Your mind. A quiet network of drifting neurons. Sometimes burdened, sometimes filled with ideas!

You are that idea. A thought in motion, connecting the neurons via synapse connections. Bring a thought to life and help calm the mind. 

Left click any glowing node, then steer the signal with your cursor. Right click when the thought feels finished.

Some nodes hold shadows. Unattended thoughts that need witnessing. Close a loop around one and the shadow lifts. Ignore them too long and they spread.

Some nodes are distractions. Jagged, ochre, draining. Cross one and your thought is wounded.

And drifting between everything, glowing green: inspirations. Fleeting.

You have to catch them. Touch one and the signal surges! Bright enough to burst through distractions in your path.

Each thought you commit lives forever in your garden. Each layer you quiet, lets you go deeper and opens the next level. Twenty layers in, the mind is at peace.

A short, slow and experimental game, about contemplation, meditation and thought. Pick any depth from Free Play once you've reached the end, and stay as long as you want.

Built for the GameDev.tv Game Jam 2026.

Controls

Left Click       -  select a glowing node to begin a thought

Right Click      -  commit the thought

Mouse Movement   -  steer the signal toward your cursor

Scroll Wheel     -  zoom in / out

G                -  open / close the garden

N                -  descend to a new layer (once the current one is quiet)

ESC              -  return to menu

Credits

Designed by Stephen Reponen

Sound by Cal Exo (https://vaihe.bandcamp.com)

Haikus by Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, Kaga no Chiyo, Kobayashi Issa, Natsume Sōseki, Masaoka Shiki, and anonymous

All haikus are in the public-domain

Built with Godot 4.6.