# Grow a Garden — full summary (growagarden.app)

> Grow a Garden is a free, single-player farming and idle game that runs in the browser at https://growagarden.app. Players plant seeds, water them, harvest ripe crops, and sell them for coins. They spend those coins on rarer seeds, more plots, and a Sprinkler. Weather mutates ripe crops into more valuable versions. The garden saves locally and keeps growing while the tab is closed.

## What the game is

Grow a Garden belongs to the grow-and-sell farming genre. The player owns a 6 × 4 grid of 24 plots, and 6 are open at the start. They also start with 30 coins and 3 Carrot seeds. There is no game over: the aim is to grow the garden, unlock all 24 plots, discover all ten crops in the crop codex, and beat their best single-crop sale.

growagarden.app is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Roblox Corporation or the creators of any Roblox experience with a similar name. There is no multiplayer, trading, or stealing.

## Core loop

1. Plant: choose a seed from the seed bag and tap an empty plot. Each seed is used up when planted.
2. Water: tap a growing plant to double its growth speed for 20 seconds. Watering is free.
3. Harvest: ripe crops bounce in their plots. Tap one, or use Harvest all, to move crops into the basket (holds 200).
4. Sell: sell the basket for coins. Spend coins in the seed shop on seeds, the Sprinkler, and new plots.

Single-harvest crops (Carrot, Pumpkin, Watermelon) are used up when picked. All other crops regrow after each harvest.

## Crops

| Crop | Rarity | Seed cost | First crop | Regrows | Average sale | Shop odds per restock |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carrot | Common | 10 | 20 s | No | 20 | Always |
| Strawberry | Common | 50 | 45 s | Every 30 s | 16 | 80% |
| Blueberry | Uncommon | 300 | 60 s | Every 35 s | 45 | 55% |
| Tomato | Uncommon | 700 | 80 s | Every 45 s | 90 | 45% |
| Corn | Rare | 1,500 | 100 s | Every 55 s | 180 | 32% |
| Pumpkin | Rare | 3,200 | 150 s | No | 4,800 | 22% |
| Watermelon | Legendary | 9,000 | 210 s | No | 14,500 | 13% |
| Mango | Legendary | 25,000 | 260 s | Every 120 s | 3,200 | 9% |
| Dragon Fruit | Mythical | 70,000 | 320 s | Every 150 s | 8,200 | 5% |
| Moon Blossom | Divine | 240,000 | 420 s | Every 180 s | 26,000 | 2.5% |

Times are at normal 1× growth speed. The seed shop restocks every 2 minutes 30 seconds, and unsold stock is replaced.

## Crop value

Each harvested crop has a weight. Most weigh 0.8–1.4× the crop's average, and about 2% are giants at 2–3×. Sale price = average value × (weight ÷ average weight)^1.5 × mutation multiplier.

## Growth speed

- Base speed: 1×
- Watered: +100% for 20 seconds
- Sprinkler (750 coins): +50% for every plant for 2 minutes; more can be bought to stack up to 10 minutes
- Rain or Thunderstorm: +50% for every plant
- Bonuses add together. A watered plant under a sprinkler in the rain grows at 3×.

## Weather and mutations

Weather changes every 1–3 minutes while the game is open: Clear skies, Rain, Thunderstorm, or Night. Weather mutations only affect ripe crops that are still on the plant.

- Wet (×2): chance each second during Rain or a Thunderstorm
- Moonlit (×3): chance each second at Night
- Shocked (×10): lightning strike during a Thunderstorm; replaces Wet
- Golden (×20): 1% chance when any crop ripens
- Rainbow (×50): 0.1% chance when any crop ripens

Golden or Rainbow sets the base multiplier, and weather mutations add their bonus on top. Example: Golden + Moonlit = 20 × (1 + 2) = 60×.

## Plots

The first extra plot costs 60 coins, and each one after that costs about 75% more (60, 105, 185, …). There are 24 plots. Tap the next locked plot, press U, or use New plot in the Shop tab to buy it.

## Saving and offline growth

The garden saves automatically to the browser's localStorage every few seconds and whenever the page is hidden or closed. Nothing is sent to a server, and there is no account. When the player comes back, the garden catches up on up to 24 hours away, with crops growing at 1× (plus any watering still active). Weather and weather mutations only run while the game is open. If a player ever has no coins, no seeds, no plants, and an empty basket, the game gives them a free Carrot seed so a garden can never get stuck. Stats → Start a new garden wipes the save after a second confirmation.

## Controls

- Tap or click a plot: plant the selected seed (empty), water (growing), harvest (ripe), or buy it (next locked plot)
- Harvest all and Sell buttons sit under the garden
- Tabs: Seeds (seed bag), Shop (seeds, Sprinkler, new plot, restock timer), Basket (harvested crops with weights, mutations, and values)
- Shovel (D): dig up a plant; the seed is not refunded
- Keyboard: 1–0 pick a seed, H harvest all, S sell, B toggle shop, U unlock next plot, D shovel, M mute, Esc close panels or put away the shovel, arrow keys move between plots, Enter or Space acts on the focused plot

## Audio and accessibility

All sound effects are generated in the browser with the Web Audio API, with no audio files. Mute (M or the speaker button) is saved. Every plot has a descriptive aria-label, for example "Plot 3: Tomato, 45% grown, ripe in 0:32. Watered." Messages are announced through a polite live region. The game can be played fully from the keyboard, colours meet WCAG AA contrast, and animations respect prefers-reduced-motion.

## Site

- Home / play: https://growagarden.app/
- How to play: https://growagarden.app/how-to-play
- Tips: https://growagarden.app/tips
- FAQ: https://growagarden.app/faq
- About: https://growagarden.app/about
- Privacy: https://growagarden.app/privacy
- Terms: https://growagarden.app/terms
- Contact: malam169@gmail.com