Sprocket Garden is a cozy collection game in which you play as a lone robot collecting plants to fill out your garden stand in the overgrown ruins of a futuristic society. The player plays as a recently reawakened robot, seemingly the last one still fully operating in this area. You don\u2019t know much about where you came from or what your role was in your past life, but your processing unit is programmed for one thing: collecting plants for vending! There doesn\u2019t seem to be any actual customers to buy said plants, but that doesn\u2019t matter. What matters is scouring the environment for the best plant species to fill out your budding business!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sprocket Garden takes place in a small clearing in a lush abandoned city. At the center of the clearing sits the player character\u2019s house and plant stand: a small grove and collection of stands built around a massive robotic head. The environment is full of the ruins of a robot-centric society, with large arms, pistons and mechanical pieces abruptly poking through the tangle of roots and stretching leaves. The clearing is bordered on all sides by a dense jungle of flora, an intimidating barrier that the robot doesn\u2019t dare to brave. Thankfully, there\u2019s more than enough biodiversity spread across the little pocket you inhabit. The springtime sun cascades down through the edges of the treeline, illuminating the vibrant blooming colors of each and every unique species of plant you\u2019ll discover and collect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game is cozy in nature and revolves around traversing the clearing and collecting different plants, which upon collecting will automatically populate your plant stand back at home. There will likely be a small number of plants to collect, though this small mechanic would reflect the possibility of a much bigger amount of items to collect in a full sized game. The player experience revolves around traversing a visually appealing and relaxing environment, and collecting plants to fill out their stand as they desire, introducing a subtle amount of customization\/soft progression. There won\u2019t be any timers, required number of plants to be collected, or any real challenges; the game is meant to be more of a small, almost meditative interactive experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The art style will be based around the cozy and relaxing themes of the game, focusing on lower poly assets and vibrant lush colors\/textures. It will have a heavy stylization, with relatively flat colored textures. The lack of detail will create a bit softer vibe to the world. It will take place midday in spring, so the plants are all at their most striking stages of bloom. The clearing will have a large amount of ambient light from the sun, but the large plants on the borders will create pockets of shadow to contrast the wide open sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sprocket Garden is a cozy collection game in which you play as a lone robot collecting plants to fill out your garden stand in the overgrown ruins of a futuristic society. The player plays as a recently reawakened robot, seemingly the last one still fully operating in this area. You don\u2019t know much about where… <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/10\/3500RefBoard.png\")
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