Leaf Buddy
A virtual plant building app that gives plant growers experience with plant maintenance so they can apply those skills to their real world plants
Home Screen
Design Goals
Gamify the experience of learning how to maintain a virtual plant in conjunction with their physical plant
Build up experience and skills in a risk free environment (virtual plants can’t actually die!)
Tips for virtual plant
Positive Takeaways
People were motivated by incentives to continue playing with the app
Users appreciate being able to visualize what their plant is supposed to look like
Gamifying plant maintenance
Negative Feedback
Users couldn’t readily access all information about their plant’s journey, as most of the maintenance tips lined up with where the plant currently was in it’s journey