Immorticulture

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Immorticulture is a visual novel with built in minigames to do research for characters in order to answer their horticulture questions and dilemmas. The Tree of Life only thrives on the success of the environment around it and even though you are immortal the tree only is as long as nature thrives. You will need to help villagers to improve the environment and let the world around you thrive. 

This game was created for Games4SocialImpact Game Jam 2023. Our social impacts displayed in the game is Horticulture and Empathy. Listed below are all the various sources we used for research.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture# 
• https://www.bhg.com/pruning-apple-trees-6755200#:~:text=Late%20winter%20or%20early%20spring,in%20fall%20or%20early%20winter
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CULTAN_Fertilization 
• https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/houseplant-pests/spider-mite-control/ 
• https://morethanweeds.co.uk/a-history-of-weeding/ 
• https://treepeopleofwallawalla.com/pruning/the-history-of-pruning/ 
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338403799_The_Evolution_of_Agricultural_Drainage_from_the_Earliest_Times_to_the_Present 
• https://www.farmmanagement.pro/a-short-history-of-tilling/ 
• https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/57/2/article-p236.xml 
• https://cropwatch.unl.edu/fertilizer-history-p1#:~:text=Although%20it%20was%20previously%20thought,long%20as%208%2C000%20years%20ago
• https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2136/sssaj1977.03615995004100020020x 
• http://agsyst.wsu.edu/History-VegetableGrafting3-1-18.pdf 
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7581488/#:~:text=Since%20the%20practice%20of%20agriculture,to%20control%20insects%20and%20mites

Credits:

Developers: Jagr Krtanjek, Radley Lettich, Diego Jurado

Artist: Seán O'Rourke

Writing: Zander Spike

Design Aspects:

Watering Minigame: Diego Jurado

Book Minigame: Jagr Krtanjek

Gardening Minigame: Radley Lettich

UI/UX: Seán O'Rourke

Narrative/Worldbuilding: Zander Spike

Special Thanks: Games4SocialImpact Mentors for organizing, aid, and motivation