The first minute

Pick a seed from your pouch, place it in a prepared plot, then watch the garden reveal what you grew. Each discovery feeds the journal and gives the next planting a little more purpose.

What you do

• Plant Mystery Seeds and discover which species they become.
• Inspect crops for growth, care needs, and harvest readiness.
• Record discoveries in the Field Journal / Species Folio.
• Complete Village Notes and Farmers Market requests with your harvest.
• Earn Garden Supplies and more discovery fuel for the next planting.

Harvest with purpose

Harvests feed Village Notes, rewards, and the next round of planting. The goal is not a huge farm right away; it is a cozy loop of curiosity turning into discovery.

Pre-alpha playtest build

This build focuses on the first playable route. You can explore the opening discovery loop, meet the garden’s core UI, and see how Mystery Seeds, the Field Journal, Village Notes, harvests, and rewards connect.

Future plans

Seedfolk is being built outward from its core discovery loop: plant a Mystery Seed, reveal what grows, record it in the Field Journal, harvest it, help the village, and use the rewards to keep experimenting.

The current focus is polishing the first playable slice so the opening garden feels clear, cozy, and worth replaying. Future updates are planned to grow from that foundation rather than bury the game under chores.

• More Mystery Seed discoveries, including unusual crops, herbs, flowers, and rare botanical surprises.
• Richer Field Journal entries with specimen art, species notes, collection goals, and harvest history.
• Village Notes and request boards that give your harvests purpose and help guide what to plant next.
• Garden Supplies, Supply Shed rewards, and a small Garden Stall for turning safe surplus into more planting opportunities.
• More polish across onboarding, feedback, animation, audio, saving, accessibility, and long-term progression.
• Later releases exploring genetics, preservation tools, seed lineages, rare variants, crossbreeding, and mutation once the discovery loop is fully proven.

Controls

• Mouse-driven play.
• Select tools or items from the UI.
• Click plots to plant, inspect, harvest, and continue the discovery loop.

Artwork note

Some page artwork uses AI-assisted marketing/concept art for atmosphere and presentation. Gameplay screenshots and playable footage show the current Seedfolk build.