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Computer Game Development and Design 2025/26 fall

Garden Rush

Description

In this fast-paced gardening game, you manage farm plots by growing produce while racing against time!

But be careful - pests want to eat your plants and destroy your garden! Your plants are not able to grow if they don't have water or are infected! You must pay attention and take care of all the issues in your garden if you want to succeed!

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Milestone 1

Color Palette
UI Mocks

Splash screen

Start menu

Levels

Options

Shop

Game UI

Lose condition UI

Win condition UI

List of new features
  • Overall level layout has been added
  • Added planter box, deposit box, seed box, trash can
  • Ability to plant
  • Ability to harvest
  • Ability to deposit produce
  • Ability to water plants
  • Plants grow as time passes
  • Items in hand can be thrown away
  • Pests appear on plants
  • Pests can be removed from plants
  • A timer has been added
  • A win condition has been added
    • If the order is completed before the timer runs out, the player wins
  • A lose condition has been added
    • When time runs out, the player loses
Pictures


Milestone 2

List of new features
  • 2 new plants: radish and carrot
  • Table for plant collecting
  • Indicators for the need of watering or using pest control
  • Sounds
  • More graphics for the player, plants, trash can and seed bags
  • UI views for splash screen, main menu, level menu
Pictures


Milestone 3

List of new features
  • 7 new plants have been added:
  • Broccoli
  • Cauliflower
  • Chili peppers
  • Potato
  • Cabbage
  • Cucumber
  • Tomato
  • A fertilizer item has been added
  • Shop with 4 unlockable outfits
  • Coin currency that can be used to buy outfits from the shop
  • 2 new biomes for levels
  • New tutorial for the game
  • New order system which has replaced the old fixed goal system. Now, orders spawn every few seconds for the player to fulfill
  • Plants have been changed to all require specific care, for example, some plants are resistant to pests while other require fertilizer
Trailer video

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