Tarboush Games

Until You Return

Cozy botanical puzzles

A little garden.
A very big promise.

When the orbital relay breaks, the crew make it safely back to their ship. Sprout’s charging cradle is built into the conservatory, so he stays with the seedlings. The last message from his gardener asks him to look after them.

Play Until You Return Meet the plants

18 plant species · Eight story chapters

Sprout waters a glowing Lanternflower while Moonpip and moss-backed Pebbleback watch beneath a glass dome on the moon.
Sprout and the first Lanternflower.Cover artwork

How a leaf makes rain

Where you plant matters. In the Mist Rotunda, three neighbours can turn a patch of lamplight into a drink for the bed below.

  1. Sailleaf with a single broad canopy held high on a curved stem

    Sailleaf

    Vela frondis

    Give its broad canopy direct lamplight. The beds behind it fall into shade.

  2. Cloud-Fern with spreading, pale blue-green fronds

    Cloud-Fern

    Nubes filix

    Water this fern in the Sailleaf’s shade. Once it opens, mist drifts into the neighbouring beds.

  3. Drip-Pitcher with a pink pouch, a raised lid and curling blue-green leaves

    Drip-Pitcher

    Gutta amphora

    Hang it within reach of the mist. Its cup catches the moisture and drips into the pot underneath.

Walk the settlement

Follow Sprout through the lit passages. Five growing domes share a Habitat & Workshop where he can return to his cradle, mend the water pump and listen to recordings the crew left behind.

Aerial gameplay view of the six connected locations, with the Habitat and Workshop selected.

Find the next dome

Grow plants that help one another to open the next passage. Choose a destination on the map and walk there with Sprout.

Moonpip stands beside a fitted watering spout and a Bass-Pod. Pebbleback rests near the bed.

Give Moonpip a job

Repair the pump, then choose a bed for the recovered drops. Moonpip carries the blue key to the spout. A shaded Bass-Pod can finally start to hum.

Wake up, Sprout.

Your garden saves on this device and waits for your next visit.

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