I'm testing a small prototype before deciding whether to build a full game: Sunplot

You plant a garden on a small grid and press Grow. Tomatoes need sun, ferns need shade, sunflowers grow tall and shade the bed below them, cabbages need a pond, pumpkins need bees from lavender. Puzzles mode has 12 hand-made gardens; Seasons mode is short replayable runs where you pick 2 of 3 plants each season and must beat a rising harvest target.

AI disclosure: the code, art and text were made with Claude (an AI model) under my direction; the page's AI disclosure is filled in. No image generators were used.

What I'd like to know:

1. Could you play without instructions? Where did you get stuck?
2. Which mode did you keep playing, and why?
3. Would a full version interest you? What would it need?
4. What does it remind you of — and is that one better?

It runs in the browser (desktop and mobile), no sign-up. Blunt answers are welcome — thanks!

Yeah, I could figure it out without instructions. I got stuck on level 9 though.

I’ve been playing the basic mode so far.

A full version would be cool. I think it’d need more variety of plants, especially as it gets harder, so the later levels don’t feel the same.

Not sure honestly, maybe a bit like tic-tac-toe? Hard to compare it to something exact.