How to play guide for Flowerpatch

This page will serve as a basic how to play guide for . While there is very little information available at this time, we urge you to check back often, as new information is being added all the time! Feel free to edit this guide with any tips, tricks, and suggestions.

Getting Started
Install A Supported Wallet & Browser

For desktop/laptop: MetaMask works on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, & Brave

For mobile: HB Wallet, Trust Wallet, or MetaMask beta (iOS, Android).

Get One Or More FLOWERs
Your options:


 * Participate in contests/airdrops
 * Buy from other players on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/assets/flowers
 * Note: OpenSea supports sorting by price, and applying filters for various FLOWER attributes such as Rarity.
 * Buy from the official market: https://flowerpatch.app/market
 * Buy from other players on HB Wallet's market (available only within HB Wallet app)

Once you have FLOWERs, you can view them on your account page https://flowerpatch.app/account

Note: This will automatically show the FLOWER collection of your active wallet (in your wallet extension or dapp browser).

Go To The Game World
https://flowerpatch.app/game

Note: FLOWERs are not consumed or degraded by any game mechanic. You can plant, breed, harvest, and cut down a FLOWER as many times as you want. In addition, the game world uses a separate database (which only reads your wallet contents via the Ethereum blockchain) - you never lose posession of your FLOWERs, even when planting/breeding them in the game world.

Don't be afraid to jump right in and give the game a try!

Login
Allow Flowerpatch to connect to your MetaMask wallet, then press the cog icon in the top-right to unlock your account (this will sign a tx, logging you in) - see the picture below

Note: You can zoom in/out the game world camera with your Mouse Wheel. In addition, you can resize the UI by holding CTRL + scrolling your Mouse Wheel, or by using your browser's page-zoom controls.(edited)

Tilling A Tile
Activate the Till Land tool, then press a tile to till it. Tilling a tile gives you temporary ownership of a tile (a few minutes), giving you the chance to plant a FLOWER. Having ownership of a tile highlights the tile with a yellow border.

Tips:

Find land of the type that matches one of your FLOWER's land type; the image background of your FLOWER reveals its land type: Soil, Stone, Ice, Water, Sand, or Lava.

Find a spot adjacent to any FLOWERs you'd like to breed your FLOWERs with, you can even breed with FLOWERs planted by other players!

Planting Your FLOWER
Activate the planting tool, then press on a tile which you've tilled. A popup will appear, showing you all of the FLOWERs which belong to you. Select a FLOWER which matches the land type of the tile. Planting a FLOWER on a tile you've tilled will grant you ownership of the tile as long as your FLOWER remains there.

Inspecting Your FLOWER
Activate the Inspect tool, then press the tile where you planted your FLOWER - it will show the card. You can click the card to flip it and reveal the stats of your FLOWER

Let Your FLOWER Grow!

Your FLOWER needs to be fully grown in order to breed or harvest. To see your FLOWER's growth speed and time, check the back of the card.

Breed With Grown Adjacent FLOWERs
Activate the Inspection tool, press the tile of the FLOWER you'd like to breed, then press the Breed button. If there are any adjacent tiles with other fully grown FLOWERs (even ones that belong to other players), those tiles will raise up. Press one of the grown adjacent FLOWERs (risen tiles), then press the Breed button again.

Tips:

-You can breed with other player's FLOWERs, but you must own one of the parents.

-You can start by activating another player's FLOWER first (so long as you have a fully grown adjacent FLOWER) to potentially change the naming of the offspring.

See Flower Breeding for details on how the breeding system functions.

Confirming The Breeding Transaction

You will be forwarded to the breed page. Press the  symbol to continue with the breed. Your wallet (MetaMask) will then show you the transaction information - press  to submit.

Your offspring FLOWER will be minted and sent to you shortly after your transaction is processed on the Ethereum blockchain You can view your collection at https://flowerpatch.app/account

If someone else breeds with your flower, you get a portion of the fee they pay!

Moving/Removing Your FLOWER
If you'd like to move your FLOWER elsewhere, activate the Remove tool (pair of clippers) and click the tile where your FLOWER is planted. Removing a FLOWER does not destroy or degrade it. If you've started a breed, wait until you receive the offspring FLOWER before removing any of the parent FLOWERs - removal of a parent before the breed finishes may invalidate the breed (we will have to refund you the breed fee you paid)

Identifying which FLOWERs are already planted
When you attempt to plant on a tilled tile, the pop-up window now indicates which FLOWERs are already planted in the game with a seedling icon in the top-left corner of each card. If the icon is there, the FLOWER is already planted in the game world. If there is no icon, the FLOWER is not currently planted in the game world.

Identifying tiles owned by you
Any tile you own (till or plant on) will have its borders highlighted yellow.

More Information
If you'd like to learn more about the project, please join us on discord while we are in the process of updating the wiki.