idea graveyard: a plant shop game

i often have a lot of different ideas for games that i end up putting aside or completely moving away from & i was thinking it'd be nice to write them down somewhere... so i'm going to share one of the game ideas i had for a horror game jam i'm doing but i ended up binning here.

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a plant shop. you're the new part-timer and the job seems easy enough - you don't know why the last part-timer quit so suddenly (so the owner tells you with a sigh). water the plants once a day. that's it. even you can't screw this up, right? 

the owner checks in every once in a while and seems very friendly, though she does ask some weird questions sometimes, like what kind of colour you think you are (red, maybe?), and whether you prefer sun or shade (sun! you love the warmth). she seems to care about her plants a lot too - they all look very healthy and have their own little nametags on their pots.

you're getting the hang of the job (not that there's much to do) but for some reason you feel more tired than you usually do. the owner notices too, and she suggests you stay the night - she doesn't have a spare bedroom, but she can put out a mattress for you in the room with the plants. you appreciate her kindness and decide to take her offer...

the screen fades to black, and you're back at the front of the shop. the owner is looking for another part-timer, since her last one quit suddenly. she has a new plant though - a lovely red flower that sits in the windowsill, bathing in the sunlight...

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i was playing with the idea of a game that would loop forever, but every time you play, your player from that round would be turned into one of the owner's lovely flowers. there would be no way to 'win' except by not playing. i'm not sure if i'll go back to this idea, but i really love game loops... so for now this is going to rest in my idea graveyard and i'll mull over it some more!

the idea i ended up going with (that i'm currently working on!) is similar to this one but i didn't actually want to make a game that doesn't have a 'happy' ending... so i ended up reworking the idea a lot. i'll share more about my current game when i have more of it put together!