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 == The hex game ==
 When thinking of simple software systems to grow roots in 2D, we stumbled on the hexagonal grid. Hexagons have been a staple for a certain type of strategy games, so it sort of felt right.
 We started prototyping a root growing game with hexagons.
 The abstract nature of the hexagon shape also connected well to our desire to make a hi-tech underground factory.
-[add a screenshot of an early version here]
+http://tale-of-tales.com/foam/growHex1.mov
-hex dressed up
+== Hex dressed up ==
+The mindlessness of the early hex prototypes was extremely satisfying. But the lack of aesthetic connection to plants (apart from a vague abstract representation of root growth) felt uncomfortable.
+When Dave introduced us to a way in which textures on a hexagonal grid could be used to represent roots more naturalistically, we found a means to correct that problem.
-dave continues inside the roots
+http://tale-of-tales.com/foam/growHex12.mov
+== Dave inside the roots in 3D ==
+At some point, Dave started working on a 3D version of the root growing game.
+This became the most detailed gameplay prototype in this phase of the project
+== Tot above ground ==
+While Dave was creating the gameplay underground, we decided to work on what would happen above ground as the result of this root growing activity.
+We felt that one of the important motivators in the social experience of the game, would be the plant avatars that each players would be growing. So we came up with a system to represent how these plants might look. And how a garden would look comprised of such plants.
+adding missing elements: avatars, garden
 no game
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 make a game for people?
-adding missing elements: avatars, garden
 ==== Context ====