Cool strategic concept with some interesting mechanics that interact with eachother making a simple to learn, harder to master style setup. I found it a little bit difficult to onboard the controls and gameplay loop, but this is not a genre I play often.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Cleverness | #93 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Playability | #100 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Theme | #104 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Artistic Style | #109 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
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- Enjoyable game with challenging difficulty, meets the theme well. Works well as a concept and enjoyable, with purchasing and multiple seasons. Good game!
Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes
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You are a witch who is defending her garden from enroaching weeds.
This game is played just with the mouse.
In each day you can walk and cast a spell. Choose which you'd like to do next with the Spell and Walk buttons.
To cast a spell you must be in a square with the edge of a magic circle inside it. Those magic circles emanate from some of your plants. The more intersections of those lines, the more powerful your spells will become. The purple symbols in the squares show the power level of standing in that square.
Other plants will grow things that can be harvested. Start or end your day next to ripe produce to harvest it. You'll sell harvestables for money to buy new plants.
Use the Day Preview to see where the magic circles will be and when the fruit will be ready.
Watch out for weeds! They sprout on the edges of your garden and start spreading to crowd out your plants. Spreading and sprouting will hurt you or your plants; whatever is in the way.
At the end of the season you can buy plants and propagate one existing plant you have for free. If you have any self-propagating plants you'll get an extra plant of that type each season.
Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
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