BONDS BEFORE BLOOMS
A garden, one
gentle release at a time.
Two matching contacts make a tile stick.
Release a batch. Watch a little pattern grow.
A field guide to sticking together
1. Read the edges. Every tile carries four contacts: honey circles or jade diamonds. Small contacts around the frame are fixed anchors.
2. Find two friends. An empty cell needs at least two matching contacts from its neighbors or the frame. Even one touching mismatch blocks it. Empty neighbors do nothing.
3. Release a batch. Every eligible cell receives the chosen tile at the same time. New tiles cannot help until the next release. Translucent tiles preview the next layer.
4. Keep the quiet spaces. Follow the small target. Wrong tiles stick too! Undo is unlimited. A nudge finds a shortest remaining route, or asks you to undo a wrong turn.
Keys: 1–4 choose a batch, Space releases, Z undoes, R resets, H nudges. Click or tap a garden cell to inspect its contacts. All eight gardens are open; gold seals reward the shortest sequence. Progress stays on this device.