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 To add to the being-a-plant feeling, you would not control a single avatar but there would be a bunch of "minions" at your disposal. You order them where to work and they do the work for you. You start of with a small number of minions, but you can create more as you continue to play (possibly with resources that you find). If you are not paying attention to the game, the minions keep working, but not as diligently as when you are looking. When you stay away too long they get lazy. Perhaps they ultimately die. To add to the being-a-plant feeling, you would not control a single avatar but there would be a bunch of "minions" at your disposal. You order them where to work and they do the work for you. You start of with a small number of minions, but you can create more as you continue to play (possibly with resources that you find). If you are not paying attention to the game, the minions keep working, but not as diligently as when you are looking. When you stay away too long they get lazy. Perhaps they ultimately die.
 To strengthen the bond between the player and these minions, perhaps we could say that they will only be happy when they work. Perhaps the need to carve for nourishment. And they only work when you tell them to. To strengthen the bond between the player and these minions, perhaps we could say that they will only be happy when they work. Perhaps the need to carve for nourishment. And they only work when you tell them to.
 +There could be different types of minions. Some are better at certain tasks than others.
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 +Examples of minions in games:
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 +{{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Pikmin_2_Screenshot_OF.jpg?200}}
 +{{http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/world-of-goo.jpg?200}}
 +{{http://rampantgames.com/images/gamescreens/vvscreen1.jpg?200}}
  
 The entire garden could exist in a pseudo-parallax pseudo-2D landscape where travel with only panning and no rotation. This offers you the ability to select a plant and zoom in on it. When you do, you get a 2D view of the "inside" of the plant, where the minions are hard (or not so hard...) at work. If this is your plant, you can help the minions and grow the plant. The entire garden could exist in a pseudo-parallax pseudo-2D landscape where travel with only panning and no rotation. This offers you the ability to select a plant and zoom in on it. When you do, you get a 2D view of the "inside" of the plant, where the minions are hard (or not so hard...) at work. If this is your plant, you can help the minions and grow the plant.
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