PIXEL GARDEN · 034
40 SEEDS
crop carrotplots 0/48rain offseason spring

Click a soil plot to sow · watered crops grow in stages · harvest at full size for coins. Press R for rain, H to harvest-all.

Carrot — the teacher

4 stages · 20s to ripe · sells 9¢. Learn timing here before risking pumpkins.

Pumpkin — the gamble

5 stages · 45s · sells 26¢. Needs double water; rots never, regrets sometimes.

Bloom & corn

Blooms pay in joy (14¢). Corn grows tallest and shades its neighbors +10% speed.

Almanac notes — farming 8-bit

Water doubles speed. Summer adds thirty percent. Winter halves everything.

SOW

Empty plot plus coins equals seedling. Carrots teach; pumpkins gamble.

TEND

Water all or wait on rain. Corn shades neighbors for a quiet bonus.

REAP

Gold frames mean ripe. H harvests all; tilling clears the field.

Keys R for rain, H for harvest. Forty seeds to start, priced packets after.

Growth math

Age accrues at 0.4 plus water times 0.6, scaled by season. Stages quantize the bar.

Offline farm

Double-click to open. Plots, coins and rain live in the page.

Season colophon — 034

Planted, watered and harvested in one file. These are the rulings behind the rows.

SOIL

Forty-eight plots on an 8 by 6 grid. Wet soil reads darker.

SEED

Four packets, four clocks. Pumpkin is patience at 45 seconds.

SKY

Rain streaks, season tints, one bouncing sun. Winter halves growth.

Smoothing stays off so pixels stay honest. Coins persist for the session.

Pixel oath

No images, no spritesheets. Every sprout is a filled rect at plot math.

Access path

Full keyboard play: R rains, H harvests, W waters. Focus rings in grass green.

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