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A DESERET KEYBOARD GARDEN

The Desert Shall Rejoice.

โ€œ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐‘„ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐‘†๐ฏ๐‘‰๐ป ๐‘‡๐ฐ๐‘Š ๐‘‰๐จ๐พ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐‘…, ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐บ๐‘Š๐ฑ๐‘…๐ฒ๐‘‹ ๐ฐ๐‘† ๐‘„ ๐‘‰๐ฌ๐‘†.โ€ Isaiah 35:1

๐‘„ ๐‘Š๐ฌ๐‘Œ ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐ผ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘‰๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐‘‰๐‘Š๐ผA solitary place
0 of 82 plants
๐‘„ ๐‘Š๐ซ๐‘‰๐ผ ๐‘€๐ฑ๐ผ โ€ฆ ๐‘‹๐ฉ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐‘‚๐‘‰๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐‘‰๐บ ๐ฑ๐‘‚ ๐‘„ ๐‘๐จ๐‘Š๐ผ ๐บ๐จ๐‘๐ฌ๐‘‰ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐‘€๐‘‰๐ฎ๐ญ๐‘…๐ฉ๐‘€๐ฌ ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘Š๐ฎ ยท Calochortus nuttallii

LET KNOWLEDGE TAKE ROOT.

๐ช ๐‘Œ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‘‰๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐‘

Type the key for the Deseret letter shown. Each correct answer grows one or two sego lilies.

Brush up on the alphabet first? Review the letters and the experimental keyboard.

0correct
0in a row
โ€”accuracy

Small and simple

Correct keys yield leaves, then buds, then white blossoms. A wrong key removes one plant or a small patch; but those places can regrow.

A costly glimpse

Revealing the keyboard causes a spring snowstorm. Hide it and type six correct answers to thaw the fallen snow. These squalls pause play briefly, leaving only a remnant of plants to regrow.

Other penalties

After reaching 41 mature plants, three mistakes in a row cause an automatic storm; after 62, just two do the same. At 76 mature plants, one incorrect answer triggers the same storm.

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THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE

How to tend the field

  1. Use the BoM69 experimental keyboard mapping. While the game can be played on a smartphone, we recommend playing it using a physical keyboard.
  2. Type the physical key for the displayed letter. Uppercase and lowercase have the same shape here; Shift is not required. A hardware keyboard is easiest. On a phone, tap the answer box and use your normal keyboard.
  3. A correct key advances one or two plants. Different plants mature at different rates. A mistake removes one to three plants and leaves the same letter to try again.
  4. Revealing the non-clickable keyboard starts a snowstorm and pauses answers. Hide the map, then type six correct answers to melt the snow. Only 10% of the plants still living at thaw survive, rounded down. A second reveal starts a fresh six-answer thaw.
  5. Once the field reaches 41 mature plants, three mistakes in a row trigger an automatic spring snowstorm; after 62 mature plants, two in a row do so. The reached threshold stays active even if mistakes remove plants. A correct answer resets the mistake streak. These storms pause typing for eight seconds, then leave 10% of the surviving plants, rounded down, without revealing the keyboard. Storm thresholds reset after the field is reduced.
  6. At 76 mature plants, one incorrect answer triggers the same eight-second snowstorm, leaving 10% of the surviving plants, rounded down. Once all 82 plants mature, play ends and no further penalties apply. Enjoy the completed field for as long as you like, or choose โ€œGrow another fieldโ€ to play again. Closing or reloading this page starts a new field.

Desert and blossom

The title comes from Isaiah 35:1. Its desert imagery also appears in Latter-day Saint accounts of settlement. This garden uses Utahโ€™s sego lily as its visual theme.

The flowers

Botanical references: Flora of North America and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.