] ☐ Extensive (+1) ☐ Substantial (+2) ☐ Moderate (+3) ☐ Minimal (+4) ☑ None (+5) [i]Replay Value - Longevity and replayability.[/i] ☐ Very Low (+1) ☐ Low (+2) ☑ Moderate (+3) ☐ High (+4) ☐ Very High (+5) [i]Cost-to-Play Ratio - Money spent vs hours played.[/i] ☐ Overpriced (+1) ☐ Poor Value (+2) ☐ Fair Value (+3) ☑ Good Value (+4) ☐ Excellent Value (+5) [i]Recommendation.[/i] ☐ No (+0) ☑ Yes (+5) Extra Notes: Doesn't have many diverse plant types. Simple to run and use. Only really has a couple hours of content before you run out of space and room for all of them.
Super cute and fun! It helps me visualise how much work I've done over the last few hours, and it motivates me to do more :)
Yaz ve bahçenin büyümesini keyifle izleyeceğin bir yapım. Her tuş vuruşu ve fare tıklaması bitkilerinin büyümesini sağlar. Ekranınızı dekore edin veya temiz tutmak için saklayın. Her tür bitkiyi toplayabilir misin?
Very nice game, sadly I tried to move my first plant to my second screen and it vanished. Alas I fear it is gone forever... Great game I love it. 10/10
The only way to describe this is... An app with a plant sitting in the background that "grow" by "key logging"... not sure why someone would approach such a bold move risking their "game" flagged by antivirus simply by logging their user's key strokes even when the app isn't in the focus... and whether or not this is "safe" isn't important, because from a user's view with no professional knowledge to break down what the app is doing or whether or not it's sending out the logged key strokes to a server somewhere, there's no way a normal user can tell just by the look of it... which leads to the next phase, should we trust it? Which sadly, is a no, unless there's more data showing that it's safe, but from its current user base, we can't tell yet. And based on that, can't really recommend either.
No way to change what screen the plant is on. Also had my plant disappear. Reinstalled the game but i still cant see it.
点~ 点~ 点~ 点~ 点~ 这就是我的人生,在别人眼中单调乏味,但我却乐在其中,反之也是如此 所以…………没有单调乏味,只有互不了解~
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