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Lucid Winds, a cozy botanical game where every plant you grow is a one of one with its own haiku

Game Title: Lucid Winds

Playable Link: https://lucidwinds.com

Platform: Web (browser)

Description: Lucid Winds is a cozy botanical game where every plant you grow is a one of one. Each plant is generated deterministically from a SHA-256 hash across 8 trait layers (pot, stem, leaves, flowers, substrate, aura, companion, and mutation) and rolls across 7 rarity grades from Common to Cosmic. Billions of possible names, billions of possible haikus, quintillions of possible plant configurations. No two plants are ever the same.

The wild tab is a real Leaflet map of where you actually are. You can drop plants on your street, walk to other players' plants, water them, take cuttings, and real weather affects whether they survive.

67 mini games gate the plants across pattern, puzzle, card, board, creative, and dice categories. There's a music studio with drums bass keys and leads, breath pattern meditation, a strategy board game with an MCTS opponent, and more.

There are no fail states for the player. Plants can die from weather, never from you missing something. No timers staring at you. No combat. The whole experience is meant to be quiet and slow.

Free to Play Status:

- [x] Free to play

- [ ] Demo/Key available

- [ ] Paid

Involvement: Solo developer. Designed and built the entire game including the systems, economy, rarity engine, procedural haiku generator, GPS-based wild map, all 67 mini games, and the art direction.