Hobbies And Interests
Console Games
Plant and flower games have appeared on numerous gaming systems. "Flower," for instance, is a highly unusual nature simulation for the Sony PlayStation 3. Players control the wind, and blow flowers across a beautiful landscape. The game features various stages, but the gameplay remains essentially the same throughout, with music and color used to present a dream-like mood."Flowerworks" is a title available on the Nintendo Wii. Players control an alien, Follie, who must travel across the planet Elilia in search of answers for its various mysteries. As players progress through the story, they'll collect seeds and eventually grow flowerworks, with the aim of turning the dull planet into a wondrous landscape.
Board Games
These games are typically intended for multiple players. "Flowerpower," for instance, is a tile-laying game. The idea is that each player attempts to create the biggest plot of flowers of the same variety as possible, with the aim of achieving a better score than the other players. Players can use weeds to thwart the efforts of their rivals, too. In "Wildcraft," the players are on a quest to collect herbs and berries from a mountain, with the aim of making it back before nightfall and avoiding trouble on the journey. The game is co-operative in nature, and educational, with participants using the herbal knowledge of their characters to aid others during the quest.
P.C. Games
These games can run the gamut from simple to very complex. "Plants vs. Zombies" is an addictive title with origins in the tower defense subgenre of games. Players must cultivate various species of plant to defend their home from marauding zombie hordes, with each type of plant helping in different ways; some produce the sunlight needed to grow the garden, while others fire projectiles at the zombies. In "Plant Tycoon," meanwhile, players construct a nursery and fill it with plants, which can then be sold . This real-time title continues even while the computer is off, and players must manage this feature, as well as aspects of plant cultivation such as soil and seed types, to succeed.
Real Life Games
Some games can simply be played in a back yard or park, providing the location contains a few plants and flowers. A "Flower Scavenger Hunt" needs to be set up by an adult, and is intended for kids. The adult gives each group of players a list of flowers to collect; the list can contain either common or botanical flower names. Players then attempt to be the first group to collect --- or photograph --- all of these flowers within a certain environment. In "Butterfly Hunt," an adult hides plastic butterflies around the plants of a garden, with kids competing to be the first to find each one, with the aid of written clues if desired.