My habits grow a tree… but what are the fruits for?

Kids ask big questions. They see the details and imagine what's next.

Before

1“My habits grow a tree…”
He can see it growing, and he can see it has fruit on it. So far, so good.
2“But what are the fruits for? Can we do something with them?”
It would be so much more fun if the fruit could do something. A fair question, and nobody had an answer.
3“That's a great idea. What do you think we could do?”
“Can we have pets? We can feed the fruits to the pets!” What a fun idea. Let's build it.
4“Yes! A pet that lives in the app!”
Now the tree can help take care of something. Kids ask big questions — they see the details and imagine what's next.
5“I can grow my tree, collect the fruits, and feed my pet!”
My habits help me, my tree grows, and my pet is happy. That is the whole loop, in his words.

After

Good habits grow trees. Trees grow fruit. Fruit feeds a pet that is never hungry and never dies.

1My habits grow a tree.
Do the habit, and that habit's tree grows. Every day it was done is one piece of fruit on it — nothing else makes fruit.
2I can collect the fruits.
Apples, oranges, pears, cherries, peaches, lemons — a different fruit per tree, waiting in the basket until he picks them.
3I can feed my pet.
One fruit, one bite. “Yum! Thank you!” He can only feed it what his own habits actually grew.
4My pet grows up and learns tricks.
Baby, little, growing up, all grown up — and a new trick at each stage: wave hello, spin in a circle, high five. Never taken back, even after a bad week.
5Six to choose from, and it's yours to name.
Puppy, kitten, bunny, hamster, turtle or parrot — each with a favourite fruit. It potters about its yard, digs things up, and never goes hungry.

Good habits. Happy pets. A brighter tomorrow.

This one came from a child, and it ships the way he asked for it. In Here When You Are the fruit is made of the work — a day a habit was done is a piece of fruit on that habit's tree, and there is no button anywhere that adds one. What feeding buys is growing up and tricks, and those are never taken away. The pet never goes hungry, never gets sad, never runs away: a hunger bar is just a streak's fear of losing everything, wearing fur, and the garden was built to get away from exactly that.