A game made for TOJam 2026
Themes: After You × The World Isn't Ending
You are the ghost of someone who has just passed away, left behind in the garden you loved. The world keeps moving — the sun still rises, the neighbour still walks to work — but your garden is starting to fade without anyone to tend to it.
You can't water the plants yourself. You can't call out. All you can do is gently nudge the world around you and hope someone notices.
Ghost Garden is a quiet first-person exploration game about letting go, and about the small ways we leave traces of ourselves behind.
- WASD — move around the garden
- Mouse — look around
- E or Left Click — nudge an object you're looking at (a crosshair glow indicates something can be nudged)
You have a limited number of nudges each day. Use them wisely.
The garden has 10 days before it fades away completely. Find a way to inspire your neighbour to take care of it before time runs out.
Watch your neighbour's daily routine and figure out how to get their attention. There is a sequence of nudges that will lead them to notice the neglected garden — but you'll have to explore and experiment to discover it.
Not every nudge will do something meaningful. Some things just rustle in the wind. That's okay.
Guide your neighbour to notice the garden and decide to water it. The world keeps going — and so does the garden.
Let 10 days pass without succeeding. The garden fades, and so does your last connection to it.
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| W A S D | Move |
| Mouse | Look |
| E / Left Click | Nudge |
Made in Unity 6 for TOJam 2026.
Audio powered by FMOD Studio.
- 3D Mini Garden Props — garden props, watering can, flowers
- Free Sample Stylized Hand Painted Plant & Flower Pack — additional flowers
- Gardening Supplies Set — gardening tools and shelf
- Quirky Series Free Animals Pack — bird assets
- Low Poly Simple Nature Pack — landscape
- City People Free Samples — neighbour character
- Built with Unity 6.4 (URP)
- Audio: FMOD Studio
- Navigation: Unity AI Navigation (NavMesh)
- Input: Unity Input System
"The garden still grows. Someone just has to remember to water it."