Green Thumbs

Green Thumbs title screen
Select your county
Resources
Initial gameplay frame
Purchase trees from the nursery
Once purchased, learn more about the tree
Add a tree to your landscape
Please water your tree
It's thirsty
So thirsty
View your collection of trees
Continue learning about the trees
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Inspiration

Jessica and I are huge fans of mobile games, so our initial thought was to gamify an experience meant to educate users about trees. Inspired by our love for mobile gaming and our passion for environmental conservation, we created Green Thumbs! We wanted to merge our enthusiasm for gaming with the urgent need to raise awareness about the benefits of planting trees and inspire individuals to take action in their own homes and spaces.

What it does

Green Thumbs allows users to plant and purchase trees. Each time a tree is purchased, Green Thumbs provides information and fun facts about the tree. Players can water their trees and generate coins, allowing them to purchase more trees and generate more coins. Furthermore, Green Thumbs provides useful resources, such as articles about how you can create drought friendly landscapes at home, identify invasive plant species, and learn more about Tree Davis. Players can also continue reading about their tree in their "Collection".

How we built it

The both of us initially attempted to use Unity, but we are both intro programmers with no experience in game development. Thus, this project is designed and prototyped purely on Figma but if we had more time we would dedicate time into learning Unity.

Challenges we ran into

I am a UX designer, so I had no experience designing for games. Jessica had never used Figma before, so we were both figuring things out as the project developed.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're so excited about the graphic design. It resembles a fun mobile game, but it is also educational. We put a lot of thought into selecting components, backgrounds, fonts, and colors to create a cohesive mobile game experience.