Ages after Homo sapiens abandoned an exhausted Terra, life has just begun to reclaim its place on the surface. With limited resources, sunlight, and space, spread roots and grow towards the sky to become the last plant standing.
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Flourish is a turn-based strategy game where players take on the role of a plant desperately trying to survive on an exhausted and depleted Terra. In an environment scarce on resources but filled with competition, fight against all odds to survive and thrive.
Biomass, water, and sunlight must be balanced to survive.
Resources are consumed to grow and to sustain your plant's size.
Collect sunlight from the sky by spreading your branches. Only the green, leafy portions of a plant will collect sun. Grow to cover the opponent plant and starve them out of sunlight.
Collect water and biomass by growing roots adjacent to them underground. Resource collection occurs at the beginning of each round. Water is renewable, but biomass will slowly deplete over time. Be careful - if you grow your roots directly into a biomass or water tile, the resource will be destroyed!
The larger a plant is, the more sunlight it needs to stay alive. In addition, it takes more water to support more branches and more biomass to support more roots. If a plant doesn't have enough water or biomass, its branches will begin to decay. If it lacks sunlight, its roots will decay. A plant dies when it decays away entirely. Use this to your advantage by starving your opponents of resources until they die - but be careful, less you decay away yourself.
Weather the elements and expand your plant. Explore new locations and repopulate the planet. Win by becoming the last plant standing.
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CPU: Yes | CPU: Yes |
Memory: Some | Memory: Some |
Graphics: Colors would be nice | Graphics: Colors would be nice |
Sound: You can hum along if you want | Sound: You can hum along if you want |
Display: 720p Widescreen | Display: 720p Widescreen |
OS: Preferably the Start button no longer reads “Start” | OS: Preferably the Apple logo no longer has a rainbow on it |
Recommended |
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CPU: 24 core Intel Xeon E7 | CPU: 18 core Intel Xeon W |
Memory: All | Memory: All |
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X | Graphics: Radeon Pro Vega 64X |
Sound: Surround Sound 7.1 | Sound: Surround Sound 7.1 |
Display: 8K 32:9 ultrawide monitor | Display: 8K 32:9 ultrawide monitor |
OS: Windows Server 2019 Enterprise | OS: macOS Mojave + macOS Server |
If you can figure out how to install Linux, you can figure out how to run a jar.
Flourish was developed by students in the Game Design Initiative at Cornell University.
Head Chef (Design Lead) Mega Music Man (Composer) Plant Master (Programmer) AI Hackerman (Programmer) Repository Despot (Software Lead) Donut Man (Programmer) Project Overlord (Project Lead)