Prune
com.Polyculture.Prune
by Joel McDonald
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About this app
Prune is a love letter to trees. A game about the beauty and joy of cultivation.
With a swipe of a finger, grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape, and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil.
• A unique digital plant for your pocket
• Beautiful, minimalist art and a super clean interface—it's just you and the trees
• Meditative music and sound design for you to zen out to
• No filler - 48 carefully chosen levels
• No IAP, no monetization strategy, no currencies
• Share screenshots of your unique tree creations with friends
Originally based on an experimental tree generation script, Joel McDonald carefully crafted Prune to perfection over the course of a year. Kyle Preston joined in to add his unique musical signature and sound effects.
----- RECEPTION -----
"Wildly creative, totally addictive, and oddly soothing" - Entertainment Weekly
"Breathtakingly beautiful design and gameplay work together perfectly for a tranquil, touching experience." - 4.5/5 Gamezebo
"Prune is an awe-inspiring work of digital poetry that transcends its initial subject material to explore a much larger, much more complex theme, in an articulate and powerfully moving manner." - 10/10 Pocket Gamer
"A collaboration that feels more like a dance than puzzle-solving." - Kill Screen
With a swipe of a finger, grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape, and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil.
• A unique digital plant for your pocket
• Beautiful, minimalist art and a super clean interface—it's just you and the trees
• Meditative music and sound design for you to zen out to
• No filler - 48 carefully chosen levels
• No IAP, no monetization strategy, no currencies
• Share screenshots of your unique tree creations with friends
Originally based on an experimental tree generation script, Joel McDonald carefully crafted Prune to perfection over the course of a year. Kyle Preston joined in to add his unique musical signature and sound effects.
----- RECEPTION -----
"Wildly creative, totally addictive, and oddly soothing" - Entertainment Weekly
"Breathtakingly beautiful design and gameplay work together perfectly for a tranquil, touching experience." - 4.5/5 Gamezebo
"Prune is an awe-inspiring work of digital poetry that transcends its initial subject material to explore a much larger, much more complex theme, in an articulate and powerfully moving manner." - 10/10 Pocket Gamer
"A collaboration that feels more like a dance than puzzle-solving." - Kill Screen
What's New
Prune has been upgraded to work on the latest devices. Additionally:
-patched an important security breach (in the Unity engine)
-fixed several of the bonus levels which were too difficult
-fixed a few UI/visual bugs
-patched an important security breach (in the Unity engine)
-fixed several of the bonus levels which were too difficult
-fixed a few UI/visual bugs
App Information
Version Name
1.0.61
Version Code
25
File Size
47.7 MB
Minimum OS
Android 6.0+
Target SDK
Android 22
Developer
Joel McDonald
Contact
Website
Content Rating
Everyone
Package Name
com.Polyculture.PrunePermissions Required
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Recent Reviews
Dee Gee
4.0★
A very interesting, clever puzzle game with what may be a unique approach. On the other hand, the tutorial level doesn't mention all the controls, so I stumbled onto two-finger gestures to zoom and moved on accident. Further, the nature of levels never really going the same way twice means I get stuck on a level, but then suddenly pass it without knowing what I did differently, or exactly what action led to what outcome. It's a very clever game, but needs to make itself clearer to the player.
Michael Firestone
3.0★
This game is fantastic. It's very unique and I enjoyed my time with it a lot. The reason for my score is that this is a game with a lot of serious technical problems. For whatever reason the game cannot achieve full screen. Certain in game effects cause for my phone's dashboard to bleed through. It's very strange, I can see app icons when dust effects sweep across the screen. The game's camera is slow and struggles to keep up on faster paced stages. Good game but too buggy.
A Google user
5.0★
Great stress reducer! I suffer from extreme anxiety, especially in social settings and dentist offices, but I'll start playing this game and in no time flat, I'm calm, relaxed and ready to reach that next anxiety raising activity... like the dentists drill! Only complaint would be that it's not long enough (that's what she said)! Once you reach the end of the levels you go back over them again with a slightly higher degree of difficulty, which is good, but I'd LOVE to have newer puzzles to solve! PLEASE... MAKE MORE!
Emilee Piepiora (Selkie)
5.0★
This is an exceptionally beautiful game, addictive to play while both challenging and calming. The usage of aesthetically pleasing mechanics provides a silent story of growth, perseverance, and hope that makes this game an emotional masterpiece among other puzzle games like Monumental Valley. It's short (completed within a few hours) but has a lot of replay value; still would love to see more! Also has no ads or pressure to review. Wish I could give this more than 5 stars, it deserves it!
Emily de Grace
5.0★
This game is beautiful, relaxing, but still requires a little thought. Use the controls to prune a tree towards sunlight to bloom but watch out for hazards that can threaten growth. If a puzzle is challenging the game allows you to skip it so you can try the next level and come back to it later. I hope the devs put more levels out, i really enjoyed playing this.
Ali Khan
4.0★
Good game wish there were more levels. There is one level that I absolutely can't stand though, and that's level 6-11's blue flower. It genuinely feels impossible to get, as even with perfect timing, my tree can only reach the blue flower for like a second or two before it's chopped by the saw. Please fix as it feels more like bad level design than a challenge. Ta
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