Frequently asked questions
The questions people actually ask, answered plainly. If yours is not here, the guide may cover it.
Playing
Is Bloomy free?
Yes, completely. There is nothing to buy, no premium currency and no paid shortcut. The game is supported by one optional kind of advert, described below.
Do I need to install anything or create an account?
No. Bloomy runs in any modern web browser on a computer, tablet or phone. There is no account, no login and no email address to give. On a phone you can add it to your home screen and it opens like an app.
I started a garden and nothing is happening.
A new garden starts asleep. Tap Bloomy to pet them until you have 50 paw prints, then buy the Breakfast Bowl in Supplies. After that the cats get up and the garden starts earning on its own.
Does the garden grow while the tab is closed?
Yes, more gently than while you watch: at an eighth of its usual speed, for up to two hours away. The Deep Sleep dream upgrade extends that. When you come back, the journal tells you what happened in the meantime.
What does Sleep do? Will I lose my garden?
Sleep ends the current run in exchange for dreams. Flowers, bees, supplies and recruited cats reset, and every run starts again from an empty jar. What you keep is what matters in the long run: your dreams and the permanent upgrades bought with them, every flower and cat you have discovered, and your cats' friendships. Each new garden grows noticeably faster than the one before, and some flowers and cats only appear after you have slept. It is how the game is meant to be played, not a punishment.
When should I Sleep for the first time?
When progress starts to feel like waiting rather than playing. The Sleep tab shows how many dreams you would get. A first Sleep for just a handful of dreams is a perfectly good one — those first dream upgrades make the second run much quicker.
How do I unlock the night garden?
After three Sleeps a moonlit version of the garden becomes available, and you can switch between day and night whenever you like. It is purely a look: neither scene is better for your garden than the other.
Your save
Where is my garden saved?
In your own browser, on your own device. It is never uploaded anywhere. That also means it does not follow you from one device or browser to another by itself.
How do I move my garden to another device?
Open Settings and use Export to get a save code. Copy it, open Bloomy on the other device, and paste it into Import. It is a good idea to export a copy now and then anyway.
I cleared my browser data and my garden is gone.
Clearing site data for bloomygame.fr removes the save along with everything else, and since the save only ever existed on your device, there is no copy to recover it from. If you exported a save code beforehand, import it in Settings and the garden comes back exactly as it was. Private or incognito windows also discard the save when they close.
Ads and privacy
Are there ads?
In exactly one place. Every few minutes a butterfly visits the garden carrying a gift, and collecting that gift means watching a short advert. Ads never interrupt play, never appear on their own, and are never needed to progress: you can ignore every butterfly and the garden grows exactly as designed.
A butterfly says no ad is available.
That happens when an ad blocker is active, when the consent message has not been answered, or simply when Google has no advert to show at that moment. Nothing is lost: the gift waits while the butterfly is still there, and the next butterfly will try again.
What data does Bloomy collect?
Very little, and nothing that identifies you: anonymous play statistics such as how far gardens get, so the game can be balanced. Ads are served by Google, which has its own rules. The privacy page lists everything in detail, and you can change your ad choices at any time in Settings.
Everything else
What licence is Bloomy under?
The game is published under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3. See the about page for more.
Can the game have music turned off?
Yes. The garden music has its own switch in Settings. The soundtrack is composed by the game as you play rather than being a looping recording.