Glowseed Catch: look around your phone and tap glowseeds in sixty seconds

Glowseed Catch is a one-minute game on your phone. Glowseeds float in the space around you, and you turn to find them. You tap each one before the sixty-second timer ends.

This post explains what Glowseed Catch is, how a round works and who it suits. It is coming soon on aeternusvita.io. You can get notified from the product page when it is ready.

What Glowseed Catch is

The one-line pitch in the brief is "Look around on your phone and tap glowseeds before the minute ends." The subtitle is "Tap seeds against the clock".

The Google Play en-GB description puts it like this: "Glowseed Catch is a one-minute game on your phone. Glowseeds float in the space around you, and you turn to find them. Tap each one before the sixty-second timer ends."

It continues: "A moth moves through that same space and gets in the way of a catch. A golden glowseed stands out from the ordinary ones. Catches in a row build a combo. The round closes with its own end sound, and a quiet night loop plays for the whole minute."

Then the player view: "You stay with the phone and look around the room. Each tap is a catch. The glowseed shows a caught pose when you land the tap. When the timer finishes, the round is over and the night loop finishes with it."

Made by aeternusvita.io, as the listing closes: "Look around, tap the glowseeds, and use the minute."

The factory category is phone and the Chrome Web Store category is Games. Platforms are Web, Chrome extension and iphone-web, with a hosted kit-three web build. Both smoke tests are marked as pass.

The same six features appear in every locale:

• Sixty seconds to tap the floating glowseeds
• Look around the room to find each seed
• A moth that gets in the way of a catch
• A golden glowseed among the ordinary ones
• A combo when catches come in a row
• A night loop that plays for the minute

How a sixty-second round works

A round lasts sixty seconds. You start with glowseeds floating around you. You turn with the phone to bring each one into view, then tap to catch it. The glowseed shows a caught pose when the tap lands.

Timing is two sounds: "A quiet night loop plays for the whole minute" and "The round closes with its own end sound". The loop runs for the duration. The end sound marks the close. Both finish together: "When the timer finishes, the round is over and the night loop finishes with it."

The session is one timed loop: find, tap, close.

Looking around to find each seed

The main action is looking around the room with the phone.

The listing says "Glowseeds float in the space around you, and you turn to find them" and "You stay with the phone and look around the room." The feature list repeats it as "Look around the room to find each seed".

You hold the phone and turn. The seeds are around you rather than inside a fixed frame. You look around to bring each seed into view before you can tap.

Each tap is a catch, and the reply is named in the same line: "The glowseed shows a caught pose when you land the tap."

The moth, the golden seed and the combo

Three elements sit inside the sixty seconds.

The moth moves through the same space and gets in the way of a catch. It shares the space with the glowseeds. It does not add time or end the round. It gets between you and the seed you are trying to tap.

The golden glowseed stands out from the ordinary ones. It is a distinct variant to watch for among the standard seeds.

The combo builds when catches come in a row. The description says "Catches in a row build a combo" and the feature list says "A combo when catches come in a row".

The Chrome Web Store edition adds scoring for these elements in that edition only: "Golden seeds are worth +5, dusk moths cost you 2, and catches in a row build a combo. Your best score is saved." Those numbers are stated only for the Chrome tab edition. The phone listing describes the moth and the golden seed in behavioural terms without numbers, and this post keeps that distinction clear. The +5 and −2 apply to the Chrome edition.

Sound: the night loop and the end sound

Sound is a loop plus a close. The feature list includes "A night loop that plays for the minute" and the description pairs it with "The round closes with its own end sound". The loop runs for the duration and the end sound closes the round.

Both finish together: "When the timer finishes, the round is over and the night loop finishes with it." You hear the loop while you look and tap, and you hear the close when the sixty seconds are done. The brief does not mention separate music selection or volume controls.

On the web and in Chrome: how you control it

On the phone you look around and tap. In a Chrome tab the same idea uses different controls.

The Chrome edition says: "Glowseed Catch is a quick one-minute game from aeternusvita.io that runs offline in its own Chrome tab." And: "Glowseeds float all around you in a night garden. Drag to look around and click seeds to catch them before the timer runs out." You drag to look and click to catch.

The same edition gives the scoring that does not appear in the phone listing: "Golden seeds are worth +5, dusk moths cost you 2, and catches in a row build a combo. Your best score is saved."

Privacy for that edition is one line: "Privacy: no accounts, ads or analytics. Your best score stays in local browser storage." The store summary repeats it as "A one-minute catching game: look around, click the floating glowseeds, dodge dusk moths and chase golden seeds for combos."

You have two ways to play the same sixty seconds. On the phone you turn and tap. In a Chrome tab you drag and click.

Who it suits

The brief does not name a narrow audience. The Chrome Web Store category is Games and the factory category is phone, which points to a short, casual game.

It suits you if you want a game that fits into a minute. The round is sixty seconds, then it is over.

It suits you if you like to move the phone to play. You look around the room rather than keep your eyes in one spot.

It suits you if you like a simple loop with a clear variation. The moth gets in the way, the golden seed stands out, and catches in a row build a combo.

It suits you if you want something quiet. The loop is a quiet night loop for the minute and the round closes with its own end sound.

It suits you if you want to try it without a phone. The Chrome tab edition runs offline and keeps your best score in local storage with no accounts, ads or analytics.

Coming soon

Glowseed Catch is coming soon on aeternusvita.io. The product page is where you can get notified when it is ready. Visit Glowseed Catch and use the notify option there.

There is no price, release date, rating or review to quote because nothing has been submitted or released. The brief lists release date as not decided, ratings and reviews as none and price as not final. The web build is hosted with smoke tests marked as pass, the Chrome Web Store listing is queued at #05 and the HTML5 zip for itch.io is packaged and awaiting an account.

Use the listing as your guide. Sixty seconds to tap the floating glowseeds. Look around the room to find each seed. A moth that gets in the way of a catch. A golden glowseed among the ordinary ones. A combo when catches come in a row. A night loop that plays for the minute. Made by aeternusvita.io, coming soon.